Despite being one of the best-selling bands of the 1990s with platinum records and a Grammy to its credit, guitarist Dean DeLeo says, “ This new incarnation of STP is focused on what lies ahead. The best way for us to honour our past is to build on it and keep making new music.”
The band does just that on “Stone Temple Pilots”. Straight-ahead rockers like the first single “Meadow” and “Never Enough” channels the gritty guitars and swaggering rhythms that STP perfected on Core (1992), Purple (1994), and No. 4 (1999).
When asked what to expect on the upcoming tour, Robert DeLeo says,” With so much time and experience gone by in life we feel compelled to dig back into a 30-year catalogue and really try to reflect and choose what songs haven’t been performed live. We want to give people who have come to see us in the past a chance to hear something they haven’t heard before at previous STP shows. We want to celebrate this time in lives with our performances.”
The album “Stone Temple Pilots” is available now through Rhino.
The live dates are as follows:
Wed 12th June 2019
O2 Academy, Glasgow UK
Thurs 13th June 2019
O2 Forum Kentish Town, London UK
Sat 15th June 2019
Download Festival, Donington UK
Mon 17th June 2019
Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin GERMANY
Wed 19th June 2019
Grona Lund Tivoli, Stockholm SWEDEN
Thurs 20th June 2019
Copenhell Festival, Copenhagen DENMARK
Fri 21st June 2019
Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel BELGIUM
Sun 23rd June 2019
Hellfest Festival, Clisson FRANCE
Tues 25th June 2019
Live Music Hall, Cologne GERMANY
Wed 26th June 2019
Batschkapp, Frankfurt GERMANY
Thurs 27th June 2019
Konzertfabrik Z7, Pratteln SWITZERLAND
Sat 29th June 2019
Download Festival, Madrid SPAIN
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