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Boston Globe, MA
December 31, 2005

...Rock musician Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) is 54...

And

At the Palm Beach AutoMall in the Nissan showroom,  Joey Kramer is 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

(As posted by: Aerosol)

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith

Take one ganja-inspired bassline, let it cook slowly over several months, add some lyrics about rabbits, et voila – a solid gold rock classic. Easy.

It’s probably crucial to Aerosmith’s popularity that they had to work for their success, carefully stitching together the threads of their previous experiences to become what guitarist Joe Perry likes to think of as “the ultimate party band”.
Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton brought to Aerosmith the freewheeling blues Improvisation that had been so much a part of their old Jam Band, while vocalist Steven Tyler had an instinctive understanding of tight R&B dynamics.

It would be an explosive combination, but things didn’t happen overnight; or even when Columbia Records supremo Clive Davis signed the band to a £125,000 deal after seeing them play the legendary New York venue Max’s Kansas City.

Debut Aerosmith, released in 1973, didn’t chart nationally (although the first single, 'Dream On,' nudged the top 60).

It was when the group took time out from a string of support tours to record their follow-up album, Get Your Wings, in New York’s Record Plant studios, that Hamilton came up with an idea that would eventually turn into 'Sweet Emotion,' one of Aerosmith’s most revered songs.

“I undoubtedly had a smoke and started playing my guitar, and that opening bass riff just popped out,” he recalls. “It didn’t strike me as anything special – the melody is so simple and basic – but it stuck in my head and I kept going with it. I remember showing it to Steven. We were in the middle of developing material for Get Your Wings, and I blurted out: ‘Listen to this’”.

Tyler saw the potential of the riff, albeit differently to Hamilton: “When Steven was hearing something that he thought should be on the down beat, I was hearing it on the up beat. We tried rehearsing it his way, and to me it sounded fucked up, ‘cos I was so used to playing it the other way. Then it started growing on me.”

Released in 1974, Get Your Wings stalled at No.74 in the US chart, but by then Aerosmith were already at work on songs for their third album, which became the superstar-making Toys In The Attic.

By now Hamilton had added to his 'Sweet Emotion' bass riff: “There’s a part after each verse, where the band kinda jams out for so many bars. That I came up with because when we all lived together, back before we ever had a record contract, there were certain records we listened to in our apartment. One was Jeff Beck’s Rough And Ready album. I really loved the funky energy of the bass playing on that record, and I guess I was trying to do my version of it.

“Then I wrote the guitar part. Again, for months and months, I was the only one who ever heard the song. I kept that in my back pocket. Maybe I’m just a self-doubting kind of person”.

Returning to the Record Plant, they “did all the material that had already been put together for Toys In The Attic. It was one of the peak experiences of my time in the band. We felt that we were growing into the studio; we were really progressing.

We had all the basic tracks down for the other songs, and Jack Douglas, the producer, said: ‘You’ve got an extra day booked. Anybody got any spare riffs?’ I said: ‘Yeah, I do.’

“Steven remembered it. As for the others, it was, ‘Hey, that’s pretty cool’, or whatever. We just tried it out. The best songs start out as little tidbits. We didn’t know the magnitude of it until later. Not until later do you think: ‘Oh my God, that came out fucking unbelievable.’

“Joe and Brad [Whitford, guitarist] learned the parts I’d written, and expanded on them. That whole intro, and the way Joe plays on it, is something I’ve always loved. I’m a huge Led Zeppelin and Who freak, so I’m a sucker for a rock song that starts out with a quiet, dreamy, shadowy beginning and then bursts into some huge thing.
“At the end of the song it gets really heavy. That’s Steven’s idea – the intro riff turned into a monster, basically”.

“When we got our tape and I heard 'Sweet Emotion,' I freaked out. I loved it, although I didn’t understand half the lyrics”.

Not only did Toys In The Attic fly up to No.11 in the US after its spring 1975 release, 'Sweet Emotion' also crashed the Top 40, issued as a single with another Hamilton/Tyler co-write, 'Uncle Salty.'

“That was an unbelievable feeling,” Hamilton says of …Emotion’s single success. “I was finally on the scoreboard.”

From here on in, Aerosmith became a headline band, filling ever bigger venues, although it would take the UK another 12 years to catch on properly.

As for 'Sweet Emotion:' “We’re still playing it,” Hamilton says, “and I’m grateful every night for the audience reaction to it. There’s the troika – 'Dream On,' 'Sweet Emotion,' and 'Walk This Way' – and we move them around. The last two or three years of touring we’ve mostly closed with 'Sweet Emotion.'

“I love that a song that’s very simple could express that much”.

Release Date: May 1975
Orig. Chart Pos.: US No.36
Personnel: Steven Tyler - Vocals, Joe Perry - Guitar, Brad Whitford - Guitar, Tom Hamilton - Bass, Joey Kramer - Drums.
Written by: Hamilton/Tyler
Producer: Jack Douglas
Label: Columbia
Fact: The instrumentalisation included bass marimba, by Douglas and Jay Messina; Perry using an air bag to say the words "Sweet Emotion"; backwards clapping and chanting - a technique John Lennon had taught Douglas, who later said, "Being an engineer, I got to steal from the best guys".

Say What?
What’s Tyler Rabbiting About?

'Sweet Emotion' is one of the most debated Aerosmith songs by fans. Some insist that if you play it backwards you can hear the words, “f*ck you, Frank” (Frank Connelly being the band’s one-time manager). Others dwell on the line: ‘You can’t catch me cos the rabbit gone died’, with one online correspondent proposing: ‘A long time ago, doctors used to give a rabbit a shot made from a sample of a woman to test for pregnancy… if the rabbit died, she was pregnant’.

Many fans have criticised Steven Tyler’s preposterous explanation of the song, given in Be Cool, this year’s movie sequel to Get Shorty. Playing himself, Tyler agrees with Chili Palmer (John Travolta) that 'Sweet Emotion' is about his daughters, Liv and Mia. But neither of them had been born when the lyrics were written.

It’s generally accepted that Tyler’s words refer to a certain antipathy within the group at that time towards Joe Perry’s first wife Elyssa. Perry has merely complained that the track was hacked to pieces to qualify for radio play.

Aerosmith’s new live album, Rockin The Joint is out now on Columbia Records.


Thanks to: Queenofdelusion

Milford Daily News
December 30, 2005

...Elaine and Daniel Malloy, along with Selectman Alan Ryan, presented a tour through "the Dale’s" past yesterday at Draper Place, highlighting stories and pictures from their 2002 book, "Hopedale: Images of America...."  Their research yielded so many stories that David Mallow started a Web site, www.geocities.com/daninhopedale as the repository for stories about the town’s rich history that couldn’t fit in the book....


Excerpt from the Aerosmith Section:


Bill Wright, John Alden and Joe Perry organized a band called Chimes of Freedom in 1966. Joe later moved on and still performs with the somewhat better known group, Aerosmith


Memories from "Chimes of Freedom"

E-mail from Bill Wright, February 10, 2003. This was a response to a question about his days with a band in Hopedale, started around 1964.

Growing up with Joe? It was all like "Leave It To Beaver." We spent lots of time together. When he visited my home he always greeted "Mr. and Mrs. Wright." And likewise when I visited his, I greeted "Mr. and Mrs Perry." When he started to grow his hair, Nana and Papa [Tom and Betty Malloy.] Tom was the chief of police in Hopedale from 1943 until 1963] still welcomed him because his manners were inmpeccable. As long as the manners were ok, one was welcomed. They couldn't figure his hair or mine, but as long as it was clean, they just scratched their heads and said, "OK."

The first band that I was ever in was called "The Chimes of Freedom." In the Aerosmith biography, the members of the old band were misnamed... I got left out. It was Joes first band as well. So in 2001, when Aerosmith played in Charlotte, NC, I brought the book. I told Joe, "I have a bone to pick with you." He said, "Bill, you and I never had a harsh word in our lives." I said, "Okay, read this." He said,"This is not true." He crossed out the mis-information, corrected and signed it. I no doubt own the only accurate version of that book in the world. In 2001, I had two frames from a 1966 video reduced to a photo. I had them copied, matted and framed. It was Joes 50th birthday. One, I signed to my old friend Joe for his 50th birthday. I had another made for him to sign. We have the same photos hanging in our homes. He signed mine "To Bill, the first great step in a wonderful journey..all the best, Joe Perry...."

E-mail number 2, the next morning.

I should never answer emails after a long night of shooting pool with the guys. To get more detailed about Joe/Hopedale/Bands, well, there really isn't a whole lot of detail. I don't expect that our lives were much different than yours was. Hopedale was a nice place to be raised, plenty to do in the summer and winters we just walked back and forth to each others houses, hung out and "batted the breeze"...more than likely about hating school. Things changed a bit when the whole Beatle thing happened...several of the guys got instruments so we had an activity. Jam sessions were held at the Alden house. Winters up on the third floor, big room in the front....summers in the barn outback That all probably started in 1964-65 and lasted perhaps a couple of years.

About that time or shortly thereafter Joe got shipped off to Vermont Academy to finish high school (he didn't, but that was the plan) and his folks had a place in Sunapee, NH. So by then we saw less and less but wrote letters (wish I saved them) and he'd pop in when he was in town. He spent a little bit of time in town when I was in college. He was working in the foundry but that was about the last I saw of him on a regular basis. I guess that the real message is we were all just plain old kids being raised in Hopedale. These days when I see Joe, I don't see a rock star. I see a guy I've know for forty-five years. He doesn't talk about the band much, just inquires about old family and friends. He's, he's just a kid from Hopedale that leaves his rock 'n roll persona on stage. We're just a couple of middle aged men sitting on a sofa, sometimes with a couple of guitars. Most people would find us as dull as watching geese poop on the shores of Hopedale Pond....

The Boston Globe, MA
December 29, 2005

...With all the ruckus over Mariah Carey's eight Grammy nominations for "The Emancipation of Mimi," it was easy to overlook Joe Perry's first nomination as a solo artist. The Aerosmith guitarist grabbed a Grammy nod for "Mercy" from his self-titled CD. (With Aerosmith on holiday hiatus from the road, Perry and his wife, Billie, are spending some quality time at their new, 120-acre farm in Vermont.) The ax man is up against stiff competition in the "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" category: Adrian Belew, Stewart Copeland, Les Paul, and Steve Vai....

Blabbermouth.net, NY
December 27, 2005

Launch Radio Networks reports: While Aerosmith is on a holiday break from its current North American tour, guitarist Joe Perry and his wife, Billie, are hunkered down at their new spread in Vermont. The farmhouse was built in 1790, and Perry told Launch it serves the couple's purposes well. "It's our getaway," he said. "It's a dream we've always had. We love horses, and we've had horses for going on 18 years and we decided someday is now."

The Perrys have five horses and are hoping to get more to raise on the farm.

Perry is nominated for a Grammy award in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category for "Mercy", a track from his self-titled solo album released earlier this year.

Aerosmith returns to the road on January 5 in Orlando, Florida, and has dates booked into late February.

Blabbermouth.net, NY
December 27, 2005

Professional rock photographer Chad Lee has launched an all-new web site. www.RockConcertFotos.com was designed by Ezra's Web (Rob Halford, DamagePlan, The Mercy Clinic) and features thousands of live photos of artists, including Aerosmith, Velvet Revolver, Slipknot, Disturbed, Slayer and many more. The site also features hundreds of photos of the late guitar hero and friend of Chad's, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, of DamagePlan/Pantera. The entry page features a very touching short video clip of the two together in November of 2004.

Chad's work has been featured worldwide in magazines, product packaging, and CD/DVD artwork. Among the photos, you will find emphasis on Black Label Society, as Chad has been touring with Zakk Wylde and the band frequently for the past four years.

