Alice in Chains survivors plot reunion

Alice in Chains guitarist/singer Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez reportedly will team up this summer for their first tour since singer Layne Staley's death in 2002.

So far, the group has confirmed a reunion show at Austria's June 28 Nova Rock Festival, which will also feature Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Tool and others.

The trio is also set to give a March 10 performance in Atlantic City, NJ, during the taping of an upcoming episode of VH1's "Decades Rock" dedicated to fellow Seattle-based rockers Heart. Singer/guitarist William DuVall of Comes with the Fall--and who is also a member of Cantrell's touring band--will handle lead vocals for that show, according to Cantrell's website.

Cantrell and Kinney have said they hope to play a number of additional North American dates this summer, and even alluded to the possibility of a new album, according to MTV, but no decision has been made about who will take over Staley's spot for those shows.

Since Staley's 2002 drug-overdose death, Cantrell, Kinney and Inez have given only one public performance, which took place a year ago during a Tsunami-relief benefit. That show, which marked the threesome's first time on stage together since 1996, featured Damageplan's Pat Lachman and Puddle of Mudd's Wes Scantlin and Tool/A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan on vocals.