\"This band is all about its fans and its music and Scott Weiland isn\'t 100% committed to either. Among other things, his increasingly erratic on-stage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on.\"

Yesterday, April 2, Scott Weiland released the following statement via an email to MTV:

\"After reading the comment by Duff, Matt, Dave and the illustrious \'Guitar Hero\', Saul Hudson, a.k.a Slash, I find it humorous that the so called four “founding members” of Velvet Revolver, better known to themselves as “the Project” before I officially named the band, would decide to move on without me after I had already claimed the group dead in the water on March 20 in Glasgow.

Scott Weiland\'s departure is the culmination of a dispute with Matt Sorum and the other band members, initiated by Scott as he reportedly told a sold-out crowd in Glasgow, Scotland, that they were watching “the last tour by Velvet Revolver.”
The next day drummer Matt Sorum said in an online posting:

“So last night was interesting. Had a little band turmoil on stage, as you probably all could tell. Being in a band is a lot like being in a relationship. Sometimes you just don’t get along. I guess there has been more turmoil lately. It has been frustrating, I am not going to lie.”

Scott angrily responded to Matt by stating:

\"I’ve made many attempts to remain cordial with the members of VR, but mainly, the likes of you. Funny though — this is your first band, as opposed to being a hired gun. I’ve been making records (now on my ninth), which have sold over 35 million copies worldwide and have maintained a level of professionalism regardless of how many drugs I’ve ingested into my system.”

Scott Weiland\'s former group, Stone Temple Pilots, will be headlining the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio in May 2008 - making the group\'s reunion official.