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Weiland has Velvet voice

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Scott Weiland cemented his rock god status at last week’s Velvet Revolver show at the El Rey Theatre. Backed by the boys of Guns N’ Roses, the super-sexy singer channeled Johnny Rotten, Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison -- and all in the first two songs. And the uber-group had more than the hit “Hulk” song “Set Me Free” in its arsenal. They thrashed their way through the Stone Temple Pilots’ “Sex Type Thing” before launching into a blazing performance of GNR’s “It’s So Easy.” Fans got the best of both worlds and, with Weiland at the mike, no one missed you-know-who.... We had to rock and dash because Loyal Pennings was showing off his new spot. The nightclub owner (Las Palmas/Joya) offered a sneak peek of his latest venture, Concorde, at a bash he was host of for Avia shoes Thursday. Concorde, located up the street from White Lotus in the increasingly hot Cahuenga Corridor, is a collaboration between Pennings and former Las Palmas bartender Chereen Arazm, model Jason Shaw and DJ Scott Oster, who designed the nightclub, which includes a makeshift moat (no doubt to keep out the heathens). Although Concorde will be the site of a few private bashes (including a gala for David Spade), things get busy after the July 4 weekend, when Bolt-

house Productions takes over Wednesdays. Pennings says he’s opening a boutique hotel called El Centro at the end of July. The three-room hotel is three blocks from the Three Clubs at a former transvestite bar called Don Gordo’s El Sombrero Club. Ole.

-- Heidi Siegmund Cuda

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