Velvet Revolver Singer Back In Rehab
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The following official statement has been issued from VELVET REVOLVER:
"Following VELVET REVOLVER's performance last night [Wednesday, February 6] in Los Angeles, lead singer Scott Weiland voluntarily entered a rehab facility. Tonight's San Diego show at the House of Blues has been postponed; the rescheduled date for San Diego is [to be announced]. VELVET REVOLVER deeply apologize to their fans and thank them for sticking by the group."
Weiland was arrested on November 21, 2007 when he crashed his car while driving on an L.A. highway.
He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs with a prior conviction, and with an allegation that he refused a chemical test as required by law.
According to MTV.com, Weiland has been arrested multiple times over the past decade for a variety of drug offenses in California and New York, and has spent time in jail on several occasions. He was arrested in 2003 in Hollywood after a traffic accident and charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, though those charges were eventually dismissed after he successfully completed a drug rehab program and submitted to drug tests.
Weiland recently the Miami Herald to be on the lookout for a STONE TEMPLE PILOTS reunion in the months ahead. The band members are reportedly on good terms again after their less than friendly break-up in 2002, and Weiland told The Pulse of Radio a while back that he wouldn't rule out getting back together. "I think that there is always that distinct possibility," he said. "I have to say it would never come in the way of VELVET REVOLVER, but I don't think that the story has been completely told. I'm unhappy with the ending of the story."
Although he was supposed to perform with VELVET REVOLVER on January 20 at a party in Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival, Weiland was a no-show for the gig. The vocalist's flight to Utah was diverted because of bad weather. The band carried on with the show, inviting audience members and singer Donovan Leitch to pitch in.
Source: Blabbermouth
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7. writes:
scott's situation is a scenario which has repeated itself over and over again and will continue to do so unless something drastic is done. hey man, i'm a musician too...why do drugs have to be #1 with some of our brothers...it should be the MUSIC. that's what got us here in the first place. it's really sad to see such talent **** it all away.
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1. Feckineejit writes:
I hope he gets clean this time, and doesn't go the way of Layne Staley (Alice in Chians) or Mitch Hedberg (best comedian ever) or Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) or Jimi Hendrix or Janis Jolpin or Brad Nowell (Sublime) or Kristen Pfaff (Hole) or Dee Dee Ramone or Hilel Slovak (Red hot chili peppers) or Sid Vicious or Jeremy Michael Ward (Mars Volta) or Andrew Wood (Mother love bone) like many others, including people close to me who I stopped caring about because all they care more about heroine and hard drugs than living.