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I Am The Highway featured several moving tributes to the late musician.

Last Wednesday, the 16th, the Los Angeles Forum hosted big names in music to celebrate the life and legacy of Chris Cornell , who passed away in May 2017.

The event was titled I Am The Highway , the name of one of Audioslave , the band Cornell led alongside Tom Morello , Brad Wilk , and Tim Commerford . In addition to special guests, the ceremony was attended by fans and friends of the musician, and all the money raised was donated to The Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation and The Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation .

Among the various attractions, Dave Grohl paid tribute to the singer by taking the stage with the remaining members of Audioslave to perform "Show Me How To Live" during the band's five-song set. The supergroup also invited Juliette Lewis and Perry Farrell to join the performance.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Audioslave also enlisted Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath to join Perry Ferrell on performing "Cochise."

Soundgarden performed , marking the band's first set since 2017. Together they played eight songs and invited Taylor Hawkins, Taylor Momsen , and Tom Morello to join them. Watch their performance of "Loud Love" below.

Metallica to the singer by playing Soundgarden's "All Your Lies" and "Head Injury".

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Foo Fighters covered Soundgarden's "No Attention." The song chosen to close Dave Grohl and company's performance was "Everlong."

Ryan Adams also participated in the tribute and played “Dead Wishes” from Cornell’s solo album, Higher Truth (2015).

Another guest honoring Cornell was Maroon 5's lead singer Adam Levine . He joined Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam and they performed "Seasons".

For "I Am The Highway," Dave Grohl, Robert Trujillo , and the members of Audioslave took to the stage and performed a beautiful version.

The participation of Toni Cornell , the musician's daughter, was beautiful. She went on stage with Ziggy Marley after a brief introduction by Brad Pitt , her longtime friend, and together they played "Redemption Song".

The event also featured Miley Cyrus singing “Two Drink Minimum” and “Say Hello 2 Heaven” with members of Temple of the Dog.

The most moving tribute came from his widow , Vicky Cornell, who sent a message to the audience during the event: “We all know how music can change us, but Chris did something even more extraordinary – he changed music and paved the way for many Seattle bands.”

“His legacy and influence will live on forever. I am so proud and beyond his legacy, his philanthropic work will continue to grow (…) Chris would be so proud. For me, because of you, Chris continues to live. An immortal musician whose passion for helping others is more alive than ever.”

I Am The Highway event below :

The Melvins (Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, Steven Shane McDonald, Jeff Pinkus)
Kicking Machine
With Your Heart Not Your Hands
Leech
Heart Of Honey
Spoonman

Rita Wilson
The Promise

Nikka Costa and Alain Johannes
Disappearing One

Chris Stapleton
The Keeper

Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee)
No Attention
Earache My Eye
Girl You Want
Everlong

Josh Homme
Rusty Cage

Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael and Stone Gossard
Seasons

Miley Cyrus
Two Drink Minimum

Audioslave (Tom Morello and Brad Wilk)
Cochise (with Geezer Butler and Perry Farrell)
Be Yourself (with Geezer Butler and Juliette Lewis)
Set It Off (with Chris Chaney, Sam Harris and Tim Mcllrath)
Like A Stone (with Chris Chaney and Brandi Carlile)
Show Me How To Live (with Robert Trujillo and Dave Grohl)

Toni Cornell and Ziggy Marley
Redemption Song

Metallica (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo)
All Your Lies
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Master of Puppets
Head Injury

Ryan Adams (Daphne Chen, Richard Dodd, Eric Gorfain, Leah Katz and Don Was)
Dead Wishes
Fell On Black Days

Temple Of The Dog
Preaching The End Of The World (Nikka Costa, Alain Johannes, Stone Gossard, Brendan O'Brien and Josh Taylor)
Can't Change Me (Nikka Costa, Alain Johannes, Stone Gossard, Eric Avery and Josh Freese)
Hunted Down (William DuVall, Jerry Cantrell, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Josh Freese)
All Night Thing (Fiona Apple, Brendan O'Brien, David Garza, Jeff Ament and Matt Chamberlain)
Reach Down (Miguel, Nikka Costa, Stone Gossard, Brendan O'Brien, Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron)
Say Hello 2 Heaven (Miley Cyrus, Brendan O'Brien, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Josh Freese)
Hunger Strike (Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Stone Gossard, Brendan O'Brien, Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron)

Soundgarden (Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron)
Rusty Cage (with Taylor Momsen)
Flower (with Marcus Durant)
Outshined (with Marcus Durant and Stone Gossard)
Drawing Flies (with Taylor Momsen, Buzz Osbourne, Matt Demeritt and Tracy Wanamae)
Loud Love (with Taylor Momsen, Tom Morello and Wayne Kramer)
I Awake (with Taylor Hawkins and Buzz Osbourne)
The Day I Tried To Live (with Taylor Hawkins and Buzz Osbourne)
Black Hole Sun (with Brandi Carlile, Peter Frampton, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)

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