Stone Temple Pilots are having to cancel their final four dates from their summer tour.

On Facebook, the group wrote that their singer Scott Weiland isn’t able to perform due to an injured vocal chord.

A message was also included by the Stone Temple Pilots from Dr. Sid Khosl, Weiland’s doctor. He said, on Wednesday Dr. Keith Casper, Dr. Evan Van Leer and myself had a consultation with Mr. Weiland. We determined after a video stroboscopy that there is likely scarring on Weiland’s left vocal chord and that he also has a tremendously inflamed right vocal chord.

We determined that with so much vocal activity and heavy concert scheduled that there was the risk that Mr. Weiland might suffer permanent damage or suffer a vocal hemorrhage. That is why we have placed him on a full vocal rest.

The Council Bluffs, Iowa concert planned for tonight as well as shows scheduled for earlier this week are going to be rescheduled.

Last summer, Stone Temple Pilots had to postpone dates on their tour when Weilland admitted to battling addiction while he was on-stage.

Scott Weiland and the rest of rock icons Stone Temple Pilots will be going back on the road, locally and overseas, in spring after a holiday break off their successful world tour last fall.

The jaunt will include a short trek in the US with a three-date stop in the Midwest; Aspen, CO on February 17, Thackerville, OK on the 19th, and Biloxi, MS the day after, and one in Las Vegas on the 25th to wrap up the short jaunt.

The band will also be heading down south in Australia in mid-March, starting off with a show in Perth on March 16, West Melbourne on the 19th, Moore Park the day after, Brisbane and Newcastle on the 23rd and 24th, respectively, and finally in Auckland, New Zealand on the 26th to cap everything off. Tickets for all shows can be accessed via the band’s official website.

STP has had a busy 2010 with the release of their self-named anthology which marks their sixth release and their first effort in nine years. The effort follows the band’s 2001 set, “Shangri-La Dee Da”. The 2010 compilation peaked at no.2 at the Billboard 200 and ruled Billboard’s Top Rock and Hard Rock Albums list upon its release.

The band is coming off the heels of their successful world tour which was launched last fall and closed in South America just a week ago.

Alt-rock vets Stone Temple Pilots just announced some late-breaking changes to their current itinerary which will now be moved altogether to October 8 with a new kick-off point in Tampa’s St. Pete Times Forum.

Eleven stops from the previously announced tour schedule were affected by the change.  Of the eleven, seven shows in the south and the Midwest have been removed from the list: two cities in Texas (El Paso and Lubbock), two cities in Oklahoma (Thackerville and Tulsa), Alpharetta, GA, St. Charles, MO and Simpsonville, SC, while the remaining four stops – Raleigh and Charlotte, NC and Austin and Corpus Christi, TX – were rescheduled to October 19, 20, 22 and 23, respectively.

Meanwhile, nine shows in the west coast and the north were added in place of the reshuffled and removed stops: five shows in California – San Diego, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Indio and San Francisco which are scheduled for October 26, 27, 29, 30 and November 1 respectively, Kent, WA on November 3 and three Canadian west coast stops – Vancouver, Calgary and Saskatoon – for November 4, 6, and 7 respectively.  These shows will be followed by a short slew of Caribbean and South American shows in Mexico, The Bahamas, Peru and Colombia.

The reason for the drastic changes in the schedule was not specified by the band or its representatives, however, it has been speculated that the low ticket returns, especially in El Paso, is the main reason.  Another speculation, as the Houston Press has reported, is that STP lead vocalist Scott Weiland “seemed off mentally” during the band’s performance at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion three days ago, which could be the reason for the band’s simple statement immediately released after the schedule change, which said that the band “will take a short break and resume in mid-October in Florida.”

2010 Stone Temple Pilots Concert Tour
October 2010
8 – Tampa, FL – Saint Pete Times Forum
9 – Orlando, FL – UCF Arena
12 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
13 – Estero, FL – Germain (Teco) Arena
15 – Baton Rouge, LA – Baton Rouge River Center
16 – Pensacola, FL – Casino Beach
19 – Raleigh, NC – Raleigh Amphitheatre
20 – Charlotte, NC – Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre
22 – Austin, TX – The Backyard
23 – Corpus christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheatre
26 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
27 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
29 – Los Angeles, CA – Nokia Theatre
30 – Indio, CA – Fantasy Springs Casino

November 2010
1 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
3 – Kent, WA – Showare Cente
4 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Pacific Coliseum
6 – Calgary, Alberta – The Corral
7 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – MTS Credit Center

December 2010
1 – Mexico city, Mexico – Sports Palace
4 – Nassau, Bahamas – Bud Light Port Paradise
16 – Lima, Peru – Explanada Monumental
18 – Bogota, Columbia – Coliseo El Campin

The Stone Temple Pilots, a week following the release of their sixth studio album on May 21, have announced summer tour plans. The band’s road trip will last just over a month.

