Fear not, Velvet Revolver fans. In his latest blog entry, Slash puts to rest concerns that the band may never find a lead singer or tour again.
“In reading your mail,” Slash writes, “I find that I've been receiving a lot of questions about Velvet Revolver. Mostly about if we have found a new singer and if we're going to tour again. In response to the former, no we haven't found a singer yet. There was a lot of talk about our announcing a new singer in March but it obviously didn't happen. We had somebody that we thought was a really good candidate, but it just wasn't meant to be. So, we're still looking. In response to the latter question, of course Velvet Revolver is going to tour again, we just have to find the right person to front the band. We have a bunch of new material and we're all anxious to get going, but the key ingredient for a rock & roll band such as VR is an amazing frontman, and we haven't found the right man for the job, yet.”
Slash also reports that work on his forthcoming solo album is coming along just fine. He also alludes to a mystery guest.
“… Josh Freese and Chris Chaney are one hell of a rhythm machine and the guitar sound is FAT!” writes the guitarist. “All is going perfect so far. We start recording vocals today and I'm really excited about working with this particular [unnamed] individual …”
Slash goes on to say he plans to do some “big shows” in support of the solo disc, by which time Velvet Revolver will be “announcing some new plans.” Stay tuned.