Chris Cornell bringing ‘Songbook’ to Seattle

Chris Cornell attempts the YMCA at Showbox Sodo in 2007. Photo by Steven Friederich

Chris Cornell will be going an a brief solo acoustic trek across the U.S. and Canada this spring.

On the tour, which is being called the Songbook tour, Cornell will perform material from throughout his career including songs from Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave and material from his three solo records. A Seattle date has been set for May 1 at the Moore Theatre. Ticket information for the show has yet to be released.

The news of the tour comes one week after news of a live Soundgarden album was announced. The reunited grungers made a big splash in 2010 by getting back together but they only performed three public concerts (including one intimate set in Seattle). There is no word on any touring Soundgarden plans, however, since all of Cornell’s Soundgarden bandmates live in the neighborhood and they all seem to play nice together nowadays there is a better chance that previous local Cornell solo shows that Matt Cameron, Ben Shepard and Kim Thayil might grace the stage for a song or two.

4/1/11           Austin, TX @  Paramount Theatre

4/2/11           Houston, TX @ House of Blues

4/3/11           Dallas, TX @House of Blues

4/5/11           Atlanta, GA  @ Center Stage

4/6/11           Asheville, NC @  The Orange Peel

4/8/11           Bridgeport, CT @ The Klein Memorial Auditorium

4/9/11           Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Hall

4/10/11         Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre

4/12/11         New York, NY @Town Hall Theatre

4/15/11         Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa – Music Box

4/16/11         Montclair, NJ  @  Wellmont Theatre

4/17/11         Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

4/19/11         Poughkeepsie, NY @  Bardavon

4/20/11         Toronto, ON @  Queen Elizabeth Theatre

4/22/11         Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre

4/23/11          Milwaukee, WI@Pabst Theater

4/24/11         Saint Paul, MN @Fitzgerald Theatre

4/26/11         Edmonton, AB  @Winspear Centre

4/27/11          Medicine Hat, AB @ Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre

4/29/11         Victoria, BC @ Royal Theatre

4/30/11         Coquitlam, BC @ Red Robinson Show Theatre

5/1/11            Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre

5/3/11           San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

5/4/11           Los Angeles, CA @ John Anson Ford Amphitheatre

5/6/11           San Diego, CA @Humphreys Concerts by the Bay

About Travis Hay

Travis Hay is a music journalist who has spent the past 20 years documenting and enjoying Seattle's music scene. He's written for various outlets including MSN Music, the Seattle-Post Intelligencer, Seattle Weekly, Pearl Jam's Ten Club, Crosscut.com and others.

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