After the wonderful tweet from Chris Cornell (click  here if you don't know what I'm talking about)

I want to know how you feel about these news. Visit the Main Page to submit your answer.

And after such a year full of brand new albums by so many bands (including Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Three Days Grace, etc.), I want to know which album you liked the most this year.

PLUS: Vote for your favourite album from the whole decade! (2000-2009)

Happy new year to everyone!

Here's an interesting tweet from Chris Cornell about 15 hours ago:

"The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. Signup now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again! www.soundgardenworld.com "

This sounds like a Soundgarden Reunion!

Happy New Year! 2010 is going to be great!

Hello everyone!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

May all your wishes come true!

MTV Germany is currently having an advent calendar special for christmas:

and today's advent calendar special acoustic video is....

CHRIS CORNELL - PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING.

VISIT THIS SITE TODAY

Visit FMQB.com to listen to an exclusive remix of Chris Cornell's song "Never Far Away" in a "De-Timbaland-ized" Version.

Check it out!

There have been many rumours posted, that, according to

grungereport.net

, the huge act who was going to reunite and play at the Download Festival in June 2010, might be Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains might be playing there too.

Read the whole rumour thing here @

http://grungereport.net/2009/10/17/soundgarden-reportedly-in-talks-to-reunite-at-download-festival/

Chris Cornell and his brother-in-law Nicholas Karayiannis have optioned crimewriter Philip Carlo's famous book “The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez” and are collaborating with the author todevelop it as a movie script. Read more in the New York Press and Hollywood Reporter.

To download an mp3 version of Chris' cover of "Imagine" go to this site:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6544523703562f92/

Last chance to win a pair of tickets to Chris Cornell's private show at theHard Rock in Las Vegas on October 15! Contest closes tomorrow (Oct 1) -send name, email address & tel no to support@chriscornell.com now. Winners & guests must be 21+, travel and accommodation not included.

More details at chriscornell.com.

Chris Cornell will play a private show for the grand opening of the new Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas on October 15 2009.

Theshow is part of Hard Rock's Ambassadors of Rock Tour, a global concertseries featuring an eclectic group of artists including Kenny Chesneyin New York, O.A.R. in Orlando, Collective Soul in Biloxi, Black EyedPeas in Japan, The Killers in Buenos Aires, The Allman Brothers Band inHollywood, Fla. and Hard Rock Calling in London with Bruce Springsteenand Neil Young.

Although the Chris Cornell show on The Strip in Las Vegas will not be open to the public, there are two great opportunities for fans to win tickets to this exclusive event:

Spin Magazine have teamed up with Hard Rock, the Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and American Airlines to give away a trip for two to attend the celebration ? you can enter HERE.The winner and his or her guest will receive round-trip airfare (in theform of 100,000 American Airlines Advantage Miles), VIP tickets to theChris Cornell performance, a free one-year subscription to SPINmagazine, and a three-night stay in the new Paradise Tower at the VegasHard Rock Hotel & Casino!

Chriscornell.com also has ten pairs of tickets(travel and accommodation not included) to give away to fans who submittheir full names and contact details (valid email address and phonenumber) to THIS ADDRESS. Winners will be chosen at random and contacted shortly after the closing date.

For both the contests, the closing date is October 1 and winners and guests must be 21+ plus to win.

» www.spin.com

"Light On", the hit single co-written by Chris Cornell and recorded by American Idol winner David Cook, has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

Written by Cornell with producer/songwriter Brian Howes, "Light On" was picked as the lead-off single from Cook's debut album.

DavidCook performed Chris Cornell's reinvention of Michael Jackson classic"Billie Jean" on "American Idol" in 2008, drawing praise from thejudges before going on to win the contest.

Due to unforeseen band scheduling conflicts for September 12th, Chris Cornell will regretfully not be performing at the Sunset Strip MusicFestival in Los Angeles. However, Cornell will still be attendingfestival sponsors Virgin America Airline's party on September 11th asplanned, to meet the winners of the SSMF contests flown in by theairline. He would like to apologize to all the fans who were lookingforward to seeing his performance at the festival.

Throughout his long career, Chris Cornell’sincomparable sound and instinct for innovation have conquered newterritory and attracted widespread acclaim. On November 1, 2009, hehits another high when Cornell and Virgin America launch a uniquepartnership between an artist and a commercial airline. This willinclude in-flight programming, radio contests, performances and more.

Startingin October and running through the holidays, the entire Virgin AmericanAirline fleet will feature Chris Cornell on all in-flight programming.His latest LP, Scream, has been added to the airline’s musiclibrary and will be a part of a collection that plays during boarding.Beginning in November, passengers will also be able to select variousChris Cornell music videos and albums throughout their flight.

“Asa new airline with a state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment systemincluding more than 3,000 MP3s and music videos for our guests tochoose from, music is in our DNA,” said Dimitrios Papadogonas, Directorof Marketing at Virgin America. “We are thrilled to partner with amusic legend like Chris Cornell and to add such high caliber content toour in-flight entertainment library – the largest one in the domesticskies.”

Virgin America are also sponsors for the firstever Sunset Strip Festival in Los Angeles, CA on September 12th, whereChris Cornell will give an exclusive performance. Kicking off on August24th, five major radio stations will be awarding 4 winners from eachcity (NYC, DC, Boston, SF, Seattle) a trip to the festival and a chanceto meet Chris.

From: http://blogs.myspace.com/chriscornell

Chris Cornell is playing Los Angeles's Sunset Strip Music Festival on Saturday, September 12, 2009.

Chris is co-headlining the Street Festival event along with Korn.

Other bands include Pepper,Kottonmouth Kings, Shiny Toy Guns, Shwayze, LMFAO, The Donnas,Unwritten Law, Fishbone, The Knux, Iglu & Hartly, Iration, SuperMash Bros., The Pricks, The Ringers, thenewno2, Earl Greyhound,Awolnation, The Tender Box, Eulogies, Rob Roy, Dirt Nasty, AndreLegacy, Beardo, Endless Hallway, Onesidezero, The Electrolytes, SSX,The Hopeless, The Irish Goodbye, Ragsy, No Thanks, Motor Gun Hotel, TheAshes, Volume, The Shrills, Radius, Ladyjack, Diamond Lane, Vains ofJenna, Lonely Drunks Club & more!

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Check out the brand new video to Run through the Desert's first single "Break the Silence" from their debut album.

Click HERE to watch the official music video on Youtube.

Click here to buy the debut album "Break the Silence" including the new single "Break the Silence" on amazon.com.