‘Far Away Places’ was recorded by the late Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell, in 2017
Toni Cornell, daughter of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, has released her first original song. The tune is called ‘Far Away Places,’ and it was produced by Chris Cornell in his home studio in February 2017. The single, which Toni Cornell wrote when she was 12 years old, was one of the last songs to be recorded by her father before his passing. Listen to ‘Far Away Places’ below.
‘Far Away Places’ is featured in a short film of the same name. All proceeds from the song will be donated to the New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC). Last year, Toni released a recording with her father covering Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U.’
Chris Cornell died in May 2017 at the age of 52.
In other recent Cornell news, Soundgarden fans recently formed a petition to have a black hole named after the iconic singer.
Taken by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, the photograph of the black hole was a major moment in human history, and undoubtedly deserved a name that recognises it as such. Fans reckoned the Soundgarden grunge icon deserved the honour.
Within hours of the photograph being made public, fans began a petition for the black hole to be named after Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, in honour of the band’s 1994 single, ‘Black Hole Sun’.
“I ask NASA, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration and all the astronomers and scientists involved in this discovery, to name this black hole after Chris Cornell,” wrote petition organiser Giuliana Jarrin.
“This would be a ‘surreal’ and amazing way to honour his life and his contribution to music.”
At the time of writing, the petition has managed to gain the support of over 40,000 signatories, slowly closing in on its goal of 50,000.
