Stone Temple Pilots Tickets

Stone Temple Pilots seats in one minute

The best all-around Stone Temple Pilots seat is a centered reserved seat in the covered pavilion of an amphitheater, ideally near the soundboard (the mixing desk, usually set in the middle of the seating area). The band's usual summer pattern is a co-headline package with another 1990s rock act, booked into amphitheaters (outdoor sheds with a roofed reserved section and a general-admission lawn), so that pavilion is where the sound is built to land.

• Closest view: the pit or front reserved rows, where you can watch Dean DeLeo's guitar work.
• Best sound and shelter: center pavilion, mid to rear, near the soundboard.
• Lowest commitment: the lawn, with the screens doing most of the work.
• Indoor theater dates: center orchestra or the front of the first balcony.

Pit, pavilion and lawn compared

Pit and front reserved

Some sheds sell the area directly in front of the stage as a standing pit (general-admission floor space); others keep chairs right up to the stage. The listing tells you which. Either way, this is the zone for fans who want to see the band's interplay and do not mind standing the whole set.

Covered pavilion

The middle and rear of the pavilion are the quiet favorites. You are under the roof if a storm rolls in, you face the stage straight on, and the mix is usually cleanest near the soundboard.

Lawn

The lawn is general admission on a slope behind the pavilion. Get there early to claim ground near the center line, and expect the video screens to carry a good part of the show. It is a fine choice for a group that wants room to move.

Seats to skip

Near the front of the pavilion, tickets flagged as side or partial view frequently sit behind speaker stacks or lighting towers that block part of the stage. A centered seat ten rows farther back usually sees more.

Theater dates: orchestra or balcony

Outside the summer shed season, the band fills its calendar with indoor theaters, and the 2024 tour stopped at one, the YouTube Theater in Inglewood. In a tiered theater, two zones stand out:

• Middle of the orchestra, roughly rows 10 through 25: you can read faces, far enough back that the sound is balanced rather than all stage volume.
• First balcony, front rows: frequently the clearest full view in the building, and usually priced below the front orchestra.

The extreme side orchestra sections are the ones to question, since stacks and stage gear tend to crowd the near edge of the view.

The lineup you are seeing

STP started in San Diego in 1989, and three of its founders are still on stage: Dean DeLeo on guitar, his brother Robert DeLeo on bass and Eric Kretz on drums. The singer is Jeff Gutt, introduced as the new frontman on November 14, 2017.

The history of the microphone matters when you buy. Scott Weiland, the original voice, was dismissed in February 2013 and died in December 2015. Between those dates, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park held the job, from May 2013 until November 2015. The band then ran a public online audition in 2016, and Gutt won it; he is from Michigan, previously led the band Dry Cell, and placed second on the third season of The X Factor in 2013. What you are buying is the DeLeo brothers and Kretz plus a newer singer, not a reunion of the Weiland years.

Core, Purple and the deep catalog

Across the 1990s STP moved 17.5 million albums at home and about 40 million around the world, and its catalog holds 16 top-ten rock singles, eight of them No. 1. That depth is why a set rarely sags.

• The 1992 debut, Core: a No. 3 album now certified 8x platinum (eight million units); "Plush" earned the 1994 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
• The 1994 follow-up, Purple: entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1, and "Interstate Love Song" held the top of the album rock tracks chart for a record fifteen weeks.
• The late-1990s pair: the glam-leaning Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop in 1996, then the heavier, platinum No. 4 in 1999 with "Sour Girl."
• The final Weiland records: Shangri-La Dee Da in 2001 and a self-titled album in 2010 that opened at No. 2.
• The Gutt years: a second self-titled album in 2018, then Perdida in 2020, an acoustic set recorded mostly on vintage gear.

Live, the backbone is "Vasoline," "Sex Type Thing," "Big Empty," "Wicked Garden," "Interstate Love Song" and "Plush," with later material slotted between them. Anniversary runs can tip the balance toward a single record; Purple got that treatment on the 2024 tour and in an October 2020 full-album livestream.

Tours on record

• 2008 reunion: the band broke up in 2003, regrouped, and in May 2008 announced 65 North American dates that wrapped on Halloween.
• Mid-2018: shared top billing with Bush and the Cult after releasing the 2018 album.
• Summer 2024, the Jubilee Tour: a Live Nation package with Live that played 19 cities between mid-August and mid-September, pegged to the 30th birthdays of Purple and Throwing Copper. Openers were Our Lady Peace for two shows and Soul Asylum for the rest. Most stops were sheds, such as Concord's Toyota Pavilion, Dallas's Dos Equis Pavilion, Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia, and Ohio's Blossom Music Center, and the closing slot alternated between the two bands.

Any scheduled shows appear in the event list on this page.

How STP ticket demand moves

• Close seats sell early. Longtime fans grab front reserved seats first, and those hold their resale value.
• Lawn tickets linger. Lawn and rear pavilion inventory often lasts into show week, and resale prices there can ease as the date nears.
• Shared bills tighten big markets. Two fan bases chase the same seats, so if you care more about one band, confirm who plays last on your date.
• Packages come first. For the 2024 run, the band's site sold a small number of VIP bundles (meet and greet, photo, early admission) ahead of a Friday-morning public on-sale.

Shed shows go on in the rain, and each venue sets its own bag, chair and blanket rules, which change between seasons; confirm them with the venue before you leave home. Every Reserved Seat order carries a 100% guarantee. Announcements post first at stonetemplepilots.com.

Sources

• Wikipedia – Stone Temple Pilots
• Wikipedia – Jeff Gutt
• Stone Temple Pilots – Jubilee Tour announcement (March 18, 2024)
• Stone Temple Pilots – News