SCOTT WEILAND Signs On For VH1's 'Behind The Music'

March 19, 2009

According to the Hollywood Reporter, former VELVET REVOLVER and current STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland has signed on to participate in VH1's newly revived former signature series "Behind the Music".

The cable network is ordering about 10 new episodes of "Music", bringing back the iconic documentary program that ran for seven years on VH1 starting in 1997.

"It felt like the time is right," said Jeff Olde, VH1 executive vice president original programing. "There's all sorts of new artists on the scene who have emerged and have these great stories. And there's other artists that we always wanted to do the first time around."

In focus groups, VH1 found that "BTM" is so deeply associated with the channel, some viewers assumed the series never left the air.

VH1 will update the show's format for 2009, but not too much.

"I'm leery about changing certain elements," Olde said. "I think the audience will be mad if we mess with it too much."

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