archived stories from May 2007
30 May 2007
Chris Cornell will be the featured guest on the US-wide syndicated radio show Rockline with host Bob Coburn on Monday June 4, 2007. The show airs at 8:30pm PT/ 11:30pm ET and fans are encouraged to call in at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).
29 May 2007
Music enthusiast and Chris Cornell fan Dani (aka tigerfaerie) is running a competition to win copies of Carry On and other albums from Chris's earlier career. It's her very generous way of spreading his music to a wider audience. Go here and enter!! Winners will be announced June 4.
Chris will be on BBC Radio 1`s Colin Murray show in the UK this Thursday, May 31, between 22.00 and 00.00 with some live tracks and an interview. (thanks Helen)
27 May 2007
Yogi posted some more dates on his website and on MySpace - also see tour page. He also revealed that on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 the band will be filming an on-camera performance for NBC's Tonight Show (Leno) as well as a performance for Jimmy Kimmel the following day, June 7, and that Chris will be dropping in on Howard Stern's radio show in New York on June 12. Meanwhile Yogi will play a solo show in Hollywood's Hotel Cafe on June 15.
26 May 2007
You can view the EPK for Carry On at this location. Enjoy! (thanks Mel)
24 May 2007
There are some new - and very unusual - photos of Chris at MTV.com which are captioned as "by Chris Cornell" (thanks Lenora). Self-portraits?
Guérilla Radio, an alternative rock show on Parisian radio station OUI FM (102.3), will air an exclusive three-song acoustic performance from Chris this Sunday, May 27 at 10pm (Central European Summer Time) - that's 9pm UK time, folks. Listen online here.
The not-yet-onsale American dates added the other day (thanks Emma) have now been joined by confirmation that Chris will headline the first date of Norway's Quart Festival in Kristiansand on July 2 (thanks Christoffer) and Oslo on August 22 (thanks Peder). That's FOUR dates in Norway, you lucky people! See tour page.
23 May 2007
A guitar autographed by Chris is being auctioned on Ebay in aid of MusiCares, the charity which recently honoured him for his work helping addicts in recovery. See here (thanks Lewis)
Chris will be taking part in the Live Earth benefit on July 7 (see tour dates), at the German concert in Hamburg's HSH Nordbank Arena, playing second on the bill to Snoop Dogg. Silbermond, Jay Delay, Juli, Katie Melua, Mana, Michael Mittermeier, Reamonn, Roger Cicero and Sasha will also play the German show. (thanks PJfreak). The Live Earth shows aim to raise awareness about global warming issues and other events will be simultaneously staged in England, America, Australia, China, Bulgaria and Brazil. Robert Plant, Madonna, The Police and Crowded House are also among the international participants. Live Earth Hamburg will be streamed live here, and will be broadcast to more than 100 countries worldwide as part of the global television feed.
22 May 2007
The video for the new UK single Arms Around Your Love (released yesterday) is now available to watch at AOL Music. However, you can't see it if you live in the UK. Work that one out!
19 May 2007
The video for Arms Around Your Love is available to watch here (thanks partyofone). If you can;t make that work (it needs fast broadband) try YouTube (thanks Felverick).
There is now a wealth of new photos of Chris and the band at Ross Halfin's site - taken in Paris and London this past week. According to Ross, there's a major feature in the pipeline to be published in Britain's Mojo magazine, so keep your eyes open for that.
18 May 2007
I'll be adding a whole lot of news today (also see entries for 16-17 May) because I'm catching up after my London trip.
Carry On has leaked a week-and a-half before release after the NME winners at the Astoria show won free copies. Those who want links will find them, but this site won't publicise them. Those who have any respect for Chris or his music will still go ahead and buy the album on release. Those who don't can have the pleasure of knowing they don't deserve it!!
At some point between midnight tonight and 9 am tomorrow, Australia's Rage TV will be showing the video for Arms Around Your Love (thanks Mel)
17 May 2007
Not so much news as a quick update. I'm just back from my trip to London to see Chris at the Astoria, so the site fell a little behind there for a couple of days - will be back up to speed shortly with some new material and a few surprises!!
16 May 2007
Chris has given the press some further comments about the breakup of Audioslave.
"Singer Chris Cornell recently told MTV.com that his days of being in a band were over and he was prepared to spend the rest of his career as a solo artist following his departure from Audioslave earlier this spring. Although AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello recently said that he never officially heard from Cornell that he was leaving the group, the singer told Launch that he did make his intentions clear. "Tom and I did have communications about the fact that I was gonna go make a record, and that I was tired of what ended up seeming like political negotiations toward how we were gonna do AUDIOSLAVE business and getting nowhere with it," he said. "We had back and forths about that, and we also as a band sat in a room with other people trying to work this out on numerous occasions, and it wasn't really happening." Cornell added that the process of "doing AUDIOSLAVE business" led him to go solo. "I still will always say that everybody did their best, I think, to try to come to some sort of an agreement, but it literally did sort of turn into these, like, negotiations, you know, almost like you're negotiating a contract with a record company, something like that," he said. "I can make my own records and I don't have to do that with myself." (thanks Blabbermouth)
Chris will be playing on the penultimate day of the marathon Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary in August - staged over eight days on Obuda Island in the middle of the Danube. See tour page for a link to the festival site.
