Halftime at the Las Vegas Raiders game on Sunday got grungy, as Stone Temple Pilots performed a medley of hits for fans in attendance at Allegiant Stadium.
The halftime show saw the veteran rockers run through “Plush,” “Vasoline,” “Big Empty,” “Interstate Love Song,” and “Sex Type Thing” from a loft stage overlooking the field. The rousing halftime gig highlighted another otherwise disappointing afternoon for the Raiders, who fell to 2-11 after dropping the AFC West matchup against the surging Denver Broncos 24-17.
Guitarist Dean DeLeo revealed that STP would be playing the December 7th halftime show back in August. It marked the first time the group has ever performed a medley live.
“It won’t be televised, but we’ll go live out to whoever’s attending,” DeLeo told the “Let There Be Talk” podcast at the time (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “Well, ironically, it’ll be the first time in our career we have to compile a medley. [Laughs] We have to compile a nine-minute medley. So, I’ve been kind of laying it out, and I kind of have it laid out.”
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He added, “The last gig we did, I had a guitar in my hand and I kind of showed the guys, ’cause you wanna make sure certain keys work going into each other. So I showed ’em what I had in mind. They were, like, ‘Ah, yeah, that’s gonna be great.’”
In related news, last Wednesday, December 3rd, marked 10 years since the passing of original STP frontman Scott Weiland. The singer’s estate paid tribute with the release of an archival track, “If I Could Fly”; meanwhile, Weiland’s son Noah also honored his father by performing a special December 3rd concert of STP and Velvet Revolver material.
Below you can stream fan footage from Stone Temple Pilots’ halftime show performance at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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