Scott Weiland is keeping busy while Stone Temple Pilots are on a touring hiatus.  The singer has just announced that he’ll be launching a new solo tour next month where he’ll be performing tracks from the band's first two albums: 1992’s Core and 1994’s Purple .  That outing, dubbed the Purple at the Core tour, begins on March 1 at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan and will make stops in Boston, New York, Chicago and Houston, among other cities.

Tickets for all the newly-announced shows are on sale now at ScottWeiland.com .  More dates are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Here are the tour dates:

3/1 -- Flint, MI, The Machine Shop
3/2 -- Traverse City, MI, Ground Zero
3/4 -- Niagara Falls, NY, Rapids Theatre
3/6 -- Patchogue, NY, The Emporium
3/7 -- Boston, MA, Wilbur Theatre
3/9 -- New York, NY, Irving Plaza
3/11 -- Washington, D.C., Howard Theatre
3/12 -- New Brunswick, NJ, State Theatre
3/14 -- Bethlehem, PA, Sands Bethlehem Event Center
3/19 -- Chicago, IL, House of Blues
3/20 -- Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
3/22 -- Cincinnati, OH, Bogarts
3/23 -- Indianapolis, OH, Egyptian Room
3/26 -- Houston, TX, House of Blues
3/27 -- Dallas, TX, House of Blues

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