Chad's professional client list ranges from guitar companies such as Dean Guitars, ESP, BC Rich, Marshall Amps and Washburn guitars, in addition to several other music suppliers, clothing companies and popular music publications such as Guitar World, Guitar Player and more. A full client list is available on the new site.

Joey is scheduled to be at the AutoMall in the Nissan showroom this Saturday, December 31, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.

Palm Beach AutoMall is located on Military Trail just south of Southern Blvd. in West Palm Beach, Florida.


Thanks to:  Aerosol

Winnipeg Free Press, Canada
December 27, 2005

"...During MTS Centre's first full year of operations, Winnipeg was graced with dozens of big names, from pint-sized pop stars Hilary Duff and Avril Lavigne to grizzled vets like Paul Anka and what's left of Cher.

Objectively speaking, the biggest draw of the year was Pearl Jam, who packed 15,748 fans into the Phone Booth on Sept. 8. Three months later, Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz raked in the biggest gross, an estimated $1.15 million on Dec. 8..."

KKTV 11 News, CO
December 26, 2005

On December 31st

1969, Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys made its debut in New York.
1972, the M-C-5 played its last gig, in Detroit. They were paid 200 dollars.
1973, AC/DC made their concert debut in Sydney, Australia....

Today's birthdays:

Singer Odetta is 75. Actor Anthony Hopkins is 68. Actor Tim Considine ("My Three Sons") is 65. Actress Sarah Miles is 64. Guitarist Andy Summers (The Police) is 63. Actor Ben Kingsley is 62. Bassist Pete Quaife (The Kinks) is 62. Actor Tim Matheson is 58. Singer Burton Cummings of The Guess Who is 58. Singer Donna Summer is 57. Bassist Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith is 54. Actress Bebe Neuwirth ("Cheers") is 47. Singer Paul Westerberg is 46. Actor Val Kilmer is 46. Guitarist Ric Ivanisevich (ee-van-EE'-sah-vich) of Oleander is 43. Guitarist Scott Ian of Anthrax is 42. Singer-actor Joe McIntyre of New Kids on the Block is 33.

The Grand Rapids Press, MI
December 25, 2005

Crown Aerosmith the king of Van Andel Arena. With its near-sellout show at the arena last weekend, the classic rock band became the highest-grossing act in Van Andel history, topping $2.85 million in ticket sales over five appearances dating back to 1998. "From an industry perspective, when you've got a band that can draw that many people over that period of time, that's going to raise some eyebrows and get some people interested and excited about the market," arena manager Rich MacKeigan said of Aerosmith, whose band members have said they consider Michigan fans among their most devoted anywhere. The Dec. 17 show Lenny Kravitz drew 10,212 people at $55-$125 per ticket. Next best? Cher, whose four Van Andel shows generated $2.75 million in sales. Also in the top five are Kenny Chesney, $2.67 million (five shows); Neil Diamond, $2.45 million (five shows); and the Eagles, $2.44 million in two shows. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Shania Twain, Kiss, Tim McGraw and Brooks &Dunn round out the top 10. The Eagles hold the record for the arena's highest-grossing concert ever, selling more than $1.3 million in tickets for the band's June 21, 2002, show.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune


It was a remarkable year for arena concerts in the Twin Cities. Here's a recap of 2005's finest shows...

1. U2, Sept. 23, Target Center. Great passion, great humanity, great light show, great singer, great guitarist, great band. When I listen to the songs on the latest CD, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," they don't sound as awesome as they did that night.

2. Green Day, Sept. 16, Xcel Energy Center. I've seen this tour three times live (and a fourth time on DVD) and, despite the pat lines and big-gig gestures, I'm still amazed by the power and passion of this performance by Billie Joe Armstrong and the boys.

3. Gretchen Wilson, Nov. 27, Xcel. Despite the gratuitous and incongruous pyrotechnics she shared with Big & Rich, Wilson slayed with her killer voice, killer country classics and killer covers of Billie Holiday and Led Zeppelin.

4. The Rolling Stones, Sept. 6, Xcel. Short on stage frills and long on intimacy and energy, this was easily Mick Jagger's best, freshest and most consistent concert in the Twin Cities -- and at age 62, no less.

5. Keith Urban, Sept. 24, Xcel. His songs may not be outstanding but his instincts as an entertainer were. A sweet voice, an expressive guitar and fabulous show-biz instincts. He's easily the most well-rounded talent in Nashville since Vince Gill.

6. Aerosmith, Dec. 6, Target Center. Joe Perry's guitar sparked the rock, blues and ballads, but wildman Steven Tyler, though he's been more physical in the past, connected with the crowd as few superstars even try to do...

For those who havn't listened to Back in the Saddle for the past two years, you have ONE more chance to listen in. Friday the 13th of January from 6PM-9PM EST, Back in the Saddle with Brian and Alyx will be back on the air. You can listen in at 88.9FM if you are from the Jersey Shore. For the rest of you, Listen live here.

From 7pm-8PM it is the return of the ALL REQUEST AEROSMITH HOUR.

Who knows, I may just show up.

Aero Force One
December 23, 2005

Everyone else goes overboard for the holidays, so why can’t we? AF1 invites you to bring it on for the Second Annual Aero Force One All-Out, Anything Goes, Holiday Blow-Out Bonanza Extravaganza. You should remember from last year, there are only two rules. Rule #1: Your contest entry must have something to do with the holiday season, i.e. New Year’s, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Christmukkah, whatever you celebrate. Rule #2: Do we really need to say? Your contest entry must involve Aerosmith!

Some ideas for you: The 12 Days of Aerosmith (you write it!), Aerosmith ornament, wreath, holiday card, menorah, snow man (you design it!). You can do it in paint, draw it in crayons, build it in flowers, knit it on a sweater. You can freestyle a poem inspired by Dr. Seuss or Dr. Dre. Send sugar cookies with candy cane Aerosmith logos. Or add mistletoe to that Aerosmith tattoo on your arm. As we said, anything goes, just as long as we don’t get in trouble for it!

Last year’s champions of creative holiday insanity wrapped up a Girls of Summer album cover with bikini’d Santas and cast a rockin’ rendition of “Whitford Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” Check out the pics from some of last year’s 2004 Aero Force One All-Out, Anything Goes, Holiday Blow-Out Bonanza Extravaganza Champion. Will any of them retain the title for two years in a row? It's time to step up and defend it.

Twenty contest winners will receive the incredible poster, “In The Beginning,” the psychedelic and awesome poster now in the AF1 Store. And of course, the title of 2005 Aero Force One All-Out, Anything Goes, Holiday Blow-Out Bonanza Extravaganza Champion.

The contest entries will be judged on holiday spirit and creative insanity!
Email Your Entry (or a photo of your entry) to: contests@aeroforceone.com.

This contest ends on Friday, January 20th, at 11:59 pm. The winning contest entries will be posted to the website, and winners notified, by Friday, January 27, 2006.
Good luck and Happy Holidays from Aero Force One!

RossHalfin.co.uk













December 21
"Here's my new model of the year, Jaime Laurita, Aerosmith chef and nutritionist, posing in a very nice designer t-shirt. I was going to get Charlie Hernandez or Rock n' Roll John Bionelli, or even Matt Kent to model for me but I wanted a real man... I even asked my agent Simon but he turned his nose up - the shirts are obviously not Prada...

If anybody would like to spend their Christmas cash on one, have a look on my Sales page..."

Gizmag, Australia
December 22, 2005

... Other celebrity owners of the guitar include Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead), Kenny Loggins, Peter Buck ...

RossHalfin.co.uk
December 21, 2005


Aerosmith & Co.

       
Ross Halfin                                          Steven Tyler

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Rolling Stone
December 20, 2005



Rockers survive injuries, slay ladies on megatour

The Aerosmith/Lenny Kravitz tour is so flippin' hot that it's been extended through February.

"These are all songs people can sing along to when they're home fucking themselves silly," Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler said after Rolling Stone cornered him, guitarist Joe Perry and Kravitz backstage in Philadelphia. "Everybody in the place is going home with sore throats."

The performers have been hurting themselves, as well. "The second night of the tour, I tripped on one of the Aerosmith ramps and tore all the ligaments in my ankle," says Kravitz, who hasn't let the injury cancel any performances. ("Just an excuse to take more pain pills," jokes Tyler.) And Perry donated some blood to the stage. "I'd been thrashing the guitar for a couple of tours without a scrape," he says. "The other night it looked like Townshend -- I could see more blood on my hand than skin."

Tyler is also stoked about the lovely ladies Kravitz is bringing out: "We're gonna make some tea out of Lenny's fingernail clippings," says Tyler, awesomely -- but it hasn't affected the frontmen's special relationship. "When Steven and I are bunking together, it's all right," says Kravitz. "But when Joe hops in it gets a little tight."

Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz 2006 tour dates:

1/5: Orlando, TD Waterhouse
1/7: Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville Arena
1/12: Charlotte, NC, New Charlotte Arena
1/15: Atlanta, Philips Arena
1/17: Tampa, St Pete Times Forum
1/19: Fort Lauderdale, FL, Office Depot/Hard Rock
1/21: Greensboro, NC, Greensboro Coliseum
1/23: Houston, Toyota Center
1/25: San Antonio, TX, SBC Center
1/27: Dallas, American Airlines Arena
1/30: Denver, Pepsi Center
2/1: Phoenix, Glendale Arena
2/3: San Jose, CA, HP Pavilion
2/6: Sacramento, ARCO Arena
2/8: Oakland, Oakland Arena
2/10: San Diego, ipayOne Center
2/13: Portland, OR, Rose Garden
2/15: Seattle, Key Arena
2/18: Las Vegas, MGM Grand Garden Arena
2/20: Fresno, CA, Save Mart Center
2/22: Los Angeles, Staples Center
2/24: Anaheim, Arrowhead Pond

Before the show in Detroit, Michigan - 12-15-05

WRIF - With the Bad Boys of Boston in the Motor City last week, Joe Perry phoned in to talk to the Doc of Rock, Doug Podell, about what’s going on with Aerosmith. Click to listen now. (Here)

WCSX - Joe Perry of Aerosmith with Steve Kostan, December, 2005. Click to listen now. (Here)


Thanks to:  OldAero

The Grand Rapids Press, MI
December 20, 2005


Maybe it was Steven Tyler's famously cavernous mouth, spitting out "Walk This Way," "Dream On" and "Same Old Song and Dance."

Or maybe it was those airport runway-size ramps extending halfway into the Van Andel Arena crowd, giving hundreds of fans a chance to high-five the stars and get close-up cell-phone snapshots of the sweaty, lively and age-defying Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry.

Or maybe it was Lenny Kravitz's polished, guns-a-blazing opening set that got the near-capacity crowd of 10,200-plus juiced up and ready to "Let Love (and Lenny) Rule."

Or maybe it was the sheer volume of Aerosmith's 97-minute set, a decibel-drubbing display that bassist Tom Hamilton describes as "an organized, primal thing."

Whatever it was, Aerosmith's exultant return to Grand Rapids on Saturday -- the band's last tour stop of 2005 -- suggested strongly that these 50-something boys are still audience-snaring road warriors who can mount an eye-candy rock show as bombastic as any, with an attitude to match.

"We play loud, fast music," Hamilton told me earlier this month in trying to explain the band's continued success after 30-plus years.

Yes, from the moment Aerosmith blasted off with a cover of The Beatles' "Helter Skelter," it was clear the ears were going to take a beating of the loud, hard-rock, hit-parade variety with song titles ("Livin' on the Edge," "Back in the Saddle") that do a better job of reflecting a band's raucous character than any in rock, with the possible exception of AC/DC.

