The **Seattle Seahawks** will celebrate the return of football with a special "Countdown To Kickoff." The **Seahawks** will open the regular season at Lumen Field on Wednesday, September 9 vs. the **New England Patriots**, with kickoff at 5:20 p.m. PT on **NBC**.
The home opener will also feature a special halftime performance from **SOUNDGARDEN**, featuring **Taylor Momsen** of **THE PRETTY RECKLESS** and **Mike McCready** of **PEARL JAM**. **McCready** will also perform the national anthem pregame, and will be appearing on behalf of the **Washington Innocence Project**, a **Seahawks** Spirit Of 12 partner.
**Momsen**, who has long cited **SOUNDGARDEN** and the late **Chris Cornell** as her musical heroes, and **McCready** previously joined surviving **SOUNDGARDEN** members, drummer **Matt Cameron**, guitarist **Kim Thayil** and bassist **Ben Shepherd**, for a performance of the band's classic song **"Rusty Cage"** at last year's **Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame** induction ceremony in November 2025 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The event also featured **Brandi Carlile** leading a rendition of **"Black Hole Sun"** (with **Momsen** on backing vocals),and **Chris**'s daughter **Toni Cornell** singing **"Fell On Black Days"** accompanied by **HEART**'s **Nancy Wilson**.
**Thayil**, **Cameron**, **Cornell** and **Shepherd** were included in **SOUNDGARDEN**'s induction, as was original bassist **Hiro Yamamoto**, who was with **SOUNDGARDEN** from 1984 to 1989 and played on the band's first two EPs and first two albums.
**Thayil**, **Cameron** and **Shepherd** are working on a new **SOUNDGARDEN** album featuring previously unreleased recordings they made with **Chris Cornell** before the singer's 2017 death. **Cameron**, **Thayil** and **Shepherd** are collaborating with producer **Terry Date**, who previously helmed **SOUNDGARDEN**'s **"Louder Than Love"** (1989) and **"Badmotorfinger"** (1991) LPs, with the mixing sessions currently taking place with **Joe Barresi**, a producer, engineer and mixer who as previously worked with **AVENGED SEVENFOLD**, **VOLBEAT**, **SLIPKNOT**, **MONSTER MAGNET**, **BAD RELIGION** and many, many other big rock acts.
In 2010, **SOUNDGARDEN** reunited for new tour and released a new album, **"King Animal"**, on November 13, 2012. The band effectively split up again following **Cornell**'s death in May 2017.
