SOUNDGARDEN To Perform During Halftime Of SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Season Opener

The Seattle Seahawks will celebrate the return of football with a special "Countdown To Kickoff." The Seahawks will open the regular season at Lumen Field on Wednesday, September 9 vs. the New England Patriots, with kickoff at 5:20 p.m. PT on NBC.

The home opener will also feature a special halftime performance from SOUNDGARDEN, featuring Taylor Momsen of THE PRETTY RECKLESS and Mike McCready of PEARL JAM. McCready will also perform the national anthem pregame, and will be appearing on behalf of the Washington Innocence Project, a Seahawks Spirit Of 12 partner.

Momsen, who has long cited SOUNDGARDEN and the late Chris Cornell as her musical heroes, and McCready previously joined surviving SOUNDGARDEN members, drummer Matt Cameron, guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Ben Shepherd, for a performance of the band's classic song "Rusty Cage" at last year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in November 2025 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The event also featured Brandi Carlile leading a rendition of "Black Hole Sun" (with Momsen on backing vocals),and Chris's daughter Toni Cornell singing "Fell On Black Days" accompanied by HEART's Nancy Wilson.

Thayil, Cameron, Cornell and Shepherd were included in SOUNDGARDEN's induction, as was original bassist Hiro Yamamoto, who was with SOUNDGARDEN from 1984 to 1989 and played on the band's first two EPs and first two albums.

Thayil, Cameron and Shepherd are working on a new SOUNDGARDEN album featuring previously unreleased recordings they made with Chris Cornell before the singer's 2017 death. Cameron, Thayil and Shepherd are collaborating with producer Terry Date, who previously helmed SOUNDGARDEN's "Louder Than Love" (1989) and "Badmotorfinger" (1991) LPs, with the mixing sessions currently taking place with Joe Barresi, a producer, engineer and mixer who as previously worked with AVENGED SEVENFOLD, VOLBEAT, SLIPKNOT, MONSTER MAGNET, BAD RELIGION and many, many other big rock acts.

In 2010, SOUNDGARDEN reunited for new tour and released a new album, "King Animal", on November 13, 2012. The band effectively split up again following Cornell's death in May 2017.