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Stone Temple Pilots Singer Scott Weiland Dead at 48, Wells Fargo DNC Media Tour
 
  by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 12/04/15 8:54 am | updated: 12/04/15 8:54 am
 
Scott Weiland, the former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48. The singer's manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the death to The Associated Press early Friday morning. Vitorino said he learned of Weiland's death from his tour manager. He did not provide further details but referenced a statement on Weiland's Facebook page. The statement said Weiland, who was dogged by substance abuse problems throughout his career, passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota. The singer rose to fame as the frontman of the Grammy Award-winning Stone Temple Pilots, whose hits include “Interstate Love Song,” ”Plush,” and “Vasoline.” The band broke up in 2003 and Weiland went on to front Velvet Revolver, the supergroup that featured former members of Guns N’ Roses, including guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan. Among that group’s hits was “Fall to Pieces.” Weiland had a long string of drug- and alcohol-related arrests and stints in rehab. In 1995, he was arrested after deputies found him carrying crack and heroin. He pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession in 1998. And his arrests for drug possession and stints in rehab led the Stone Temple Pilots to cancel tour dates and contributed to their 2003 breakup.

Media members have had their first chance to scope-out the Wells Fargo Center, to plan coverage of next summer’s Democratic National Convention. Five hundred members of the media toured the Wells Fargo Center. DNC CEO Leah Daughtry says it’s the beginning of the process to accommodate 15,000 to 20,000 journalists covering the actions of 6,100 delegates next July.

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