Aerosmith Announces Extension of Global Warming Tour
Aerosmith is touring to pimp their new album, Music From Another Dimension. In addition to the original tour dates, they have now announced an extension including no less than 14 additional cities starting November 8th and ending just over a month later, December 13th.
Aerosmith Can’t Replace Tyler
contactmusic.com AEROSMITH will struggle to continue without frontman STEVEN TYLER, because guitarist JOE PERRY can’t imagine performing with anyone else.The band has been rocked by the news of Tyler’s shock departure – and Perry admits the remaining members have considered continuing with another frontman.But he fears fans won’t appreciate a stand-in.He says, “We’ve talked about getting someone else to sing in the band… but it can’t be Aerosmith; at least not the Aerosmith that we know. For it to be…
Joe Perry Turns Aerosmith Cancellation Into Solo Tour
candianfreepress.com NEW YORK — Joe Perry says there’s still life in Aerosmith, but after an unlikely turn of events, he focused his energy on his latest solo project, “Have Guitar, Will Travel.” While the record was in the planning stages, it was the cancellation of the Aerosmith’s tour because of lead singer Steven Tyler’s stage accident that propelled Perry to finish his fifth solo effort, out this week. Perry says it came together in record time, using his other band’s…
Steven Tylers Relapse Causes Aerosmith To Question Future
AEROSMITH READY TO STRIKE BACK AT FRONTMAN STEVEN TYLER August 20, 2009sleazeroxx.com Aerosmith Ready To Strike Back At Frontman Steven Tyler Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa of the Boston Herald report that Aerosmith isn’t breaking up, but the rock ‘n’ roll legends are going on strike until lead singer Steven Tyler straightens up – and sobers up, according to band sources. “Truthfully, he’s a liability for the band,” one source told the Track . “He’s uninsurable because of all the…
Aerosmith Canceles Remainder Of Summer Tour
billboard.com In a statement issued late Thursday, the band’s publicist MSO said “it is with great regret” that the band is canceling the rest of its tour because of injuries that frontman Steven Tyler suffered when he fell off the stage during an Aug. 5 performance in South Dakota. Tyler broke his left shoulder and needed 20 stitches in his head. The statement said doctors have advised Tyler to take the time to properly recuperate from his injuries. “Words can’t…
Aerosmith Falling Apart…?
canoe.ca Listening to Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry talk, one gets the impression if he heard Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ song The Waiting about now, he’d end up in tears. The recent injuries sustained to lead singer Steven Tyler from his fall during an Aug. 5 show in Sturgis, South Dakota has put their current North American tour with ZZ Top on hold. And as of yesterday afternoon, Perry, Aerosmith and their management were still in a holding pattern as…
Steven Tyler Airlifted To Hospital After Stage Fall
sleazeroxx.com Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, known for dancing with microphone stands adorned with scarves, was airlifted to a hospital early Thursday after falling from the stage during a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Tyler, 61, fell while entertaining the crowd by dancing around after the sound system failed during the song “Love in an Elevator,” said Mike Sanborn, spokesman for the Buffalo Chip Campground, which hosted the outdoor concert. Ed Aurand, a security supervisor at the campground who…
Joe Perry Takes Flight With New Solo Album
reuters.com Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry gets to spread his wings on his fifth solo CD, “Joe Perry… Have Guitar Will Travel,” which he hopes to release in November. Perry, who sings on four of the tracks, also expects to tour early next year under the guise of the Joe Perry Project. The album follows a self-titled, Grammy-nominated effort that came out in 2005 and sold 31,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. His first three solo albums, all credited to the…
Joe Perry Talks Knee Replacement And Stuff
oklahoman.com The Oklahoman’s Gene Triplett recently talked to Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry about a variety of topics, including the rocker’s knee replacement, the effect of video games on the band’s popularity and new music. Perry, who turns 59 on Sept. 10, had to have an artificial knee put in last year in order to keep on playing and touring with Aerosmith. Along with his knee replacement, a series of injuries and illnesses suffered by his bandmates have delayed the…
Aerosmith Members Dropping Like Fly’s
Too old to rock n’ roll? rollingstone.com In what has to be a record-breaking run of injuries for a single band, Aerosmith have suffered yet another setback on their Guitar Hero-themed summer tour with ZZ Top: bassist Tom Hamilton will be sitting out an unspecified number of shows due to what a press release describes as “non-invasive surgery.” Band pal and Joe Perry Project musician David Hull will fill in for Hamilton while he recuperates. The rest of Aerosmith will…