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Soundgarden at a charity show, has responded to a question about the future of the band.Surviving members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd reunited last month for a performance at the Showbox in Seattle.

Soundgarden have reunited as Nudedragons for a Seattle benefit concert – watch footage of the gig below.Members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd reunited for a performance at the Showbox in Seattle on December 14. Billed as Nudedragons, the band name is an anagram of Soundgarden and is the same name they used in 2010 when they reunited to play their first show since 1997.The Nudedragons members were joined by singer Shaina Shepherd at the 13th annual SMooCH concert that helps benefit the Seattle Children’s Hospital uncompensated care fund.

Soundgarden are reuniting as Nudedragons for a benefit concert in Seattle later this month.Members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd will reunite for a performance at the Showbox in Seattle on December 14. Their band name is an anagram of Soundgarden and is the same name they used in 2010 when they reunited to play their first show since 1997.The band’s frontman, Chris Cornell, died by suicide on May 18, 2017.

Pearl Jam brought their cover of Temple Of The Dog’s ‘Hunger Strike’ back to their setlist for the first time in 10 years during a gig in Sydney.The band last covered the song live in October 2014 at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit, performing it with Temple of the Dog’s late frontman Chris Cornell. Notably they have not performed it since Cornell died in 2017 at the age of 52.They dusted the cover off again for the final show of their ‘Dark Matter‘ world tour yesterday (November 23).

Chris, has announced her debut single ‘Sunset Of Your Love’ – pre-save it here.The 20-year-old shared on Instagram that the track will be released next Thursday (November 21) and revealed that it was written by MoZella, who co-wrote Miley Cyrus’ 2013 hit ‘Wrecking Ball’, and produced by Dave Hamelin, who worked on Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated single ‘16 Carriages’.In her post, she gave fans a preview, showcasing lyrics including, “All I know is I’m not ready/ ‘Til you find me/ I’ll be waiting in the sunset of your love.”While she describes it as her “first song”, she did release a track, ‘Far Away Places’, back in 2019. She recorded the song in 2017, three months before her father died that May at the age of 52, and it features production from the Soundgarden and Audioslave icon too.A post shared by Toni (@tonicornell)Over the years, Toni has performed a range of covers, too, including Temple Of The Dog’s ‘Hunger Strike’, Pearl Jam’s ‘Black’, Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, and Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, which was her dad’s favourite song to cover.In 2018, she released a duet of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, which she performed alongside her father, and donated the proceeds to the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Tom Morello has shared what he sees as the similarities between Post Malone and Chris Cornell when it comes to songwriting.Morello – who was the guitarist in Audioslave alongside Chris Cornell – opened up about the number of artists he has collaborated with over the years in a new interview with Eddie Trunk.When asked which artist he would like to release music with next, the Rage Against The Machine icon shared that he has actually already written a song with Post Malone, but hasn’t had the chance to share it yet.“We wrote a song together that, to my ears, sounds like what ‘Beat It’ was to Michael Jackson,” Morello told the host, revealing that they first began writing the track between five and six years ago. “It is a banger.

Eddie Van Halen.In September, it was reported that the last song the siblings ever wrote together would be included in the audiobook version of Alex’s new memoir, Brothers, with Alex sharing a brief clip of the track with fans on Instagram alongside a series of family photos.While the drummer has previously been absent from the public eye following Eddie’s death in 2020, he made a rare statement and shared his motivations for writing the book.“This is my tribute to my brother; my way of saying goodbye,” he said. “Ed, I love you and miss you.

Liam Payne reportedly had pink cocaine and other substances in his system at the time of his fatal balcony fall.Last Wednesday (October 16), it was announced that the solo artist and former One Direction member had died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Per The Guardian, the Argentinian prosecutor’s office revealed that his cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Sources have now told ABC News that results of a partial autopsy showed he had “pink cocaine” – a drug typically made up of a mix of substances including methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA and others – as well as cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack in his system.

