Soundgarden Announce Summer Tour Dates!

YES, YES, YES!!! Soundgarden has announced that they're playing shows this summer. They're calling it a tour but so far it's only four shows and the closest one to NYC is in Philly.

The tickets go on sale on Monday for fan club members and April 22nd for the rest of you poor bastards. All pre-sale tickets are being sold in pairs, which is annoying, and range from $119-$149 per pair. That's expensive but I've always said I'd gladly shell out $200 to see Soundgarden so this ain't so bad.

I am so excited for this. I loved Soundgarden growing up but I never got to see them live - this is a dream come true!

• 7/2/11: Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
• 7/13/11: Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn's Landing
• 7/18/11: Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
• 7/22/11: Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum

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Soundgarden Announce Summer Tour

For Soundgarden fans, this is a moment they’ve been waiting for: since the band’s final show in Hawaii in 1997, fans have hoped that Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, and Kim Thayil would once again take their exalted rock show on the road. This summer, Soundgarden will do just that.

The band has recently confirmed that they are in the studio in Seattle, and are writing and recording what will be the first newSoundgarden album in over 15 years. In the meantime, they will take a break to play a city near you. Today, four shows from their Summer tour are announced, with more to come in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned to www.soundgardenworld.com for updates. Come experience the noise!

Pre-Sale: Mastodon, Dethklok, Converge, High On Fire

The pre-sale code leaked for the above mentioned show. If this were at a smaller venue I would be there for sure but I kinda hate going to metal shows at big venues. Unfortunately it seems like more and more metal bands are playing these monster venues. Anyway, I know some of you kids would be into this so here goes:

Link:
Metalocalypse
(Password = mastoklok)

Type O & Hatebreed Presale Password

Type O Negative, Hatebreed, and 3 Inches Of Blood are touring together. That's three bands that sound absolutely nothing alike and have no business touring together. However, I happen to like all of them so I might just buy tickets. TON is one of my all-time favorites but the last time I saw them they phoned it in so I'm not sure how I feel about $25 tickets. Hatebreed is a band I used to love... when they were a hardcore band. Now that they're playing more metal stuff I'm not all that interested but they are very good live. 3 Inches of Blood are baby Iron Maiden and will totally surprise you with their awesomeness live.

But more to the point the tickets for this show are on sale now and the password is: JAGER.

Link:

brooklynvegan: Type O Negative/Hatebreed presale

Beastie Boys "Gala" Shows Announced + Presale Password

Those "intimate" gala shows shows the Beastie Boys promised have been announced. You know your band is a big deal if the Hammerstein is considered intimate. Anyway, here is the info you'll need for the presale.

August 10th - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
Beastie Boys - A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show
Exclusive Presale Starts Friday, June 29th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, June 30th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455

August 17th - Denver, CO - Fillmore
Beastie Boys - A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show
Exclusive Presale Starts Friday, June 29th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, June 30th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455

August 20th - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater
Exclusive Presale Starts Thursday, June 28th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, June 30th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455

August 24th - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
Beastie Boys - A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show
Exclusive Presale Starts Friday, June 29th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003ED2B386AF46
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Sunday, July 1st at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003ED2B386AF46

Beastie Boys Pre-Order + Playing McCarren Pool (Pre-Sale Password)

The Beastie Boys new album, "The Mix-Up", is available for pre-order here. More importantly though, The Beastie Boys have announced a show at McCarren Park on 8/9 and Central Park on 8/8. The pre-sale for the shows starts at 11AM on June 15th - the password is MIXUP.

Link:
Beastie Boys @ McCarren Pre-Sale

More about the shows:

ok, to clarify (claro); we are doing two types of shows this summer, "regular" shows and "gala events". (See deffinitions below).

Tickets for some of our "regular" shows in the USA go on sale soon (see below for details) -- Tickets for our "gala event" shows will be going on sale later.

THE REGULAR SHOW is, well you know how we do, hip hop, hardcore, instrumental, weird hippie spaced out rock jams... all that type of stuff. These shows are for the average meathead, so you don't have to dress up, though we encourage you to.

THE GALA EVENTS will be in smaller spots, more exclusive, more intimate. this will be more like quality time, our time, just you and the band sitting by a fire on a tropical beach late at night being serenaded with love songs. these shows are for people that are into our weird stuff, so if you want to get weird together, this is your call. these shows will be based around the instruments. some songs will have vocals, others will be instrumental. BUT if you'd like to come to one of these shows, then dress to impress, wear a suit, a tie, a dress, a gown or whatever you feel dressed up in... AND PLEASE leave your cargo shorts, birkenstocks and t-shirts at home, this is not that kind of party.