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Scott Weiland has been found dead on his tour bus aged 48.
The former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman was touring with his group Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts when he was discovered at around 9pm last night (03.12.15), according to TMZ.
The rockers were due to play a gig at the Medina Ballroom in Minnesota last night but the show was cancelled.
Scott has struggled with substance abuse in the past but it's not yet clear what caused his death.
Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro took to his Twitter account to reveal he was "gutted" about the news.
He wrote: "Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died. So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight"
As well as his career as a singer for Stone Temple Pilots and supergroup Velvet Revolver, Scott also released four albums as a solo artist.

Blurred Vision's cover of 'Another Brick in the Wall' is "theirs", says Roger Waters.
The prog rock group - consisting of brothers Sepp and Sohl Osley and drummer Ben Riley - reworked the Pink Floyd classic hit which features on the band's 1979 rock-opera album 'The Wall', but hadn't yet asked permission from the band and weren't expecting the legendary bass player to give them his blessing to cover it.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, vocalist Sepp revealed: "We went into the studio and met our producer Terry Brown - the legend himself - who took us under his wing and we started recording our own version of Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall'.
"We sent it over to Roger Waters' camp because we didn't want to do anything without his permission. We had a gut feeling this was going to be huge and we didn't want to do anything until we got his blessing because he's our biggest hero. He not only gave us his blessing, but he said, 'From here on in this song is yours. Nobody needs to come to me any more, you own this rendition of 'Another Brick in the Wall'."
And Sepp thinks it was the moment that made his career, who he now counts as his "hero".
He continued: "In an essence our careers wouldn't have happened without Roger. Our hero that we grew up with turns out to be the one responsible for launching our career."
Meanwhile, the band also released a song and music video as a tribute to late Beatles star John Lennon with proceeds going to the WhyHunger charity - which the band are ambassadors for.
'Dear John' can be downloaded via blurredvisionmusic.com

Pink Floyd have released a limited edition EP titled '1965 - Their First Recordings'.
The record includes six songs that were written and recorded prior to them becoming an internationally recognised band and before their seminal 1967 album 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'.
The R&B-infused recordings feature four Syd Barrett originals including 'Remember Me', 'Lucy Leave', 'Double O Bo' and 'Butterfly', as well as Waters' track 'Walk With Me Sydney', and only 1000 copies were pressed to go on sale on Monday (30.11.15).
In a statement, the band said: "To mark 50 years since the tracks were recorded, Pink Floyd have released a limited edition set of two seven-inch singles containing the band's first recordings."
Pink Floyd's original line-up included the late Syd and Richard Wright, Roger Waters and Nick Mason - along with then-guitarist Rado Klose - can be heard on the seven-inch record.
Meanwhile, David Gilmour - who joined the band after Syd's departure in 1968 - has announced four more concerts at The Royal Albert Hall in London in September 2016 following his critically acclaimed five sell-out shows at the same venue this autumn.
Tickets for the shows - which take place on September 25th, 28th, 29th and 30th - go on sale from 10am on Friday (04.12.15).

Grimes insists she isn't a "pop star".
The 'Oblivion' singer followed up on the success of her 2012 debut album 'Visions' with the critically acclaimed 'Art Angels' this year, but she doesn't want her achievements to pigeonhole her as a mainstream musician and confessed she even "hates" the label.
The "shy" singer told NME magazine: "I hate the words 'pop star'. I don't make pop music. I'm on an indie label. I don't want to feel pressure to be a world-class singer, or a professional level dancer, or super beautiful. I'm not good at any of those things, and I'm very shy."
The Canadian songstress - real name Claire Elise Boucher - has been awarded NME's Album of the Year 2015 title for 'Art Angels' which features synthpop, keyboards and guitars is topped with sugary high-pitched vocals.
But the star says her "experimental" sound is closer to the likes '1979' hitmakers Smashing Pumpkins than it is to pop.
She said: "I just want to make what I want to make. No-one calls Smashing Pumpkins pop stars. No-one calls Trent Reznor a pop star. You can be experimental and have a big audience and not be pop."
Grimes is delighted to receive NME's album accolade and admits the success of both her last LPs seems "insane".
She told the magazine: "Everything seems so insane that I'm currently unable to process it all. Right now it's rather dream-like."

Ringo Starr is auctioning off the very first copy of The Beatles' self-titled 1968 record, known as 'The White' album.
Every copy of the band's eponymous album came with its own serial number stamped on the cover and the 74-year-old drummer is selling number A0000001, at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills.
Ringo - who was joined in The Fab Four by Sir Paul McCartney and the late John Lennon and George Harrison - has had the LP locked in a bank vault for 35 years but before he put it away to preserve it he used to play it at home.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, he said: "We used to play the vinyl in those days. We didn't think, 'We'll keep it for 50 years and it will be in pristine condition.' Whoever gets it, it will have my fingerprints on it."
The record is expected to sell for up to $50,000 (£30,000).
Known as 'The White Album' - because of its all-white sleeve with no text or graphics except for the band's name embossed - it was originally a double vinyl, four-side LP and it contains a plethora of the band's most revered work including 'Back In The U.S.S.R', 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da', 'Blackbird', 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', 'Good Night' and 'Helter Skelter'.
All four members of the group have significant songwriting credits, but it was John who demanded to own the very first pressed copy, according to Paul, when the band decided to have the records individually numbered.
The first four pressings were, however, all in possession of The Beatles while copy No. 0000005 sold at an auction in 2008 for just under $30,000 (£20,000).
The sale of the album copy is part of more than 800 items Ringo, 75, is auctioning off from his astonishing music career and life with wife Barbara Bach to raise money for his Lotus Foundation charity - which aims to advance social welfare for a variety of good causes including child and family issues, homelessness and substance abuse.
Other highlights from the sale include the suit he wore in film 'A Hard Day's Night', a 1964 Rickenbacker electric guitar given to him by John and a pair of rings he wore at every live Beatles gig he ever played.
Speaking about letting some of his treasured possessions go, he said: "Some of the stuff, it's a real surprise that we still had it because it's been in storage for so long. I don't mind getting rid of a lot of stuff and it goes to good use. That's the deal."