Tyler and Perry's impressive rock-star aerobics had fans inflamed from the get-go, even if the sound mix wasn't as crisp at it could have been. (Dialing down the instrument volume might have helped.)

Because, while sets may have gotten a bit shorter as the band has gotten older, no one could accuse these guys of cutting back on verve: Saturday's "same old song and dance" featured more lights, bigger amps, longer ramps and just as many crowd-pleasing antics with a bare minimum of stage chitchat.

Kravitz kicks off the party

Kravitz proved he's a hit factory of his own to open things, with an eight-piece band that powered through nearly flawless versions of singles such as "California," "American Woman" and "Fly Away." Never lacking in charisma, Kravitz played it loud and proud. But he rarely let that swagger overshadow his feel-good message or the rootsy charm that had him strolling the arena to greet fans and sign autographs at one point.

No rocker, however, has more swagger than Tyler, whose scarves, tight jeans, elasticity and boundless energy kept female fans jostling for position close to stage ramps all night. Still, Perry nearly rivaled Tyler in that department, even taking off his shirt at the end of the night to beat his guitar strings with it on the encore-closing "Draw the Line."

Was that an odd bit of overzealous improvisation? Unlikely.

Kravitz and Aerosmith aren't the improvisational jam-band types. But as consummate professionals of the "loud, fast" variety, they manage just fine.

PR Web via Yahoo! News
December 20, 2005

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Van Andel Arena - December 17, 2005


Thanks to: LisaM

More at:   Aero247.com

Aerosmith: Van Andel Arena - December 17, 2005

 1) Helter Skelter
 2) Walk This Way
 3) Same Old Song And Dance
 4) Cryin'
 5) S.O.S. (Too Bad)
 6) Livin' On The Edge
 7) Shakin' My Cage
 8) Sweet Emotion
 9) Seasons Of Wither
10) I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
11) Dream On
12) Last Child
13) No More No More
14) Baby Please Don't Go
15) Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)

===Encore===

16) Back In The Saddle
17) Draw The Line

Thanks to:  AeroFANatic.bigbig.com

Online Rock Radio, Greece
December 16, 2005

Carlos Santana was thrilled to collaborate with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler on the single, "Just Feel Better." He told us that the vocalist has an impressive amount of energy and excitement: "I'm very happy that Steven Tyler did it, 'cause Steven Tyler still has that hunger from '73, like myself. A lot of people kind of roll over. Once they get to be 50, they kind of roll over. They just roll over to the energy. I equate to like 7-Up, you know, when it has no bubbles anymore. It's just flat. And he's not like that."

"Just Feel Better" appears on Santana's new album, All That I Am. The song's video was shot in Boston earlier this fall.

Michelle Branch, Los Lonely Boys, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica also make appearances on his latest CD.

Aerosmith are on tour right now with Lenny Kravitz and played in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Thursday, December 15th.

Schwegweb.com
December 16, 2005


    

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Aerosmith: Palace of Auburn Hills - December 15, 2005

 1) Helter Skelter
 2) Walk This Way
 3) Same Old Song And Dance
 4) Cryin'
 5) S.O.S. (Too Bad)
 6) Livin' On The Edge
 7) Shakin' My Cage
 8) Sweet Emotion
 9) Seasons Of Wither
10) I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
11) Dream On
12) Walkin' The Dog
13) No More No More
14) Baby Please Don't Go
15) Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)

===Encore===

16) Back In The Saddle
17) Draw The Line

Thanks to:  AeroFANatic.bigbig.com

The Grand Rapids Press, MI

Aerosmith is back and ready to roll

The 12,000-seat Van Andel Arena is a far cry from the gym at Nipmuc Regional High School in Massachusetts.

But Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton remembers the rock band's first official gig at a high school dance like it was yesterday: the nervousness, the thrill.

"We were on the gym floor. I can really picture it vividly," Hamilton recalled in a telephone interview from a recent tour stop in Minneapolis. "It was a classic American high school. We'd been rehearsing, and we could do three 40-minute sets ... songs by the Yardbirds, the Stones.

"It was a gas. It's exhilarating, but it's also something that you do feel the necessity to play good and play tight. You have to have that joyous feeling while you're still concentrating."

Some 35 years later, that approach to performing hasn't changed for the Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band that's hailed as an American rock institution after selling 100 million-plus albums.

Indeed, after taking a year off from the road, Hamilton said Aerosmith seems re-energized on its current Rockin' the Joint tour, which makes a stop Saturday in Grand Rapids with opener Lenny Kravitz.

"I'm pretty psyched about the way it's been going," Hamilton gushed. "We think we've got a good set list this year. It sounds like that would be a simple thing, to list songs, but there are so many things you want to get right: the pace, the dynamics, the energy of the dynamics. Then there's the song selection, picking out the songs that will inspire the band and the audience, and we've hit on something good."

So, Aerosmith -- Hamilton, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer -- has mixed tried-and-true classics such as "Dream On" and "Walk This Way" with less traveled tunes like "No More, No More," and occasionally swapped "Lord of the Thighs" with "Rats in the Cellar."

With more than three decades of material to choose from, Hamilton conceded it's "a luxury problem," but one the band takes seriously as it fashions a show aimed at revving up old and new fans. "You're doing it in public, you want to get it right," he said.

To further enhance the audience experience, Aerosmith has tweaked its stage set-up on this tour to extend ramps well into the crowd so fans throughout the arena can get up close and personal with the band.

"Steven especially is totally fed by the energy of the people upfront and people being excited," Hamilton said. "It gives us a chance to get out into the area where there are people that wouldn't normally be anywhere close to the band."

Getting close to Aerosmith is a Michigan tradition. Outside of the Boston area, where Aerosmith first cut its teeth, band members have cultivated a special connection to fans here, Hamilton insisted.

"The Detroit area and Michigan, in general, is the first place outside of Boston where we really broke," he said. "That's when Detroit was forging its reputation as the plutonium of rock.

"That's where it's buried. We've liked going there from Day One because we associated it with being able to get up there and relax and play, and the crowd's going to be with us."

The tour comes after October's release of a new live CD/DVD, "Rockin' the Joint (Live at the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas)," with the Grand Rapids show the last of 21 concerts on the first leg. The second leg -- with 22 concert dates -- kicks off Jan. 5 in Orlando, Fla.

And lest one surmise that all that roadwork might be hard on a band of 50-somethings who've already lived through their share of tough times, think again. These guys aren't even thinking about packing away their guitars.

"Right now, we're not questioning it," Hamilton said.

"We're living in the moment -- no feelings at all about what's going to happen in two years. I don't worry about that or think about it much."

Aero Force One
December 16, 2005

12-10-05 - John B Calls In... Message from rock n' roll John Bionelli and infamous rock photog, Ross Halfin.

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Merry Early Christmas all! I am a little upset, as I have not had many responses to my set list reporter call!!!!!!!! Come on guys....I dont mind doing these setlists....but I need some of ya to step up and offer some help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AeroFANatic has collected EVERY SINGLE SET LIST from EVERY SINGLE tour gig
since the Nine Lives tour, including all sets from the beginning of the
Rockin The Joint tour. Thats almost 10 years and over 300 set lists
folks!!!! If you've been around the online Aerosmith world for any amount
of time, you are familiar with this process. if you are a virgin (and of
age...of course...lol), let me explain what AeroFANatic does....

AeroFANatic "assigns" one show to one fan who wants to be a setlist
reporterfor the show. Basically, I will contact this person a few
days before the
gig as a reminder that they are my reporter....and give them the details.
It is this setlist reporters duty to go to the show.....rock out....and
write down the set list and ANYTHING else interesting that happens during
the show. AS SOON as the show is over, this contact calls AeroFANatic via
cell and goes over the setlist. Then, AeroFANatic will take this
setlist....and spread it all over the internet for ALL OF US FANS to share.
In MANY instances, AeroFANatic has that night's setlist up NO LATER than 5
MINUTES after the show ends. Thats fucking incredible folks. Fans from
Charlotte can log on and see what Aerosmith played that night in Winnepeg!
It really brings us Aerosmith fans closer and gives us great fodder to
discuss the tour, songs, etc. But, and I stress, this CANNOT BE DONE
without you....the concert going fan. It is YOUR time and YOUR effort and
YOUR phone call that gets AeroFANatic the info. Without you all, this
couldent work.....

Ok, so here is the call. I NEED SETLIST REPORTERS FOR THE NEXT LEG!!!!!!!!
:) : ) If you've reported for AeroFANatic before, we'd LOVE to have you
again! If you are a newbie, but would like to contribute to our
process.....PLEASE do! Here is what I need you ALL TO Do.....

Respond back to me asap. My email address is : aerofanatic@gmail.com. IN
THIS EMAIL, I need specific information. I need your primary email address,
the show(s) you are going to, as well as your measurments (if female). Ok,
so I dont need the last part...so shoot me! LOL. In all seriousness, the
MORE reporters the BETTER. What I will do is compile the list of ALL my
reporters and keep track. About 1-2 days before your show, I will send you
a notification email to make sure you are still up for reporting, and I will
also include my cell phone #. All thats left to do for you is to enjoy
yourself at the show, write the set list, and make a cell call to me asap
after the show. Thank god for Cell Phones. Nearly all of us have them, and
it really streamlines this process....

Simple enough, right? Trust us when I tell you, almost all of us fans love
this process....and AeroFANatic loves bringing it to you. Ok, so here is
the list of 2nd leg DATES (MOST of which still do not have a reporter)

Thu Jan 05 Orlando, FL TD Waterhouse Center
Sat Jan 07 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Arena
Thu Jan 12 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Arena
Sun Jan 15 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Tue Jan 17 Tampa, FL St Pete Times Forum
Thu Jan 19 Ft Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
Sat Jan 21 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Mon Jan 23 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Wed Jan 25 San Antonio, TX SBC Center
Fri Jan 27 Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena
Mon Jan 30 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Wed Feb 01 Phoenix, AZ Glendale Arena
Fri Feb 03 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Mon Feb 06 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
Wed Feb 08 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena
Fri Feb 10 San Diego, CA IpayOne Center
Mon Feb 13 Portland, OR Rose Garden
Wed Feb 15 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Sat Feb 18 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
Mon Feb 20 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Wed Feb 22 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
Fri Feb 24 Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond

If you are going to or plan on going to ANY OF THESE SHOWS, and would love
to help out all of us Aerosmith fans keep track of the latest, PLEASE email
me- aerofanatic@gmail.com. Include the info I asked for above (pictures
optional...lol). Once again, its you....the fan....that allows us to share
in the music of Aerosmith.

Now, let me hear from ya!
Thanks!
AeroFANatic

RossHalfin.co.uk

Diary - December 14
...I wake up in Birmingham (a suburb of Detroit)...

Venture out at 3pm. I meant to shoot pictures of Steven but it's too cold. Find an ice cream shop with the Statue of Liberty outside. 'How can you eat ice cream when it's snowing?' I do exactly that.

Joey, Tom and I go out to the local mall. Donny Shiteman, who'd been at a beauty salon all afternoon having his hair blow-dried and his nails done for the show tomorrow, comes along in case we are bothered by any fans. God, we are boring - Detroit rock city... John Bionelli has been hiding in his room all day watching the new Kiss video over and over, and stressing about tomorrow's setlist. We were going to see King Kong but it's three hours long and we are all tired, doing nothing...

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December 14, 2005

Yo, Tom called - Again. That's right! Tom called and left a message, and you can hear it...

December 11, 2005- New - Chicago Rocked.

December 8, 2005- SOS and More.

November 1, 2005- Tom Reflects on Opening Night

October 27, 2005 - What We're Up To.


