From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 14 Sep 1999 to 15 Sep 1999 (#1999-6) Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 2:01 AM There are 12 messages totalling 350 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Boston Shows 2. CC Concerts 3. cambridge setlist 4. North American Tour Dates Announced! (4) 5. Anyone? 6. Cambridge review from sonicnet 7. Beacon Theatre...November 14th 8. NYC show!!! 9. Forgot one thing To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 02:03:13 EDT From: Matt Hammons Subject: Boston Shows <> And <> Which TOTD song was it? I assume it was All night thing, cause Trouble/Footsteps is a Stone Gossard riff Matt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:15:38 PDT From: Jen Brittingham Subject: CC Concerts Is anyone opening for Chris? :)Jen ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 06:01:31 -0400 From: Kendrick Kay Subject: Re: cambridge setlist >13. All Night Thing oops, i made a mistake.. the first encore was all night thing as nate listed. i can't believe i absent-mindedly identified it as times of trouble.. a strange slip of the mind i suppose.. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:26:51 +0800 From: sabrina Subject: North American Tour Dates Announced! I thought some of you might be interested in this ;-) Let's just hope he's going to be touring through 2000, because he sure is ignoring a lot of states. [from www.mtv.com] 9.14.99 7:55 EST Chris Cornell Maps Out U.S. Tour Chris Cornell If your city is missing from Chris Cornell's current road schedule, it hopefully won't be for long. The former Soundgarden frontman just kicked off a mini-tour previewing his upcoming solo debut, "Euphoria Morning," and he's now announced dates for a 20-stop U.S. outing later this year. Cornell's next North American road trip begins on November 10 in Atlanta and comes to a close on December 10 in Denver. The singer-songwriter's current mini-tour finishes off on September 22 in Los Angeles, the day after his album is released. He has also slated a brief European tour beginning October 10 in Manchester, England. For more on Chris Cornell, including the full-length video for his new single, "Can't Change Me," check out the MTV Online Feature, "Into the Superunknown". If you want to catch Cornell this fall, here's where to look: 11/10 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle Theater 11/12 - Washington, DC @ Lisner 11/13 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater 11/14 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theater 11/16 - Toronto, ON @ Roy Thomson Hall 11/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theater 11/19 - Detroit, MI @ State Theatre 11/20 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater 11/21 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater 11/23 - St. Louis, MO @ American Theater 11/26 - Seattle, WA @ The Paramount 11/27 - Eugene, OR @ Hult Center 11/28 - Eugene, OR @ Hult Center 11/30 - Sacramento, CA @ Community Theater 12/1 - San Francisco, CA @ Berkeley Community 12/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre 12/4 - San Diego, CA @ Spreckles 12/6 - Phoenix, AZ @ Union Hall 12/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kingsbury Hall 12/10 - Denver, CO @ Paramount Theater sabrina ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 07:48:04 -0600 From: Fluttergirl Subject: Re: North American Tour Dates Announced! 12/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kingsbury Hall There is a God, or some form of one anyway.... Fluttergirl (new and improved! more euphoria in every email!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:27:08 EDT From: Matt Hammons Subject: Anyone? Should one of the CC fan page web-masters attempt a 5h style Tour documentation. I think it would be very cool! (Anyone? Deb?) If someone wants to step forward with an e-mail to send setlists, reviews, pics etc. we could get it going! Matt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:32:03 +0100 From: Deborah Baker Subject: Cambridge review from sonicnet Ex-Soundgarden Singer Turns Into Crooner As Solo Tour Begins Chris Cornell previews first album, Euphoria Morning, and digs up a few nuggets. Contributing Editor Jon Vena reports: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell began his first solo tour Monday, and if the opening show was any indication, he's now more concerned with melody than feedback or flannel shirts. The one-time grunge poster boy walked onto a plain stage at Harvard University's Sanders Theater in skin-tight black pants and a matching sleeveless T-shirt, and was greeted with a rousing ovation. He waved at the sold-out crowd and grabbed his microphone stand. After looking toward the ceiling and smiling, he spent the next hour reinventing his patented hard-rock sound. Cornell gave the Cambridge crowd a preview of his first solo album, Euphoria Morning, which comes out next Tuesday, while reprising stray solo tracks from the past and a lone Soundgarden song. "This is the first Chris Cornell show, ever," he said. Later on, Cornell would inform the audience that he'd actually played solo once before but Monday's show was "really it." He opened with "Sunshower", his first post-Soundgarden cut, which he recorded for the "Great Expectations" soundtrack (1998). Cornell's voice immediately filled the cavernous theater. His band - guitarist Alain