Soundgarden Tour

BrainOfJHA

ultrapig said:

They sounded awesome in Kansas City tonight! Couldn't have asked for nicer weather either. 

Agreed! Great show and Chris was definitely on last night!!

madtowndave

I thoroughly enjoyed their May 7 show in Memphis.

LukinFan

eyecanwalk said:

crazy thing about the fox in Atl is 2 nights before the SG show Col. Bruce Hampton died on stage & the last show prince did was at the fox so it would have been pretty weird to play on a stage where someone just died at. glad they made it to to the next show, to break the  curse.

RIP Col. Bruce Hampton

jeff2040

rummy said:

They've omitted JCP from their recent setlists. I wonder why?

They played it last Friday which was a highlight for me. It was a greatest hits set but still very entertaining!

disilluzion

This may not be a popular post, but I saw them in WI on Saturday and Chris Cornell was awful! Forgotten lyrics and missed cues, and the words he did sing on time were slow and out of tune. Ever see Drunk Trump on Kimmel? Reminded me of that.

Tons of people were leaving while they were playing, some as early as the second song.

I saw some videos the next night from Kansas City and he sounded a lot better, so maybe just an off night? If it wasn't a festival I would've been pissed. 

lolobugg

disilluzion said:

This may not be a popular post, but I saw them in WI on Saturday and Chris Cornell was awful! Forgotten lyrics and missed cues, and the words he did sing on time were slow and out of tune. Ever see Drunk Trump on Kimmel? Reminded me of that.

Tons of people were leaving while they were playing, some as early as the second song.

I saw some videos the next night from Kansas City and he sounded a lot better, so maybe just an off night? If it wasn't a festival I would've been pissed. 

He ripped it up in B'ham. was totally on.  even stood there for 5 minutes after Slaves and Bulldozers letting his guitar feedback. also he was really interacting with the crowd. sorry you got a less than stellar performance.

when I saw him with Audioslave a while ago, it was a pretty sorry performance.

cottagesteeze

disilluzion said:

This may not be a popular post, but I saw them in WI on Saturday and Chris Cornell was awful! Forgotten lyrics and missed cues, and the words he did sing on time were slow and out of tune. Ever see Drunk Trump on Kimmel? Reminded me of that.

Tons of people were leaving while they were playing, some as early as the second song.

I saw some videos the next night from Kansas City and he sounded a lot better, so maybe just an off night? If it wasn't a festival I would've been pissed. 

I was at the same show and had a great time! First time seeing Soundgarden, so can't really say how Chris did compared to normal and I didn't notice the words/cues he missed either. Did notice lots of people leaving, but I figured that was because of the change from Godsmack to Soundgarden... a bit of a different following I'd say..

disilluzion

The people had 30 minutes between Godsmack and Soundgarden to leave, but they were leaving during Soundgarden, which I found weird.

I am glad that you had a good time though! I've seen him a few times, the latest during the Higher Truth tour and he was amazing. I think Bush stole day 1 running through the pit and up the lawn. Crazy Gavin...

Zod

Sometimes people hang out to see if the next band is any good.   So they hang around, listen to a few songs and leave if it's not something they like.

I've seen this phenomenon twice:

1)  Groundwork 2001 (Seattle) - It was a charity concert.   Pearl Jam/REM were the headliners.   Apparently Pearl Jam had too much respect to play after REM, so REM closed it out.    Pearl Jam kicked serious ass for 50 minute and the crowd all vibed at once "that's it?".   1/3rd of crowd left before REM started playing.   Once REM start playing, another 1/3rd left in droves.   By the time they hit the end of there set the arena was only a 1/3rd full.  I've never seen anything like it.

2)  Counting Crows/Rob Thomas - Chicago - 2 days after Wrigley.   I've never seen the Counting Crows before and I love the first two albums.  They were playing in Chicago while I was still in town after PJ.   Rob Thomas was the opener.    Same thing as above.   Some die hard Rob Thomas fan's left between the sets, but once the Counting Crows were a few songs in, alot of people left.  I don't blame them.   It wasn't a very good show.  It might actually be the worse show I've ever seen, but I went to see Counting Crows, so I stuck it out for the whole 90 minute set.   Not to mention a 90 minute counting crows set feels 10x longer than a 3 hour PJ set.   It was so bad.   My buddy and I make fun of it all the time now.   Definiately a studio band.  Awful live :(

CarryTheZero

Saw them at the ATL show at the Fox as well.  I thought the sound was incredible.  Cornell's vocals were not overshadowed by the rest of the instruments and I thought everybody else sounded great!  Would have liked a few more songs on the set list (Tabernacle show was up to 28!), but otherwise a solid show with 5 pre-Badmotorfinger songs.

BIGDaddyWil

Detroit tonight, can't wait!!!!

lolobugg

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/05/soundgarden_to_crowd_during_fi.html

great review with pictures.    Chris was in a great mood.  RIP Mr. Cornell

pearljamdude420

people at the show last night saw the last show ever not knowing it :(

BIGDaddyWil

pearljamdude420 said:

people at the show last night saw the last show ever not knowing it :(

Yes and it hurts, big time!!!! I'm still in shock!  The show was awesome.

AO253126

BIGDaddyWil said:

pearljamdude420 said:

people at the show last night saw the last show ever not knowing it :(

Yes and it hurts, big time!!!! I'm still in shock!  The show was awesome.

+1
Show ended at about 11:15 pm. Reports say the 911 call was around midnight. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that as I was driving home, talking to my friend about the awesome show we had just witnessed, Chris' life was ending.

my2hands

eyecanwalk said:

crazy thing about the fox in Atl is 2 nights before the SG show Col. Bruce Hampton died on stage & the last show prince did was at the fox so it would have been pretty weird to play on a stage where someone just died at. glad they made it to to the next show, to break the  curse.

Yikes 

disilluzion

Here is the Minneapolis show from the Higher Truth tour that I taped:

https://we.tl/iVswuBZmRe

Also, did anyone pick up an extra poster this tour? They weren't selling them on Saturday.

lolobugg

disilluzion said:

Here is the Minneapolis show from the Higher Truth tour that I taped:

https://we.tl/iVswuBZmRe

Also, did anyone pick up an extra poster this tour? They weren't selling them on Saturday.

I have an extra tour shirt size L- the one with the Monkeys

I will check to see if my gf bought an extra poster.

disilluzion

I also bought the monkey shirt. They had 5 or so different designs I think? But no poster. Thanks for checking! 

PJ_Soul

eyecanwalk said:

crazy thing about the fox in Atl is 2 nights before the SG show Col. Bruce Hampton died on stage & the last show prince did was at the fox so it would have been pretty weird to play on a stage where someone just died at. glad they made it to to the next show, to break the  curse.

Oh my god.