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Chris Cornell has cancelled his Download Festival appearance as well as the rest of his European tour.

The singer songwriter was scheduled to appear on the main stage on the Sunday night but has had to pull out citing recording commitments.

In a statement the singer said: “Due to an extended recording schedule, I will be able to perform in front of my European fans a few months later than expected. With that said, I plan on touring extensively through Europe and the rest of the world through 2008-2009.”

Download organisers have yet to say whether or not they will replace the ex-Audioslave guitarist at the festival.

Zeitgeist’, the last Smashing Pumpkins album, will be the last Smashing Pumpkins album.

Drummer Jimmy Chamberlain has announced that the band is no longer interested in the CD format anymore.

He says that although they will continue to make music, they will not record CDs.

In a statement at the Smashing Pumpkins website, Chamberlain has reassured fans that there will be more music. “The Smashing Pumpkins, will continue to write, record, release, and perform as long as we are able,” he states.

“Some of you may have read bits of an interview that was done in confidence by yours truly in which I say that the Pumpkins probably won’t record CD’s anymore. What I meant by this is this: Although we may not use the “album” or “full length CD” as a format anymore, we will write and record music until we are dead”.

Chamberlain’s original comments were taken to mean that the band was finished. “We are not going away,” he says. “I could go on about how I was stolen from, violated, lied to by some ignoble journalist, but what’s the point?”

It seems that Stone Temple Pilots plan to release a DVD of their April 7, 2008 private show at the Houdini estate in Los Angeles, where the band officially announced its reunion.

There is as yet no info regarding features, extras etc.

“This is home for us,” guitarist Dean DeLeo told MTV.com after the band announced it would be heading out this summer on a full-fledged, 65-date reunion run. “I’m fond of our legacy, and I’m fond of our band — I’m a fan. I get off when I’m riding down the highway and an STP track comes on the radio. I get off on that.”