Former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland has died at the age of 48. An official statement reveals that he had died in his sleep.
Weiland was due to perform at the Medina Entertainment Center in Minnesota with his band Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts. The show was cancelled earlier in the evening, and his body was discovered on his tour bus at around 9 p.m. local time.
The news was confirmed by Weiland's wife, Jamie, and his longtime pal, and fellow rock legend, Dave Navarro. Navarro was first to confirm the news.
"Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died," he wrote in a now-deleted Twitter post. "So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight."
Stone Temple Pilots have sold over 40 million records worldwide and won home a Grammy Award for their song "Plush."
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