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<font color="#000000"><font face="Tahoma, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size:16pt"><u><b>CHRIS CORNELL ANNOUNCES HURRICANE SANDY BENEFIT CONCERT</b></u></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Tahoma, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size:16pt"><u><b>MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12</b></u></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><sup><font face="Tahoma, serif"><font size="2"><u><b>th</b></u></font></font></sup></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Tahoma, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size:16pt"><u><b>
AT NYC'S BOWERY BALLROOM</b></u></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="3"><a name="_GoBack"></a><i>Thursday, November 8</i><sup><i>th</i></sup><i>, 2012 –
</i>On Monday, November 12th, New York City's Bowery Ballroom will host a special acoustic evening with<i> </i><font style="line-height:normal"><b>Chris Cornell, </b>a benefit concert with all of the proceeds going to </font>The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New
York City to help victims of Hurricane Sandy.<font style="line-height:normal"> Doors are at 8:30pm.
</font><font style="line-height:normal">Tickets will be available to purchase on Friday, November 9 at 3pm EST. </font><font style="line-height:normal"><b> </b></font><a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/fund/html/home/home.shtml" style="line-height:normal" target="_blank"><b>PRESS
HERE</b></a><font style="line-height:normal"> for more information about The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City.</font></font></p>
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<font style="line-height: normal;">Soundgarden are in New York City next week for events surrounding the release of </font><font style="line-height: normal;"><i>King Animal</i></font><font style="line-height: normal;">, out November 13</font><font style="line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></font><font style="line-height: normal;"> (Loma
Vista/Republic Records). </font><span style="line-height: normal;"> </span><font style="line-height: normal;">Stream </font><font style="line-height: normal;"><i>King Animal </i></font><font style="line-height: normal;">via iTunes </font><a href="http://bit.ly/KingAnimaliTunes" style="line-height: normal;" target="_blank">HERE</a><font style="line-height: normal;"> or
visit </font></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.chriscornell.com" target="_blank">www.chriscornell.com</a> <font face="Arial"><font style="line-height: normal;">for additional details.</font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><i>For more information on Soundgarden, contact:</i></font></p>
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<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><i>PRESS HERE</i></font></p>
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<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><i>Gina Schulman // Samara Shwidock</i></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="3"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><i><u>gina@pressherepublicity.com</u></i></font></a><font color="#000000"><i> //
</i></font><a href="mailto:samara@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><i><u>samara@pressherepublicity.com</u></i></font></a><font color="#000000"><i>
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<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><i>or</i></font></p>
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<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><i>Republic Records</i></font></p>
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<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><i>Jay Wilson</i></font></p>
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<a href="mailto:jay.wilson@umusic.com" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="3"><i><u>jay.wilson@umusic.com</u></i></font></a><font color="#000000" style="font-size:medium; font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><i>
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