Vicky Cornell: Last News

In a candid new interview with Vicky Cornell, the widow of late rocker Chris Cornell looked back on the heartbreaking night he passed away.

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.

Soundgarden have reached a settlement in their ongoing legal battle with the widow of the band’s late frontman Chris Cornell. It means that new songs Cornell was working on with the band prior to his death in 2017 will now be released.That new material was at the heart of the legal battle, with a dispute over who owns the recordings and how they might be released.

The widow of singer Chris Cornell and his former bandmates in Soundgarden said Monday that they have resolved her lawsuit against them, clearing the way for the release of the band’s final recordings more than five years after his death.

Soundgarden and late frontman Chris Cornell‘s widow Vicky have settled their long-standing legal dispute and will release the band’s final recordings.In 2019, Cornell filed a lawsuit against the remaining members of the band and their manager over the rights to several unreleased Soundgarden songs, claiming the tracks entitled her to “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in royalties.The case was finally settled earlier in 2021 as a judge ruled that there was no evidence to suggest that the band’s surviving members are withholding royalties from Cornell.Elsewhere, Cornell filed a separate case in court against the band after they attempted to buy out her stake in her late husband’s band for what she has called a “ludicrously low” price, while the band also took Cornell to court in 2021, claiming that she had locked them out of the official Soundgarden social media accounts.Now, a joint statement from the band and Cornell reveals that they have settled their dispute and “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.”“The two parties are united and coming together to propel, honour and build upon Soundgarden’s incredible legacy as well as Chris’s indelible mark on music history – as one of the greatest songwriters and vocalists of all time.”A post shared by Chris Cornell (@chriscornellofficial)Chris Cornell died by suicide on May 18, 2017. He was 52-years-old.

Chris Cornell, and the surviving members of Soundgarden — Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepard — have settled a contentious legal battle that will allow the release of new music the band had been working on up to the time of the singer’s death from suicide in 2017. “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,” reads a statement by the relevant parties. “The two parties are united and coming together to propel, honor and build upon Soundgarden’s incredible legacy as well as Chris’s indelible mark on music history — as one of the greatest songwriters and vocalists of all time.”

The inaugural Hollywood & Mind Summit has listed some of the speakers that will appear at the May 11 event, including Charlamagne Tha God, radio and television personality, media mogul and founder of The Mental Wealth Alliance; Christina Wootton, head of partnerships at Roblox; Vicky Cornell, wife of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and advocate for mental health and addiction recovery; and Percy “Master P” Miller, rapper, music producer and NAMI ambassador.

A judge in Seattle overseeing a legal battle between Soundgarden and the widow of their late frontman Chris Cornell urged both parties to seek a settlement yesterday.

Soundgarden‘s legendary 1994 hit ‘Black Hole Sun’ – check it out below.The new video was created by  Midjourney, which describes itself as an “independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative powers of the human species”.Ahead of the Soundgarden video, the same bot was used last year for an equally stunning AI-generated video for Metallica hit ‘Enter Sandman’.For the new ‘Black Hole Sun’ video, they instructed the bot to turn each of the lyrics in Chris Cornell‘s powerful song into a representative image.See the results below.Last month, surviving members of Soundgarden and Nirvana joined forces to perform Soundgarden classics at the Los Angeles Taylor Hawkins tribute concert.After celebrating Hawkins’ memory and music with a special six-hour gig in London earlier last month (September 3), ‘The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert’ took over LA’s Kia Forum on September 27, with a bounty of special guests.During the show, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear formed a new band with Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron for two songs, all fronted by The Pretty Reckless‘ Taylor Momsen.Meanwhile, earlier this year tributes were paid to Chris Cornell by his Soundgarden bandmates, Rage Against The Machine and the late frontman’s wife Vicky Cornell to mark the fifth anniversary of his death. Cornell took his own life on May 18, 2017.

Audrey McGraw clearly inherited Faith Hill and Tim McGraw’s talents.

The apple certainly did not fall from the tree! Faith Hill and Tim McGraw's daughter, Audrey, showcased her powerful singing voice in a video shared to Instagram this week. Playing the piano and singing a rendition of Pat Benatar's «Fire and Ice,» the couple's 20-year-old daughter sounded like a true professional. In the caption of the video, Audrey humbly penned, «Put on a pretty dress and attempted to sing a Pat Benatar song on piano… ATTEMPTED!» The talented singer went on to reference the bridge, where she belted out the tune, «Excuse my yelling but l gotta have some rock on here.»A post shared by Audrey McGraw (@audreymcgraw)Audrey caught the attention of several of her parents' famous friends with her impressive cover. Rita Wilson took to the comment section to say, «More please!!!!!» While late rock star Chris Cornell's wife, Vicky Cornell, simply wrote, «Wowwwwww!!!!»Of course, with Audrey being born into the country music dynasty of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, it's no surprise she has musical prowess. ET spoke with the country legends during a Paramount+ sit-down interview in June, where they couldn't help but gush over their family.

Chris Cornell by Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine and the late frontman’s wife Vicky Cornell to mark the fifth anniversary of his death.Cornell took his own life on May 18, 2017. He was 52-years-old.Soundgarden penned a moving post to their late singer on their Instagram page on Tuesday (May 17).“Chris, five years we have missed you, you have love, you have peace, you have eternity. Love and peace for all of Soundgarden’s brothers and sisters,” the band wrote.A post shared by soundgarden (@soundgarden)His widow Vicky also posted a pair of tributes on Cornell’s official Instagram page.“Five years ago tonight, Chris would take the stage for the last time,” she wrote in the first.

Chris Cornell’s wife is paying tribute to the late legend five years after his tragic passing.

Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky has launched a new lawsuit against his former Soundgarden bandmates. She wants a judge to decide the value of Cornell’s share in the band, after the surviving members offered to buy her out of the Soundgarden business for “the villainously low figure of less than $300,000”.In the lawsuit filed in Seattle earlier this week, Vicky Cornell says that the band offered to buy her late husband’s interest in the band for $278,000.

Vicky Cornell celebrated what would have been late husband Chris Cornell's 56th birthday on Monday (July 20) by issuing a previously-unreleased cover from the archives.

Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky has threatened her late husband’s former Soundgarden bandmates with legal action if they don’t drop their lawsuit against her.