14 May 2007
Anyone who didn't win the chance to attend a meet & greet at the London show at the Astoria on May 16th can get a second opportunity by heading over to the NME and entering this competition - it closes tomorrow, May 15, so hurry (thanks Allison)
Chris will appear on American TV show Jimmy Kimmel on Friday, June 8 with an outdoor mini-concert happening in Los Angeles on Thursday June 7 - request tickets here (over 16 with valid photo ID). More info here. (thanks CTGolden)
12 May 2007
Last night Chris was honoured at a charity concert and dinner in Los Angeles in aid of the MusiCares MAP Fund. Alice Cooper presented him with an award for his charity work with recovering addicts and Chris and his band gave a special live performance, playing Be Yourself, Safe and Sound, Billie Jean, You Know My Name and Black Hole Sun (thanks Scarlet and Mel).
Chris with Alice Cooper and wife Vicky, courtesy WireImage
An article published by Billboard/Reuters confirms that the current tour will last for 18 months. Chris is quoted as saying: ""I don't really care so much about the PA being good or if the power turns off in the middle of the show, because you're playing on the southern tip of Italy or somewhere in Southeast Asia," he said. "I just want to be in that environment." Perhaps a couple of tips there as to future stops on the tour?
11 May 2007
The European meet and greet was announced early this morning on the news page of Chris's official site.
Here's the lowdown on what to do:
"European fans, win a chance to meet Chris Cornell!
Chris is giving 5 lucky fans in each city of his upcoming European Tour a chance to come out and catch his show. Aside from just catching the band's performance, you will also be meeting Chris Cornell! The winners will score tickets (for you and one guest) to the show selected and also get to meet Chris Cornell in person!
Just send an email, including your full name, to: rsvp@chriscornell.com with the subject being the city you'd like to attend. Options are:
- Paris 5/15
- London 5/16
- Berlin 5/21 (I think they mean 20th)
- Amsterdam 5/22
- Milan 5/24
Please ensure the information you send is accurate! Winners may be asked for a Photo ID to prove their identity when picking up their tickets. It is paramount your email address be correct and work properly! Additional information will be relayed to the winners via email. One entry per person, multiple entries will have the first entry selected. Winners will be randomly selected. Winners of previous Meet & Greet contests are not eligible to win."
Those going to the Glasgow Academy show on June 27 - it wasn't included in the current list of shows, and neither were the European festival dates - but watch this space for news.
9 May 2007
You can watch last night's live webcast from the Fenix in Seattle at this address. And a pat on the back to MSN for making this available internationally!
8 May 2007
A performance of Black Hole Sun from Chris's appearance on The Henry Rollins Show - plus a collection of interview snippets - is available to stream from this page. You can also see the performance of No Such Thing, introduced by Henry, on Youtube (thanks templeoftrouble).
The soundtrack for the forthcoming William Friedkin movie Bug does not contain Chris's song Disappearing Act, according to antimusic.com and the track listing at Amazon. The song plays over the closing credits of the movie and features Chris solo acoustic. A case of waiting for the DVD, then!
A video for No Such Thing is available to stream or download here or at Youtube here although it currently seems to be missing its final moments. The video is directed by Fernando Apodaca who also made Pearl Jam's video for Life Wasted (thanks tigerfaerie).
Meanwhile, She'll Never Be Your Man (currently streaming at Chris's MySpace) has been selected as the follow-up to No Such Thing as the next US single (thanks Joe).
6 May 2007
The UK single of Arms Around Your Love is now up for pre-order at Amazon.co.uk and via other sites as an import - and it has the Led Zeppelin cover Thank You on the B-side (thanks Marco).
5 May 2007
More on the private concert in Seattle on May 8. According to MSN, you can watch it live here at 10 pm PT, 1am ET. The site also has a great picture gallery including some as-yet-unseen shots of Chris in Audioslave and after (thanks SSScarlet).
4 May 2007
Another diary date for those in Europe - Chris will make an appearance on German radio station 1 Live 106.7 on 21st May at 8pm. The show's called Plan B. (thanks Mo)
3 May 2007
There is an interview with Chris at the Music & Entertainment Tex Mex site - click on "ME Videos" to view.
Chris is headlining two festivals in Norway in late August - Dognvillfestivalen in Tromsø and Parkenfestivalen in Bodø. See tour page for details (thanks Peder and Hanna).
The promo pictures by Max Vadukul which feature in small size at Chris's official site are viewable at Starpulse.com in larger size. Enjoy!
© A&M Records // Photo credit: Max Vadukul
Chris is playing a radio session at KISW 99.9 in Seattle next Tuesday - you need to listen to the station to learn how to win tickets (thanks MrChyles). There are also unconfirmed reports of another session next week at 107.7 The End. Meanwhile, Chris's official site has more about the rumoured private broadcast performance(s) in Seattle.
"A select few of you have the opportunity to attend a special live broadcast performance by Chris Cornell at a private concert in Seattle on May 8. The location will be revealed to attendees the day of the show in a confirmation email. To RSVP, please CLICK HERE to fill out a request form and if you are one of the first 100 people to register, you will receive an email confirming your attendance along with one guest. 21 and over only will be admitted."
2 May 2007
Chris is no longer on the bill for the Virgin Festival in Baltimore on August 5. The cancellation has been confirmed by the festival organisers (thanks Scuzzrat).
Chris Cornell Fan Page © Clare O'Brien 2007
