Rocker Chris Cornell eschewed a solo jaunt this summer to participate in Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour and, judging from comments made during a recent teleconference, he couldn't be more thrilled.
Cornell, whose former bands Soundgarden and Audioslave played Lollapalooza's main stage three times, said in order to have a successful traveling festival, "somebody has to keep their eye on the ball" and "focus on getting some interesting combination of bands."
"I think Projekt Revolution is a great one because Linkin Park is on top of it," Cornell said. "They're excited about it, passionate about it and that's what it takes to make it great."
Besides Cornell, the fifth Projekt Revolution tour will include performances by founders Linkin Park as well as 10 Years, Armor for Sleep, Ashes Divide, Atreyu, Hawthorne Heights, Street Drum Corps and The Bravery. The tour kicks off July 16 in Massachusetts. See below for the itinerary.
"This is the fifth year that we've done it and each year we try to do something exciting for the summer," said Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, during the same teleconference. "I think originally we were inspired by the great festivals that happened in Europe and the ones that we've played overseas. You know, they're a lot of fun and there are a number of different touring festivals that go on in the States that are cool, like, I'd love to go see them, but I think that there is definitely a certain niche that we feel that this tour fills, and a lot of our fans seem to agree."
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