So Scott Weiland missed a Velvet Revolver concert at the Sundance Film Fest on Sunday and no one has a reasonable explanation as to his whereabouts. "Dead or in jail," I hear you saying, while the official word is that "speculation from inside the band's camp said the singer had missed his flight to Sundance for the performance." But is it really so innocent? What if he was kidnapped? What if he managed to escape from his housebreaking crate in Slash's basement before the Weiland-sitter could find him? And even if he just missed his flight, where could he
be? Well, we had some thoughts on the matter after the jump.
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While his bassist, Duff McKagan, was jawing about maybe being the support act for that Led Zeppelin tour that probably isn't happening anyway, Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland was seething inside, angry that the reunion of his first band was being pushed to the side by the press and the dudes who were supposed to be his bandmates, at least until said reunion took off. He finally began the popping-off process last week, telling a Glasgow audience that they were witnessing the band's final tour. VR drummer Matt Sorum posted an apology for Weiland's actions on his blog, saying that being in a band was "a lot like being in a relationship" and indirectly implying that Weiland was behaving like the crazy one—a theory that gained a little bit of traction when the skinny frontman fired off a statement to Blabbermouth.net:
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Scott Weiland is Still Not Dead, at least as far as Velvet Revolver bandmate Duff McKagan knows, but U.K. fans probably shouldn't get their hopes up that he won't disappear halfway through the group's upcoming tour. Did the other members of VR ever think about one of those kid-leashes? He's probably skinny enough to wriggle out of one, though. [