Chris Cornell‘s daughter Toni Cornell has hit out over coverage of Liam Payne‘s death.Payne passed away at the age of 31 last Wednesday (October 16) after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentinian prosecutor’s office revealed that Payne’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Taking to her Instagram Stories page, she drew particular attention to TMZ and its decision to publish photos of Payne’s hotel room and his body.She wrote: “In the wake of Liam Payne’s tragic passing, I feel compelled to speak out about the disgusting, distressing photos released by TMZ including graphic images of his hotel room and body.“Having seen those photos, I can’t help but reflect on my own experience when graphic images of my father’s death were also published by TMZ.“As a 12-year-old, I stumbled upon those pictures while scrolling through my iPad, and it was indescribably traumatising, and something I still carry with me to this day.

Ozzy Osbourne, when he almost became the lead singer of the band.After stints by David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Extreme’s Gary Cherone, the group was between frontmen circa 2001 when its namesake brothers, Eddie and Alex Van Halen, were in talks for Osbourne to bring his signature wail to VH. “When you get a dog, you don’t expect it to be a cat,” Alex told Rolling Stone in his first interview since guitar god Eddie’s death in 2020.

Van Halen could have had new additions to their line-up over the years in Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, and Joe Satriani, Alex Van Halen reveals.The former drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band is set to release Brothers, a memoir of his life with brother Eddie – who passed away in October 2020 due to complications from throat cancer – from childhood to 1984, when the band’s first line-up with David Lee Roth ended.In an interview with Rolling Stone published today (October 15) promoting the book, Alex reveals more moments from the band’s storied career over the decades – for one, how Osbourne was originally tipped to front the band in 2001.Alex and Eddie had met Ozzy with wife and manager Sharon Osbourne to lay out plans for him to record an album with the band. “When you get a dog, you don’t expect it to be a cat,” Alex tells Rolling Stone, noting that the brothers were open to the implications of the former Black Sabbath frontman joining their band.

Chris Cornell‘s widow Vicky has shared a clip of the late singer covering Tracy Chapman‘s ‘Fast Car’ on what would have been the Soundgarden frontman’s 60th birthday.Yesterday (July 20), Vicky Cornell took to Instagram to share a snippet of Cornell covering Chapman’s 1988 hit, alongside a montage of candid videos of him through the years, and a written tribute.“Chris would have turned 60 today. Although everyone that loved him is sad that he’s no longer here, it’s all of you, the fans who made him, whose love has continued to keep his legacy alive.

this epic power ballad, which hit No. 1 in 1983, the Welsh belter nailed the galactic pain of when the heart goes totally dark.If you don’t have some Ziggy Stardust up in your eclipse mix, then really, we can’t help you.This jazz- and falsetto-kissed bliss from “Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic” — the late, great Purple One’s underappreciated 1999 album — is a cosmic chill-out.Of course, Harrison has kept us basking in the eternal glow of “Here Comes the Sun,” off The Beatles’ 1969 classic “Abbey Road.” But 10 years later, he flipped the script with this ethereal dreaminess from his 1979 self-titled album.Going from Policeman to jazzman in his early solo years, Sting worked all of his tantric sexiness on this moonlit serenade from 1987’s “…Nothing Like the Sun.”The “Uptown Funk”-ster breaks out his best street-corner croon on this swoonworthy tune — from “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” his 2010 debut album — that is all the starry-eyed feels.The sunshine-pop quartet radiate peace, love and celestial on this song, which as part of a chart-topping medley with “Aquarius” won them the Record of the Year Grammy in 1970.On his breakout 1971 hit, Brother Bill captures the pitch blackness — and bleakness — when both his house and heart turn cold “anytime she goes away.”Chris Cornell — one of rock’s all-time greatest voices — left a black hole in the music world when he died in 2017.