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Diary - December 14
At 1am fly with the band to Detroit. Shoot Steven and Joe together and a very nice portrait of Brad Whitford. Arrive at 3am, it is colder than Chicago - I am in hell... Well, at least hell would be warm...

I wake up in Birmingham (a suburb of Detroit), open my curtains to a view of a brick wall with the hotel garbage below - I am not a happy man. I go to the front desk. 'Can I move cells, to a cell with a view?' 'Sorry sir, we are sold out.' Nice to be in Detroit, murder capital of the USA...

December 13
Leave Chicago and fly up to Milwaukee. The food backstage is surprising, instead of prime rib and fish you get sushi, crab, steak, really anything you want. It turns out a culinary school is next to the arena and the students are doing the crew catering...

Rick Neilson arrives to show Joe Perry his Merle Travis guitar. It is one of only three and worth more than a house. Lenny Kravitz comes to see Joe - do some pics of them together.

The band are rather rocking tonight, they add Love In An Elevator instead of Helter Skelter which I find a bit tired (like listening to Smoke On The Water). Now I know you go to a show to have a good time but the crowd are very drunk, the arena floor is a sea of spilt booze, and people are walking into each other like zombies. There is nothing WORSE than a drunk older fan, they seem to think it's their role in life to stand in front of me leering into my camera going "aaaaargh, roooock n' roooooll" as they proceed to spill booze all over me. It was like being with twenty thousand Paul Brannigans. Joe Perry plays acoustic during Seasons Of Wither and it starts the intoxicated dancing. I didn't think of this as a dancing song. The other annoying thing is they all think they are photographers, swaying and trying to take photos on their mobile phones...

I have never seen so many girls climb on stage trying to kiss Steven. Donnie Shiteman was doing his best to intercept, hoping for a kiss... Rick Neilsen played Train Kept A Rollin with the band. They did the slower version - as on Get Your Wings. The encore was Back in The Saddle and Draw The Line, my two fave Aerosmith songs. The band had a great time - I did not enjoy shooting it...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler struts Tuesday at the Bradley Center. The band's North American tour runs through February.
(Photo/Benny Sieu)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
December 14, 2005

Maybe Joe Perry should be put in charge of our nation's nuclear arsenal.

The iconic Aerosmith lead guitarist never loses his cool, whether strutting the stage in a cavalryman's uniform, complete with spurs, or handling the vocals on "Shakin' My Cage." Perry remains unflappable even when flipping his Gibson Les Paul behind his back to switch guitars mid-song and solo on a Fender Telecaster, a feat he performed more than once during Aerosmith's headlining set Tuesday night at the Bradley Center.

With apparent ice in his veins and fingers of lightning, Perry didn't even break a sweat over only a few thousand fans showing up to see the classic boogie-rock giants romp through four decades of hits.

Frontman Steven Tyler seemed to need most of opening song "Love in an Elevator" to warm up, but once on his game, he revealed his vocal skills and manic gymnastic abilities that have remained remarkably intact for a 57-year-old grandfather who could give Keith Richards a run for his money in the grizzled category.

Aerosmith made a statement with a strong opening of half a dozen songs pulled from throughout their catalog, including "Livin' On the Edge," "Walk This Way" and "No More No More," the latter from their landmark 1975 album "Toys in the Attic."

The stage design included a number of ramps that led deep into the crowd, and Tyler in particular made good use of the setup, leaning over the ramps or draping himself on the railings to serenade and then spontaneously make out with more than one audience member.

Grampa Tyler may be getting a little too up there in years to pull off such antics, but the band's music remains timeless - even when the quintet stretched out "Sweet Emotion" for a long, classic '70s rock-style noodle-jam.

Deadlines precluded a review of the band's entire set.

Opening act Lenny Kravitz could have wowed the crowd with a lean, lively 45-minute set, but he chose instead to perform for nearly twice that length of time, padding his scant handful of hits with soggy filler. Despite his rock-star wardrobe and book of stage moves copped from both James Brown and Robert Plant, Kravitz was frequently flat and consistently outshone by his excellent eight-piece backing band.

While the band's momentum fueled the set's better songs, notably an extended jam on "Let Love Rule" and closer "Are You Gonna Go My Way," the slower, more leaden material such as "Lady" and "California" only called attention to Kravitz's shortcomings as both singer and songwriter.

Aerosmith: Bradley Center - December 13, 2005

 1) Love In An Elevator
 2) Walk This Way
 3) Big Ten Inch Record
 4) Cryin'
 5) No More No More
 6) Livin' On The Edge
 7) Shakin' My Cage
 8) Sweet Emotion
 9) Seasons Of Wither
10) I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
11) Dream On
12) S.O.S. (Too Bad)
13) Blues jam /Baby Please Don't Go
14) Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)

===Encore===

15) Back In The Saddle
16) Draw The Line

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Diary - December 12
Been in Chicago the last couple of days - Aerosmith are home in Boston...

December 10
Get up at 3.45 am. Fly on the first flight to Chicago. Shoot the dawn flying out of Los Angeles - beautiful clouds.
Arrive to a snowbound Chicago - It Is Cold, Really Cold, Arctic Cold...

By 6pm Chicago is having the worst snow storm I've ever been in. The taxi I take to the United Center is sliding all over the road. The first person I see is Steven who is very happy I have a Nikon Digital camera - he now thinks I've joined the 21st century...

Shoot Steven working out, digitally, and cheated and shot some real black and white. Shoot the band walking to the stage with Donny Shiteman walking in the middle of them - pretending he doesn't see me taking the pictures. The show is hard to shoot, very backlit and not very camera-friendly with two huge penis ramps going out each side of the stage. Spend the encores on stage, Steven telling me to go right in the middle - even introduced me to the crowd... Charlie Hernandez, the production manager, is pulled on and sung Happy Birthday to by Steven and the crowd. Good show, everyone in a good mood.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
December 13, 2005

Target Center - 12-06-05


Steven Tyler leans on guitarist Joe Perry early in their Target Center set.
(Jeff Wheeler,Star Tribune)


Lead singer Steven Tyler gets some love from fans at Target Center during the Aerosmith show.
(Jeff Wheeler,Star Tribune)

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The Flint Journal, MI
December 13, 2005

The plan was to take this year off. But something called the men of Aerosmith back to do what guitarist Joe Perry thinks they do best: perform.

"We were pretty much going all the time. We needed to take the year off, but it seemed like a good time to put something out, and we didn't want to go in and do a full studio record," Perry explained from a Thanksgiving eve tour stop in Philadelphia.

Egged on in part by fans, the band released "Rockin' the Joint," a recording of its Jan. 11, 2002, show at the Joint, the 8,000-square foot concert theater in Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel, a decidedly smaller place than the arenas and stadiums to which the Boston quintet is accustomed.

"That show was a real standout evening for us," Perry recalled. "We pulled a couple of songs out of the archives, and they came off pretty good. The old standards worked really well. ... It was one of those nights. We're just fortunate we had the tape running."

A show like that, and the mix-it-up approach the group is taking on its current arena tour with Lenny Kravitz, represent what Perry described as "the essence of what this band is - a live rock band that plays off its audience and owes everything it has to its audience."

Thirty five years after its formation, and 21 years after the original lineup of singer Steven Tyler, guitarist Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer and Perry overcame personal tensions and drug and alcohol problems and reunited, Aerosmith finds itself in the enviable position of doing what it wants.

The chase for chart-topping hits that fueled its rebound in the '80s and strong run through the '90s seems to have faded with 2001's spotty album "Just Push Play." Credit the members' advancing years (Perry is 55), the Beantown band's massive success (and subsequent financial security) and a musical landscape that is increasingly hostile toward blues-based rock 'n' roll.

"The way the business is now, it's almost stacked against us to get anything on the radio, then to translate it to sales," the guitarist said. "It's almost like why bother, other than to make music that we can stand by and want to play every night and know it's good. It's almost down to that, which is kind of refreshing."

It's an attitude that has liberated the band, resulting in 2004's "Honkin' on Bobo," on which Aerosmith returned to its blues and rhythm-and-blues roots. That same approach infused the self-titled solo album Perry released this year, his fourth overall and first since 1984.

"It's not the flavor of the month. It's not going to sell 2 million copies," he said of the new solo disc, "but at least it's out there; it's a piece of art that I did. It rocks and I had fun. I had a riot."

He also may have his first solo Grammy Award come Feb. 8. The album's song "Mercy" was nominated last week for the Best Rock Instrumental Performance award.

The nod tops off what has been a pretty good year for Perry and the band. The guitarist and his family sold their digs on the Massachusetts coast for a farm in Vermont where they can ride the horses, hop on their snowmobiles or "drive to Canada right from my backyard." Singer Steven Tyler contributed vocals to Carlos Santana's new single and video, "Just Feel Better."

The band, Perry says, is having a blast on this tour, which has been packing arenas with a mix of hits and obscurities and a fan-friendly stage. The tour was going to end with Thursday's show at The Palace of Auburn Hills and Saturday's stop in Grand Rapids but recently was extended into late February.

They've been toying with the setlist nightly, tossing in covers like the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" and mixing things up instead of playing it safe. "The other night there was a guy standing in the front row right in front of me holding up a sign for 'Kings and Queens.' So about three-quarters of the way through the show, I said let's play it. So we played it," Perry remembered. "It doesn't get any more immediate than that."

Aerosmith does intend to begin work on a new album next year, but for the time being, it's having too much fun working on the road.

"The whole art to this playing live business for a band like ours is we don't stand there and play the songs. We work the song, and we work the audience with the songs every night with the on-the-spot interplay," Perry said. "That's what makes it magic. To make great rock 'n' roll, you have to engage the audience. It's work and it takes a big chunk out of you to do it, but that's what makes a good show into a great show."

United Press International
December 12, 2005

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is thrilled to have a Grammy Award nomination from his solo album.

"Mercy," a track from "Joe Perry" which was released in May, is up for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Perry says it's a nice cap to the solo album, a brief diversion from Aerosmith that he wishes he'd had more time to promote. "I think it was great and I had a great time doing it," he says. "I guess the only regret is that I didn't have more time to play with the live band I assembled. But it looks like Aerosmith is going to be a priority for awhile."

"Joe Perry" was the guitarist's fourth solo album and first since 1984, when he was temporarily out of Aerosmith.

Aerosmith is currently on the road promoting its new concert album "Rockin' the Joint." The group plans to record a new album in 2006.

Blabbermouth.net, NY
December 12, 2005

Launch Radio Networks reports: Aerosmith has signed on for another ad campaign, this one for Target stores. Group members Steven Tyler and Joe Perry have previously appeared in an ad for the Gap, while Aerosmith has leased its songs for commercial use by DaimlerChrysler and General Motors. While rockers once avoided such deals, Perry told Launch that he thinks that stigma is long gone. "It's a new age. Kids are used to it, and they don't look at it the way we used to," he explained. "It's a great way to hear new music — I mean, I hear new stuff all the time on the, on TV 'cause of commercials — and some good old stuff, too."

Target is selling an exclusive expanded edition of Aerosmith's new album, "Rockin' The Joint (Live At The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas)".

Perry is nominated for a Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for the track "Mercy" from his self-titled solo album, which came out earlier this year.

Aerosmith next performs tomorrow (Tuesday, December 13) in Milwaukee.

Chicago Tribune
December 12, 2005

With "Aged Prime Beef" written on his stomach, Steven Tyler stood at the edge of the stage, his legs being felt up by desirable women who weren't even born when his band released its debut album in 1973.

Saturday night at a jam-packed United Center, the 57-year-old Aerosmith singer and his fellow Boston mates went back to those early roots, largely ignoring their contemporary assembly-line pop-rock in favor of metal-slide boogies, sleazy glam struts and frisky blues shuffles.

