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Chris Cornell's first-ever visit to Brazil began in Rio,where bassist Corey McCormick wore the local football team shirt and Chris told the crowd he'd be back - with the same band. Jason Sutter went samba and Searching With My Good Eye Closed made an appearance inside the Slaves and Bulldozers jam.
Silence the Voices - Original Fire - No Such Thing - Outshined - Show Me How To Live - Hunger Strike - Be Yourself - Spoonman - Billie Jean - Call Me a Dog - Getaway Car - Finally Forever - Wide Awake - Like A Stone - Doesn't Remind Me - Cochise - Pushin' Forward Back - Jesus Chris Pose - Arms Around Your Love - You Know My Name - Fell On Black Days - Black Hole Sun - What You Are - Rusty Cage - Can't Change Me - Burden In My Hand - Sunshower - Slaves And Bulldozers/ "SAMBA" drum solo/Searching With My Good Eye Closed/ 4th of July/ Like Suicide/ The End/ Whole Lotta Love
corey wears the local soccer shirt - thanks to renato tupa for the photo - see more here
Live and backstage photos by tour photographer Sean Smith
Globo.com
Chris Cornell sacode fãs em show no Rio
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Ex-vocalista do Soundgarden e Audioslave toca muitos hits das duas bandas. Cantor esbanja graves e agudos em mais de duas horas de apresentação.
Chris Cornell é prova viva de que o Soundgarden e o Audioslave mereceram o sucesso que tiveram. O ex-vocalista dos extintos grupos sacudiu o Citibank Hall, no Rio de Janeiro, na quarta-feira (12), com um show talhado à perfeição para os fãs das duas bandas.
Do lado de fora, um temporal colocava a cidade abaixo. Mas dentro da casa de shows, um público surpreendentemente volumoso pulava e cantava ao som dos maiores hits de todas as épocas do Soundgarden, Audioslave e Temple of the Dog, além de algumas canções da carreira solo do cantor.
Aos 43 anos, Chris Cornell mostrou ter a mesma energia de quando tocava em “buracos” de Seattle aos 20 e poucos. Além de ter uma presença de palco hipnotizante, o músico esnobou agudos e graves, sem economizar sua bela voz por nem um segundo. Com mais de duas horas de apresentação, Cornell manteve a firmeza e potência de seus vocais, que, ao vivo, não deixam nada a dever aos discos.
O repertório da noite incluiu pérolas como “Black hole sun”, “Spoonman”, “Outshined”, “Fell on black days” e “Rusty cage”, do Soundgarden, “Like a stone” e “Be yourself”, do Audioslave, “You know my name”, que o músico fez para a trilha sonora de “007 – Cassino Royale”, e “Hunger strike”, do Temple of the dog, cantado em coro pelo público num dos melhores momentos do show.
Teve ainda um set acústico, com a romântica “Call me a dog”, também do Temple of the Dog, “Hands around your love”, hit do novo álbum solo, “Carry on”, e uma versão reciclada de “Billie Jean”, clássico de Michael Jackson.
Acompanhado de uma banda competente, Cornell deu a seus fãs exatamente o que queriam ouvir e envolveu o público com seu carisma despojado. A voz do cantor saiu intacta como chegou, viajando de profundezas graves a agudos impressionantes com uma naturalidade admirável. Já na platéia, que agitou e cantou junto do início ao fim, teve muita gente saindo rouca, mas feliz.
- Carla Meneghini, Globo.com with translation below by Lady Marques (thanks Lady!)
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Chris Cornell blow fans away in concert on Rio
Chris Cornell proved why Soundgarden and Audioslave were such big successful bands. The former lead singer of these two bands, rocked on Citibank Hall, Rio de Janeiro, on december 12th with a perfect concert for fans of both bands.
Outside the venue, a storm was taking down the city. But inside, the audience would jump around, singing the whole time all songs of the setlist which include besides his solo stuff, Soundgarden, Audioslave and even Temple Of The Dog tracks.
In his 43, Cornell showed how he still has the same energy he used to when he was about 20 playing around Seattle. In addition to his hypnotizing stage presence, Chris abused of the higher and lower notes without saving his beatiful voice not even for a second. In a 2 and half-hour performance, Cornell kept the range and power of his voice wich sounds so good live as the studio songs does.
The setlist included classics like 'Black Hole Sun', 'Spoonman', 'Outshined', 'Fell On Black Days' and 'Rusty Cage' from Soundgarden; 'Like A Stone' and 'Be Yourself' from Audioslave; 'You Know My Name', of Casino Royale soundtrack and the Temple Of The Dog hit single, 'Hunger Strike' that made the audience sing together in one of the best moments of the show.
In the acoustic set we watched he play 'Call Me A Dog', 'Arms Around Your Love' from the new solo album and Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean'.
With his very competent band, Cornell provide to his fans exactly what they wanted to hear and get the public involved with his stripped charisma. He left the stage with the same voice he started the show, going through all notes in a impressive and admirable natural way. The audience, that sang all the time, left the venue mostly with their voice cracked but totally happy.
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Like A Stone - thanks moraismacedo
Be Yourself - thanks marqueslucia
Billie Jean - thanks moraismacedo
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