Soundgarden-headlined Pointfest cancelled
Rock on the Range aired a tribute to the late Chris Cornell and the 35th Pointfest in St Louis was cancelled altogether, as more details emerge about the singer's suicide
News By IQ | 22 May 2017
The 35th edition of Pointfest – the St Louis, Missouri, music festival which was to have been headlined by Soundgarden – was cancelled at the last minute on Friday following the sudden passing of Chris Cornell.
The festival, organised by St Louis radio station 105.7 The Point, was scheduled for Saturday 20 May at the 20,000-cap. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. Joining Cornell’s Soundgarden on the bill were Stone Sour, Biffy Clyro, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Pierce the Veil.
In a statement, the station extended its “deepest sympathies to the members of Soundgarden, their crew, management and the Cornell family” and announced refunds would be given automatically to all ticketholders.
Soundgarden were touring North America when Cornell (pictured) died suddenly after a show in Detroit last Wednesday.
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