Former Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell will begin an 11-city club tour of the United States and Canada in Las Vegas on April 6, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Cornell will unveil tracks from his upcoming solo album, "Carry On," and dust off tunes from his previous bands, as well as from the Temple of the Dog side project. "Carry On," due in stores on May 1, is the follow-up to his first solo album, 1999's poorly received "Euphoria Morning."


Cornell recently parted ways with his Audioslave bandmates, shortly after they decided to resurrect their former combo Rage Against The Machine with singer Zack De La Rocha. Audioslave recorded three studio albums, with sales following a sharply downward trajectory. Cornell has ruled out a Soundgarden reunion; the Grammy-winning Seattle band broke up in 1997.

Thanks for the info to Reuters. Chris Cornell tour itinerary:

04/06 - Las Vegas, NV Vegas Grand Prix
04/08 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
04/11 - Chicago, IL Metro - Smart Bar
04/14 - Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
04/16 - New York, NY Irving Plaza
04/19 - Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
04/22 - Philadelphia, PA Theatre of The Living Arts
04/24 - Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
04/27 - Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
04/29 - Austin, TX Stubbs Bar-B-Q
05/02 - Los Angeles, CA Avalon

Former Audioslave and Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell's second solo album, "Carry On", has had its release date pushed back from May 1 to June 5. No explanation was given for the delay. Cornell began working on the disc last fall after the release of Audioslave's third album, "Revelations". News of the solo project fueled rumors of a split with Audioslave, with Cornell officially leaving the band last month due to "irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences." The 14-track effort will feature "You Know My Name", Cornell's theme for the latest James Bond film, "Casino Royale", as well as a cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".


Cornell has also contributed a song to the soundtrack of the movie "Bug" and told Launch Radio Networks a little about the movie. "It's based on a play, but it's sort of, it's also an extremely edgy film," he said. "It's an indie film, it's kind of the opposite of the Bond movie in that sense. But an extremely entertaining and powerful movie. I'm not gonna bother trying to describe it 'cause I couldn't help but give it away. But it's definitely a movie to go see, it's extremely intense."

"Bug", which stars Ashley Judd and was helmed by "Exorcist" director William Friedkin, is due in theatres on May 25. The soundtrack also includes songs from Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland and System Of A Down vocalist Serj Tankian.

An unnamed source told the New York Post last week that Cornell left Audioslave over money, explaining, "Chris was unhappy with the financial arrangement within the group — he wrote all the music, yet the other three bandmates took an equal share in the multimillion-dollar publishing rights."

The other members of Audioslave have reactivated their previous band, Rage Against The Machine, to perform at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April and three more shows this summer.

Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.

CHRIS CORNELL'S 13TH CAREER ALBUM RELEASING MAY 1ST

ON SURETONE/INTERSCOPE;

CORNELL PERMANENTLY LEAVING AUDIOSLAVE



Fourteen Tracks Join Cornell with Grammy® Winner Lillywhite


Los Angeles (February 15, 2007) – Two-time Grammy winner, singer-songwriter and voice of a generation, Chris Cornell, announced today the release date of his 13th career album, Carry On, in stores May 1st on Suretone/Interscope. Steered by Grammy Award-winning British super-producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Dave Matthews Band), Carry On is a mature and content departure from the acrimonious artist who brought us Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog.



Additionally Cornell is permanently departing super-group Audioslave stating, "Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors."



The new album's fourteen tracks offer the bluesy and soulful "Safe and Sound," psychedelic "Scar On The Sky," country-flavored "Finally Forever"... paeans to persistence in "Disappearing Act" and a slow-grind cover of Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" that gives the familiar song a completely new feeling. More personal selections include "Ghost," "Arms Around Your Love" and "She'll Never Be Your Man" and alt-rock experimentations ("Killing Birds" the anthemic "Silence the Voices"). Fans of Soundgarden and Audioslave will appreciate the harder edge of "No Such Thing" and "Poison Eye" and the redemptive "Your Soul Today."



Carry On will also include the Top 10 European smash hit "You Know My Name," the main title song for the current James Bond theatrical release, Casino Royale, appearing for the first time on a full-length release. Cornell wrote and recorded the track with long-time James Bond composer David Arnold for the film.



With this collection of songs, it is evident that Cornell was inspired by songwriters from Elvis Costello to Tom Waits. Cornell says that his own lyrical approach leans on stream-of-consciousness, "getting out of my own way" to allow themes to naturally arise, whether topical or biographical. "The most exciting thing is to let yourself expose your true, vulnerable feelings, which is what resonates with people most," he explains. As far as his vocal style, he points to such R&B singers as Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin for showing masterfully how emotion can best be conveyed, even in subtle phrasing, also praising Bob Marley's expressive range and Tom Waits' use of his voice as an instrument.



Ranked 12th in MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music" survey, ahead of such icons as David Bowie, Steven Tyler and Bruce Springsteen, Cornell has been called "the single most dynamic rock and roll force produced by the Grunge Revolution of the early '90s." As the frontman for Soundgarden, he marshaled five studio albums including the groundbreaking SUPERUNKNOWN, which sold more than three million copies and earned two Grammy Awards. His songwriting continued to develop with the mid-Soundgarden side-project, critically acclaimed, eponymously-titled release Temple of the Dog, a collective of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden members who formed in tribute to late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. More recently his tenure as frontman for the rock super-group Audioslave, continued his multi-platinum success and produced the hit singles "Like a Stone" and "Cochise" in the millennium. In addition to his work in the music world, Chris Cornell served as the face of the 2006 John Varvatos ad campaign and became a restaurateur with the opening of Black Calavados (BC) in Paris, where he splits his time.