Dressed in accessorized, skin-tight blue jeans, the tousle-haired Tyler played the gypsy rag doll to longtime partner and guitarist Joe Perry's midnight cowboy. Paralleling the differences between Aerosmith's pre- and post-1985 music, the once-deadly Toxic Twins have long been decontaminated. Glamor boys over whom both mothers and daughters fawned, the pair's chemistry and skills remained undiminished if somewhat overly professional during the 95-minute concert.

As Perry sawed off swaggering leads, Tyler skipped along catwalks and a massive wrap-around runway. The energetic frontman screeched, wailed and climbed the vocal ladder. Turning a scarf-wrapped microphone stand into a dance partner for his suggestive gyrations and hoodoo-man jumps, Tyler flashed blissful facial expressions that conveyed the rush he still gets from performing.

Aerosmith pulled the swinging "No More No More," dark "Seasons of Wither" and trashy "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" out of its attic. Yet the quintet's rhythmic forays into standard American and English blues topped even a reinvigorated "Sweet Emotion," the hit's illicit promises no match for the salty double entendres, finger-snapping pulse and shivering harmonica breaks of "Baby, Please Don't Go."

During a 70-minute greatest-hits set, opener Lenny Kravitz copped a few of the headliners' grooves but didn't have the hooks, dynamics or charisma to mold them -- or his other ill-begotten sonic booty -- into anything interesting. Kravitz sounded flat.

Aero Force One
December 12, 2005

First off I want to give a tip of the hat to Joe Perry for his first solo Grammy nomination. It’s for the song “Mercy”. This is what it is for and whom he is up against. Best Rock Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.) • Beat Box Guitar - Adrian Belew - Track from: Side One [Sanctuary] • Birds Of Prey - Stewart Copeland - Track from: Orchestralli [Ponderosa] • 69 Freedom Special - Les Paul & Friends - Track from: American Made World Played [Capitol Records] • Mercy - Joe Perry - Track from: Joe Perry [Columbia Records] • Lotus Feet - Steve Vai - Track from: Real Illusions: Reflections [Epic/Red Ink] This is Joe’s second nomination for an instrumental. He was a co-writer with Steven for the Aerosmith song “Boogie Man” that appeared on 1993’s smash“Get a Grip.” I wish him good luck, and hope he get’s to add another statue to his trophy case. Besides his 4 other Grammy’s are getting lonely.

Some Fans in Winnipeg sent him some gorgeous roses that he brought with him to Chicago. Old Ray Tabano was at the Philly show dressed to the nines in a canary yellow shirt with matching tie and beautiful black leather blazer. I asked him what brings him down from Manhattan and told me he was in a Poker tournament in Atlantic City and he was on his way home and decided to stop by. He said he did pretty well at the tables but in this case I would have hoped that he lost his “shirt.” Also in Philly Steven and Joe teamed up with Lenny K. to get on the phone with Rolling Stone for the Random Notes page. The guys did the conference call in Steven’s dressing room with famed rock photographer Mark Seliger snapping away. Earlier in the tour William Hames shot the guys for some publications in Japan and in Boston, Ron Pownall shot the show. Ron probably has taking more photos of Aerosmith than any other person. His photo’s of the guys date back to the early 70’s right through Done with Mirrors.

In Cleveland the show was shot by legendary shutterbug Mark Weiss. Weiss used to shoot the guys in the 70’s too but doesn’t look like he’s aged much. He brought Joe a bunch of “Rock Scene” magazines and some shots from the “Project” days. Come to think of it Joe doesn’t look like he’s aged much either. Wow! A whole paragraph about photographers and not one mention of Ross Halfin. The guys played in Atlantic City on December 2nd. The venue was the Borgata Event Center. It held about 2600 people. Velvet Revolver’s drummer Matt Sorum was in town playing DJ at one of the other rooms in the complex. Joey asked him if he wanted to sit in. Matt said Are you crazy? Matt suggested No More, No More because he was most familiar with it since VR have been doing it live. He played the shit out of it and it was good to see one of my old boss’s in action. Matt’s one of the best drummers in the business and I never got tired of watching him pound on his kit. I jinxed myself! Word has it Ross may come out to shoot Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit. The show in Minneapolis was a little tough for Joe. With the wound to his finger that happened in Ottawa healed he had another one to deal with at the Target Center. At the end of the show in Cleveland he somehow got one of his strings caught up under his nail slicing the sucker up. Before the show in Minnie the doctor wanted to give him antibiotics and basically glue the tip of his infected finger where the gash was. He didn’t want to lose feeling in that hand so waited until after the show. This procedure was duplicated in Winnipeg.

In Minneapolis Joe, Joey and Steven made a visit to perhaps one of the world’s foremost outfitters for hunting, fishing and outdoor gear. Cabela’s! The place was massive and the guys spent a few hours stocking up on Christmas gifts and winter clothing. The temps in Minneapolis didn’t get above 10 degrees the whole time we were there and Winnipeg wasn’t much better. After the show in Winnipeg (which by the way ranks in the top 3 of the tour so far) we were still waiting to hear if we would be staying in town or be able to fly on to Chicago. After hearing that Southwest Airlines was trying to branch out to the streets of Chicago our tour manager, Jimmy Eyers, thought it would be best to fly into O’Hare instead of Midway. Chicago just got a foot of snow dumped on them and was in the process of digging out. The guys were looking forward to spend the day off in Chi-Town to do a little more shopping and hang out with friends. Joe went by “Silver Moon.” It’s a great vintage store owned by Aerosmith’s wardrobe coordinator “Liz Meyer.” She’s the one that paints on Steven’s arm every night and basically makes sure everything is in order backstage along with Jaime and Lisa Bruno. When in town you should go by her store at 1755 W.North Ave. or check them out on the web @ www.silvermoonvintage.com.

Donny Wightman shared this story with me on the plane home the other night and he wanted me to share it with you. Steven, Joey, Tom and Donny went out to a steakhouse in Chicago. As they left their hotel they noticed a homeless guy outside. As they walked by the guy starts shouting Mick! Mick! Obviously mistaking Steven for Mick Jagger, which strangely enough happens. After dinner they decided to change into some warmer clothes back at their hotel and go for a walk around the town. Mind you the temps where in the 20’s so the walk was pretty short. As they got back to their hotel (which was pretty rockin’) the guy is still outside freezin’ his ass off by the front doors. Steven walks up and pulls out some cash and gives it to him. At this time the guy notices it’s not Jagger and belts out Walk this Way word for word at the top of his lungs. Steven of course joins in. Just as he’s doing this Donny notices about 30 people from inside of the hotel lounge come running out into the cold snapping pictures and asking the band for autographs. Steven tells them that they will sign autographs and take pictures with everybody if they give the homeless gentleman a dollar or two each. The guys signed for about 15 mins and everyone left happy.

'Word to the Wise Department!' - Although it looks like fun jumping onstage and saying to the world, “Look at me! Look at me!” It can be dangerous. Ask the chick that almost got a mouthful of Joe’s elbow the other night in Chicago. Steven’s assistant, Kripa Jones, who has cat like reflexes quickly deposited her into the seats. Those are trained professionals up there. It’s no place to be looking for your 15 minutes. Speaking of professionals! This week’s honors go to Chris “Super Dave” Deters. He also goes by the name Super Chris or just Super. He is the band’s head carpenter and is responsible for putting up and tearing down everything that has to do with the stage night in and night out. I was going to write down the other acts he has worked for but this space isn’t big enough. He has worked with everybody you love and almost everybody you don’t. I have been lucky enough to be working with him with Aerosmith the past 3 tours and I spent the summer with him on Ozz Fest. He’s a class act and wins Employee of the Week. His bronze hammer is in the mail.

‘Scratching my Head Dept’ - The Boston Bruins front office traded away their franchise player last week. Joe Thornton is headed to San Jose to help the Sharks win the Stanley Cup. Joe is a huge Aerosmith fan and has been to countless show all over the US and Canada. He got to be pretty good friends with Tom and Steven the past 8 years and is going to be sorely missed in the Boston area. I live and breathe black and gold but give the B’s GM a great big one-finger salute today! Nice going guys. Ross Halfin has arrived! Since the band went back to Boston for the 2 days off after Chicago he has no way of getting to Milwaukee. Please send him an email if you have extra room in your Yugo. He prefers chain smoking, talkative Americans who like Nora Jones and smelly cheese. If you see him in the crowd go up and tell him how much you like him and pat him on the back for finally getting a digital camera.

See you on the Road! John B.

              




United Center - 12-10-05


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Aerosmith: United Center - December 10, 2005

 1) Helter Skelter
 2) Walk This Way
 3) Same Old Song And Dance
 4) Cryin'
 5) No More No More
 6) Livin' On The Edge
 7) Shakin' My Cage
 8) Sweet Emotion
 9) Seasons Of Wither
10) I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
11) Dream On
12) S.O.S. (Too Bad)
13) Baby Please Don't Go
14) Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)

===Encore===

15) Walkin' The Dog
16) Draw The Line


Thanks to: AeroFANatic

BW&BK
December 8, 2005

Aerosmith Singer Steven Tyler - John Lennon "Rode Life Like A Surf Board"

Although overshadowed by the anniversary of "Dimebag" Darrell's death in the metal community, the 25th anniversary of the death of Beatle legend John Lennon (today, December 8th) is a sad occasion for rock n' roll in general.

“He rode life like a surfboard,” Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler told Reuters. “And when he got to the shore, instead of paddling straight back out again to catch the next wave, he sat there for a while and wrote it down. And I love that about him.”

Aerosmith covered The Beatles' 'Come Together' in 1978.

According to Reuters, despite some erratic solo work and questionable political alliances, Lennon - the ‘‘smart one’’ in the Fab Four - has been canonised by music fans as a thoughtful songwriter and courageous activist. His songwriting partner Paul McCartney lived long enough to receive a knighthood, but sainthood has been more elusive for McCartney, the “cute one’’, viewed by some as the lightweight half of the pair.

Winnipeg Free Press
December 9, 2005

Show sets ticket revenue record at MTS Centre

It took 13 months, but MTS Centre finally smashed the million-dollar barrier last night with a sold-out concert by two of the biggest acts on the American classic rock circuit.

Ageless wonders Aerosmith and relative youngster Lenny Kravitz attracted 12,000 fans to a Phone Booth where most of the seats were $99. That translated into gross ticket sales of roughly $1.15 million, a new record for the downtown arena, on a night where the brilliant production almost stole the show.

Still going strong after 35 years, Aerosmith made the most of a unique set that featured two colour-shifting catwalks that extended into the audience, a pair of ramps at either side of the stage, an overhead video screen and a cage-like bank of LEDs capable of encircling the band.

To honour the memory of John Lennon, who died 25 years ago yesterday, Aerosmith kicked off the show with the Beatles' Helter Skelter before plunging into their own deep pool of hits. Walk This Way, Same Old Song And Dance, Cryin' and Livin' On The Edge all appeared during the first 35 minutes of a show slated to last 90.

Lead singer Steven Tyler was the focal point all night. Dressed in a black rock T-shirt and tight white pants decorated like playing cards, the 57-year-old grandfather strutted up and down the catwalks, waved his scarf-adorned mic stand and at one point, playfully snatched an orange hat from a female fan. Outside of a concert venue, there isn't anything remotely hip or cool about Tyler and the rest of his bedraggled band. But these graying classic rockers remain master performers when they're on stage.

They were excellent at Winnipeg Arena in 2004, and continued to surprise last night: Only the most embittered cynic on the planet wouldn't have felt a few shivers when Tyler led his charges through Sweet Emotion. At press time, this show certainly looked like a million bucks.

Earlier, 41-year-old Kravitz showed off his fantastic pipes during an 11-song, 70-minute set that included most of the singles from his 16-year career as corporate rock's most enthusiastic proponent of early '70s guitar-rock revivalism.

