Guns N’ Roses Pay Tribute to Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell With “Black Hole Sun”

Guns N' Roses added to the list of bands who have paid tribute to Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell. The band performed “Black Hole Sun” on Saturday during their tour stop in Ireland. Watch below via Rolling Stone. Tributes have poured out from the music community since Cornell’s passing. His Audioslave bandmate Tom Morello penned a note in his memory. Others, such as St. Vincent, Brian Wilson, and Sadie Dupuis, memorialized Cornell on social media. In addition, Megadeth, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Josh Klinghoffer, Heart’s Ann Wilson, and others have covered his songs in his honor. In Seattle, fans gathered at the Sound Garden sculpture park, from which Cornell’s band took their name. The city’s iconic Space Needle was also blacked out in memoriam.

Cornell died of an apparent suicide on May 17; his family have questioned the cause of death, which was determined by the Wayne County Medical Examiner.

Read our Afterword column “Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell Was More Than Just a Grunge Frontman,” as well as “Chris Cornell’s Greatest Vocal Performances” on the Pitch. Find Details’ 1996 profile, “Chris Cornell, Searching for Solitude,” here.

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