Grunge gods Soundgarden will officially reunite in 2010, according to a message posted at both singer Chris Cornell's website and soundgardenworld.com. The message reads, "The 12-year break is over and school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again!" Registration at soundgardenworld.com will allow fans to view a video of the band's 1989 single, "Get On The Snake," as well as a promise of future updates. No other information has been revealed at either site about recording or touring plans, although Billboard.com reports that the band is weighing offers from several U.S. and international festivals.
Kings Of Leon bassist Jared Followill told Spin magazine that he and the rest of the band are pretty sick of their Grammy-nominated hit, "Use Somebody," which helped propel their 2008 album Only By The Night to sales of more than a million copies. Followill said about the track, "Before it was on the radio every five seconds, I thought 'Use Somebody' was a good song, but it's hard to f***in' like it when you hear it 90 times a day."
"Use Somebody" was written by frontman Caleb Followill as an apology to his bandmates after a drunken fight. Caleb recalled, "The next day at soundcheck, no one was looking at each other in the eye. I started playing that melody . . . and then I started singing: 'You know that I could use somebody . . . ' That was my apology."
Metallica and AC/DC both made Pollstar's annual list of the top-grossing acts of the year on the North American concert circuit, with veteran rockers U2 leading the list with total earnings of $123 million in 2009. Despite the harsh economic climate, the concert business actually did better in 2009 than it did the previous year, with U2, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney, the Jonas Brothers and the Dave Matthews Band all moving more than one million tickets. Pollstar also noted that while many fans only went to one or two gigs a year, they were willing to shell out a premium for good seats.
James Hetfield told us what he thinks made Metallica's live show such a hit with audiences in 2009: ["We've succeeded in pushing the boundaries of having the crowd close, but also having large amounts of pyrotechnics onstage (laughs) and you can't really combine the two that much. You can't get 'em much closer than they are right now. But for us, the vibe is getting as close as possible and, you know, when you're in the round, you get a lot more people in the venue, and there's no bad seat in the house."]
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