Soundgarden was one of those bands that I thought I would never be able to listen to live because well... they disbanded back in 1996. So when they announced they were getting back together and recording new songs I got very excited because this smelled like a new tour. What I wasn't expecting was the tour taking place before they recorded new stuff. It was a pleasant surprise because that meant they were going to play old songs during this whole tour! (just like the most recent Iron Maiden North American tour where they played "recent" stuff, but not more than a song from their newest album, which was still unreleased when the concert happened). And that's what the tour has been all about pretty much, a kickass nostalgic night for those who enjoyed Soundgarden back in the day, or those of us who weren't lucky enough to be young adults during the 90s.
Now into the concert... Coheed and Cambria was the opening act. While I may not be much of a fan of theirs, because of the singer's very high pitched voice, I thought they sounded very nice live. I dare to say they sound way better live than in studio. The only two songs I recognized from their set list were "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" and "Welcome Home", which are the songs I like from them. The only song I didn't enjoy was a very mellow romantic one, it sounded a bit cheesy. Aside from that they were a pretty nice opening act, and I couldn't help staring at the singer's crazy hair.
After a 30 or 40 minute break we got what we all were looking forward to: Soundgarden!
The setlist was as follows:
01. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
02. Spoonman
03. Gun
04. Black Rain
05. Hands All Over
06. Jesus Christ Pose
07. Blow Up the Outside World
08. My Wave
09. The Day I Tried to Live
10. Ugly Truth
11. Fell on Black Days
12. Get on the Snake
13. Rusty Cage
14. Outshined
15. Superunknown
16. Burden in My Hand
17. Black Hole Sun
18. Beyond the Wheel
Encore:
19. Room a Thousand Years Wide
20. Face Pollution
21. 4th of July
22. Like Suicide
23. Slaves & Bulldozers
The setlist was very consistent with what they have been playing in recent concerts so far. Unluckily there weren't any surprises, and I say unluckily because there are two songs that I would have loved to listen to: "Pretty Noose" and "Big Dumb Sex", which are two of my favorite songs by them. Aside from that nitpicking, the concert was very enjoyable. It was fucking awesome! Cornell still has that amazing voice that has distinguished him for all these years. He still has it, and I'm glad I got to listen to him while he's still on his prime.
A lot of the people attending were adults on their 30s or 40s, and some brought their kids and teens too. Or it could be the other way around, their teens dragging them along to see the show with them haha. A very mixed crowd, which was very into the show but not as loud as I would have liked them to be. I think the song that got the best reaction was "Outshined". I think I heard the crowd singing along the whole song.
The concert was a very pleasant and kickass experience, and I'm hoping that their new album (whenever they release it and record it) kicks butt too, because I definitely want to see them live again.
---> Pictures of the concert here <---
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