Johannes and keyboardist Natasha Shneider of the Los Angeles rock band Eleven, drummer Greg Upchurch and bassist Ric Markman - followed suit with a tight sound that flowed beneath Cornell's gentle croon (Cornell introduced himself as "the guy with his name on the T-shirts"). "When Chris was in Soundgarden, it was always like he was trying to be more of a rock star," concert-goer Dean Whittle, 32, of Boston, said. "Tonight, he finally looked like a singer. Now that he's on his own, it's like he doesn't have to deal with the noise of Soundgarden any more. He can just sing, and let the music take a back seat." Next, Cornell and band performed "Can't Change Me", the haunting lead single from Euphoria Morning. Above Johannes' jagged guitar line and a tribal beat from Upchurch, Cornell started in a low groan and erupted into a falsetto chorus. Along the way, the singer clenched his microphone and leaned against the stand. Looking toward the ceiling, he belted out the lyrics, "She's going to change the world/ But she can't change me." Fans hoping to hear pieces of Cornell's past didn't leave disappointed. "Seasons," a Cornell solo track from the "Singles" soundtrack (1992), was well-received. "Like Suicide," the one Soundgarden song he played - it was the last song on Superunknown (1994) - was softer than the original and fit perfectly with Cornell's newfound tranquility. "All Night Thing," which Cornell recorded with the Seattle super side-project Temple of the Dog, gave fans a quick clip of the singer's more metal-edged vocal style. But it was the soundscape of Cornell's Euphoria Morning music that really fueled the show's momentum. In "Preaching the End of the World," a wind sound effect echoed beneath a scathing drumbeat and Johannes's guitar. "Sweet Euphoria" featured an eerie organ line. "Sweet euphoria," Cornell sang, "mine is the heart you stole/ Touched and broken are the things you love/ Using stars to light your candles/ Warms my face but I can't remember yours." Cornell dedicated "Moonchild," a straight-up rock number with brash guitar and the singer's familiar metal screech, to his wife, Susan Silver, the former Soundgarden manager who also handled Alice in Chains and other Seattle bands. As an encore, Cornell and band played "Steel Rain," a Euphoria Morning number marked by brooding keyboard effects. "Chris just emanated such a radiance," Kate Kenney, 25, of Boston, said. "His voice literally floated through the theater ... and the best part was his overall simplicity." Cornell is scheduled to play Town Hall in New York Tuesday (Sept. 14). His five-city tour then moves on to Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles, where he starts a two-night stand next Tuesday, the day Euphoria Morning comes out. Sonicnet news Tues., September 14, 1999 12:25 PM EDT ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:30:30 -0500 From: tonerkin Subject: Re: North American Tour Dates Announced! > Chris Cornell Maps Out U.S. Tour > Chris Cornell > 11/19 - Detroit, MI @ State Theatre > 11/20 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater > 11/21 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside > Theater > 11/23 - St. Louis, MO @ American > Theater Makes me want to holler.............ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!! And damn if this isn't my long weekend off work!!! YAHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! 4 cities in 5 days!!! I can do that!!! Hey Vasant...you still in St. Louis??? Finally you get to see 1/4 of Soundgarden!!! The Love Loud Motel trailer is going to be gassed up and ready to go!! toni ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:04:43 PDT From: Joe Franks Subject: Re: North American Tour Dates Announced! I don't know about the rest of you but it suck. Only one date in Seattle. Anyways anyone know how big the Paramount is? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:07:32 PDT From: Rachel Reisman Subject: Beacon Theatre...November 14th Hi. I'm feeling really bummed and pretty damn stupid because I am a huge Chris Cornell fan and I live in NYC. Why, you ask? Because just 15 minutes away, Chris Cornell will be playing, while I sit here and mope. I was in Europe this summer and by the time I got home, tonite's show was all sold out. But, he is playing again on November 14th. Does anyone know when these tickets go on sale? PLEASE let me know. I'm DESPERATE. thanks...Rachel* ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 01:15:10 EDT From: Antonia Navarro Subject: NYC show!!! Hey guys-- Was anyone as dissapointed as i was when after waiting outside for Chris for 2 hours, he (and Susan) just walked by, ignored fans that he knew were waiting, and just hopped into his white limo?? Oh well, at least Natasha and Alain were really sweet people. Anyway, in my opinion i thought the show was really great. He opened up with Sunshower, then played Can't change me. He also played Like Suicide which was great, and Seasons. Finally i get to him play live, and it was so worth it. My ass is gonna be at the Beacon on November 14!! -antonia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 01:17:53 EDT From: Antonia Navarro Subject: Forgot one thing Also, they played All Night Thing which surprised the hell outta me! ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 14 Sep 1999 to 15 Sep 1999 (#1999-6) **********************************************************