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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd Teases Unreleased Album in Chris Cornell Tribute Post
Eight years on from the unexpected passing of Chris Cornell, Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd has teased the release of an unreleased album of new material in a tribute post to his late bandmate. In the post shared on Saturday (May 17), Shepherd reflected on the legacy of Cornell, noting he had been reflecting on an unheard song written by the late musician alongside drummer Matt Cameron. 'Its a song Chris and Matt wrote 'The Road Less Traveled' for our album that has yet to be named,' he explained. More from Billboard Nessa Barrett Announces 2025 Australian Arena Tour Sombr Announces 2025 Australia and New Zealand Headline Tour Eddie Vedder Covers Springsteen's 'My City of Ruins' After Trump Clash 'Just hearing Chris' voice helps, I know he did that for everyone he knew… help them, he did for me, filled with self doubt and indebtedness and in just his tone knew what I was going through and forgave me like he always did even when he was older,' Shepherd continued. 'It's at this point of recording all of our previous albums I'd get this overwhelming hit of awe, camaraderie, power of creativity, majesty even, and love, from the music, and my bandmates… and I guess just pure life force.' Soundgarden disbanded following Cornell's passing on May 17, 2017, though they have since performed on a handful of occasions with guest vocalists. Most recently, they performed as Nudedragons in December 2024, with Shaina Shepherd on vocal duties. In 2023, the surviving members of Soundgarden reached an 'amicable out of court' agreement with Cornell's widow Vicky to end a four-year legal battle centered around seven unreleased audio recordings made by the singer before his death. Upon the conclusion of the legal dispute, the band noted that their newfound 'reconciliation marks a new partnership between the two parties, which will allow Soundgarden fans around the world to hear the final songs that the band and Chris were working on.' To date, no further update has been given in regard to when this unheard music may arrive. In April, Soundgarden were one of the many acts announced as the 2025 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Speaking to Billboard, guitarist Kim Thayil said he feels confident Cornell would 'definitely be stoked' about the induction. 'He's the one who convinced me how appreciative the fans and our peers and the Soundgarden community — that includes the people that we work with and work for us — would be about it,' Thayil explained. 'He realized how important that was, and he understood that would be important to us because it's important to people who cared about us and helped us and supported us all along. 'That's how I believe Chris would respond to this. I think he'd be very appreciative and thankful to all the people who have believed in him and believed in the work he did and the work that we all did, collectively.' The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction will be live on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The 2025 ceremony will once again stream live on Disney+, with a special airing on ABC at a later date and available on Hulu the next day. It currently remains to be seen whether the surviving members of Soundgarden will perform at the ceremony. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
'Heartbroken' Martin Lewis fumes 'it's ridiculous!' on This Morning in explosive rant about online scammers - and issues urgent warning to viewers
Martin Lewis couldn't hold back his emotion and fumed 'it's ridiculous' as he ranted about online scammers during a segment on Tuesday's This Morning. The money guru, 52, appeared on ITV to chat to hosts Cat Deeley, 48, and Ben Shepherd, 50, and answer some viewer's money concerns. And unfortunately there is still an online scam going around using Martin's face. Ben said: 'Now this is a heartbreaking one Martin and I know that you will respond accordingly. 'But Jay needs some help for her brother, my brother has been scammed. 'He thought Martin Lewis was dealing with crypto. Over the few months he's lost £140,00.' The viewer wanted to know how she could help her brother get out of debt. As Ben read out what had happened, Martin sighed in disbelief and then after he had finished, took a long pause before replying with: 'I'm very sorry to hear it. 'It's just ridiculous that this is still going on. 'It is ridiculous that the current government and past government have never had the balls to take on big tech and their scams. 'They have not properly regulated them, they have not done what they need to do which is to make it more expensive for them to publish these scam ads with huge fines and huge levies against them if they do.' He continued: 'Right across the board there are scams everywhere. 'See any ad with me in, I do not talk about crypto, I do not do advertising, I do not do investing. 'Please do not touch it.' He finished by saying: 'No one is protecting you when it comes to scam adverts. 'No one is looking after you. 'You have to look after you. frankly any advert you see on social media with a celeb's face on it. 'I wouldn't touch it. 'Always go to a separate place. 'Any adverts with crypto, do not touch it. If you want to do crypto, you need to make sure you're doing your research, you're not just clicking on a link on social media. 'I'm sorry. That doesn't help the individual. I hear it, it breaks my heart. 'I don't know how much times I can say this?!' Those watching at home also felt heartbroken for the individual. One said on X: 'Never risk anything you can't afford to lose ….'#thismorning.' 'I would steer clear of anything with Lewis or Bartlett on, genuine or not.' 'I'm sick of seeing those s**t ads on here, some of the accounts have been on here for years and have never posted but because they're paying for a blue tick.' This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
