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Chris Cornell has added ten more dates to his spring tour in support of his forthcoming album, Scream – produced by Timbaland and released by Mosley Music/Interscope on March 10. The 28-date tour now includes a Canadian stop in Vancouver in addition to U.S. cities such as Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Tickets for the 10 newly announced shows go on sale to the public this Friday, February 27. All previously
announced shows are on sale now. Scream showcases a new, seductive sound – dark, multi-layered and full of puzzles and surprises. The songs bring a cinematic scope to Cornell’s performances with potent visual imagery echoing the non-stop musical assault from his internationally acclaimed live band. “Musically, this is the most ambitious thing I’ve been a part of. It’s almost like a movie soundtrack,” says Cornell, who will also be playing other music from his two-decade, 14 –album career.

Get SCREAM with TICKET PURCHASE
Cornell has also announced that fans who purchase tickets online tothe upcoming tour
will also receive a digital copy of his entire new album, Scream. A code will be sent to
online ticket purchasers to redeem a digital copy when the album is released nationwide
on March 10. Chris hopes this will give fans something extra at a time when money’s
becoming tighter for everyone.

Newly Announced Tour Dates – On Sale This Friday, February 27 at 10am ET
April 21: St. Louis, MO – Pop’s
April 22 : Kansas City, MO – Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge
April 24 : Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
April 25 : Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
April 27 : Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
April 28 : Vancouver, BC, Canada – Commodore Ballroom
April 29 : Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
May 1 : San Francisco, CA – Grand Ballroom
May 2 : Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
May 3: Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

Previously Announced Tour Dates – On Sale Now
March 28 : Dallas, TX – House of Blues
March 29 : Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
March 30 : Austin, TX – Stubbs Bar-B-Q
April 1 : Atlanta, GA – CW Center Stage
April 3 : Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
April 4 : Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
April 5 : Washington DC – 9:30 Club
April 7 : New York, NY – Webster Hall
April 8 : New York, NY – Webster Hall
April 10 : Boston, MA – House of Blues
April 11 : Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theatre
April 13 : Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
April 14 : Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater
April 15 : Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue Theatre
April 17 : Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
April 18 : St Paul, MN – MYTH
April 19 : Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater

Chris Cornell’s long-awaited Timbaland produced album, Scream, is reaching stores on 3/10.  Chris has been keeping busy rehearsing with his new band and talking with his fans on his blog to gear up for the release.  The front man hasn’t picked up an electric guitar since the break-up of his legendary group Soundgarden back in the late 90’s, but according to his latest blog entry on ChrisCornell.com, he’s thinking of busting them out for his upcoming tour:

“Hi people. Here is an open question. Since I got my guitars back I have been considering playing guitar live again. Who thinks I should pick it up again? I play guitar all day every day as I am always working on new songs. Let me know if you think I should hit it live. The king is dead. God save the king.”

Chris Cornell will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel live tonight, Friday, January 23rd – and free tickets are up for grabs. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, come along and see his outdoor mini-concert – tickets and all other details are available now. It’s a great chance to catch Chris and his band live before they head out to Europe for four exclusive shows next month.

Timbaland got married again at the weekend. The record producer – who officially tied the knot with long-term partner Monique Idlett earlier this month – had a lavish ceremony yesterday in the Caribbean island of Aruba in front of hundreds of guests.

An onlooker said: “It was a beautiful day and it confirmed their love for each other.”

Missy Elliot and singer Keri Hilson, who worked with Timbaland on his single ‘Scream’, were among the guests who had received feather-filled clear invitations.

When the couple first tied the knot on June 10, they opted for a low-key ceremony and wore sweat pants as they secretly wed in front of a family pastor in a Virginia church.

Timbaland, real name Timothy Z. Mosley, and Monique, who works as a music publicist, welcomed their first daughter Reign in November.

The 37-year-old music mogul – who has collaborated with Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado and Madonna – proposed to Monique at Reign’s baby shower last October.

Last week, The Setai, a luxury hotel/residence in Miami Beach, announced the opening of The Setai Recording Studio – a state of the art digital and analog recording facility created by Kravitz Design Inc. The president of which is none other than rocker Lenny Kravitz. Of the project, the singer said “In building The Setai Recording Studio, we brought everything we’ve learned throughout our careers in performing and recording to create an environment that supports and encourages the making of music.” The 2,500 square foot studio is reportedly outfitted with the industry’s premiere equipment for both analog and digital recording. Since its pre-opening, a lot of the music industry’s finest have recorded in the space including Timbaland, Chris Cornell, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Wyclef Jean.

Just because she went and got herself a nose job doesn’t mean that she can break many hearts whenever she wants to. But Ashley Tisdale did just that in South Florida on Saturday night.

The Disney star was scheduled to take part at the Y100 Jingle Ball as a performer but she cancelled at the last minute. Apparently, she was in too much pain to perform. If you have work commitments scheduled, why would you get a nose job a week prior to the gig?

Fortunately, Nelly Furtado showed up unannounced and surprised everyone by joining Timbaland on stage for a performance of their hit ‘Give It to Me’.

Ok from surprise nuptials to secret ones. Nelly Furtado was spotted partying at Miami’s Y100 Jingle Ball on Saturday wearing a gold band on her wedding finger.

The engagement between her and Cuban sound engineer Demacio “Demo” Castellon was revealed in July.

A source is quoted as saying: “Nelly was partying backstage with Natasha Bedingfield and Timbaland. She was so happy and there was no missing the gold band on her finger. Natasha took her hand and looked at it and then hugged her and whispered something in her ear. It looked like she was congratulating her.”

All I can say is congratulations Nelly. And who can blame them if they really did do it in secret…not everyone is up for the big celebrity wedding of the Jordan and Peter style.

Publicist Monique Idlett gave birth to a baby girl just a few days ago, making rapper and producer Timbaland a very proud father. Awe! The couple has known each other for many years and; after a romantic proposal at the couples baby shower in October, plan to be wed early next year.

Ok so what happened to the theory that all rappers are bad men; not to be involved with? I want me one of Timbaland thank you very much. He is a proud father and has done the honorable thing and proposed to the mother of his child. Not like that scummy Eddy Murphy who not only dumps his missus live on TV; now he refuses to even meet his child. Bah!

Congratulations to Timbaland and good luck with those diapers! Let’s just hope he can teach the little one better grammar than his last song; “The Way I Are”.

Beat master of the year, and probably of all time, Timbaland thinks that it would be a big no-no if Britney Spears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 9th. Of course, the performance is still at the rumor stage, but it sometimes helps to voice your opinion.

The rapper/producer also happens to be the ‘Music Director’ of the VMAs and he says that he hasn’t heard of Brit making an appearance but if it were so, he thinks that it would be a bad idea. He told Access Hollywood that “I’m the maestro. If I don’t know nothing about it…could be, hope not. I don’t know, I don’t know nothing about it. Wooh, that would be a headache.”

True or not, I’m still betting that Britney will flake.