Playing in front of an eight-piece band that included Winnipeg-born keyboardist George Laks, the svelte sex symbol sported close-cropped hair, a brown leather jacket, bell-bottomed jeans and a T-shirt bearing the name of his first big hit, Let Love Rule.

"We are so happy to be here after so many years, even through it's freezing outside... well, for us," he announced, referring to his lengthy absence from the city.

Kravitz took the stage with Where We Are Runnin', a middling song from his forgettable latest album, Baptism. But things quickly improved with the guilty-pleasure hits from earlier in his career, including sugary ballad Believe, the funky Always On The Run, former Nissan commercial Fly Away and the Kravitz's single-chord version of The Guess Who's American Woman, oddly performed without any mention of the song's Winnipeg origin.

The highlight of the set was Let Love Rule, which saw Kravitz run through the crowd to slap as many hands as possible and allow fans to briefly touch a little piece of rock 'n' roll greatness. While his set was a little heavy on audience participation, he left the crowd proverbially wanting more.


Aerosmith & Lenny Kravitz
MTS Centre, Dec. 8 - 4 out of 5 stars
Attendance: 12,000

True North Sports & Entertainment, LTD - Winnipeg, Canada
December 9, 2005



Newer isn’t always better. When it comes to wine, leather, and hockey cards, for example, nothing ups the price tag or the hype like a little graceful aging.

Although Steven Tyler isn’t exactly aging gracefully, Thursday night’s concert at the MTS Centre proves you can add Rock-&-Roll to that “good old” list as the rocker’s 35-year-old band Aerosmith and special guest Lenny Kravitz (41) delivered a hard-to-top rock show for 12,000.

On the biggest and most elaborate stage to fill the MTSC bowl since the Junos last April, Aerosmith and Kravitz took advantage of two massive L-shaped catwalks, a pair of raised platforms extending to each side, and a rotating centre-stage.

The resulting stage footprint ensured fans from all sections had the best possible view of the veteran double bill. For only the third time in the facility’s 13-month existence, a 360-degree stage configuration allowed fans to surround the stage and contribute to an unbeatable rock-&-roll atmosphere.

Coming on-stage to high-energy gospel and frantic paparazzi-esque flashes, Kravitz kicked off the show at 7:45 with “Where Are We Runnin’?” from his most recent album, 2004’s Baptism.

Dressed in a maroon leather jacket, tight hippie jeans, and trademark aviator glasses, the bohemian New Yorker drew from his impressive repertoire to keep the already-packed audience on its feet for over an hour.

Through “Always on the Run,” “American Woman,” and the set-closing “Are You Gunna Go My Way” Kravitz proved not only his looks, but his voice, are ageless. A “Let Love Rule” stroll through the crowd pushed many to the edge—literally—as hundreds flocked to the boards as the rocker circled the throng on the floor.

After Wave-ing its way through intermission, the boisterous crowd maintained its energy until 9:30 when a retrospective video collage signaled Aerosmith’s “Helter Skelter” debut.

With a massive video screen and multiple light boards, the band’s successive 16-song romp across the stage and down the catwalks was projected for all to see. Dressed in tight white leather pants, a retro AC/DC T-shirt, and a handful of scarves, 57-year-old Steven Tyler puckered those lips and thrust those hips for an exhausting 90 minutes.

With so many hit songs, Aerosmith couldn’t cover them all, selecting “Walk This Way,” “Crazy,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Dream On,” and “Back in the Saddle” as highlights.



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Munster Times, IN
December 9, 2005

Aerosmith still convinces audiences to 'walk this way, talk this way'

Aerosmith have embodied the essence, the look and the swagger of rock music more than any other band since the Rolling Stones.

Exploding out of the greater Boston area some 32 years ago, the 2005 incarnation of the band still retains the original lineup that taught us to "dream on" and to "walk this way, talk this way."

Along the way, Aerosmith managed to hook a second generation of rock fans with their rootsy sound, making them one of the most enduring artists of the arena rock era.

"The Beatles on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' completely blew me away. I was knocked out by those guys, but what came after them is what really hooked me," recalled Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton via phone before the Atlantic City date of his group's current "Rock The Joint" tour.

"The Rolling Stones especially got me. But they were just the start," he continued. "The one band who probably had the biggest impact on me was Cream."

Hamilton embraced guitar playing at an early age, then switched to bass during his junior high years.

"I grew up in New Hampshire. Every summer there would be a bunch of kids vacationing there and we would put together these little bands," he recalled.

"Then fall would come and they would go back to where they came from for school and I would go to my school, until the next summer. Then we would do it all over again..."

...So why then did the group feel the need to release yet another collection of concert tapes in the form of the brand new "Rockin' The Joint: Live At The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas?"

"We knew we had this new tour coming up and though we aren't putting the kind of emphasis on this as we would on a new studio album, we wanted to have something new to offer people," he explained. "We thought this was something cool that we had available to work with that people might want."

Released as a DualDisc -- one features 12 audio and the other side features four video tracks -- "Rockin' The Joint" was culled from an intimate Las Vegas performance at the end of Aerosmith's 2002 "Just Push Play" tour.

"I remember leaving the stage that night feeling really good about the way I played. I thought the band had a really good night. Then we put everything into the can and didn't think about it for a while. After a year off, we went back to the tapes and decided that we did play really well and had some really good versions of songs we rarely play live," said the bassist.

If the video tracks on the DVD side whet the appetite of their fan base, the group may release the rest of the additional live footage from those shows.

"It all depends on the response to this," Hamilton said. "We're not planning anything like that right now, but there is still a lot of footage in the can."

Along with putting out another live product, another seemingly strange move for a band who has not released a new studio album since 2001, was to record an album of dusty, old blues covers.

"We'd been talking about doing what we always called, 'The Blues Album,' for years and years. With the enthusiastic support of the record company, we finally just got around to doing it," said Hamilton of "Honkin' For Bobo," the band's 2004 release chock full of blues and R&B covers.

"It was just the right time to that album. We had a six month touring break and we wanted to make a new record," he said. "We talked about what we could do that we could get done in that short amount of time and we decided to finally go in and make the album we'd been talking abstractly about for so long. It was a lot of fun for us and we're very happy with it and the fans sure seemed to like it."

The group's current live set list includes their sassy treatment of "Baby Please Don't Go" from that album, along with a mixed bag of hits and deep album cuts.

"There are a group of core songs we have to play every night that people expect, like 'Walk This Way', 'Dream On' and 'Sweet Emotion.' And we have to play 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' for the girls, so that the guys out there can make their moves," he mused.

"But we're digging out some songs this time that we've rarely done live in the past," he continued. "We're doing 'Seasons of Wither,' 'No More, Nor More' and 'Lord Of The Thighs.' We're having some fun with 'Train Kept A'Rolling,' which is something we always play, only this time we're starting it out slow and funky like we originally recorded it on the 'Get Your Wings' album, then going into a fast, hard rocking version."

While it has been almost five years since their last studio album, "Just Push Play," do not expect to hear the band road-testing new material, because their next studio album is not even on the radar at this time.

"We haven't set any goals, but might take a few months off in the first half of next year to start putting some new material together," Hamilton noted.

Hamilton declared the Midwest portion of the United States as being among the most ardent of Aerosmith's audiences and insists our region truly is one of the group's favorite places in the world to perform.

"The Midwest fans are just uninhibited and know how to rock ‘n' roll," he concluded. "The Midwest has always been there for Aerosmith and has never let us down -- ever!"


Complete Article: (Here)

Aero Force One
December 9, 2005

John B. Called In - About an amazing night with the kids from St. Jude's Hospital, the Albany show feelin' almost like a hometown gig, and more...

Gold and Platinum Members of AF1 can Listen To The Message (here).

Aerosmith: MTS Centre - December 8, 2005

1) Helter Skelter
2) Walk This Way
3) Same Old Song And Dance
4) Cryin'
5) S.O.S. (Too Bad)
6) Livin' On The Edge
7) Shakin' My Cage
8) Sweet Emotion
9) Seasons Of Wither
10) I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
11) Dream On
12) Walkin’ The Dog
13) Baby Please Don't Go
14) Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)

===Encore===

15) Come Together
16) Draw The Line

RossHalfin.co.uk

Diary - December 8

"Off to Los Angeles this morning, then I'm joining up with Aerosmith in Chicago on Saturday - where I'm sure the weather's super nice and warm..."

Nominations for the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today by The Recording Academy, reflecting a year in which multiple genres were represented in top categories; collaborations were numerous and diverse; and newer up-and-comers were nominated alongside more established, legendary artists. The nominations were announced at Gotham Hall in New York City and the event was attended by national and international media, as well as key music industry executives...

Field 4 - Rock
Category 19 - Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Beat Box Guitar
Adrian Belew
Track from: Side One
[Sanctuary]

• Birds Of Prey
Stewart Copeland
Track from: Orchestralli
[Ponderosa]

• 69 Freedom Special
Les Paul & Friends
Track from: American Made World Played
[Capitol Records]

• Mercy
Joe Perry
Track from: Joe Perry
[Columbia Records]

• Lotus Feet
Steve Vai
Track from: Real Illusions: Reflections
[Epic/Red Ink]


48th GRAMMY Full Nominee List: (here)

Thanks to: Aeroladyny62

Aero Force One
December 8, 2005

Date         Venue                 City/ST              Presale
___________________________________________________________________
02.10.06 - |IpayOne Center-  |San Diego, CA –  |Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT
02.13.06 - |Rose Garden-      |Portland, OR –      |Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT
02.20.06 - |Save Mart-          |Fresno, CA –        |Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT
02.22.06 - |Staples Center-   |Los Angeles, CA – |Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT
02.24.06 - |Arrowhead Pond- |Anaheim, CA –     |Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT


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Blabbermouth.net, NY
December 7, 2005

Launch Radio Networks reports: Aerosmith is out on the road promoting its new concert album, "Rockin' the Joint (Live At The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas)". But the group is already thinking about its next studio effort. Guitarist Joe Perry told Launch that things are still in the early stages, but recording could get under way in the spring. "Well, we're just getting the tour up and running and plotting out the next year-and-a-half, and then kind of etching out time when we plan on working on the record — in the spring, at this point," he said. "Everybody in the band has pieces of music. We just need to get together and assemble it."

Aerosmith's last studio album was 2004's covers-heavy "Honkin' On Bobo". The band's last album of all original material was 2001's "Just Push Play". "Rockin' the Joint" features first-time live album appearances of several Aerosmith tracks, including "Seasons Of Wither", "No More No More", Fleetwood Mac's "Rattlesnake Shake", and the chart-topping "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing".

Aerosmith next performs tomorrow (Thursday, December 8) in Winnipeg,
Manitoba.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
December 7, 2005

The same old songs and dance still feel new in the hands of the vital and ageless band.

Steven, excuse me if I yawn.

It's all right if I call you Steven instead of Mr. Tyler, isn't it? We go way back: I reviewed Aerosmith's first album for my college newspaper back in the Dark Ages, and you and I have talked on the phone a few times.

There are two reasons why I yawned before you took the stage Tuesday night at Target Center. One, you guys are the last in a series of great arena concerts in the Twin Cities this fall: the Stones, Green Day, U2, Coldplay, System of a Down, Foo Fighters/Weezer, Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band (OK, the last three were not quite great, but you get my point). Two, you let a way-too-long 50 minutes pass between Lenny Kravitz's lame opening set Tuesday and the time you started your set.

In the end, you redeemed yourself. I thought Mick Jagger's performance in St. Paul in September -- his best ever here because he was consistently involved, for a change -- was gonna be hard to top. But you outdid yourself -- for about the fourth or fifth time at Target Center.

