After eight years of absence, the rock band Stone Temple Pilots reunited and officially announced their much talked about North American tour.

The four musicians said the tour was supposed to start on May 17, with the band performing at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, OH, and would finish in November 2008, after having encompassed more than 65 dates.

To officially celebrate their reunion, the band played an intimate concert at the Harry Houdini Estate in Los Angeles on April 7.

According to NME, STP only played six songs and left, but the enthusiastic fans, chanting their name convinced them to return and perform another hit.

The band said they also planned to revive their website and launch a fan club program that will grant members easy access to tickets for the band’s tour.

After STP split in 2003, vocalist Scott Weiland joined former members of Guns ‘N’ Roses and formed the band Velvet Revolver.

But, more than two weeks ago, Weiland made the announcement of his imminent departure from Velvet Revolver during a concert of the band's in Glasgow, Scotland, when he told the crowd they were witnessing something special, namely the last-ever Velvet Revolver tour.

Soon after Weiland made the announcement, the rest of the band, guitarists Slash and Dave Kushner, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum, released a statement confirming the split, explaining that they could tolerate Weiland’s behavior no more. They also insisted that Weiland was not 100 percent dedicated to the band’s music and fans, although Weiland denied the accusations.

The newly reunited Stone Temple Pilots are scheduled to appear on television on May 1 on“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the Associated Press reports.