Stone Temple Pilots Announce Tour, Plans For New Album; Plus Video & Photo Gallery
The reunited Stone Temple Pilots announced the details of their sixty-five city summer tour yesterday at a press conference in Los Angeles. The tour, which will kick off May 17th in Columbus, Ohio, will roll on until November. If things go smoothly, guitarist Dean DeLeo predicted the band would start work on a new album, their first since 2001’s Shangri-La Dee Da. “The story’s not finished,” Scott Weiland said. “There’s more to be revealed and more to be told.” The band also revealed they would make their return to late night TV with an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show on May 1st.
(Click here to see photos of the band onstage after their big announcement.)
Following the press conference, the band played a small, private half-hour show in the Hollywood Hills. It was the STP’s first live performance together in nearly six years. “Plush,” “Interstate Love Song” and “Vasoline,” were among the songs on the hits-filled setlist. A fan at the show mananged to get some crude-looking (but good-sounding) cell phone video of “Big Empty,” which you can watch after the jump. Plus, click ahead for the band’s first leg of tour dates…
May 17 – Columbus, OH @ Rock on the Range Festival
May 18 – Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at The Waterfront
May 20 – Cleveland, OH @ State Theatre at 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
June 1 – Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
June 3 – Detroit ,MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
June 6 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkens Auditorium
June 7 – Kansas City, KS @ Rock Fest at Liberty Memorial Park
June 8 – Maryland Hghts, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 11 – West Valley City, UT @ E Center
June 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl
June 14 – Las Vegas,NV @ The Pearl
June 21 – Calgary, ALB @ V Festival at Ft. Calgary
June 24 – Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
June 25 – Tucson, AZ @ Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre
June 27 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center June 28 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 29 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
July 2 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 4 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheatre
July 10 – Quebec City, QUE @ Summer Festival at Planes of Abraham
July 12 – North York, ONT @ Edge Fest at Downsview Park
July 15 – Canandaigua, NY @ Constellation Performing Arts Center
July 17 – Green Bay, WI @ Oneida Casino
July 18 – Mt Pleasant, MI @ Soaring Eagle Casino
July 19 – Cadott, WI @ Chippewa Valley Music Festival
July 25 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
July 26 – Paso Robles, CA @ Mid California State Fair
July 27 – San Diego, CA @ Concerts on the Green at Qualcomm Stadium
August 8 – Bethlehem, PA @ Muzikfest
August 9 – Atlantic City, NJ @ The Borgata
August 10 – Baltimore, MD @ V Festival at Pimlico Race Track
August 17 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 19 – Orlando, FL @ UCF Arena
August 20 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Casino
August 22 – Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
August 23 – Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
August 30 – Vancouver, BC @ GM Place
August 31 – Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival at Memorial Stadium