I'll admit I thought you guys looked shaggy-haired haggard and tired when you finally hit the stage with "Love in an Elevator" (even though you did do your jumpin' jack spins). But on the next three songs you reminded me why Steven Tyler, at the ripe young age of 57, is still one of rock's most vital and exciting performers. You have more fun than any frontman except maybe Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, and you connect with the crowd in ways that Sir Mick could only dream about.

For "Walk This Way," you had the entire row in front of me -- all women, ages 21 to probably 42 -- dancing joyously, like they were auditioning to be in an Aerosmith video. For "Same Old Song and Dance," you strutted on the runway, like the one Bono uses. Fans pulled at your scarves and touched your jewelry as you shook your tail, did a little hand-jive dance with your hands and played a bit of air guitar.

For "Cryin'," you connected with your faithful like I've never seen anyone else do. After making the rounds through the crowd, you eventually arrived at the platform at stage left, played a quick harmonica solo and stuffed the instrument in the beer cup of the 23-year-old in front of me. You tossled the hair of her friend, squeezed a cheek or two on this blonde and that, and got those famous Tyler lips so close to another woman's mouth that she was cryin' 'cause she met you.

Then for the next hour or so you sang your heart out (loved the piercing wail on "Dream On") and rocked your butt off. Sure, it was the same old songs and dance, but it was so much fun and so cool how you connected with the 10,105 fans. Thanks once again, Steven.


Jon Bream, Star Tribune

Minneapolis - 12-06-05


Thanks to: Brookegolf

Pioneer Press, MN
December 7, 2005

Aerosmith turned in a particularly touching performance Tuesday at the Target Center.

By the end of the evening, Steven Tyler had pawed hundreds of screaming fans thanks to an ingenious stage that extended like forceps more than halfway across the Minneapolis arena's floor, with two additional ramps that ran off to the right and left of the stage.

The concept isn't a new one — U2 has spent the year playing with a similar setup. The difference is that Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry extensively used the catwalks and seemingly spent as much time out in the audience as they did in front of them.

The result gave the crowd of 10,105 a surprising amount of contact and face time with the Toxic Twins. Tyler lapped up every minute of it, too, allowing fans to slap palms and snap bracelets on his wrists. And he patiently smiled at every last grope and gawk from the ladies. Perry, meanwhile, was a bit more subdued — one can't help but wonder how he kept his concentration with all those people grabbing at his feet.

With no new studio album to promote — last year's blues disc "Honkin' on Bobo" tanked at retail — Aerosmith stuck mostly to the big hits, like "Walk This Way," "Cryin' " and "Sweet Emotion." Even some of the band's more ridiculous stuff — "Love in an Elevator," for instance — felt more fun and less gimmicky in this loose, jammy set. (No such luck, though, with "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," which remains the band's ickiest single.)

Tyler and Perry both looked great, too, and have aged remarkably well. Perhaps second guitarist Brad Whitford is Aerosmith's Portrait of Dorian Gray?

Opener Lenny Kravitz also has held on to his sex appeal, but that wasn't enough to carry his flat performance, which unraveled in front of a largely unmotivated crowd. To wit, Kravitz dropped the chorus of "Fly Away," in hopes the fans would sing the lines he left out. They didn't.

Things picked up, a bit, near the end of Kravitz's set, when he pulled a little boy out of the crowd and gave him a tambourine. As Kravitz sang "Are You Gonna Go My Way," the kid's unspoken answer was "yes." He followed Kravitz across the stage throughout the entire song, banging away on his instrument and having far more fun than the rest of the place.

The band was DUE to shake things up tonight, and boy did they ever. Im not gonna waste any time....

12/06/05
Minneapolis, MN
Target Center

Love In An Elevator
Walk This Way
Same Old Song And Dance
Cryin'
SOS (Too Bad)
Livin' On The Edge
Shakin' My Cage
Sweet Emotion
Seasons Of Wither
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Dream On
Rats In The Cellar
Baby Please Don't Go
Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)
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Aero Force One
December 6, 2005


Borgata Event Center - 12-02-05

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Minneapolis City Pages
December 6, 2005

Steven Tyler was eligible for his AARP card more than seven years ago, and the best song from Aerosmith's comeback, their second wind, as it were, was 18 years ago--"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)." But I guess it's hardly a revelation that Tyler, Joe Perry, and company are old. What is sort of surprising is the timeless allure of those riffs the classic rockers filched from venerable blues cats during the '70s. While Aerosmith's core audience is still probably Grandpa and Grandma Boomer, that by itself isn't enough to fill arenas. The glorious cross-pollination of "Walk This Way" surely helped beef up the fan base, but it was the strength and the similarity of the comeback material--which includes "Rag Doll," "Janie's Got a Gun," and "What It Takes" in addition to "Dude"--to the earlier stuff that has made Aerosmith second only to the Stones as an arena-squatting dinosaur still getting by on the grit, sleaze, and incandescent, blues-drenched beauty of rock 'n' roll. The opener is that master of subtlety and originality, Lenny Kravitz.

Tuesday - Dec. 6
$55-$125. 7:30 p.m.
Target Center
600 1st Ave N, Mpls.; 612.673.0900

Tom Hamilton and the Berklee City Music Allstar Band
Boston, MA - November 29, 2005

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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
December 5, 2005

Aerosmith's "Rockin' The Joint" tour heads to the West Coast in February, but fans need to head to www.aeroforceone.com starting December 8th to secure the best ticket packages, including seats between the two catwalks that extend into the main floor and coveted backstage passes, for seven concerts recently added to the tour. Aero Force One (AF1), Aerosmith's official fan club, launches presales for San Diego, Fresno, Los Angeles, Anaheim and Portland at 8 a.m. PT, Thurs., Dec. 8, and for Las Vegas and Tacoma on Wed., Dec. 14, and Thurs., Dec. 15, respectively, at 8 a.m. PT

Date        Venue               City/ST

02.10.06 - IpayOne Center- San Diego, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT

02.13.06 - Rose Garden-     Portland, OR – Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT

02.15.06 - Tacoma Dome-   Tacoma, WA – Presale - 12.15.05 - 8:00 AM PT

02.18.06 - MGM Grand -       Las Vegas, NV – Presale - 12.14.05 - 8:00 AM PT

02.20.06 - Save Mart-          Fresno, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT

02.22.06 - Staples Center-   Los Angeles, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT

02.24.06 - Arrowhead Pond- Anaheim, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 8:00 AM PT


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Wolstein Center - 12-04-05

Thanks to: AeroChick

Aerosmith: Wolstein Center - December 4, 2005

 1)  Love In An Elevator
 2)  Walk This Way
 3)  Same Old Song And Dance
 4)  Cryin'
 5)  No More No More
 6)  Livin' On The Edge
 7)  Shakin' My Cage
 8)  Sweet Emotion
 9)  Seasons Of Wither
10) I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
11) Dream On
12) Lord Of The Thighs
13) Baby Please Don't Go
14) Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)

===Encore===

15) Back In The Saddle
16) Draw The Line

Beaver County Times, PA
December 4, 2005

We gush about the good old days, but in at least one way seeing a concert today is a better experience than it was 20 years ago.

It's much easier today for concertgoers to interact with their musical heroes. Barriers continue to be lowered between bands and their fans.

Take last weekend's Aerosmith-Lenny Kravitz concert.

Eager to connect with the crowd, Kravitz hopped off the stage and took a slow lap around the Mellon Arena floor, touching hands with maybe a hundred fans as his band played "Let Love Rule."

Returning to the stage, Kravitz spotted a female spectator wearing a fur vest, which he borrowed to sing his set-closer, "Are You Going My Way."

Not to be outdone during his band's set, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler stood on one of the four runways that poked deeply into the crowd and allowed excited fans to paw his body. Throughout the night, Tyler leaned off the runways to hug fans, touch numerous hands and even steal a few smooches.

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry frequently strutted down the runways toward the back of the arena, standing within an arm's reach of thrilled fans who enjoyed a close-up look at his dazzling finger work on songs like "Draw the Line," "Walk This Way" and "Train Kept a Rolling."

Aerosmith devised the idea for its fan-friendly stage after seeing U2 use a similar setup on the Irish band's 2005 "Vertigo" tour.

The trend is to make fans feel more like part of the show, hence the Rolling Stones inviting spectators to stand on scaffolding built directly onto the stage of the band's "Bigger Bang" stadium tour.

Singers are getting bolder in interacting with fans, such as at a Chevrolet Amphitheatre concert last May, when Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland unexpectedly marched deep into the feisty crowd to finish a song.

Even the normally aloof Prince invited 20 or so women on stage to gyrate during his 2004 Mellon Arena show, while Shania Twain signed several dozen autographs as she continued to sing during her last Mellon Arena show.

Thinking back to the concerts from the 1980s and 1990s, the stage and the stars seemed so distant.

That's not the case anymore.

My floor seats weren't anything special, but I felt a connection with Aerosmith and Kravitz thanks to those fan-friendly stage ramps. Tyler looked me square in the eye during "Love in an Elevator," and he hit my outstretched hands with his twirling microphone stand during "Back in the Saddle." I've seen Aerosmith six times, dating to 1982, and not coincidentally, last weekend's show was my favorite.

December 4, 2005



“Winning a GRAMMY means you have arrived and you’re now on the great rock ’n roll map of recognition. We’ve got four GRAMMYs under our belt and I still have half a GRAMMY left. Who could ask for anything more.”
              Steven Tyler


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Aerosmith: Borgata Event Center - December 2, 2005

 1)  Helter Skelter
 2)  Walk This Way
 3)  Same Old Song And Dance
 4)  Cryin'
 5)  No More No More
 6)  Livin' On The Edge
 7)  Shakin' My Cage
 8)  Sweet Emotion
 9)  Seasons Of Wither
10) I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
11) Dream On
12) Lord Of The Thighs
13) Baby Please Don't Go
14) Train Kept A Rollin' (Slow)

===Encore===

15) Back In The Saddle
16) Draw The Line

Press of Atlantic City
December 2, 2005

As Aerosmith prepares to play Borgata's Event Center, Lenny Kravitz in tow, we consider a few things you could do with the money it would take to buy the cheapest ticket to tonight's show. For $225, you could buy:

One each of the band's 19 albums recorded since 1972 (excluding greatest hits packages) at borders.com ($7.97 to $16.99 each, $148.09 total)

Four tickets to the Aerosmith/Kravitz show Sunday in Cleveland, Ohio, on Ticket-master.com ($54 each, $216 total)

Six Aerosmith Rockin' Doormats from aeroforceone.com ($34.99 each, $209.94 total)

22 bottles of Joe Perry's Rock Your World Mango Peach Tango Sauce from aeroforceone.com ($9.99 each, $219.78 total)

192 wax lips (for Steven Tyler wannabes) from CandyDirect.com (eight cases of 24 for $25.64 each, $205.12 total)

December 2, 2005


Live at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY - Nov 08, 2005
Photograph by David Atlas

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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Press Release
December 2, 2005

Best Seats for Phoenix Concert on Aerosmith "Rockin' the Joint" Tour Available Through Official Aero Force One Fan Club Presales

When you want the best seats for concerts in Aerosmith's "Rockin' the Joint" tour - close enough to reach up and touch Steven Tyler and Joe Perry - just go to Aerosmith's official Aeroforceone.com fan club web site. Presales for tickets in Phoenix in the exclusive rows 2-11 and other premium locations and fan experience packages are available to fan club members via the Aero Force One (AF1) web site - www.aeroforceone.com - starting Monday, December 5th, at 8 a.m. MT. Everyone who joins Aero Force One (AF1), Aerosmith's official fan club, has the opportunity to grab some of the hottest seats in the house before they go on sale to the general public....

