The 14 year-old kid in me just dropped a load. The Stone Temple Pilots have announced a 65 city tour beginning May 17th in Columbus, OH. Now that Weiland has kicked Velvet Revolver to the gutter (where they have always belonged), count on STP tearing the house down at a city near you.

On that note….

Los Angeles, CA · April 7th, 2008

Scott Weiland * Dean DeLeo * Robert DeLeo * Eric Kretz

WHEN: Monday, April 7th, 2008 7pm

WHERE: Houdini Estate, Hollywood Hills, CA

WHY: Because drug addiction is not a laughing matter. And it’s expensive. Oh, and you know, love of rock music and all…

WHAT: Velvet what now?

Scott Weiland is no longer a member of Velvet Revolver. The former frontman of STP has chosen to split with the “super band” after a long standing history of poor band relations. Weiland, though, is quite agitated over comments made by Slash in a recent interview.

“This band is all about its fans and its music and Scott Weiland isn’t 100 percent committed to either. Among other things, his increasingly erratic on stage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on.”

Wasting no time, Weiland shot back with his own venom in a recent email exchange with MTV News.

“After reading the comment by Duff, Matt, Dave and the illustrious ‘Guitar Hero,’ Saul Hudson, a.k.a. Slash, I find it humorous that the so-called four ‘founding members’ of Velvet Revolver, better known to themselves as ‘the Project’ before I officially named the band, would decide to move on without me after I had already claimed the group dead in the water on March 20 in Glasgow.

In response to Slash’s comment regarding my commitment [to the band], I have to say it is a blatant and tired excuse to cover up the truth. The truth of the matter is that the band had not gotten along on multiple levels for some time. On a musical level, there were moments of joy, inspiration, fun … at times. But let’s not forget the multiple trips to rehab every member of the band had taken (with the exception of one member - no need to mention his name).

Personally speaking, I choose to look forward to the future and performing with a group of friends I have known my entire life, people who have always had my back. This also speaks to my commitment to my music and my fellow bandmates in [Stone Temple Pilots] and to the fans who I feel would much rather watch a group of musicians who enjoy being together as opposed to a handful of discontents who at one time used to call themselves a gang.”

That’s a lot of beef right there. I suppose I would have to jump on the side of Weiland, even with his checkered past as an unreliable band mate. Reason being: The G’N'R fellas have more collected disaster and absurdity in their closets than the boogie man. It’s hard to imagine how Velvet Revolver lasted as long as they did with the current lineup. And, furthermore, they’ve always been lame anyhow. I think it’s for the best that these guys part ways. Let’s hope that Weiland does reunite with STP, where at least his vocal talents will be put to some use.