During the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards tonight (August 27), Jared Leto (Thirty Seconds to Mars) gave a speech to honor the late Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) and the late Chris Cornell (Soundgarden). You can watch that below: Leto said the following [transcribed by Loudwire]: “MTV asked me to come here today to say a…
Godsmack paid tribute to both Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell during their August 9 show at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA. You can see footage of them performing Linkin Park’s “Crawling” and Temple Of The Dog’s “Hunger Strike” below: In other news, Sully Erna and Shannon Larkin were recently interviewed by WFMZ-TV, and talked a bit…
Chris Cornell’s (Soundgarden) widow Vicky Cornell has decided to memorialize her husband with a new statue in Seattle, WA. “He is Seattle’s son,” Vicky told The Seattle Times, “and we will be bringing him home and honoring him, I hope, with all of you, your love and support.” Wayne Toth, who previously made a memorial…
Staind’s Aaron Lewis recently hosted his sixth annual “Aaron Lewis Invitational Charity Golf Tournament” and “Aaron Lewis And Friends” benefit concert in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was joined by numerous guests including Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), Sully Erna (Godsmack) and more. Among the various performances, there was a couple tributes that took place including Lewis,…
Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni Cornell joined OneRepublic on “Good Morning America” for a performance of Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah” in honor of her father and Chester Bennington, who both tragically took their own lives. You can watch official footage HERE, and an unofficial upload below: https://youtu.be/oS35FrLzKr8
Nonprofit organization Childhaven have announced that they have established a new “Chris Cornell Therapy Music Program”, with $100,000 donated by Cornell’s widow Vicky Cornell. The program, which focuses on therapeutic early learning for children who faced trauma, was announced today on what would have been the late vocalist’s 53rd birthday. Vicky said the following: “The…
Chris Cornell‘s (Soundgarden) Audioslave bandmate Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Prophets Of Rage) has shared the eulogy he wrote for the late singer. You can read that below. “In his song Sunshower, Chris wrote: All you’ll be, you are today. It’s alright when you’re caught in pain and you feel the rain come down.…
Chris Cornell‘s (Soundgarden, etc.) widow Vicky Cornell was recently interviewed by People about her husband’s death. During the chat, she reiterated the fact that the prescription drugs in his system likely led to his suicide, due to impaired judgement. She also said the following : “My Chris was happy, loving, caring and warm. This was…
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