Scott Weiland, the beleaguered former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots, and later Velvet Revolver, died on Thursday in Minnesota. He was 48.
Update: Stone Temple Pilots have posted the following message to Facebook:
Dear Scott,Let us start by saying thank you for sharing your life with us. Together we crafted a legacy of music…
Posted by Stone Temple Pilots on Friday, December 4, 2015
His manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the news. A statement posted to Weiland’s Facebook and Instagram pages said he “passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band The Wildabouts.” With one album under their belts, The Wildabouts had been scheduled to perform Thursday night in Medina, Minn., at the Medina Entertainment Center.
According to Billboard.com, the Bloomington, Minnesota Police Department issued a statement at 11:15 p.m. PT detailing the events: On December 3 at 8:22 p.m., officers responded to a report of an unresponsive adult male in a recreational motor vehicle located in the 2200 block of Killebrew Drive. Officers arrived and determined the adult male was deceased. The address seems to correspond to a local Country Inn & Suites hotel.
In a now-deleted tweet, Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addition broke the news to many on Thursday night: “Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died. So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight.”
