Jared Leto took the stage at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday to pay tribute to the late Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell .

MTV asked me to come here today to say a few words about Chester and the late, great Chris Cornell, he began . Two artists that I had the absolute pleasure of touring with.

He went on, noting the friendship between Bennington and Cornell, adding that the former had even performed at the latters funeral.