STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: Tour Dates Revealed

April 8, 2008

The reunited STONE TEMPLE PILOTS on Monday (April 7) revealed the details of their 65-city tour, set to begin May 17 in Columbus, Ohio. As previously announced, the trek will kick off with a headlining appearance at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio.

"The story's not finished," singer Scott Weiland told The Associated Press. "There's more to be revealed and more to be told."

Bassist Robert DeLeo said the band plans to record a new album after the tour, which is set to wrap in November.

"The whole record machine is fucked up now, so we really want to get to a place of having some freedom, because we have a lot of leverage," Weiland told MTV.com. "We have sold almost 40 million records, and we're in a position of power. We want to be free agents, whether it's putting our records out ourselves, or doing some interesting, very creative deal with a nontraditional major record label. The system as it is now ... that formula does not work. We've seen it; we'll need to do things differently, do things wiser."

According to Robert DeLeo, the band has already started crafting material, and he anticipates they'll probably end up writing 100 songs before tracking the effort. The band wouldn't comment on the record beyond that, according to MTV.com.

The dates are as follows (with more to be announced):

May 17 - Columbus, OH - Rock on the Range Festival
May 18 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center @ The Waterfront
May 20 - Cleveland, OH - State Theatre @ Playhouse Square
May 22 - Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavillion
May 23 - Indianapolis, IN - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
May 26 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino
May 31 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Jun. 01 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Jun. 03 - Detroit , MI - The Fillmore Detroit
Jun. 06 - St. Paul, MN - Roy Wilkens Auditorium
Jun. 07 - Kansas City, KS - Rock Fest @ Liberty Memorial Park
Jun. 08 - Maryland Hghts, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jun. 11 - West Valley City, UT - E Center
Jun. 12 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
Jun. 14 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
Jun. 21 - Calgary - V Festival @ Ft. Calgary
Jun. 24 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl
Jun. 25 - Tucson, AZ - Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre
Jun. 27 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
Jun. 28 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Jun. 29 - Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre @ Grand Prairie
Jul. 02 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Jul. 04 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest @ Marcus Amphitheatre
Jul. 10 - Quebec City, Quebec - Summer Festival @ Planes of Abraham
Jul. 12 - North York, ONT - Edge Fest @ Downsview Park
Jul. 15 - Canandaigua, NY - Constellation Performing Arts Center
Jul. 17 - Green Bay, WI - Oneida Casino
Jul. 18 - Mt Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino
Jul. 19 - Cadott, WI - Chippewa Valley Music Festival
Jul. 25 - Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre
Jul. 26 - Paso Robles, CA - Mid California State Fair
Jul. 27 - San Diego, CA - Concerts on the Green @ Qualcomm Stadium
Aug. 08 - Bethlehem, PA - Muzikfest
Aug. 09 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata
Aug. 10 - Baltimore, MD - V Festival @ Pimlico Race Track
Aug. 17 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 19 - Orlando, FL - UCF Arena
Aug. 20 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live @ Seminole Hard Rock Casino
Aug. 22 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
Aug. 23 - Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park
Aug. 30 - Vancouver - GM Place
Aug. 31 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival @ Memorial Stadium

The Grammy-winning rockers celebrated their announcement with a private show in the Hollywood Hills.

The band performed a half-dozen hits during a 30-minute set, including opener "Big Empty" (see clip below),"Vasoline" and "Interstate Love Song", all of which are taken from STP's second album, 1994's "Purple".

The band will make its first national TV appearance since reuniting on the May 1 edition of ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

Weiland was dismissed from VELVET REVOLVER last week, following his announcement that the group's just-completed European tour was its last and accusations of erratic behavior against him by the rest of the group.

Check out photos from yesterday's event at Wire Image, Film Magic, Getty Images.

"Big Empty" (courtesy of "ohthehorror13"):

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