Ella Eyre's sophomore record is going to be "very personal".
The 'Gravity' hitmaker released her debut LP 'Feline' earlier this year and is already starting to put ideas together for her follow up record, which will be crafted with new writers, and has teased that the focus of the songs will be on her private life.
Speaking at London's Tape nightclub for the VIP launch of MTV Brand New 2016 with Emporio Armani Diamonds, she told BANG Showbiz: "I'm writing album number two. I'm just experimenting at the moment so I'm really enjoying that. But I'm going to be spending a lot more time in America next year and writing with a few writers and seeing where we end up really. I'm still in the loop but I will definitely be focusing on the new album.
"I just want to enjoy it, I know I don't want to spend too long on it but I know I want it to be very personal and I'll look forward to what I'll come up with."
Elsewhere, Ella - who is dating Rixton drummer Lewi Morgan - hasn't ruled out the possibility of collaborating with her boyfriend's band.
She said: "Who knows why not? Let's see what happens... see what direction they might take. They might end up doing some heavy metal."
And asked who is on her wish list to work with, Ella added:
"I'd love to work with Mark Ronson and I'd be intrigued to see what we'd come up with. I think he is one of the most unique producers out there. "

U2 bought Eagles of Death Metal new phones and offered them use of their plane after the Paris terror attacks.
The Irish group purchased new mobiles for the US rockers after their devices were left inside the Bataclan theatre, where terrorists opened fire and killed 89 people during their gig last month.
U2 were in the French capital to play two shows, on November 14 and 15, but had to cancel them when a series of terror attacks, which killed 130 people, occurred in Paris on November 13.
Frontman Bono said: "We left the next evening - we had a plane, which we put at the Eagles' use if they wanted it, but they found another way. The best thing we could do for our fellow musicians was to buy them phones."
Bono believes the group should undergo counselling following the horrific ordeal.
He said: "Jesse [Hughes] took me through every moment. They really need proper counselling, though - not from a well-meaning Irish rock star. Because post-traumatic stress disorder is a real issue for people who go through these things. They're going to come through fine, but it was pretty bad."
The 55-year-old star admitted U2 are usually reluctant to call off gigs, but knew it was the right decision in the wake of the atrocity.
He added to the New York Times newspaper: "U2 doesn't have a history of cancelling many shows. I suppose the Irish in us just doesn't want to give in to terrorism. We've had it all our lives.
"But the look on [the head of global touring for Live Nation] Arthur Fogel's face, I could just see that this was not going to happen. And then: How could we be useful for the Eagles of Death Metal? What could we do while we were here in Paris?"
U2 will return to Paris on Sunday (06.12.15) and Monday (07.12.15) to play their rescheduled gigs.

SG Lewis revealed Calvin Harris is "really down to earth".
The Liverpool-based DJ and producer - who has been shortlisted for MTV's Brand New 2016 - is being mentored by the 'Outside' hitmaker after signing to his record label Fly Eye Records and says he found the Scot to be a "nice guy" who simply "loves music".
Speaking at the launch of MTV Brand New with Emporio Armani Diamonds at London's Tape nightclub, SG exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I went to LA and signed my publishing with Calvin Harris and I was flown out there to meet the guys and do some writing. It was amazing.
"He is so lovely. He's so down to earth, a really nice guy who loves music."
Whilst there's no plans for them to work on a track together, the superstar DJ is happy to give Lewis music industry advice.
He continued: "Calvin suggests who I will work with and stuff. We are not working together right now but in the future who knows.
"Meeting Calvin there was an element of being starstruck at first but you very quickly realise he is a normal nice guy and you forget, and very quickly normalise. Then you remember a split second later and are like 'oh my god it's Calvin'."
The 'Warm' hitmaker is nominated against the likes of 'Weathered' singer Jack Garratt, Rudimental collaborator Anne-Marie, 'Easy Love' producer Sigala and 19-year-old 'Sign On' singer Rat Boy.
The winner of MTV Brand New 2016 will be revealed in February 2016.

Jack Garratt will store his growing number of awards in his bathroom.
The 'Weathered' singer has been chosen as the BRITs Critics' Choice Award winner for 2016 and the BBC Introducing Artist of the Year Award in 2015 and has been shortlisted for the MTV Brand New 2016 Award is going to place his treasured prizes in his toilet, so that his friends can have fun making up their own own acceptance speeches in front of the bathroom mirror.
Asked where he'll keep the gongs - that could soon be piling up - the solo artist exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "There is only one that I actually know physically exists. The BBC Introducing one I don't know if I get anything for it. But as it stands, I'm going to keep all of them in my bathroom at home in Chicago just because I want people to go in the bathroom and see all the awards and they can have an acceptance speech on their own in the bathroom."
The 23-year-old soul singer attended the VIP launch of MTV Brand New with Emporio Armani Diamonds 2016 Award at London's Tape nightclub on Tuesday night (1.12.15), where he revealed he's in talks to collaborate with British rockers Mumford and Sons and has always been inspired by frontman Marcus Mumford's songwriting.
He said: "I'd love to work with Mumford and Sons, I think Marcus is an incredible songwriter, all of them are. They work together quite a lot. We did come up with a cover of Sweet Dreams by The Eurythmics, which we've been playing on tour and I think we are about to come up with a new one. But doing that was so much fun. No matter if people like their music or not they are undeniably one of the best live bands in the UK at the moment."