SOUNDGARDEN To Play 'Intimate' Show At Chicago's Vic Theatre

Are you going to Chicago to see the return of the mighty SOUNDGARDEN at Lollapalooza 2010 (August 8 at Grant Park, Chicago Illinois)? If so, you may be in luck.

SOUNDGARDEN has announced that it is playing an intimate show at the legendary Vic Theatre in Chicago on Thursday, August 5... and here's your chance to get a couple of tickets.

Click here to sign up as a member of Soundgarden World. Members will be given the chance to purchase a pair of tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime show. If selected, you'll be sent an email with a link to purchase a pair of tickets. If you already have an account, log in and update your profile.

There are a bunch of rules here so read carefully:

* Must be 18 to attend this show. This is not an all-ages show. IDs will be checked at point of entry.

* There will be no hard tickets to this show. All tickets are paperless and will be distributed at will call the day of the show.

* All ticket sales are final. NO EXCHANGE, REFUND, OR TRANSFER of names for these tickets.

* The Soundgarden World member must show government-issued photo identification to collect their paperless tickets. No exceptions.

* Tickets are purchased in pairs (2) only. No single tickets sold.

* Please enter your chance only if you can realistically attend this show. For example, if you live in Slovenia and really, really, really want to go, but there's no frickin' way you're flying all the way to Chicago for the show, don't make it harder for someone who can attend by putting in a request.

Please direct all ticket related questions to [email protected].

SOUNDGARDEN performed its first show since 1997 on April 16 under the name NUDEDRAGONS (anagram of SOUNDGARDEN) at the Showbox at the Market in its Seattle hometown.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Spoonman
02. Gun
03. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
04. Rusty Cage
05. Beyond The Wheel
06. Flower
07. Ugly Truth
08. Fell On Black Days
09. Hunted Down
10. Nothing To Say
11. Loud Love
12. Blow Up The Outside World
13. Pretty Noose
14. Outshined
15. Slaves And Bulldozers

Encore:

16. Get On The Snake
17. Big Dumb Sex
18. Waiting For The Sun (THE DOORS cover)

Check out photos of the concert at SoundgardenWorld.com.

Vocalist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron have been rehearsing in Seattle in recent months as a precursor to their first confirmed reunion performance at Lollapalooza.

Reports of SOUNDGARDEN's involvement in the annual festival had been circulating for a while. That was the first show confirmed by the band since a New Year's Day post by singer Chris Cornell hinted that the iconic Seattle grunge act was getting back together after a split that began in the spring of 1997.

The rest of SOUNDGARDEN's plans, including more shows or a full tour, remain in the dark right now. Drummer Matt Cameron also has commitments with PEARL JAM, of which he has been a member for 12 years.

Cornell recorded three albums with AUDIOSLAVE and three records on his own since SOUNDGARDEN disbanded, but his last solo effort, 2009's "Scream", was blasted by critics and fans for its urban pop production and bombed saleswise.

The other two members of the band, guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Ben Shepherd, have kept lower profiles, although they and Cameron jammed together last year at a Seattle club.