Our buds at Metal Injection report that during Alice In Chains' French Hellfest performance on June 24th, founding guitarist Jerry Cantrell paid tribute to Layne and Mike but also said a few words about his close friend Vinnie Paul.
"Almost every night, we like to play a song for our good friend [late Alice in Chains frontman] Layne Staley and [late Alice in Chains bassist] Mike Starr, and we're gonna do that," Jerry Cantrell said before launching into Nutshell. "But I'd like to play this one for Vinnie Paul."