The Stone Temple Pilots will kick off their North American outing in Winnipeg, MB at Rock on the Range on August 7. The band is primarily booked for amphitheaters ass well as other summertime venues. The outing will wrap up in Tempe, AZ at the Arizona Fall Frenzy on September 19.

The trek will feature nearly 20 concert dates and includes an August 10 date in Denver, CO at the Red Rocks Amphitheater; an August 20 date in Chicago, IL at the Charter One Pavilion; and a September 1 date in Boston, MA at the Bank of America Pavilion.

Summer tour pricing details and ticket on sales have not been announced yet on Stone Temple Pilot’s official website. However Ticketmaster.com does have an event listing for the concert on August 25 in Cincinnati, OH at the PNC Pavilion, with a June 12 on sale public date, with ticket prices at $41.50-$56.

For the reunited Stone Temple Pilots, the 2010 summer trek is their latest tour. The band originally split up in 2003. However the band, front by Scott Weiland, reunited with a long reunion tour spanning most of 2008. In 2009, they were back out on the road again for summer as well as fall shows.

2010 Stone Temple Pilots Concert Tour
June 2010
11 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock Festival
13 – Derby, Great Britain – Download Festival
14 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
16 – London, England – O2 Brixton Academy
19 – Scheessel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
20 – Neuhausen ob Eck, Denmark – Southside Festival
22 – Paris, France – Le Cigale
23 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – TBA
25 – Dessel, Belgium – Boeretang
26 – St. Gallen, Switzerland – St. Gallen Festival
28 – Sesto San Giovanni, Italy – Parco Archelogico

August 2010
7 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Rock on the Range
10 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
11 – Sturgis, SD – Rock N’ Rev
14 – Council Bluffs, IA – River Riot
16 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave Eagles Club
17 – Columbus, OH – Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
19 – Grand Rapids, MI – Deltaplex Arena & Conference Center
20 – Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
22 – Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower City
25 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
26 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
28 – Burgettstown, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
29 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
31 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

September 2010
1 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
3 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa
4 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
5 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center

Fans of the Stone Temple Pilots who were worried that the recent seizure suffered by frontman Scott Weiland might affect the fall tour plans of the band can take comfort in knowing that a trek into Canada has been added onto the tour.

The tour for the reunited rockers will start on October 2 at Bayfest in Mobile Alabama, which will be followed up with stops in approximately 12 other US cities by the end of October. The band will then take a short break and then take on the recently added Canadian leg of the tour, starting in Victoria, British Columbia on November 7, followed by a tour of another seven Canadian cities.

News of the Canadian expansion came just a few days after Weiland was reported to have had a mild seizure while on his way to Miami from Los Angeles while aboard an American Airlines plane. The incident occurred on September 18 and the plane made an emergency landing in Texas at the Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport.

A Weiland representative told Rolling Stone magazine that the flight crew had used the public address system on the plane to ask for medical assistance and also gave Weiland oxygen. He was reported to be in good spirits while being taken off the plane on his way to the local hospital.

Weiland, who is reported to have a history with seizures, still was able to make it to the stage on September 19 in Miami at an event marking the launch of “Weiland for English Laundry,” a new line of men’s clothing.

Last year the Stone Temple Pilots had a full reunion tour, which was their first US tour in almost eight years. This year they had a sporadic summer schedule. The band won a 1994 Grammy Award for “Plush,” and had fifteen top 10 singles. Their last release in 2001 was “Shangri-La Dee Da.” The group disbanded soon after that.

Weiland, who released a second solo album last fall- “Happy in Galoshes”- acknowledged that there are plans for a new Stone Temple Pilots album.

In a Spin magazine interview earlier this year Weiland said that the DeLeo Brothers were already writing instrumental music for a new album. He added that the process is different than with solo stuff. In early 2010 Stone Temple Pilots will have a new album out, Weiland said.

2009 Stone Temple Pilots Tour Dates
October 2009
2 – Mobile, AL – Bayfest
3 – Saint Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
4 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
6 – North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
7 – Greensboro, NC – Memorial Auditorium
9 – Portsmouth, VA – nTelos Wireless Pavilion
10 – Reading, PA – Reading Eagle Theater
11 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion
13 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
15 – Fresno, CA – Fresno Fair
18 – Phoenix, AZ – Veterans Memorial Coliseum
20 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
22 – Highland, CA – San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino Hall
23 – Primm, NV – Star of the Desert Arena

November 2009
7 – Victoria, British Columbia – Save On Foods Memorial Centre
9 – Kelowna, British Columbia – Prospera Place
11 – Edmonton, Alberta – Shaw Conference Centre
14 – Regina, Saskatchewan – Brandt Centre
15 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
18 – Hamilton, Ontario – Copps Coliseum
19 – London, Ontario – Labatt Centre
21 – Kingston, Ontario – K-Rock Centre

December 2009
29 – Biloxi, MS – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi

January 2010
1 – Thackerville, OK – WinStar World Casino