Eddie Vedder has said that he thinks Pearl Jam have “one or two” good records left in them, ahead of the release of their new album.The singer was speaking to MOJO Magazine a month ahead of the release of ‘Dark Matter’, their 12th studio record.“The older you get the better you are at living in the present,” he said. “The understanding you have less time is the biggest number in the quotient. The goal is to keep making music.”Vedder reflected on the fact that a number of his friends have passed away, including Chris Cornell, Mark Lanegan and Layne Stanley.

Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready has teased the band’s forthcoming album, revealing that it’s “heavier than you’d expect”.The band’s record-in-progress is the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Gigaton’ and McCready offered some details about the album in a recent interview with Classic Rock.“I’m hoping it’s gonna come out [in 2024],” McCready said. “We have a bunch of songs tracked. We worked with Andrew Watt, who’s a younger pop producer-type guy, but he’s really a rock guy at heart — I think we’re his favorite band.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Rage Against the Machine has called it quits for a third time, according to the band’s drummer Brad Wilk. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the founding member addressed a slew of canceled dates as part of Rage’s Public Service Announcement reunion tour.

Soundgarden‘s Matt Cameron has revealed that the band’s dispute with Chris Cornell‘s estate is still ongoing.Earlier this year, the band and the late frontman’s widow Vicky shared that they had settled their long-standing legal dispute and would be release the band’s final recordings. They released a joint statement that said they had “reached an amicable out-of-court resolution”.It added: “The reconciliation marks a new partnership between the two parties, which will allow Soundgarden fans around the world to hear the final songs that the band and Chris were working on.”While appearing as a guest on The Vinyl Guide podcast, Cameron, Soundgarden’s drummer, revealed that the band are still dealing with Cornell’s estate and that the chances of the band releasing the final songs with him on them are slim.“We’re still in the middle of a dispute with the estate,” he said.

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready has revealed that he is writing a rock opera about Chris Cornell and the Seattle grunge scene.Pearl Jam and Cornell’s band Soundgarden emerged from the Pacific Northwest city around the same time, and became lynchpins of the scene along with Nirvana.In a new interview with Guitar World, McCready revealed that he is working on a project with which to remember the scene and the late Cornell.“I look at him as one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time, aside from being a friend,” McCready said of Cornell.“I love Chris and I’m working on a little project about the Seattle scene and a musical kind of rock opera thing. It’s just from my experience in the Seattle music scene, and he’s part of it.”He added that he currently sees the project as incorporating “a record and maybe some sort of stage/play thing,” adding: “I’m working on a script and I’ve got about 18 songs that I’m working on, and I’m singing on it.

Paul Reubens' cause of death had officially been confirmed, after the much loved Pee-wee Herman star passed away aged 70 in July.The star’s tragic passing was officially announced on Instagram on 30 July, with his cause of death now confirmed to have been "acute myelogenous leukaemia” and "acute hypoxic respiratory failure”. The details were revealed on Paul’s death certificate, which had been obtained by US publication The Blast.

New Yorker article, “The Family That Built an Empire of Pain” and Barry Meier’s book, “Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic.” It retells the opioid crisis from several different perspectives, including billionaire Richard Sackler (Broderick) and his team at Purdue Pharma (Sackler has denied responsibility for the crisis); Edie Flowers (Uzo Aduba), a lawyer working for the US attorney’s office in Roanoke who’s investigating the drug OxyContin; Glen Kryger (Taylor Kitsch), a family man with a small business who gets hooked on OxyContin after he’s injured at work; and Shannon Shaeffer (West Duchovony), a new recruit to the Purdue sales team who begins having doubts. “Back in 2003, I was working at the New York Times and we got a tip that there was this new drug called OxyContin that was running wild on the streets of all these small towns,” Meier, a consulting producer on the show, told The Post.

Anne Heche was laid to rest at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Cathedral Mausoleum on Mother's Day. Heche died on Aug. 11, and was laid to rest later that month.The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office ruled her death as an accident as a result of "inhalation and thermal injuries." She was 53.