Now that Scott Weiland’s reunion with the Stone Temple Pilots is finally official, what’s next for Velvet Revolver, the band the singer was booted from just last week? Already, guitarist Slash has promised a third record from VR, and he even said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone that the band's got a few fellas in mind to take over behind the mike. Slash even admitted that, as recently as last month, the band auditioned at least one hopeful -- right around the time that rumors of the band’s split started gaining speed.

So, who do we think would work well with Velvet Revolver? Here’s a couple of possible hopefuls the band should consider, after the jump... Read more...

· MTV News boss, Ocean MacAdams, will be very happy about this news. Swedish, electro-pop bad girl, Robyn, is returning to the US for a brief tour, which will kick off the day her self-titled album is released, April 29. Tour dates as follows: April 29, Boston (Paradise); April 30, Philadelphia (Theater of Living Arts); May 2, New York (Grand Ballroom @ Hammerstein); May 7, Chicago (Park West); May 13, Portland (Berbati's); May 14, Seattle (Neumos); May 16, San Francisco (Bimbo's); May 17, Los Angeles (Wiltern Theatre).

· Seems Axl Rose likes the idea of Dr. Pepper giving away free soda if Guns N’ Roses releases its oft-delayed Chinese Democracy LP before year’s end. Rose said - in a statement, of course - that "we are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr. Pepper with our album. As for us, this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead’s performances are on our album, I'll share my Dr Pepper with him." Clearly, this will do nothing to motivate him more.

· Dan The Automator (Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School) is teaming up with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins for a new project called Men Without Pants. Their debut album, Naturally is due out on May 27.

· Thanks to a cameo by Britney Spears as a ditzy dermatologist's receptionist, "How I Met Your Mother" scored its highest ratings ever on Monday night. We can only imagine Amy Winehouse’s people are on the horn with the producers of "Two and a Half Men" right now.

· Bro-core punk legend, activist, biology professor. All that and Bad Religion singer Greg Graffin is getting a Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism from Harvard University’s Humanist Chaplaincy for his work as an openly non-religious scientist studying religious beliefs among fellow brainiacs. Oh, and he’s going to play an acoustic set, too.

· Maybe the lure of delicious soda for the people will be what it finally takes for Axl Rose to get off the pot and deliver Chinese Democracy. Dr. Pepper hopes so, which is why the soda maker has offered to distribute a free can of the sugary sweetness to everyone in America (except Slash and Buckethead) if Rose unleashes the album in 2008. Um, they've even launched a blog about it. (What if it's the Scissor Sisters who release Chinese Democracy instead?

Hi, Axl.

So last week, MTV News got with Scissor Sisters songstress Ana Matronic in Brooklyn, during an anti-war benefit that also featured Lou Reed, David Byrne, Norah Jones and Moby. Um, yeah, we feel the same way.

Anyway, she let it be known that her band - a fun live show, if you ever get to see it - are calling their upcoming third album, well, Chinese Democracy.

So...not really. But we liked that they joked about it. Surely their lawyers are breathing a sigh of relief. A few years back, April 2003 to be exact, the Offspring announced they'd be naming their album, Chinese Democrazy (You Snooze, You Lose), but the merry pranksters eventually chose a different title after a convincing call from Axl's legal counsel.

To which we say, COME ON, SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAN-UP AND DO THIS. PLEASE??? Isn't there a statute of limitations on forever-in-the-making sixth albums?