The San Diego rockers set to perform with new singer following tragic deaths of Chester Bennington and Scott Weiland
Cai Trefor
11:45 2nd November 2017

Stone Temple Pilots are set to perform at the Troubadour, West Hollywood on Tuesday November 24 – and for the first time they’ll fronted by their mystery new vocalist, reports Alternative Nation.

The special invitation-only show, for listeners of American satellite station SiriusXM, is set to be an emotional affair following the recent deaths of former frontmen Scott Weiland and, earlier this year, Chester Bennington.

An e-mail went out to a limited pool of SiriusXM listeners yesterday offered ‘a limited number of complimentary tickets’ for the show. Attendees will be selected in a random draw from all respondents by midday, Pacific Time today (Thursday, November 2).

October 27 would have been Scott Weiland’s 50th birthday, and was honoured on Twitter by Stone Temple Pilots’ bassist Robert DeLeo.

 

The band’s official Twitter account also marked the day:

 

Weiland tragically passed away following a drug overdose on a solo tour late in 2015. Stone Temple Pilots’ other vocalist, Chester Bennington, passed away early this year following a battle with substance abuse and depression. He had most recently gone back to work with his other main project, Linkin Park.

The band told Seattle radio station Rock 98.9 how they’ve sifted through some a lot of applicants to find a new singer:

"We had fifteen thousand submissions that the three of us personally went through; I mean, it was a big deal to go through all those submissions,’ recalled guitarist Dean DeLeo. ‘And there were some great people. It was just a matter of trying to find someone who really had all we were requiring of someone. He continued: "It's, one, honouring the catalog and singing that to a point where it turns us on musically still. And then there's the part of writing new material and someone who could actually write lyrics and come up with melody and sing and knows how to use a microphone in the studio. It's a lot to ask of someone. And we're gonna do the best we can."

Stone Temple Pilots recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Core.