Chris Cornell "intimate show" in LA sells out in 45 seconds

Tickets for Chris Cornell's special "intimate show" in LA's Hotel Cafe on 3 December went onsale this morning at 11am PST and sold out in just 45 seconds!

Many congratulations to the excited fans who've been tweeting about their ticket success and commiserations to those who weren't successful. It's a very small venue, so if your watch was even slightly slow you'll have missed out. Better luck next time!

ChrisCornell.com Exclusive Announcement!

Southern California fans – do yourself a favour and visit www.chriscornell.com NOW for a special announcement!

Jerry Cantrell supports Chris Cornell over "Scream"

Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains has defended Chris Cornell against his critics in a new interview, supporting his decision to make latest album Scream with super-producer Timbaland and concluding that "Chris is obviously trying to do something completely different."

Asked by The Quietus's Mark Eglinton whether he was "as horrified as everyone else with Chris Cornell’s working with Timbaland", Cantrell replied:

"...He’s gotten a lot of shit about that and it’s personally not one of my favourite things that he’s done either. But I respect Chris tremendously and I also have done a few solo records so I know what that’s about and what sort of a risk it is being judged against your own body of work. But what that means to me is that Chris is obviously trying to do something completely different and so I support his decision. He’s one of the guys I have always admired as a song-writer and as a person. His body of work speaks for itself and that maybe when you do some things that don’t pay off so well to the rest of the world, maybe you have your own reasons for doing them anyway. And that’s probably why he did it."

Read the whole interview here.

Chris Cornell in Las Vegas

Check out these official Ambassadors of Rock photos from Chris Cornell's show at the grand opening of the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas on 15 October 2009 - including onstage, audience and backstage shots. Click the photo for more!

Behind-The-Scenes: Chris Cornell family photoshoot

Courtesy of editor-in-chief Kariz Faviz, check out these beautiful behind-the-scenes family shots from the Baby Couture photoshoot which appeared in the magazine earlier this year. In her blog entry "Chris Cornell as a Dad", Kariz also has her own impressions to share of watching the Cornells working together en famille.

Click the photo to see more!

Meanwhile, if you missed the original Baby Couture feature, you can see it archived on the web HERE.

Cornells pick out a Halloween pumpkin!

Here's a happy paparazzi picture of Chris and Vicky Cornell taking their children Toni and Christopher to pick out their Halloween pumpkin at Hollywood's popular Mr Bones' Pumpkin Patch.



Read more and see other stars and their families doing the same at this site.

Vintage Soundgarden track on John Peel box set

If you're a fan of the late great John Peel, check out this forthcoming box set of his famous live sessions at the BBC. Soundgarden's cover of The Beatles "Everyone's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" is included - read more here.