SCOTT WEILAND 'Explains' New York City Lateness; Video Available

December 10, 2008

According to the Daily News, former VELVET REVOLVER and current STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland was almost an hour late to take the stage at The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza in New York City last Friday night (December 5).

Video footage of Scott commenting on his tardiness (which includes a mention of Axl Rose being "six hours" late for GUNS N' ROSES concerts) can be viewed below. Also available is performance footage from the show.

Weiland, who has just released his second solo album, "Happy In Galoshes", recently spoke to Edna Gundersen of USA Today about the possibility of a new studio album from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, the band with which he completed an extensive and highly touted U.S. reunion tour.

"When you commit to a band that big that sold so many records and touched that many people, you can't easily get out of it," he said. "I'm finally on my own, at a place I've wanted to be for so long."

On being gun-shy about band duty, he said, "There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust. But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

"I've been saying for a long time that I couldn't see myself shaking my (butt) in leather pants when I'm 40. My goal in STP was to leave an imprint. That was done. I want to move forward and be in control of what I do musically. I have kids, and I don't want to spend my life on the road."

"Happy In Galoshes" sold 10,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 96 on The Billboard 200 chart.

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