CHRIS CORNELL Announces U.S. Tour Dates

Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell has announced a U.S. spring tour in support of his new album, "Scream", produced by Timbaland and released by Mosley Music/Interscope on March 10.

Following shows in Canada and Europe, Chris and his live band will be heading across America during March and April, taking in major U.S. cities from Dallas and New Orleans to Chicago and New York.

Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, February 13.

The dates are as follows:

Mar. 27 - Austin, TX - Stubbs Bar-B-Q
Mar. 28 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
Mar. 29 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
Mar. 31 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
Apr. 01 - Atlanta, GA - CW Center Stage
Apr. 03 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Apr. 04 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
Apr. 05 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Apr. 07 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Apr. 08 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Apr. 10 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
Apr. 11 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre
Apr. 13 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
Apr. 14 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
Apr. 15 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue Theatre
Apr. 17 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
Apr. 18 - St Paul, MN - MYTH
Apr. 19 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater

Additional tour dates will be announced shortly.

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Chris Cornell's new video for "Scream", the title track from his forthcoming album, can be viewed below.

"Scream" has already caused controversy for ditching Cornell's hard rock roots in favor of a more pop and urban sound.

"Timbaland's diversity — in terms of his feels, the ideas he brought in, the beats, the rhythms, the musical themes and auras of the different songs — was incredible," Cornell told MTV.com. "His focus was very much, 'I don't repeat myself, and I won't let you repeat yourself.' Being someone that writes songs mainly from an organic platform, I just really didn't know how much is possible in the musical spectrum until I met Timbaland. What he brought in, every day, was a surprise. He would surprise me with ideas he would bring in or ideas he was working on every time. Timbaland's music, coming from someone like me who started in rock music, I view it as being psychedelic music more than hip-hop, more than pop, more than beat-based music. It's atmospheric, like PINK FLOYD is atmospheric — he creates a sonic world that you get lost in, and you listen to it and you start to trip out."

The songs translate from the studio to the stage, despite being alien to an audience.

"I knew from the obviousness of it all, that it would be different from anything I'd done before," Chris told The Province. "It's a clear difference between what you can do in a band and what you can do solo. In a band, you have the guitar player or drummer to consider; solo you can do what you want, even if that means having a track that doesn't have drums. The biggest difference is that I can do what I want."