Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has told Spin magazine that the band will release a new album in early 2010. In a new interview on his current solo tour, Weiland revealed that guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo have begun writing music, explaining, "Those guys have already been writing the instrumental music ... with STP, Robert, and Dean write the chords and riffs and then they bring stuff to me." Asked if he had heard any finished songs yet, Weiland added, "No, except for the stuff we jammed at sound check. And some of that was really cool ... So when I'm finished doing my thing, I'll hear what kind of ideas they have. And in the spring we'll be ready to record."

Weiland said that the album, STP's sixth studio effort and first since 2001's "Shangri-La-Dee-Da", will arrive early next year.

He did not address a recent lawsuit filed against him and STP drummer Eric Kretz by the band's label, Atlantic Records, for breach of contract, nor did he reiterate his recently stated desire to record outside the major label system.

STP reunited last year for a six-month tour that ended in late October. Since then Weiland has been touring behind his second solo album, "Happy In Galoshes", which came out in November.  -ultimate-guitar.com

For the first time since 2007, Rob Zombie will embark on a headlining tour, this time in support of his forthcoming solo set, "The Hellbilly Deluxe 2."

The Grammy-nominated rocker will hit the road beginning Oct. 29 in Phoenix, followed by club and theater shows in 19 cities. The outing works its way from the West Coast to the East, wrapping up Dec. 5 in Washington, DC. A special Halloween (10/31) performance in Hollywood is also on the books. Details are shown below.

Zombie's longtime bandmates--guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D and drummer Tommy Clufetos--will join him on the trek, as will Nekromantix and Captain Clegg & the Night Creature, who will open all shows.

"The Hellbilly Deluxe 2," which hits shelves Nov. 10, is a companion album to the 1998 release, "The Hellbilly Deluxe." "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool" is the new set's full official title.

"I'm bouncing off the walls like a mental patient," Zombie said in a press release. "That tells me it's time to take it to the stage and let the demons loose."

Zombie most recently released "Educated Horses," his third solo album, in 2006. Since that time, the former White Zombie frontman has written, directed and produced horror films, including the 2007 remake of the 1978 classic "Halloween" and it's sequel, "Halloween II," which hit the silver screen last month.

The 'Hellbilly Deluxe 2' tour dates include:

311 will be hitting the road this fall in support of their new record, Uplifter, which was released in June. The fall and winter run will kick off November 11 at the Pechanga Theatre in Temecula, California, and will feature openers State Radio, Kottonmouth Kings and Slightly Stoopid. The tour is currently scheduled to end on December 8th in Austin.

11/11 Wednesday
TEMECULA, CA
Pechanga Casino
311, Dirty Heads

11/12 Thursday
OFF

11/13 Friday
LOVELAND, CO
Budweiser Event Center
311, Kottonmouth Kings

11/14 Saturday
OMAHA, NE
Mid America Center
311, Kottonmouth Kings

11/15 Sunday
KANSAS CITY, MO
Uptown Theater
311, Kottonmouth Kings

11/16 Monday
OFF

11/17 Tuesday
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Mystic Lake Casino
An Evening With 311

11/18 Wednesday
CHICAGO, IL
Aragon Ballroom
311, Kottonmouth Kings

11/19 Thursday
DETROIT, MI
The Fillmore (formally State Theatre)
311, Kottonmouth Kings


11/20 Friday
OFF

11/21 Saturday
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
Borgata Casino
311, Slightly Stoopid

11/22 Sunday
UNCASVILLE, CT
Mohegan Sun Casino
311, State Radio

11/23 Monday
OFF

11/24 Tuesday
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Mid Hudson Civic Center, Mair Hall
311, State Radio

11/25 Wednesday
PORTLAND, ME
Cumberland Civic Center
311, State Radio, Sidecar Radio

11/26 Thursday
OFF (Happy Thanksgiving!!)

11/27 Friday
NEW YORK CITY, NY
Hammerstein Ballroom
311, State Radio

Resurrected rock band Stone Temple Pilots cements its reunion with another round of U.S. tour dates for the fast-approaching fall and winter months. The first leg of the tour is a 12-date, one-month venture that launches October 2 at Bayfest in Mobile, AL.

