subject: Stone Temple Pilots Tickets - Stone Temple Pilots Prepare For Takeoff In 2010 [print this page] Although Stone Temple Pilots first announced plans to reunite on tour and begin recording new music back in April 2008, the band has only fulfilled the first half of the bargain...until now. According to Rolling Stone, Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland offered the following hint back in 2008: "There's more to be revealed and more to be told. The story's not finished." Meanwhile, while STP did hit the road, the frontman only offered news on new music very recently.
In an Oct. 27 interview with Spinner, Weiland revealed that Stone Temple Pilots will be concentrating on the album once their tour wraps up in early 2010. "When we get back, we're going to finish the album. And then when we finish the album, there will be a big tour around the release and that will probably be a long tour," said Weiland, who also revealed that he has plans to record his third solo effort in the near future as well. News of Stone Temple Pilots' new album and a possible tour is like music to STP fans' ears, which means Stone Temple Pilots tickets will be selling quickly.
Stone Temple Pilots knocked it out of the park on their very first try, with their debut album Core selling over three million copies upon its release in 1992. After the release of STP's similarly successful sophomore effort Purple and supporting tour, the band took a hiatus from recording, during which time Weiland developed a highly-publicized heroin addiction. Weiland was arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and subsequently completed a court-ordered rehabilitation program.
Weiland reunited with the band once out of rehab, and STP recorded their third album, Tiny Music ... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, released in 1996. Although the album landed at No. 4 on the charts, STP was unable to tour in support of the release due to Weiland's continued battle with addiction. Wieland's relapse and the accompanying publicity foiled the success of Tiny Music..., and the record failed to even secure platinum status like its predecessors. Despite his lingering problems, Weiland recorded his debut solo album, 12 Bar Blues, while the rest of STP recorded an eponymous album under the moniker Talk Show.
The band briefly reunited long enough to record and release a fourth album titled No.4, but then Weiland served mandatory jail time for violating probation from earlier charges of heroin possession. Once out of jail, the newly-sober singer and STP were stronger than ever and proved it by releasing their sixth album, 2001's Shangri-La Dee Da.
In 2003, STP issued the greatest hits compilation Thank You, which included a new track called "All in the Suit That You Wear" as well as an acoustic rendition of "Plush," recorded in 1992. STP's new album, expected sometime in 2010, will be the band's follow-up to Shangri-La Dee Da. Check out Stone Temple Pilots tickets to see the band live.
