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Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith

There have been multiple rumors recently suggesting that Aerosmith’s frontman Steven Tyler had left the band. And according to guitarist Joe Perry, he is saying something along the same lines, confirming that Tyler is unlikely to perform with the band again.

Per People:

“Steven quit as far as I can tell. I don’t know any more than you do about it,” Perry told the Las Vegas Sun, adding that the singer “has had no contact with me or the other band members”.

Perry’s comments follow those of bandmate Brad Whitford, who last week said that Aerosmith were going to hold ‘crisis talks’ about their future as a band after their relationship with Tyler became strained. Reports say that Tyler told “Classic Rock” magazine, that his next project was unclear, but it would definitely be something “working on the brand myself, Steven Tyler.” Not quite sure what thats supposed to mean, but if Tyler’s appearance in the movie “Be Cool” is anything to go by it will be the very worst thing ever created by a human being in all of mankinds history… Perry claims that Tyler has been cold towards him and he hasn’t heard from him in months, explaining that Tyler has been avoiding the bands phone calls, but they have “learned to live with it.”

“Obviously, he hasn’t been giving 100 percent for a long time,” Perry said. “Frankly, the last few months I’ve been wanting not to rock the boat. I don’t want him cancelling any more gigs. We really wanted to do these last four. We didn’t want to call him out or get him pissed off, for whatever reason. So we just let things lie. I still care for him as a person, or at least the person I used to know,” he said. “But things change. We’ll probably find somebody else, and then we’ll be able to move Aerosmith up a notch.”

But that won’t really be Aerosmith, will it? Sure, it might sound like Sweet Emotion when the new line-up plays it, but if it’s not being wailed out by an old man who looks like a Janice Dickinson mannequin that’s been stitched together out of rejected doll parts and dances like a monkey jacked up on crown and coke, then it’s not going to fool anyone.

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Steven Tyler Falls Off Stage

Legendary Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler was airlifted to a hospital after falling from stage during a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota on Wednesday night. The sound system had failed and Tyler was trying to entertain the crowd during the song “Love in an Elevator” when he stepped backwards, stepping off of the catwalk, and falling onto a couple of fans. Security guards rushed to his aid, helping the singer get up and taking him backstage while the crowd cheered.

Per MTV:

“He does a lot of dancing on the stage and he does a lot of stuff with his mic stand. He put his stand down and twirled around and stepped backwards off the stage,” said Mike Sanborn, spokesman for the Buffalo Chip Campground, which hosted the outdoor concert. “He was good natured about it,” Sanborn said. “He was in good spirits when he got in the helicopter. He was talking and joking with the physician. It was an unfortunate end to an extraordinary evening.”

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry came out to tell the audience Tyler was being taken to the hospital and that the show would not go on, about halfway through the concert. Fans were disappointed the concert was cut short but hoped Tyler wasn’t seriously hurt. He was attended to on site by a physician before being flown to Rapid City Regional Hospital. Tyler is said to have suffered minor head, neck, and shoulder injuries, but it wasn’t immediately clear how serious those injuries are. No additional details have been released as of late.
How horrible! We wish Tyler a full and speedy recovery.

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