BW&BK; has received the following press release:

Hard rocking supergroup VELVET REVOLVER, consisting of former members of GUNS N' ROSES along with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' frontman Scott Weiland and WASTED YOUTH’s Dave Kushner, are putting the finishing touches on a new release, Libertad, and have been busy scheduling dates for the spring and summer in support of the album.

The band will launch their live assault with a six-date swing through South America beginning April 10 at the Pista Atletica in Santiago, Chile and wrapping up April 20 at Parque Metropolitano Simon Bolivar in Bogota, Columbia.

Next up is the 11-city U.S. leg of the tour, which kicks off May 4 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA, and will make stops at a number of hot clubs and theatres around the country including San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre, Chicago’s Riviera Theatre and the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., before finishing off May 22 at the Nokia Theatre Times Square in New York.

In June, the band will head to Europe for 17 dates with heavy emphasis on festival appearances including Rock Im Park and Rock Am Ring in Germany, Sweden’s Hultsfred Festival, Fields Of Rock in the Netherlands and Monsters Of Rock in Spain.

Libertad, scheduled for release in June, is the follow-up to VR’s Grammy winning 2004 debut, Contraband. The band originally planned to record the album with producer Rick Rubin, but when that fell through, frontman Scott Weiland tapped Brendan O’Brien and the band began working on the album last December.

Upcoming Velvet Revolver tour dates include:

South American tour:

April

10 - Pista Atlética Del Estadio Nacional - Santiago, Chile
12 - Estádio do Morumbi - São Paulo, Brazil
13 - Citibank Hall - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 - Quilmes Rock 2007 / Estadio River Plate - Buenos Aires, Argentina
16 - Estadio Pepsi Music - Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 - Poliedro de Caracas - Caracas, Venezuela
20 - Parque Simón Bolívar - Bogotá, Colombia

North American tour:

May

4 - House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA
5 - Warfield - San Francisco, CA
7 - Showbox Music Club - Seattle, WA
10 - The Riviera - Chicago, IL
12 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
13 - Kool Haus - Toronto, ON
15 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
18 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
19 - Columbus Crew Stadium - Columbus, OH
20 - Tweeter Center - Camden, NJ
22 - Nokia Theatre - New York, NY

European tour:

June

1 - Nürburgring / Rock Am Ring - Eifel, Germany
2 - Idroscalo / Gods Of Metal Festival - Milan, Italy
3 - Zeppelinfeld / Rock Im Park - Nürnberg, Germany
5 - Hammersmith Apollo - London, England
7 - International Arena - Cardiff, England
8 - Donington Park / Download Festival - Donington, England
10 - SECC - Glasgow, Scotland
11 - Empress Ballroom @ Winter Gardens - Blackpool, England

14-16 - Hultsfred 2007 - Hultsfred, Sweden

16 - ProvinssiRock - Seinäjoki, Finland
17 - Walibi World / Fields Of Rock - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
20 - Coliseu dos Recreios - Lisbon, Portugal

22-23 - Feria de Zaragoza / Monsters Of Rock - Zaragoza, Spain

24 - Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belgium
25 - Le Zenith - Paris, France
26 - Volkshaus - Zürich, Switzerland
29 - Marlay Park (supporting THE WHO) - Dublin, Ireland

July

2 - Odderøya Park / Quart07 - Kristiansand, Norway

More dates will be announced soon.