Stone Temple Pilots to reunite for tour

Los Angeles — After a five-year breakup and nearly eight-year absence from the concert scene, Stone Temple Pilots will reunite for a North American tour.

On Monday, Singer Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz revealed the details of their 65-city tour, set to begin May 17 in Columbus, Ohio.

"The story's not finished," Weiland told The Associated Press.

"There's more to be revealed and more to be told." DeLeo said the band plans to record a new album after the tour, which is set to wrap in November.

Formed in 1992, the band has sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.

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

They're scheduled to make their first national television appearance May 1 on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Weiland, 40, has been dogged by drug problems since the band's early days. His arrests for drug possession and stints in rehab led the group to cancel tour dates and contributed to their breakup.

Weiland pleaded not guilty last month to charges of driving under the influence of drugs stemming from a November car crash.

After Stone Temple Pilots' split, Weiland formed the rock group Velvet Revolver. On April 1, his bandmates — Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner — announced that Weiland was no longer part of the group.

"Among other things, his increasingly erratic on-stage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on," Slash said in a statement.

Two days later, Stone Temple Pilots announced their reunion.

Watch that show on May 1 and see how wigged out Weiland is. That should confirm whether or not this tour will survive him.

Scott Weiland is one tortured soul...he's probably going to die with either a needle sticking out of his arm, or he's going to pull a Cobain and eat the business end of a 12 gauge...regardless though, every single day that he's making music with STP is a one more fortunate day for the music world...that Velvet Revolver shit just wasn't getting it done... 8DRTV75

I laughed until it hurt when I read about this last week. Back in March, my husband told me about a dream he had. He was talking with Duff McKagan after a Velvet Revolver show, and Duff told him Scott Weiland was kicked out of the band. So now he's psychic. n7rryb

Regardless, I am VERY happy STP is back together.