STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Plotting Extensive Tour



Billboard.com has issued the following report from Mitchell Peters:

The recently reunited STONE TEMPLE PILOTS can add a full-fledged summer amphitheater tour to its previously announced U.S. festival dates, Billboard.com has learned.

Details are still coming together, but a source close to the alt-rock band says STP will play more than 50 shed dates this summer and into fall, beginning with the Rock on the Range festival on May 17th - 18th at Columbus, Ohio's Columbus Crew Stadium.

Among the handful of other STP dates already announced are May 23rd at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the Indy 500 and the 2008 Edgefest on July 12th in Toronto.

Further details about STP's upcoming tour will be announced during an April 7th press conference at the Harry Houdini Estate in Los Angeles. Sources say that Los Angeles-based Live Nation will produce many dates on the upcoming trek. It is still unclear whether or not the band will record new material.

Read the full report at Billboard.com.

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Wrap-Up Day One Of Second Annual Rock On The Range Music Festival

More than 30,000 music fans gathered as STONE TEMPLE PILOTS wrapped up day one of the second annual Rock On The Range music festival in Columbus, Ohio last night (May 17). Marking their first show in seven years, the band - Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion) - performed an electrifying 75-minute, 17-song set of material that included STP classics 'Vasoline', 'Sour Girl', 'Plush', 'Interstate Love Song' and encored with 'Dead And Bloated' to a thunderous roar of applause.

Day one of Rock On The Range was also highlighted by performances from DISTURBED, STAIND, SERJ TANKIAN and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, among others. Day two will feature sets from thirteen additional acts including KID ROCK, 3 DOORS DOWN and PAPA ROACH. A limited number of general admission tickets are still available for today’s show.