Disturbed frontman David Draiman is speaking out on the speculation regarding the band's future, which he himself started two weeks ago when he hinted that the group's current tour could be its last for a while -- if not for good. Draiman confirmed to us that Disturbed plans to take an indefinite hiatus, and gave some hints about the "personal reasons" behind the decision: "Many of those reasons are have to do with the state of the music industry in general and, you know, the demise of hard rock and heavy metal right now, and I think it's just a good time for Disturbed after 10 to 12 years straight of touring to go away for a little while and kind of wait for the phoenix to rise from the ashes here. It's frightening times right now, and it's just a good time for us to go away."

But Draiman also admitted that Disturbed may in fact never come back: "It could be a concern. You don't know. We don't know. I can't definitively tell you one way or the other at this point. We really haven't gotten that far in our discussions. We all agree that we are going to step away for an indefinite period of time."

Draiman told Billboard that one thing the hiatus is not about is any personal strife between the four band members, saying, "This is really not due to any animosity -- I want to make that very clear. In fact, we just had dinner together last night. Believe me, it's not like we can't work with each other any more or we don't get along."

The singer said that all four members of the group have other creative endeavors they'd like to pursue, with both he and guitarist Dan Donegan interested in producing other acts.

Draiman added that he doesn't think a solo album is in his future. But he also told Billboard, "Depending on how far those individual interests end up taking us, and depending on how much we end up missing (the band) over the course of time -- which, of course, at some point I'm sure we will -- that will determine if and when we return."

In the meantime, the band is still touring the country on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour, which passes through Virginia Beach on Tuesday (August 2nd). Some sort of live release and a B-sides collection may also be in the works.

Draiman said that the band, which has toured for 12 years and issued five albums, is playing "stronger...and with more passion" on the current trek, adding, "We're all viewing this as our last hurrah for awhile, and we're making them count."

There seem to be some big issues going on inside the quartet known as Kings Of Leon. According to Billboard, frontman Caleb Followill cut short a concert in Dallas on Friday (July 29th) after he told fans he had to throw up and exited the stage. Although he promised to return, he never did, with his brother and bassist Jared Followill reportedly telling the crowd, "We are so unbelievably sorry. There's no words right now, it's beyond our control. Caleb's just a little unfit to play the rest of the show."

Although dehydration and heat exhaustion were the official reasons for Caleb's exit -- and temperatures in Dallas were blistering that day -- Jared later tweeted, "There are internal sicknesses & problems that have needed to be addressed." He added later, "I love our fans so much. I know you guys aren't stupid. I can't lie. There are problems in our band bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade."

Video posted of the Dallas gig showed Caleb telling the crowd that his voice was "100 percent gone."

A concert in the Houston area on Saturday night (July 30th) was also canceled.

The last time Kings Of Leon stopped a concert was a year ago in St. Louis, when they claimed that pigeons defecating on the stage were a health hazard.

Kings Of Leon are next scheduled to perform in Tampa on Tuesday night (August 2nd) and will be at Riverbend HOPEFULLY August 24th

It's been three years since Velvet Revolver parted ways with singer Scott Weiland, and his replacement could be . . . Scott Weiland. Although Weiland and the band split on unfriendly terms, the vocalist told Classic Rock magazine, "We patched things up and we get along. I see them every now and again, we text each other. And you know, we can never say never. Who knows, maybe we'll do some shows some time."

Weiland was reflective in the interview about his time in Velvet Revolver, which teamed him with former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. He said, "That was right when I was getting off dope and those guys were all sober and clean, and I had a very special kind of kinship because we'd all experienced the same things . . . It was a great band to see live, and I think we made two exciting albums."

Weiland reunited with his original band, Stone Temple Pilots, just as his run with Velvet Revolver was coming to a close. STP has toured constantly since and recorded a new album last year.

Velvet Revolver has still not found a replacement vocalist and is more or less on hiatus, although it was recently revealed that the group recorded an album's worth of material with Stone Sour and Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor.