Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Welcomes Chris Cornell Tonight

Today, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts announced multi-Grammy Award winning, Golden Globe nominated and acclaimed singer-songwriter Chris Cornell is bringing his North-American tour to Santa Rosa tonight, September 24, 2015 at 8 p.m. Cornell embarks on a tour that will give fans the chance to see the iconic rocker perform in an unplugged, up close and personal setting, and will include songs spanning his entire career as well as new material from his brand new solo studio album, Higher Truth, to be released September 18 produced by Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Neil Young). The new album expresses Cornell's continuing evolution as a master songwriter, lyricist and musical craftsman, telling human stories which resonate across genre barriers.

Tickets for Chris Cornell at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts are $60 and $50 and go on sale Friday, June 5, 2015 at noon. Members of Wells Fargo Center for the Arts will be able to purchase tickets starting June 3, 2015 at noon. All tickets will be available online at wellsfargocenterarts.org, by calling 707-546-3600, and in person at the box office at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa. Starting today at 7 a.m. (EST) through Thursday, June 4 at 10 p.m. (EST), fans who sign up for Chris Cornell's email list will receive an exclusive link and code word to purchase tickets in advance of the public on-sale date. American Express card members can get advance tickets beginning this Wednesday, June 3rd at 10 a.m. (local time). $1 from every ticket sold will go to the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation, a charitable organization that helps to protect the most vulnerable children facing problems such as homelessness, poverty, abuse or neglect.

Chris Cornell is a modern icon who transcends genre. He was the chief architect of the 90s grunge movement and remains one of the most iconic rock voices of all time. Achieving multi-platinum success with three legendary bands - selling over 30 million records worldwide - he has forged his own unique identity over three decades as a Grammy award-winning, Golden Globe nominated singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer and lyricist. His career began with Seattle trailblazers Soundgarden, whose wild soundscapes combined visceral punk attitude with artistic depth. Powerfully original, they were the first of their generation of Seattle bands to sign to a major label in 1989 and their work continued to evolve over the course of seven groundbreaking albums. Soundgarden made a historic return to the live stage in 2010 and have since toured the world, releasing the all-new studio album, KING ANIMAL, to widespread acclaim.

Cornell has continually redefined his sound and vision. In 1990, side project Temple of the Dog saw him experiment with a more soulful style alongside the future members of Pearl Jam. Later in the decade, his critically acclaimed solo album EUPHORIA MORNING combined lush melody and instrumentation with lyrics which spoke of alienation and despair. And as the millennium turned, he joined with three other musical pioneers from Rage Against the Machine to create supergroup, Audioslave. The multi-platinum band released three albums and toured stadiums around the world, becoming the first American rock group to perform a massive free concert in Castro's Cuba. Cornell has also collaborated with many different artists, most recently the Zac Brown Band on their single "Heavy Is The Head", which peaked at #1 on rock radio in the US.

His soundtrack work has spanned both big budget and independent cinema. He was the first male American artist to write and perform the theme song for a James Bond movie ("You Know My Name" for Casino Royale). With Soundgarden, he wrote the end title song "Live To Rise" for The Avengers, the 3rd highest grossing film of all time. He performed a duet with Joy Williams on his song "Misery Chain" which appeared on the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave and his song "The Keeper" from Marc Forster's Machine Gun Preacher was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2012.

Cornell's recent solo acoustic 'Songbook' tour attracted sellout crowds and critical acclaim worldwide. Jim Farber of the New York Daily News observed, "... sometimes you don't recognize the full power of a voice until you strip everything away from it." The tour's reinterpretations of classic Cornell songs are featured on his 2011 live album of the same name.

Cornell has also become involved in philanthropy using music to support causes that help foster change. The Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation is currently raising funds and partnering with charitable organizations to mobilize support for children facing problems including homelessness, poverty, abuse and neglect.

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