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Chris Cornell hits the road for solo acoustic tour

By Patrick Luce Sep 28, 2011, 16:00 GMT

Chris Cornell continues solo acoustic tour.@photo provided by Press Here Publicity.

Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell has announced plans for a fall and winter tour as part of his acoustic ‘Songbook’ tour. The dates will see the singer making stops across the country including the Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami, FL, Carnegie Hall in New York City, Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco and the Orpheum in Los Angeles.

The concert is described as intimate performances that highlight the songs Cornell has written throughout his illustrious career and are made up of entirely acoustic, solo performances.

An album of live ‘Songbook’ tour performances will be released on November 21st (UME) featuring songs written by Cornell as well as a few covers.

All fans who purchase their ‘Songbook’ tour tickets online will receive a digital copy of the album with each transaction.  In addition to being one of the most acclaimed voices in rock, he stands in a class of his own as a songwriter whose works have reached limitless audiences, the world over. Familiar songs emerge in a new context, showing that great songwriting translates to any idiom.

Chris Cornell has been described as one of the pioneers of the grunge era for writing a string of hits for Soundgarden, including the Grammy award-winning “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman.” In 1991, Chris formed Temple of the Dog, writing the classic song “Hunger Strike” featuring a duet with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.

In 2000, Cornell joined former Rage Against the Machine members (Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk) in Audioslave and wrote a series of the band’s hits including “Like a Stone,” “Be Yourself” and “Doesn’t Remind Me.”

Cornell’s career as a songwriter for film has included such songs as “Can’t Change Me,” and “Mission”, from the soundtrack to Mission Impossible II as well as hit theme song “You Know My Name” for James Bond thriller Casino Royale, one of the most successful installments of the spy franchise to date.  His songs have been recorded by diverse artists from Johnny Cash to Alice Cooper.

Cornell wrote and performed “The Keeper” for Relativity’s feature film Machine Gun Preacher (directed by Marc Forster) - which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this month.

The song is available via iTunes and a portion of the proceeds will go to Childers’ charity, Angels of East Africa.
 
Announced 2011 Songbook Tour Dates:

11/1/11 Memphis, TN                    Minglewood Hall
11/2/11 Nashville, TN                    War Memorial Auditorium
11/4/11 Orlando, FL                       Hard Rock Live
11/5/11 Tampa, FL                          Tampa Theatre
11/6/11 Miami Beach, FL              Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
11/9/11 Buenos Aires, Argentina   Grand Rex Theatre
11/10/11 Buenos Aires, Argentina   Grand Rex Theatre           
11/12/11 Santiago, Chile                  Maquinaria Festival
11/13/11 Sao Paulo, Brazil              SWU Festival         
11/17/11 Albany, NY                         The Hart Theatre at the Egg
11/18/11 Ridgefield, CT                   The Ridgefield Playhouse                        11/19/11 Torrington, CT                   Warner Theatre
11/21/11 New York, NY                   Carnegie Hall
11/22/11 Red Bank, NJ                     Count Basie Theatre
11/23/11 Allentown, PA                  Symphony Hall          
11/25/11 Atlantic City, NJ               Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa- Music Box 
11/26/11 Atlantic City, NJ               Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa- Music Box            11/29/11 Burlington, VT                  Flynn Center For The Performing Arts
11/30/11 Poughkeepsie, NY           Bardavon                 
12/2/11  Pittsburgh, PA                  Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland
12/3/11  Lakewood, OH                  Lakewood Civic Center
12/4/11  Ann Arbor, MI                  Michigan Theater     
12/6/11  Kalamazoo, MI                  Kalamazoo State Theatre
12/7/11  Indianapolis, IN               Egyptian Room
12/8/11  Louisville, KY                    Brown Theatre     
12/10/11 Salina, KS                           Steifel Theatre For The Performing Arts     12/13/11 Mesa, AZ                             Mesa Arts Center- Ikeda Theatre  
12/15/11 San Francisco, CA            Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
12/16/11 Los Angeles, CA               Orpheum Theatre
12/17/11 San Diego, CA                    Balboa Theatre