Date        Venue               City/ST

02.01.06 - Glendale Arena-  Phoenix, AZ – Presale - 12.05.05 - 10:00 AM EST

02.10.06 - IpayOne Center- San Diego, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 11:00 AM EST

02.13.06 - Rose Garden-     Portland, OR – Presale - 12.08.05 - 11:00 AM EST

02.15.06 - Key Arena-         Seattle, WA – Presale - 12.15.05 - 11:00 AM EST

02.18.06 - MGM Grand Garden-Las Vegas, NV – Presale - 12.14.05 - 11:00 AM EST

02.20.06 - Save Mart-          Fresno, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 11:00 AM EST

02.22.06 - Staples Center-   Los Angeles, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 11:00 AM EST

02.24.06 - Arrowhead Pond- Anaheim, CA – Presale - 12.08.05 - 11:00 AM EST


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Shore Publishing, CT
December 2, 2005

Waterford -- It's a rock 'n' roll fan's dream to someday work with legends in the music business. For three members of Sonalysts media department, that dream came true when legendary rockers Aerosmith spent a few days rehearsing on the studio's sound stages. With only about three days before they opened at the Mohegan Sun last month for the first night of their two-year tour, the band needed an opener for their show. “We had a huge time constraint,” creative director Ralph Belfiglio said....

The group had to work with 30 years of Aerosmith footage and condense it into two and half minutes of visual nirvana....“They had given us a few CDs, one of which had this blues drum beat on it that apparently the band loved and that was the foundation of the entire piece,” he said. “And with that underneath I was able to slice up the undeniable moments of their hits, time compress them, pitch shift them and make them fit the groove...

With the music and video synched together, the opening was a brilliant success. When shown for the first time to the band, lead singer Steven Tyler reportedly said, after the ending flash of white light and the crashing downbeat, “You guys are geniuses.”

For Belfiglio, Sanchez and Zowander, it was a dream gig. To have the opportunity to do what they love and have it appreciated by a band as legendary as Aerosmith was some serious icing on their cake.


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Billboard Radio Monitor
November 28, 2005

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LiveDaily.com
December 1, 2005

Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz, who earlier this week unveiled their initial 2006 tour itinerary, have tacked more shows onto the run.

The tour, which launches Jan. 5 in Orlando, now features eight new February dates, including stops in Phoenix, San Diego, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. On-sale dates for the new shows weren't available at press time, but those for a number of previously announced stops are due to hit the box office this Saturday (12/3). Details are included below.

The 2006 dates comprise the second leg of the "Rockin' the Joint" tour, which takes its name from Aerosmith's latest album. The trek's first leg wraps up in mid-December.

Released in late October, "Rockin' the Joint" captures the Aerosmith's January 2002 performance at Las Vegas' The Joint, a 3,000-capacity venue located inside the Hard Rock Hotel. The disc follows last year's all-blues album, "Honkin' on Bobo."

Aerosmith's setlist during the current tour has featured a number of the group's hits--including "Walk This Way," "Angel," "Dream On," "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," "Sweet Emotion," "Janie's Got a Gun" and "Love in an Elevator"--as well as deeper cuts such as "Seasons of Wither" and "No More No More," and some covers, including The Beatles' "Helter Skelter," according to the tour's publicist.

Kravitz--who continues to support his 2004 release, "Baptism"--is backed by his 8-piece band, and is offering up hits including "Fly Away," "Are You Gonna Go My Way," "Always on the Run," "Dig In, Again," "Where Are We Runnin'."

[Note: The following tour itinerary has been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

December 2005

2 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center
4 - Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center
6 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
8 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
10 - Chicago, IL - United Center
13 - Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center
15 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
17 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Center

January 2006

5 - Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre
7 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Arena (on sale 12/3)
12 - Charlotte, NC - New Charlotte Arena
15 - Atlanta, GA - Phillips Arena (on sale 12/3)
17 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum (on sale 12/3)
19 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center
21 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum (on sale 12/3)
23 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
25 - San Antonio, TX - SBC Center
27 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
30 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center (on sale 12/3)

February 2006

1 - Phoenix, AZ - Glendale Arena
3 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion (on sale 12/3)
6 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena (on sale 12/3)
8 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena (on sale 12/3)
10 - San Diego, CA - IpayOne Center
13 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
15 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
18 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden
20 - Fresno, CA - SaveMart Center
22 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
24 - Anaheim, CA - Arrowhead Pond

Aero Force One
December 1, 2005


Pepsi Arena - 11-30-05

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Rolling Stone
December 1, 2005

Lenny Kravitz and legendary rockers Aerosmith will kick off a second leg of their Rockin' the Joint tour on January 5th in Orlando, Florida. The twenty-two-date jaunt will run through February 24th in Anaheim, California.

Pepsi Arena - Albany, NY - 11-30-05

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Albany Times Union, NY
December 1, 2005

Aerosmith played the Palace Theatre in March 1978. The band, which was already filling stadiums by that point, wanted to get back to its roots, and the tickets to the relatively intimate venue were doled out via a radio station lottery. The cost? $5.

Wednesday night, Aerosmith returned to Albany for a stop at the Pepsi Arena. Once again the band is trying to get back to its roots, this time with a set list that nods heavily to the past. The cost? Tickets topped out at $125.

Intimacy, however, is still a hard thing to create in an arena, and the fact that the band failed in that respect was borne out by vocalist Steven Tyler's frequent urging of the audience to respond more.

"Get your hands out of your pockets!" he scolded one ticket holder while others were clapping. And he kicked off the encore of "Back in the Saddle" by saying "Let's start over."

The biggest problem stemmed from the fact that Tyler and the band played to the cameras more than the crowd. The giant screen and the long runways that went into the audience were meant to bring the show closer to the fans, but it mostly kept the band members away from each other.

When the Rolling Stones utilized a movable stage at the Pepsi, the entire band went out, not just one member at a time.

Still, Aerosmith rocked hard. Big hits and concert staples like "Walk This Way," "Sweet Emotion" and the chart-topping "Don't Want To Miss a Thing" were present, and so were closet classics like "No More, No More," "Lord of the Thighs" and the rolling, tumbling "Same Old Song and Dance."

The group, in fact, played four songs from their brilliant second album, "Get Your Wings," including the acoustic gem "Seasons of Wither" and the guitar-heavy "Train Kept A Rollin'," which featured solos from both Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.

The latter echoed the fury of the Boston boys' lean years.

Encores included the aforementioned "Saddle" -- with an audience member joining Tyler on the ramp for the opening screams -- and the blast of "Draw The Line."

Fellow hit-maker Lenny Kravitz opened the show with an hourlong set that touched on his latest album, "Baptism," before ticking off radio favorites like "Fly Away," "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" and "American Woman."

The short-shorn Kravitz (with Capital Region native Jack Daley on bass) seemed to be standing on the verge of phoning it in for much of his set.

Music Review

Aerosmith with Lenny Kravitz
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Pepsi Arena, Pearl Street, Albany
Length: Aerosmith, 1 hour, 40 minutes; Lenny Kravitz, 1 hour
Highlights: "Seasons of Wither" and "Lord of the Thighs" from 1974's "Get Your Wings"
The crowd: 9,500 rock fans ranging from young ones to middle-aged parents

Aero Force One

As you know, Max's Kansas City is The place where the band kicked it in 1971 and Clive Davis signed Aerosmith to their first record deal with Columbia, showing them well on their way to becoming huge, huge, huge! Aerosmith paid homage to their Max's Kansas City roots in an MTV tribute to the band, entitled Icons. The Bad Boys performed in front of a backdrop emblazoned with the Max's logo above the Aerosmith wings emblem. The backdrop was later autographed by each member of the band and is now with Max's Project President Yvonne Sewall-Ruskin in New York for safekeeping - a gift from the band. Want to know more? Visit www.maxskansascity.com

Press Release

Max's Kansas City's 40th Anniversary
Tuesday, December 6th, 6:30 - 11:30

Charitable Auction and Reunion Party in partnership with Gibson/Baldwin at the Former Hit Factory Studios, 421 W. 54th Street between 9th& 10th, to benefit The Max's Kansas City Project, a 501C3 non profit serving the arts and our youth communities. To reserve tickets call: 212-545-4151

On December 6, 1965, Mickey Ruskin opened the doors of the legendary restaurant/bar/club, Max's Kansas City, formerly located at 213 Park Avenue South. He provided a home away from home for everybody who was anybody- and even some nobodies. The cocktail hour free food that Mickey put out every day kept the downtown art scene alive and vital; for some, it was their meal of the day.

In commemorating Max’s 40th anniversary, we hope to recreate some of that special Max’s Magic with a live/silent auction and reunion party, featuring live entertainment, jam sessions, and raffle prizes. Proceeds will benefit and sustain the goals of the Max’s Kansas City Project, a 501C3 non profit organization established in memory of Mickey Ruskin. To honor the spirit inherent in his philosophy of helping artists in need we provide emergency funding and resources to artists in crisis. Supported entirely by volunteers, through our fundraising efforts, we have awarded 21 grants to help pay rent, food and medical bills. We hope to award double that number in 2006.

Genya Raven and her band, performance artist, comic Willard Morgan who channels Jelvis, the Jewish Elvis, and the Stilettos will be the featured talent, along with other stellar musicians and performers who are coming to jam.

Also featured: a NY Dolls Room screening “the Dolls” DVD by Bob Gruen..

The live/silent auction will feature a diverse an extraordinary array of talent: Artworks, photographs and memorabilia have been donated by many famous and outstanding artists, photographers, musicians and fashion designers who frequented or performed at Max’s over the years some of which including (partial list)

Artists Sol LeWitt, Peter Max, Lawrence Weiner, Forrest Myers, Mark di Suvero, Francine Tint, Marisol Escobar, composer Philip Glass, fashion designer Betsey Johnson, photographers William Wegman, Bob Gruen, Elliot Landy, Barry Feinstein, Billy Name, Anton Perich, Raeanne Rubenstein, musicians, Springsteen, Alice Cooper, Al Kooper, Tommy Ramone, Blondie, Billy Idol, as well as contemporary artists Norah Jones and Sheryl Crow, and filmmaker Cameron Crowe.

The Max’s 40th Anniversary fundraiser will afford us the opportunity to broaden our scope of programs . In 2006, we will launch Damage Control, an alcohol and drug prevention program for teens. Damage Control is an online interactive cyber-mentoring program designed to educate and mentor teens on the dangers and possible consequences of substance abuse and addiction. The online club will feature surprise mentors, celebrities in recovery willing to share their struggles with substance
abuse in writing, a virtual live chat room, a message board and a gallery. A video demonstration of Damage Control will be shown at the event.

Tickets -- $100 live/silent auction, cocktail reception & party -- 6:30-11:30

$40 -- silent auction/party -- 8:30-11:30

All prepaid tickets and reserved tickets will have names listed at the door.
Checks payable to: Max’s Kansas City Project, 9 Lois Lane, Saugerties, NY 12477

Aero Force One
December 1, 2005



December 1, is World AIDS day. Rock your Steven Tyler "Contribution Safe T"
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The Boston Globe, MA
December 1, 2005

Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton jumped on the stage for an impromptu set with Boston Arts Academy drummer Sheldon Thwaites at the opening party of the relocated Shreve, Crump & Low in the Back Bay on Tuesday night. . . .

Boston Herald, MA
December 1, 2005

By Inside Track

. . . Aerosmith main man Steven Tyler stocking up on skin-care products — including a big haul of Oil of Olay — at the Marshfield CVS . . . Tyler’s bass biggie Tom Hamilton rockin’ with the Berklee College of Music kids at Shreve, Crump & Low’s new store opening . . .