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Velvet Revolver still mulling new frontman
8/8/2008, Reuters

Velvet Revolver bass player Duff McKagan has denied a report that former Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon is in line to become the band's new singer. McKagan told...  more >

McKagan, McCready to rock Seattle Tattoo Expo
8/7/2008, Reuters

Velvet Revolver's Duff McKagan and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready will rock out with their side projects at the seventh annual Seattle Tattoo Expo, which kicks off...  more >

Stone Temple Pilots singer Weiland pleads no contest to DUI
4/29/2008, AP

Scott Weiland has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge and was sentenced to eight days in jail. The 40-year-old rocker entered the plea through his...  more >

Weiland Pilots Himself into Jail
4/28/2008, E! Online

Scott Weiland is going to rock steady in jail for awhile. The frontman for the recently reunited Stone Temple Pilots was sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading no...  more >

Velvet Revolver turning to Web to find new singer
4/21/2008, Reuters

Velvet Revolver is considering creating a Web site to find a replacement for singer Scott Weiland, who was ousted from the rock band earlier this month. "The band is...  more >

Stone Temple Pilots to announce 65-date tour
4/3/2008, Reuters

Rock band Stone Temple Pilots, whose reunion has been overshadowed by singer Scott Weiland's latest contretemps, will launch a 65-date tour of North American...  more >

Velvet Revolver Unloads Weiland
4/2/2008, E! Online

No, it's not an April Fools' joke. Velvet Revolver has fired Scott Weiland. The supergroup decided to part ways with its frontman, citing his "erratic onstage...  more >

Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland
4/1/2008, Reuters

Four founding members of the rock band Velvet Revolver said on Tuesday they were splitting with the group's troubled singer, Scott Weiland, citing his "increasingly...  more >

Gibson tuning up new Slash and Page guitars
1/15/2008, Reuters

Gibson Guitar will release eight new Slash-branded guitars on March 15, and is taking the current models affiliated with the Velvet Revolver guitarist off the market. Why...  more >

Slash plays special Computer Electronics Show performance
1/8/2008, Yahoo! Music

Former Guns N’ Roses/current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash performed a special guitar duet Sunday (January 6) at the Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Delivering a...  more >

Weiland Dinged with DUI
12/12/2007, E! Online

Was Scott Weiland one loaded Revolver? The blotter-friendly, much-rehabbed rocker was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of drugs...  more >

Weiland: Denied by Japan; Arrested in America
12/5/2007, E! Online

Japan's probably feeling a little psychic right about now. The week after Velvet Revolver announced the Japanese leg of its tour was off because the Asian nation had...  more >

Weiland denies driving under influence
12/4/2007, AP

Scott Weiland was arrested for driving under the influence of a drug after he crashed his car, but his publicist says it was a minor accident and denies the...  more >

Japan Holsters Velvet Revolver Tour
11/20/2007, E! Online

Japan has some of the toughest gun-control and immigration laws on the books, and now, officials there are trying to stop a loaded Revolver. Velvet Revolver has...  more >

Velvet Revolver cancels Japan tour
11/20/2007, AP

The rock band Velvet Revolver has canceled a tour of Japan after authorities refused to give its members visas, possibly because of previous run-ins with the law. The band,...  more >

Velvet Revolver rock band says denied Japan visas
11/19/2007, Reuters

Grammy Award-winning U.S. hard rock band Velvet Revolver said it would not perform in Japan this month as scheduled because the authorities had refused them visas due to...  more >

Slash to star in computer game
7/12/2007, Yahoo! Music

Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash is set to appear as a boss character in the forthcoming computer game, "Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock." The axe maestro is...  more >

T.I. Two Times Miley, Kelly & Velvet Revolver
7/11/2007, E! Online

The schizo stylings of T.I. dominated the charts this week, more than doubling the closest competitor and easily outgunning major new releases from Velvet Revolver and Kelly...  more >

Slash defies smoking ban
7/2/2007, Yahoo! Music

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has said that he is ready to flaunt the U.K. smoking ban. The former Guns N' Roses star was recently involved in an investigation following...  more >

Velvet Revolver members to be fined for onstage smoking?
6/12/2007, Yahoo! Music

Velvet Revolver members Slash and Scott Weiland could be fined for smoking onstage. The band members both lit up during the concert at the International Arena in Cardiff,...  more >

Velvet Revolver to stand in for Van Halen at Hall Of Fame ceremony
3/1/2007, Yahoo! Music

Shortly after supposedly reunited Rock And Roll Hame Of Fame inductees Van Halen announced that they'd decided to indefinitely postone their summer 2007 tour with on/off...  more >

Velvet Revolver Replacing Iron Maiden On Ozzfest?
3/28/2005, USRN

Velvet Revolver was listed as part of the lineup of bands scheduled for the August 27 date of Ozzfest, in Woodlands, Texas, according to a posting on the festival's official...  more >

Velvet Revolver's Slash Named Best Guitarist By 'Esquire'
3/23/2005, USRN

Velvet Revolver lead guitarist Slash has won Esquire magazine's 2005 Esky Music Award for Best Guitarist, according to Blabbermouth.net. Slash accepted the award with a...  more >

Weiland Says He's Off Drugs for Good
3/12/2005, AP

Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland says he is off drugs for good, according to the April issue of Esquire magazine. Weiland, whose band won a Grammy last month, credits...  more >

Velvet Revolver's Scott Weiland Says He's Off Drugs For Good
3/10/2005, USRN

Velvet Revolver vocalist Scott Weiland says in the April issue of Esquire that his family helped him kick drugs for good, according to the Associated Press. Weiland tells...  more >

Chemistry Is Everything For Velvet Revolver's Slash And Duff
8/23/2004, USRN

No one in Velvet Revolver has shared as much history together as lead guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan. Ever since they first played together in Guns N' Roses, Slash...  more >

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