While on the Howard Stern show, Weiland announced that he was working on the album with legendary producer Steve Albini (he’s worked with the Pixies, Page & Plant, PJ Harvey and Nirvana). Also, Weiland revealed that No Doubt’s Adrian Young would be appearing as the album’s drummer.

As of now, there is no other info, but I did read that November is the expected release date, so we’ll have to wait and see.

I’m looking forward to this album, it should be interesting.

And, if anyone is concerned about this affecting anything in STP, you have have nothing to fear.

The first reason is that the guys in STP did various projects and still stuck together for a few more years. Scott had his first solo album, 12 Bar Blues, while the other guys did the Talk Show project. Plus, all the bs these guys went through, I highly doubt a Scott Weiland solo album would break them up again.

The second reason is that Scott’s been working on this solo album for years. Back in 2005 he appeared on Last Call With Carson Daily and debuted some new solo tracks. So, let Scotty boy get this out of the way so that he can focus on STP again.

Here’s the video for “The Man I Didn’t Know” from 2005.

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Now, it gets even better.

The band’s original bassist, Eric Avery, will be reuniting with the rest of the band. This will mark the first performance from the original line up since 1991.

Jane’s will be receiving the award on April 23 in L.A. and are scheduled to play a three song set at the event

Like I said last week, maybe this will be the beginning of another Jane’s reunion, although with Avery this time, makes it pretty sweet.

Now enjoy a blast from the past with the video for one of my favorite Jane’s Addictions songs, “Classic Girl”.

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Richard Patrick revamped Filter shortly following his work with the side project Army of Anyone, which featured STP’s Dean and Rob DeLeo. The band’s first album in six years seems to be a political one. The first single, “Soldiers of Misfortune”, was apparently inspired by a Filter fan who joined the Army Reserve to pay for his college tuition, who sadly lost his life in Iraq.

Look for Anthems for the Damned on May 13.

Meanwhile, the band will be kicking off a tour on April 24 at Stubb’s in Austin and will wrap up in the States on June 1 at Boston’s WBCN’s River Rave.

Other stops include the May 17 Rock on the Range festival in Columbus and the May 31 KROCK show in Holmdel, NJ, where Patrick’s buddies STP will be headlining.

It looks like the band will then head to Europe for a few shows.

For a full tour itinerary, and to hear the new single “Soldiers of Misfortune”, check out the band’s MySpace page.

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This will be NME’s first award show in the U.S., which will take place on April 23 at the El Rey Theatre in L.A.

This is why the now defunct band was chosen for the privilege, according to NME Editor Conor McNicholas:“When we were in the planning stages of bringing the NME Awards to America, Jane’s Addiction were always in our thoughts,” and he also added, ”They are exactly the sort of once-in-a-lifetime, inspirational, aspirational, no-holds-barred, genre-busting, risk-taking, pioneering group which sums up what the NME Awards is all about.

“Breathtaking live, phenomenal on record, they blazed a trail for alternative music from which others have truly benefited over the past 20 years, and it is with the very greatest pleasure that we acknowledge and honour their contribution to making music which makes the world a better, more exciting place to live in.”

Besides the music, Jane’s Addiction was also chosen for founding Lollapalooza and giving the “alternative nation” a cultural voice and focus.

The band will join UK recipients such as The Clash, Manic Street Preachers, New Order and Primal Scream.

You can click here for more on the award show.

Maybe this will spark yet another Jane’s reunion, I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

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It started with Madonna, which is not a surprise to me, who signed an astounding contract with the concert behemoth for $120 million, which would combine all of her music ventures, such as concerts, albums, merchandising, etc.

Now, U2 has followed in her footsteps.

The Irish heavyweights have inked a 12 year deal with Live Nation that will cover the band’s touring, merchandising, digital and branding rights. However, the band will still apparently release albums through Universal, but I can see that coming to an end.

Will this giant ever slayed?

Anyways, this is why I sometimes I have a problem with U2. I know they do a lot of great things, but then they constantly sell out. I know that has little to do with their music, but I think it gets in the way when you have a band that is so vocal about pretty much saving the world.

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You can check out the list right here.

Now I wasn’t involved in this, but I wanted to share my favorite concert, because I love going to concerts and this seems like a great idea for a post.

This was difficult at first, because I’ve been to a lot of shows, but I started to narrow things down. Two bands then came up for the honor.

Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam were suddenly in a heated battle for my favorite concert of all time. They’re my two favorite bands and I’ve seen them both 5 times (but that will change this summer). Both of them put on amazing shows that have unforgettable moments.

It’s hard to forget my first time seeing Pearl Jam on July 5, 2003 and having fireworks going off across the river at Penn’s Landing in Philly. There was also the legendary show on October 3, 2005, where the amps blew during “Crazy Mary”. The show in Montreal was great, and so where the two nights on Memorial Day weekend of 2006 in Camden.

STP blew the crowd away at the Beale St. Music Festival in Memphis and at the Spectrum in Philly. The two times I saw them in Atlantic City are impossible to forget, like when Rob DeLeo took my brother’s hat in 2002.

So, I finally went with sentimental value and chose June 24, 2000…Stone Temple Pilots at the Trump Mariana in Atlantic City.

This was the first unsupervised show that I went to. I had just graduated high school. And, I finally got to see STP.

I don’t remember the opening band, but I remember when the band came out. Scott Weiland was the last one out and the crowd went nuts. He just threw his hands in the air as if telling us all that he is indeed a rock god.

From there the band went into an electric set after opening up with “Crackerman” and then into “Vasoline”. They played the hits like “Plush”, “Wicked Garden”, “Big Empty”, “Interstate Love Song” and “Trippin on Hole”. They also played some gems like “Tumble in the Rough” and “Piece of Pie”. In the middle of the show they played an acoustic set of “Sour Girl” and “Creep”. Then when the band ended the main set with “Unglued” the crowd was bouncing up and down so much that I thought the building was going to collapse. After the band ended the show with the typical closer of “Sex Type Thing”, I was left in shock and awe.

It made me love STP even more and created a beast that needed more live shows to please it’s appetite.

So, whatever great shows I see next, it’s going to be hard to top that wonderful night in Atlantic City. The electricity of the band and the crowd has been, and will be, hard to beat. I hope that feeling is around on May 18 when I see STP again after almost six long years.

Here’s a taste with “Trippin on Hole” from the Rolling Rock Town Fair in 2001.

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Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings is going to be a concept type album. The first disc, Saturday Nights, is about partying and then losing yourself into the darkness of the nightlife. Sunday Mornings is about waking up and realizing that probably some bad stuff happened the night before. The band even had different producers on the 2-discs, with Gil Norton (who produced the Foo Fighters’ Colour and the Shape and Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace) working on disc one and Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) producing disc two. 

To help support the album the band will be stopping by some Apple Stores in the next couple of weeks.

Here are the appearances:

Thursday March 27, 7 p.m. – New York, NY – Apple Store, SoHo
Thursday, April 3, 4 p.m. – Los Angeles, CA – Apple Store, The Grove
Sunday, April 6, 4 p.m. – San Francisco, CA – Apple Store, San Francisco
Wednesday, April 9, 6 p.m. – Chicago, IL – Apple Store, North Michigan Avenue

From there the band will be embarking on a European tour. You can find more info on the band’s official site.

Here’s a live performance of “You Can’t Count On Me”.

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Let’s keep the theme rolling with Pearl Jam’s cover of the Thin Lizzy classic “The Boys Are Back In Town”.

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 First off, I’d like to thank my friend Eric for stepping in and writing some posts while I was gone. It looks like he did an excellent job.

OK, so let’s get back in the swing of things with a newer artist from the UK.

I was checking out MTV in one of the hotel rooms in Italy before bed one night and saw a video for an incredibly catchy tune. It was instantly stuck in my head. The song was “Pumpkin Soup” by Kate Nash.

I had heard of Kate Nash but I never actually sat down and listened to her music. I checked out a couple of other videos by her after I got settled yesterday and I like what I hear.

“Pumpkin Soup” though is still stuck in my head and the video is a bit goofy. If you like what you hear check out her debut album Made of Bricks. 

She’ll also be touring North America this April, which includes a stop at Coachella.

For more on the cute Kate Nash check out her MySpace page.

Now enjoy the video for “Pumpkin Soup”.

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I’ve yet to have the time to go in-depth into the band’s discography, but am currently listening to the band’s 2001 release, The Egg. It would be the last album of the act. Don’t fret through, as the lead singer guitarist would go onto and front The Life and Times, bringing a similar sound to their 2005 album Suburban Hymns, which also kicks major butt.

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