Stereogum — Last month, Chris Cornell compared Kanye West’s soundcheck to “retarded children” at an Australian festival. This week, he broke up a fight in an airport lounge by stepping straight up in the face of a businessman who used an anti-gay slur. Chr... more info

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Perez Hilton — Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell can now add “peacemaker” to his list of great qualities. Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Cornell was spotted last night at the Alaska Airlines lounge in the Seattle airport defending a passenger w... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Slash has joined the line-up for this weekends 18Feb12 Muhammad Ali birthday celebration in Las Vegas He will join Stevie Wonder Sean Diddy Combs Chris Cornell Lenny Kravitz LL Cool J Snoop Dogg former U S President Bill Clinton Oprah... more info

Perez Hilton — After Kanye's tardiness pissed off a bunch of Aussies last weekend, Soundgarden's Chris Cornell was too thrilled that his band's set was shortened. Turns out, he's got no beef with Ye. Cornell was reported saying the following about the debacle: Soun... more info

ContactMusic — Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has dismissed reports he slammed Kanye West for disrupting the bands set at Australias Big Day Out festival insisting his anger was aimed at the events organisers The Stronger hitmaker was one of the headlining acts... more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, Kanye West played Australia’s Big Day Out fest, pissing some audience members off by showing up around 45 minutes late to the stage. Audience members weren’t the only ones he was pissing off; Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, ... more info

Starpulse — Kanye West infuriated Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell at Australia's Big Day Out festival after the rapper's sound system disrupted the band's set when he started 45 minutes late. The Stronger... more info

ContactMusic — Kanye West infuriated Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell at Australias Big Day Out festival after the rappers soundsystem disrupted the bands set when he started 45 minutes late The Stronger hitmaker was one of the headlining acts at the event on the... more info

Guardian Music — The US president wants certain bands to support his campaign – including Jonas Brothers, Arcade Fire and Ricky MartinAccording to a report in a Tennessee newspaper, Barack Obama has sent donors a long wish list of celebrity supporters. Among the 19... more info