Have Velvet Revolver found a new singer?

Speaking to Kerrang! magazine last month, Slash revealed that Velvet Revolver were busy auditioning replacements for singer Scott Weiland who acrimoniously left the rock supergroup in 2008. And, if the auditions went well, VR would be hitting the studio to start work on the follow up to 2007's Libertad immediately.

"There're two guys we're trying out at the moment, so we'll see how that goes," Slash told K!. "You might not know one of them, the other one you definitely will!"

"I'm off the road until January, so if the stars line-up and we have something going on between now and January, we'll be writing then and there!" he added.

Well, according to a post on Slash's Twitter, it looks like the guitarist is indeed in the studio.

"So far so good in the studio!" wrote Slash. "Got a couple brand new riffs, pretty heavy stuff!"

Does this mean they've found a replacement for Scott? Post your speculations below.

Tags: Guns N' Roses, Slash, Velvet Revolver

Posted by Dan at 05:10PM | November 17, 2010

hope so .
saw them way back in newcastle the day before the split, it was there last full performance together, apart from a few songs in glasgow.
but it was amazing and left me guttered with the news, cant wait to hear new stuff defonately going to be worth the wait.

Posted by jack | November 17, 2010 5:52 PM | Reply to this

I saw the very last show they performed with Scott in Amsterdam in April 2008 and it was great. Just a shame they couldn't all sort out the differences, but Scott was planning ahead with Stone Temple Pilots then anyway.

Posted by Sophie | November 17, 2010 11:23 PM | Reply to this

wouldnt it be great if it was myles kennedy.
Shame that they split with scott though they had a good sound with him

Posted by marty mcfly 3rd | November 17, 2010 11:59 PM | Reply to this

Loads (if not nearly all) write music without lyrics. It wouldnt suprise me they're laying down some tracks until the vocals are sorted.

Posted by BonaFide | November 18, 2010 1:37 AM | Reply to this

I recon one of them is Miles Kennedy, he was awesome with Slash on his solo shows and probably knows Velvet Revolver tracks

Posted by TheGingerOne | November 18, 2010 9:46 AM | Reply to this

To the guy who said there last gig was in new castle.....I'm sorry but the last show they did was in brighton and that is where they had the big break up.

Posted by lox | November 18, 2010 3:44 PM | Reply to this

well weiland left halfway through the set list so technically it was the last full show

Posted by kalvin | November 18, 2010 7:43 PM | Reply to this

well weiland left halfway through the set list so technically it was the last full show

Posted by kalvin | November 18, 2010 7:43 PM | Reply to this

Myles is great and he totally rocked with Slash but I don't want him, I want someone different. I really don't see the point of having Myles again.

Posted by Greg | November 18, 2010 9:23 PM | Reply to this

It's got to be someone with a bit of edge and danger, that guy is not Kennedy as good a singer as he is, Mike Monroe anyone???

Posted by strat | November 18, 2010 10:10 PM | Reply to this

by the way 'Slash in studio' is a piss poor link to a Velvet Revolver new singer revelation. Or is it just a cynical link to merch for sale to right of message board, can't be much more than that, at this stage anywho.

Posted by strat | November 18, 2010 10:16 PM | Reply to this

Myles? I dunno, he's still touring with AB I think.

Wolfmother aren't doing anything, maybe their vocalist? He guested on Slash's album.

Or if you're going down that route, my money's on Fergie.

Posted by Purple Demon | November 19, 2010 10:58 AM | Reply to this

Hope its not Myles, just because i dont want to see the end of the Alter Bridge!

Posted by Bubbles | November 19, 2010 12:18 PM | Reply to this

Chris Cornell...
Highly doubt it.
But it would just be cool.

Posted by Bobs | November 20, 2010 2:14 AM | Reply to this

Yup, I feel the same way. It's already been confirmed by Slash that Myles won't be singing in VR anyway, thank god lol. AB are just too explosive a band to have Slash disrupt that ha! ;)

Posted by Holly | November 23, 2010 8:17 PM | Reply to this