Velvet Revolver toured North America with Alice in Chains

In support of Libertad , Velvet Revolver toured North America with Alice in Chains from August to October 2007. They also performed at the Virgin Festival , Gods of Metal , and Download in 2007. A November tour of Japan was canceled after they were denied visas, and in 2008, a tour of Australia was postponed, due to health issues, and later canceled following Weiland’s decision to voluntarily enter a rehab facility. On November 21, 2007, Weiland was arrested after crashing his car while driving on an L.A. highway. He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs with a prior conviction and later released on $40,000 bail. Velvet Revolver then toured both the US and the UK, as well as some European shows, on the Rock n’ Roll as It Should Be tour from January 24 to April 1, 2008. They also played at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival on March 8 the same year. During the tour, Weiland “got back into his old ways”, which started to take their toll on the rest of the band with the cancellation of the Australian tour seen as the “final blow”.