Stone Temple Pilots, with new singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, have been confirmed to play Japan's Loud Park 2013

Stone Temple Pilots have the law on their side in sacking Scott Weiland and bringing in Linkin Park's Chester Bennington as his replacement, says the band's lawyer

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The remaining members of Stone Temple Pilots will not disband despite former singer Scott Weiland asking a court to force them to do so, and it was their legal right to kick him out because of his "destructive behavior," their lawyer said on Tuesday. "He's out of the band," Ski...

After being unceremoniously fired in February and later sued by the band he helped to create, Scott Weiland has taken legal action against Stone Temple Pilots

Weiland was fired from the US rock band back in February and they filed a lawsuit against him last month (May)