Stone Temple Pilots take off on fall tour
BySep 18, 2002 10:00 PM
Though they recently passed on an Ozzfest slot in order to begin work on a new album, Stone Temple Pilots have decided to head out in late September for a month’s-worth of dates.
Though they recently passed on an Ozzfest slot in order to begin work on a new album, Stone Temple Pilots have decided to head out in late September for a month’s-worth of dates.
The group’s itinerary includes opening dates on Aerosmith’s current tour, a number of festival appearances and several headlining dates set in small venues such as Boston’s Orpheum Theatre and Orlando’s Hard Rock Live.
STP’s most-recent release is last year’s “Shangri-La Dee Da,” which the band toured behind in late 2001 and early 2002. The group declined to join this summer’s Ozzfest run, citing at that time plans to begin putting together a new album.
According to a phone message that STP frontman Scott Weiland posted on the band’s official website, little progress has been made on what will be the group’s sixth studio release.
“Life is good and I’m hoping to start a new STP record soon,” Weiland said in the Aug. 8 message. “Otherwise ... it’s been a pretty uneventful year in STP-world, and I’m bored.”