Scott Weiland Senteced to Jail

Scott Weiland, the forty-year-old front man for Stone Temple Pilots, was sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading no contest to a DUI charge in a LA Superior Court.

Weiland, who has recently left the Gun’s and Roses compilation band Velvet Revolver and is famed for his problems with drugs and alcohol, was originally arrested on a free-way off ramp Nov 21st.

In addition to the jail time, he has been given four years probation and is required to enroll in a year-and-a-half long substance abuse program.

Stone Temple Pilots is scheduled to go on a lengthily reunion tour beginning May 17th, and Weiland must serve his sentence by May 28th.

Velvet Revolver looking for new singer - online

Velvet Revolver is turning to the Internet to find a replacement singer for Scott Weiland.

"The band is actually talking about building a Web site [and] doing some auditions via that, so that's been something that's developing at this point," guitarist Slash said. "We're at that point of just listening to different things... it's one of those kind of situations where you can't really explain it to anybody because you'll know it when you hear it. So I'm waiting to get that feeling of, 'Yeah that's it.'"

During Velvet Revolver's next show in Las Vegas, the band will have a number of singers joining them.

"I'm not gonna name any names, but a bunch of well-known people will get up and sing some songs, and then also bring up a couple people that we think are pretty good and might sing a couple songs," Slash said told Billboard.

Weiland left the band April 1 to return to Stone Temple Pilots, which is starting a reunion tour this summer.