Velvet Revolver News

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist SLASH has staged his most bizarre collaboration yet - teaming up on stage with former BLACK EYED PEAS singer FERGIE.
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Read news story: SLASH FERGIES ODD DUET

Former SKID ROW singer SEBASTIAN BACH is teaming up with VELVET REVOLVER guitarist SLASH - but he has been "sworn to secrecy" about the upcoming....

Read news story: BACH SWORN TO SECRECY OVER SLASH COLLABORATION

VELVET REVOLVER founders SLASH, MATT SORUM and DUFF MCKAGAN have been impressed with the candidates competing to replace SCOTT WEILAND - because they....

Read news story: VELVET REVOLVER WANNABES ARE NOTHING LIKE WEILAND

VELVET REVOLVER star MATT SORUM has fuelled reports of a full GUNS N' ROSES reunion, insisting "I'm sure it'll happen eventually."
Once tense....

Read news story: SORUM GUNS N ROSES REUNION TALKS COULD BE UNDERWAY ALREADY

VELVET REVOLVER star MATT SORUM has formed an all-star supergroup to perform at a landmark concert in Kenya.
The one-time Guns N' Roses and The....

Read news story: SORUM PLANS CHARITY GIG IN KENYA

LINKIN PARK singer CHESTER BENNINGTON has denied he is to take over from SCOTT WEILAND as the frontman of VELVET REVOLVER.
The 32-year-old....

Read news story: BENNINGTON DENIES VELVET REVOLVER ROLE

Legendary guitarist SLASH is making the most of his time off from VELVET REVOLVER - he is recording his first solo album during the break in his....

Read news story: SLASH PLOTS SOLO ALBUM

GUNS N ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has paid tribute to Bo Diddley, the legendary guitarist who died of heart failure yesterday (June....

Read news story: SLASH PAYS TRIBUTE TO BO DIDDLEY

VELVET REVOLVER have scrapped plans to turn their search for a new singer into a reality TV show.
The rockers have been without a frontman since....

Read news story: VELVET REVOLVER SCRAP REALITY TV SHOW

VELVET REVOLVER have scrapped plans to turn their search for a new singer into a reality TV show.
The rockers have been without a frontman since....

Read news story: VELVET REVOLVER SCRAP REALITY TV SHOW

VELVET REVOLVER's drummer MATT SORUM has a newfound appreciation for former GUNS N' ROSES bandmate AXL ROSE, after his troubled experiences with axed....

Read news story: SORUM REMEMBERS ROSE FONDLY AFTER WEILAND TROUBLES

Rockers VELVET REVOLVER have been overwhelmed by applications from singers vying to take over from former frontman SCOTT WEILAND.
Weiland was....

Read news story: VELVET REVOLVER SWAMPED BY SINGER APPLICANTS

VELVET REVOLVER star MATT SORUM teamed up with his former music teacher to co-host a drumming class at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo,....

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Former SKID ROW star SEBASTIAN BACH has ruled out taking SCOTT WEILAND's job in VELVET REVOLVER - because he's too much of a friend to AXL ROSE to....

Read news story: BACH RULES OUT VELVET REVOLVER ROLE

Former VELVET REVOLVER star SCOTT WEILAND is to revisit his solo career after reuniting rockers STONE TEMPLE PILOTS.
The frontman, who departed....

Read news story: WEILAND PLANS SECOND SOLO ALBUM

VELVET REVOLVER will hold online auditions to find a replacement for ex-frontman SCOTT WEILAND.
Just a week after rocker Slash revealed the band....

Read news story: VELVET REVOLVER TO LAUNCH AUDITION WEBSITE

VELVET REVOLVER star SLASH sacked the band's former frontman SCOTT WEILAND because he became too much like his former bandmate, GUNS N' ROSES rocker....

Read news story: SLASH SACKED WEILAND FOR TURNING INTO ROSE

SLASH forced SCOTT WEILAND to leave VELVET REVOLVER by deliberately ignoring him throughout the band's U.K. tour.
The legendary guitarist admits....

Read news story: SLASH IGNORED WEILAND BEFORE SACKING HIM

Former VELVET REVOLVER star SCOTT WEILAND has launched a scathing attack on the music industry - insisting artists need to "watch (their) backs"....

Read news story: WEILAND SLAMS MUSIC INDUSTRY

SCOTT WEILAND insists his departure from VELVET REVOLVER was inevitable - because he would have quit if the band hadn't sacked him first.
The....

Read news story: WEILAND VELVET REVOLVER DEPARTURE WAS INEVITABLE

Rocker CHRIS CORNELL is a favourite to replace SCOTT WEILAND in VELVET REVOLVER, according to a new online poll.
Rock fans voted the former....

Read news story: CORNELL IS FANS FAVOURITE TO REPLACE WEILAND

"I thought he could be a little bit more imaginative. I'm not sure if that was meant to be a pot shot or what. Whatever, it's not worth any real....

Read news story: THE THINGS THEY SAY 7874

LATEST: Rocker SLASH has revealed he and his VELVET REVOLVER bandmates are "relieved" now SCOTT WEILAND is no longer with the group. The band....

Read news story: SLASH RELIEVED ABOUT WEILANDS DEPARTURE

LATEST: SCOTT WEILAND has launched a scathing attack on his former VELVET REVOLVER bandmates - accusing them of "covering up the truth" about his....

Read news story: WEILAND HITS BACK AT VELVET REVOLVER

LATEST: Rock supergroup VELVET REVOLVER have officially axed SCOTT WEILAND as their frontman because the singer isn't "100 per cent committed" to the....

Read news story: NO MORE REVOLVER FOR WEILAND

LATEST: VELVET REVOLVER guitarist SLASH has again quashed reports the band is on the verge of splitting up - although he's hinted frontman SCOTT....

Read news story: SLASH HINTS AT WEILAND DEPARTURE

A LED ZEPPELIN reunion tour is unlikely to happen as JIMMY PAGE isn't keen on taking to the stage again, it has emerged. Rumours that the....

Read news story: PAGE NOT KEEN ON LED ZEPPELIN TOUR

VELVET REVOLVER were forced to cancel their Australian tour last year (07) when bandmate MATT SORUM was admitted to rehab, according to frontman....

Read news story: WEILAND BLAMES SORUMS REHAB STINT FOR CANCELLED TOUR

LATEST: Rocker SLASH has dismissed reports his band VELVET REVOLVER are to support LED ZEPPELIN on an upcoming tour, insisting bassist DUFF MCKAGAN's....

Read news story: SLASH DENIES VELVET REVOLVERLED ZEPPELIN REPORTS

Singer SCOTT WEILAND shocked fans midway through a VELVET REVOLVER gig on Thursday (20Mar08) night by announcing the band's current tour will be its....

Read news story: WEILAND ANNOUNCES END OF VELVET REVOLVER ONSTAGE