A selection of press reviews from Chris Cornell's Tel Aviv show on June 17.
"The set list is an important factor to the Israeli audience, that has no mercy on its heroes. In the press conference he held this morning Cornell confessed he didn’t know what he was about to play tonight and that he usually decides what he's to play only on the night of the show.
In Tel Aviv Chris Cornell gave a perfect set list keeping a perfect balance between his songs from different years. When he went on stage with arms wide open to the sound of his last album "Scream" the feeling was that this was going to be a great show, and such it was.
Cornell's new songs (which most of the audience feared) got a new color, a new life and passionate energies from an artist that has rock pumping through his veins but doesn't mind fooling around with catchy hits as "Part of Me"
Cornell is a true "stage animal" - you could see it on every muscle on his face. He was in the show from the first second and the Israeli audience gave him a big loyal hug, shouting the words with him, cheering the first notes of a familiar song.
Cornell's vocal powers are well preserved and could be heard clearly when he gave his phenomenal version of "Redemption Song" armed only with an acoustic guitar.
Cornell didn't miss out any period of his musical career, from Soundgarden to his solo projects, and Audioslave's "Show Me How To Live" was responded to with a great roar.
His touching version of "Billie Jean" and the moving "Hunger Strike" that he sang in response to a few signs in the audience were a pure pleasure.
Cornell didn't come over to "do his job", he came to enjoy himself and maybe to compensate for last year's cancelled show, which he didn't forget to mention. He ended with "Black Hole Sun" sending many smiling people home with a promise of coming back."
"Cornell...acted on the stage of the Gane HaTa'arucha like his appearance in Tel Aviv would determine the future of his career. He gave his soul, and on the way he has proved that he has a huge one!...He communicated with the audience in the most natural and honest way." - http://www.mouse.co.il/
"It's really hard to find someone from the thousands that were last night at Gane HaTa'arucha, who left unsatisfied from the impressive rock performance provided by Cornell" - http://www.mako.co.il/
"A show full of passion...the audience were hypnotized by the prince of Grunge's voice, forgave the shirking from last year, and even understood the songs from his latest album....looks a million dollars and still has a pure voice that you can love or hate, but surely not ignore!" - http://bidur.nana10.co.il/
Thanks to Moran Paz and Gal Dayan for translations from Hebrew.
Chris Cornell has paid tribute to Michael Jackson, who died yesterday.
Chris told NME: "I was on my way from Poland to Berlin following a show. At 1am I got the news and was immediately saddened,” he said. "I remembered being six years old and seeing the Jackson 5 on our black and white TV. His brothers were cool but he had a halo around him.
"Superstar at 12. What promise. He had magic! It was by chance that I recorded and rearranged his song 'Billie Jean' and have been amazed at the response it gets when I perform it every night. He was amazingly talented and largely misunderstood.
"I hope that the media will be kind and celebrate the genius instead of cashing in on the tabloid angles that made him a prisoner. I think he deserves that."
Read the full story and listen to Chris Cornell's cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" HERE. Read about all famous Michael Jackson covers - including Chris's version of "Billie Jean" - HERE.
"Cornell, a heavy-rock icon twice over, first with Soundgarden, then Audioslave, can shrug aside this negative hysteria because he knows that, actually, Scream is a pretty good record. Sure, hearing that famous molasses croon against a backdrop of caffeinated Timbaland beats takes getting used to -- but it's an album worth stepping outside your comfort zone for."
From Chris Cornell's cover feature in the Irish Independent's Day & Night - read the whole article by Ed Power HERE.
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In Part 2 of this great video interview with Young Hollywood, Chris talks about family life and "I Promise It's Not Goodbye," the song he recently co-wrote with fan Rory De La Rosa.
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Chris Cornell and his brother-in-law Nicholas Karayiannis have optioned crime writer Philip Carlo's famous book “The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez” and are collaborating with the author to develop it as a movie script. Read more in...» Full Story
Chris Cornell will play a private show for the grand opening of the new Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas on October 15 2009.
The show is part of Hard Rock's Ambassadors of Rock Tour, a global concert series featuring an eclectic group of artists including...» Full Story
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