Staind singer plans first solo tour

Staind singer Aaron Lewis is planning his first full-length solo tour for early 2007. Although Lewis has played some short strings of one-man acoustic dates over the past few years when Staind was off the road, the singer told us that this new trek is more ambitious: "This is the first real official solo tour where I'll tour from about Valentine's Day all the way through to April, instead of just doing, you know, one-off shows here and there. It'll be me with, actually he's my guitar tech, his name's Chris, and he'll just kind of be sitting next to me, quietly making me sound better."

Staind will play a free acoustic show in New York City on September 6th at the Maritime Hotel's Hiro Ballroom. The gig will be recorded for inclusion on the band's upcoming greatest hits album, due out on November 14th.

The quartet continues to headline across the U.S. in support of last year's Chapter V album. The group plays tonight (Tuesday, August 29th) in Monroe, Louisiana, and has dates booked through October 8th in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The latest single from Chapter V is "King Of All Excuses."