Rock Report: Soungarden Singer Doing NY Benefit

Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell will play an acoustic benefit concert on Monday night (November 12th) at New York City's Bowery Ballroom, with all proceeds going to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Tickets go on sale Friday (November 9th) at 2:00 p.m. CT. Soundgarden arrives in New York next week for promotional events related to the release of King Animal, the band's new studio album which arrives on Tuesday (November 13th).

The band will also perform a concert for the Live On Letterman webcast Monday night, as well as a song for that evening's edition of Late Show With David Letterman on CBS.
King Animal, Soundgarden's sixth studio album and first since 1996, is currently streaming in its entirety on iTunes.

A sneak peek at the video for the album's first single, "Been Away Too Long," became available online Thursday (November 8th), with the full clip scheduled to arrive on Friday.
Soundgarden will play three "intimate" North American shows to celebrate the release of King Animal, at Irving Plaza in New York City on November 13th, the Phoenix in Toronto on November 16th and the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on November 27th.