ALICE IN CHAINS' JERRY CANTRELL Pays Tribute To Late Singer At Homecoming Show

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell honored the band's late singer, Layne Staley, by performing the song "Black Gives Way To Blue" by himself at the group's homecoming show in Seattle Thursday night (September 24) as the spotlight lit up an empty stool with a mic stand in front of it.

Fan-filmed video footage of Cantrell's solo performance and the rest of ALICE IN CHAINS' concert can be viewed below.

"Black Gives Way To Blue", the title track of ALICE IN CHAINS' new album, is a heart-stirring tribute to Staley, who died in 2002. The album version of the song features a special guest appearance by Elton John on piano.

ALICE IN CHAINS recorded "Black Gives Way to Blue" with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH) at the Northridge, California studio of FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl.

In their first late-night network performance in more than 10 years, ALICE IN CHAINS will appear on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" for two consecutive nights on Tuesday, September 29 and Wednesday, September 30 at 12:05 a.m. ET/PT. The appearances follow ALICE IN CHAINS' sold-out national tour and coincide with the highly anticipated September 29 release of "Black Gives Way to Blue" (Virgin/EMI).

The much-buzzed-about event kicks off on Tuesday, September 29 on the Bud Light Outdoor Stage — the largest outdoor stage among the late night talk shows — with an electrifying performance in the middle of Hollywood. On Wednesday, September 30, ALICE IN CHAINS will perform a special intimate acoustic set on the late night's indoor lobby stage. Each performance will include one song from new album "Black Gives Way to Blue" and one classic hit. The September 29 show will see the group performing their brand-new, chart-topping lead single "Check My Brain" — hailed by Spin as "one of the catchiest songs of ALICE IN CHAINS' history" — and the show on the 30th will spotlight new acoustic track, "Your Decision".