Chris Cornell - Shepherd's Bush Empire 2/3/09

Last night, I wasn't expecting much from the Chris Cornell show. I had investigated the setlists of his most recent shows in Amsterdam and Berlin. 90% of it was to be his new stuff which isn't great to be honest. 3 songs in he announces...

CC: "Shepherd's Bush was the first European venue Soundgarden ever played. That was 20 years ago, so with that in mind we are going to play everything from the past 20 years, and we aren't going to stop playing til they kick us out!"

They then proceeded to explode into Spoonman, that's the moment I shat myself.

- God -

But I cried real tears of emotion when, after 2 and half hours of vintage Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of a Dog, and solo Cornell they finished with probably my favourite song of all time: Like Suicide, the final song on Superunknown and a song I don't think has been played since the Soundgarden days.

That was something else.

Thank you Chris.

Setlist:

• 1. Part Of Me
  2. Time
  3. You Know My Name
  4. No Such Thing
  5. Gun
  6. Spoonman (Good Times, Bad Times)
  7. Hunger Strike
  8. Show Me How To Live
  9. Exploder
  10. Be Yourself
  11. Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)
  12. Ground Zero
  13. Never Far Away
  14. Gasoline
  15. Rusty Cage
  16. Can't Change Me (Acoustic)
  17. Fell On Black Days (Acoustic)
  18. Dandelion (Acoustic)
  19. Like A Stone (Acoustic)
  20. - Band Jam -
  21. Cochise
  22. Watch Out
  23. Burden In My Hand
  24. Pretty Noose
  25. Arms Around Your Love
  26. Scream
  27. Outshined
  28. Jesus Christ Pose
  29. Encore:
  29. Immigrant Song
  30. Disappearing One
  31. Like Suicide

30 songs, that's what I'm talking about!