Weiland Illness Scuppers STP US Tour
Unfortunate frontman is struck down with inflamed vocal chords
A post on the band's official Facebook page revealed that the remaining four dates on the band's North American tour have been postponed after Scott Weiland was advised by doctors to rest his voice.
The post said:
"STP regrettably postpones last 4 shows of the summer 2011 tour. Â Concho, Oklahoma already rescheduled for November 5th."
Stone Temple Pilots was scheduled to perform tonight at the Taft Theater in Cincinnati, OH. But per Scott Weiland’s physician’s diagnosis, Scott was put on immediate vocal rest.
Dr. Sid Khosla, Director of the UC Health Voice Center in Cincinnati – "Today myself, Dr. Eva Van Leer and ENT Dr, Keith Casper consulted with Mr. Weiland. Upon a video stroboscopy we determined his left vocal chord has likely scarring and his right vocal chord is tremendously inflamed. With such a heavy concert schedule and vocal activity we determined that Mr. Weiland could potentially run the risk of a vocal hemmorage or suffer permanent damage hence putting him on complete vocal rest."Â
A year ago Weiland fell off the wagon and started drinking again forcing his band to cancel a run of dates, so this latest setback is unfortunate as the band had performed almost all of their latest tour to largely positive reviews.