Velvet Revolver started the spectacle at 8:30pm, with lead singer
Scott Weiland, guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Dave Kushner. It was a seven-song set, with songs from their platinum debut album Contraband - plus covers of "It's So Easy" (Guns N' Roses), "Sex Type Thing" (Stone Temple Pilots") and "No More, No More" (Aerosmith).

Contraband is now the biggest-selling rock release of 2004 and "Fall To Pieces"-- like the album's first single, "Slither"-- is #1 at rock
radio. Velvet Revolver recently wrapped a successful European tour. Contraband debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart, selling over 250,000 copies. Notably, this marks the best-ever debut for a new rock artist in the SoundScan era.

Velvet Revolver’s tour kicks off tomorrow. The current tour dates are as follows.

10/16 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre
10/17 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Experience
10/19 Tulsa, OK Green on the East End
10/20 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
10/23 Phoenix, AZ Phoenix Coliseum/AZ State Fair
10/24 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Center
10/25 McAllen, TX Dodge Arena
10/28 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless
10/30 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Pavilion
10/31 Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
11/1 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
11/5 Birmingham, AL Boutwell Municipal Auditorium
11/6 Memphis, TN Desoto County Civic Center
11/9 Worcester, MA Worcester Centrum
11/12 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
11/16 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre
11/23 Detroit, MI Emerald Theatre