Report: The Reason Behind VELVET REVOLVER's One-Night Reunion
January 6, 2012, 12 years ago
VELVET REVOLVER and former vocalist SCOTT WEILAND will reunite for a short set at Love You Madly: A Concert for JOHN O'BRIEN, scheduled for Thursday, January 12th at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, CA.
RollingStone.com has issued the following report from Steve Baltin:
When Velvet Revolver – Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Dave Kushner and Scott Weiland – reunite for one show next Thursday at L.A.'s House Of Blues, it will be the result of Kushner. The band's guitarist brought the group back together to honor his best friend, musician John O'Brien, who was found dead at the age of 45 in his Chicago hotel room last August.
"I found out he passed away on August 20, and it was like out of nowhere," Kushner exclusively tells Rolling Stone. "Next day I was in shock and my wife said to me, 'You gotta have a benefit concert for his wife and you have to get Velvet Revolver back together.' That’s how it started."He then approached the different band members. "We did a benefit show for this thing called Road Recovery – me, Duff, Slash and Matt – in New York, and that’s when I asked those guys individually if they would agree to do it," Kushner says. "Once they said so then I got in touch with Scott, and he agreed."
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