Through the month of October, STP will hit major markets on both coasts of the U.S. on the run, which is currently set to wrap on October 23 at Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, NV. Some of the other scheduled stops are October 6 at the House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, SC, and October 20 at Fox Theater in Oakland, CA.

At this point, the "winter" stretch of the itinerary bears just two concert dates. Those shows are slated for December 29 at Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, MS, and January 1 at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, OK. It is unclear how many additional tour legs or performances are planned for the 2009-2010 venture.

Presales are currently open for a handful of STP's early October shows, but are restricted to members of the band's official fan club. The first public onsales began August 28, on Ticketmaster.com.

Returning to the concert market for the first time since officially splitting in 2003, STP launched a massive reunion tour that spanned six months of 2008. The venture was originally scheduled from mid-May through the end of August, but was eventually extended through September and October for a total of more than 70 shows.

After completing the stint with his band, STP frontman Scott Weiland launched a series of solo concerts to promote his latest independent work, "Happy in Galoshes." STP hasn't released a studio record since 2001's "Shangri-La Dee Da," though a new album is reportedly in the works and slated for release in late 2009.

"We have a few shows lined up with STP, we'll finish the record and then we'll be out doing our thing, touring for awhile once the record comes out," Weiland told artist direct in a June interview. "It'll probably be a Christmas release."- ticketsnow.com

Stone Temple Pilots itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)

Living Colour frontman Corey Glover was recently interviewed about the band's upcoming CD, The Chair in the Doorway, due Sept 15 from Megaforce Records. Here is an excerpt or two:

On the very familiar chord progression of first single "Behind the Sun"

I hear the U2 sort of thing going on [in 'Behind the Sun']. I was surfing on the internet and there's this thing called [The Axis of Awesome's] 4 Chords. You could name 65 songs with that same chord progression [as 'Behind the Sun'] completely by accident. There's a U2 song, there's a Journey song there, there's a Beatles song, there's a couple of tunes that have the same chord progression and it's completely accidental.

On re-recording "Cult of Personality" for 2007's Guitar Hero III: Legend of Rock

We recorded it and sent it to [Vivid producer] Ed Stasium, which is kind of why it sounds so similar [to the original]. I play the game sometimes and it's weird to hear it because I'm amazed that I still sound the same. What's very different about it is the guitar solo that's actually harder to play than the original!

On the band's North American tour, which launches Sept. 1 in Alexandria, VA

We haven't played in the States in a very long time. Let's face it, our audience is older. And those people who are coming to this for the first time are going to be very different than they were the last time we played there. So we're going to have do a real balancing act as to what people remember and what new stuff they want to hear in re-introducing ourselves to the audience.

We're primarily a live band. A recording is just a moment in time. If you want to see how it evolved and where it went and where it is going, come see us live. And then go home, listen to the record and hear how it's changed. And know that we're going to come back and it's going to change from there. -metalmixtape.com

 To watch Living Colour perform "Behind The Sun" at a recent listening party in Brooklyn, NY, CLICK HERE.

Daughtry will launch a 36-date U.S. arena tour this fall to support the group's new studio album, Leave This Town. The opening acts will be main support Theory Of A Deadman and opener Cavo. The upcoming tour will launch October 19 in Topeka, KS before ending the first leg of the tour December 20 in Evansville, IN.

The tour announcement happens while Leave This Town continues its impressive streak of success. The album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, has sold more than a half million copies in five weeks.. The album's first single, "No Surprise," tops No.1 on the Hot A/C chart this week. It is the band's fourth #1 hit, a rare feat for any recording artist.

After finishing a sold out club tour this month, Chris Daughtry says the band is busy preparing for its upcoming arena tour. "We dreamed about how it would feel playing these songs to packed arenas, and we're excited to get our chance," Chris says. "We have a great show planned and can't wait to hit the road to share it with our fans."

Leave This Town is Daughtry's first album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 and its second consecutive No. 1 album, selling 269,299 copies sold in its first week of release.

Daughtry fans can locate tour and ticket information online at .

