Temple Of The Dog -- Chris Cornell, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Matt Cameron -- have reunited and will perform anniversary shows this November. According to Cornell, the band "wanted to do the one thing we never got to do -- play shows and see what it feels like to be the band that we walked away from 25 years ago."
The Temple of the Dog reunion tour will be short and sweet -- only 5 dates are planned and tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, July 29th. Pre-sale tickets for all of the shows are going on now (Password: "Phrases"). For more details click here.
Temple of the Dog tour
Nov 04 -- Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theater
Nov 07 -- New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Nov 11 -- San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Center
Nov 14 -- Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Nov 20 -- Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater
Meanwhile a 25th anniversary edition of Temple Of The Dog will be released on September 30th. The original material has been newly mixed and remastered. Four editions will be available -- single CD, deluxe double CD, double LP, and a four disc Super Deluxe set. The Super Deluxe set is packaged in a magnetic flip top box and features 2 CDs, 1 DVD, and 1 Blu-ray Audio disc, with 51 tracks total (many are previously unreleased tracks/mixes). Additionally the set comes with a lenticular sticker, poster, 12 x 12 litho, and booklet featuring liner notes by David Fricke. View the tracklisting for the Super Deluxe set below and pre-order here.
-- Original album newly mixed in 192/24 stereo by Brendan O’Brien
-- Plus 3 Alternate Mixes newly mixed: “Say Hello 2 Heaven,” “Wooden Jesus” and “All Night Thing”
CD 2:
-- 7 demos: 5 unreleased including 2 songs that didn’t make final album sessions -- “Angel of Fire” and “Black Cat”
-- 5 Studio Outtakes newly mixed -– “Say Hello 2 Heaven,” “Reach Down,” “Pushin Forward Back,” “Wooden Jesus” and “All Night Thing”
Disc 3 (DVD):
-- 11/13/90: Off Ramp Cafe previously unseen/unreleased video – “Hunger Strike,” “Wooden Jesus,” “Say Hello 2 Heaven,” “Reach Down,” “Call Me A Dog” and “Times of Trouble”
-- 12/90: “Say Hello 2 Heaven” originally shot on film and newly transferred to HD (newly edited and never before seen in its entirety)
-- 9/8/92: Lollapalooza, Phoenix “Hunger Strike” surprise performance
-- Official “Hunger Strike” music video
-- 9/11 PJ20 Alpine Valley fan shot and edited videos including:
-- 9/3/11: “Say Hello 2 Heaven”
-- 9/4/11: “Hunger Strike,” “Call Me A Dog,” “All Night Thing” and “Reach Down”
-- All HD quality; includes Pearl Jam’s stereo mix from the live multi-tracks from this event plus HD pit footage from the Pearl Jam archives
-- 1/15: “Call Me A Dog” and “Reach Down” from Madseason’s 2015 Benaroya Hall concert (newly edited and never-before-seen)
Disc 4 (Blu-ray Audio):
-- Newly mixed 96kHz 24-bit 5.1 Surround mix by Adam Kasper (Superunknown 5.1 mixer)
-- 96kHz 24-bit stereo mix by Brendan O’Brien
-- Official “Hunger Strike” music video in 5.1
-- HD versions of the bonus videos in stereo only
Published July 20th, 2016