Here is the confirmed tour routing with on sale dates:

Tickets On Sale: Saturday, August 22
October 19 Topeka, KS - Kansas ExpoCentre
October 21 Omaha, NE - Omaha Civic Auditorium
October 22 Ames, IA - Hilton Coliseum
October 24 Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center
October 25 Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center
October 26 Ft. Wayne, IN - Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
October 28 Lansing, MI - Breslin Events Center
October 29 Saginaw, MI - Dow Events Center
October 31 Toledo, OH - Lucas County Arena
November 2 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
November 4 Youngstown, OH - Covelli Centre
November 5 Reading, PA - Sovereign Center
November 6 Atlantic City, NJ - Trump Taj Mahal

Tickets On Sale: Saturday, September 19
November 12 Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
November 13 Highland Heights, KY - The Bank of Kentucky Center
November 14 Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Superstore Arena
November 16 Wilkes-Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena
November 17 Bridgeport, CT - Arena at HarborYard
November 19 Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center
November 20 Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena

Tickets On Sale: Saturday, September 26
November 30 Gainesville, FL - Stephen Connell Center
December 1 Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee County Civic Center
December 2 Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Civic Center
December 4 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena
December 5 Louisville, KY - Broadbent Arena
December 7 Tupelo, MS - BancorpSouth Arena
December 8 Bossier City, LA - CenturyTel Center
December 9 Lafayette, LA - Cajundome
December 11 Corpus Christi, TX - American Bank Center
December 12 San Antonio, TX - Freeman Coliseum
December 13 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
December 15 Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
December 16 Jonesboro, AR - ASU Convocation Center
December 18 Little Rock, AR - Verizon Arena
December 19 Southaven, MS - DeSoto Civic Center
December 20 Evansville, IN - Roberts Stadium

-daughtryofficial.com

 Collective Soul launch a new headlining tour just as their newest album, "Collective Soul (Rabbit)," is released. Due in stores on August 25th (their first for Loud & Proud / Roadrunner Records), the album was written and produced by the band and the first single, "Staring Down," will be available via all major digital retailers on June 16th. "Welcome All Again" will be available June 30th digitally.

"Collective Soul (Rabbit)" is the band's eighth studio album. One of rock's most enduring acts, they have amassed nineteen hit singles in their 16 year career, seven of those reaching the #1 spot on Billboard magazine's radio charts. Most recently, Collective Soul were featured on the multi-platinum selling "Twilight" soundtrack and their song, "Hollywood" (from their 2007 Top 25 album "Afterwords"), was featured prominently in "American Idol's" Fall 2008 season for several weeks. Collective Soul frontman, Ed Roland, later collaborated with winner and longtime fan David Cook on his debut album.

Collective Soul will perform in the following cities:

August 7             Milwaukee, WI             The Eagles Club*

August 11            Mt Clemens, MI            Emerald Theatre*

August 13            Newport, RI               Newport Yachting Center*

August 14            Hampton Beach, NH         Hampton Beach Casino*

August 15            Chatham, ON               Chatham Rockstock

August 17            Danbury, CT               Ives Concert Park*

August 20            Sayreville, NJ            Starland Ballroom*+

August 25            New York, NY              Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza*+

August 28            Charlotte, NC             Fillmore Charlotte*+

September 1          Houston, TX               House of Blues+

September 2          Dallas, TX                House of Blues+

September 4          Biloxi, MS                Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

September 11         Las Vegas, NV             Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

September 12         Wendover (Reno, NV)       Peppermill Hotel Casino

*With Safety Suit

+With Black Stone Cherry

THE BLACK CROWES announce their 2009 'Stuck Inside Utopia" Tour.

'Stuck Inside Utopia' begins August 25, 2009 and continues its run through the end of the year.

The shows will feature over two hours of music culled from the forthcoming new release and the band's deep catalogue. Widely known for varying their nightly set lists performing new material, deep album cuts, rarities and covers in addition to their hits, THE BLACK CROWES, consistently deliver a fresh and unpredictable live show.

Chris Robinson, lead singer for the Black Crowes: "The Black Crowes fearlessly continue to search for the self made utopian ideals that make rock and roll music the last true real American adventure."

Critical acclaim and popular success has seen THE BLACK CROWES sell over 20 million albums worldwide. They are time and again hailed as one of Rock and Roll's best live acts.

THE BLACK CROWES are: Chris Robinson (vocals), Rich Robinson (guitar, vocals), Steve Gorman (drums), Sven Pipien (bass), Adam MacDougall (keyboards) and Luther Dickinson (guitar).

Tickets go on sale for most dates on June 12, 2009 and are available at the box office and through www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets on sale now for Wolftrap in Vienna, VA and The Melody Tent in Hyannis, MA.

TOUR DATES

AUGUST
Tue, August 25 @ Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap/The Filene Center (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale Now)
Wed, August 26 @ Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale Now)
Thu, August 27 @ Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion (w/Levon Helm Band - On Sale 6/12)
Sat, August 29 @ Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center (w/Levon Helm Band - On Sale 6/13)
Sun, August 30 @ Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live (An Evening With - On Sale 6/12)
Mon, August 31 @ Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/20)

SEPTEMBER
Wed, September 2 @ New York, NY - Rumsey Playfield @ Central Park Summerstage (w/Levon Helm Band and Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/12)
Fri, September 4 @ Westbury, NY - Theatre at Westbury (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/12)
Sat, September 5 @ Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony Summerstage (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/12)
Sun, September 6 @ Virginia Beach, VA - American Music Festival (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale TBA)
Tue, September 8 @ Bridgeport, CT - The Klein (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/14)
Wed, September 9 @ Jim Thorpe, PA - Penn's Peak (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/13)
Fri, September 11 @ Utica, NY - Saranac Brewery (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/12)
Sat, September 12 @ Rama, Ontario - Casino Rama (An Evening With - On Sale 6/14)
Sun, September 13 @ London, Ontario - Centennial Hall (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/12)
Wed, September 16 @ Providence, RI - Lupo's (An Evening With - On Sale 6/12)
Thu, September 17 @ Burlington, VT - Higher Ground (An Evening With - On Sale 6/12)
Fri, September 18 @ Kingston, NY - Ulster Performing Arts Center (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/16)
Thu, September 24 @ Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma State Fair (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/11)
Fri, September 25 @ Huntsville, AL - Big Spring Jam (Festival w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale Now)
Sat, September 26 @ Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/19)
Mon, September 28 @ Oxford, MS - The Lyric (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/19)
Tue, September 29 @ Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/19)
Wed, September 30 @ Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/19)

OCTOBER
Fri, October 2 @ Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/19)
Sat, October 3 @ Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre (w/Truth & Salvage Co. - On Sale 6/14)

Stay tuned for the announcement of more 2009 dates.

For the latest information regarding all things TBC, go to blackcrowes.com.

Hard rock mavens Staind, Shinedown, Chevelle and Halestorm will be teaming up this summer for the "Stimulate This!" tour, a four-band bill designed to offer fans maximum value at a minimal price.

Making its way across the U.S. beginning July 1 and extending through early September, the "Stimulate This!" tour will hit more than 40 U.S. markets, including some of the hardest hit by the recession. In a show of solidarity for their fans, the four bands have worked closely with the concert promoters to create a package of exceptional value for ticket buyers. Through their collective efforts, they've been able to maintain modest base ticket prices that remain mostly under $40 each - half the cost of comparable multi-band summer tour packages - with some venues offering lawn seats for less than $10. Additionally, each tour stop will include special promotions for ticket holders that will vary from market to market, but could include discounts on concessions at the venue during the show, store discounts at local retailers, and online rebates for band merchandise to name a few.

"Wall Street got its bailout; now it's time for rock fans to get theirs," said Staind frontman Aaron Lewis. "This summer, we want to give our fans one night where they can forget about everything else and experience a great rock show."

"We've always said that we, as a band, only answer to one boss...and that's everyone in the audience," offers Shinedown's Brent Smith. "It's our job...our privilege to offer our fans an escape. Teaming up with these other great bands, we're doing what we can to help lift everyone's spirits in these tough times...the power of music can do that."

To read more, CLICK HERE