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San Jose Mercury News, CA
October 31, 2006


Guitarist Perry Discusses What Holds 'America's Greatest Band' Together


From the eight-track era to the iPod age, Joe Perry has been serving up classic riffs as the lead guitarist of Aerosmith.

We caught up with Perry, 56, at his home on Massachusetts' South Shore during a break on the band's Route of All Evil tour, a venture with Mötley Crüe that hits Shoreline Amphitheatre on Thursday.

We began by talking about bassist Tom Hamilton, who is recovering from throat cancer. His spot is being filled by ex-Joe Perry Project bassist David Hull.

How is Tom doing?

He's definitely getting better and better. It looks like he could possibly be back for the last couple of weeks of this tour, so we've got our fingers crossed. He's well enough to play; he's just not well enough to travel.

He joined the band last month to play "Sweet Emotion" in Boston. What was that like?

It was great. This thing of ours is bigger than five individual guys, and we've been able to get through so much, but these are the kinds of things beyond your control. It almost doesn't count that he's not with us, because he's so here in spirit. . . . He's still here, and physically he'll be back soon.

How is David Hull working out?

He's doing great. . . . He just has a really good sense of what we sound like and why we sound that way, and so he fits in. He makes sure that he plays within those guidelines.

You got to play guitar with Chuck Berry at his 80th birthday show in St. Louis. What was that like?

It was amazing. I felt like I was 17 years old. Man, when he picks up that guitar, it's such a part of him. He looks incredible. He looks like he's 60. He did the duck walk. I couldn't believe I was actually on stage with him playing.

Let's talk about teaming up with Mötley Crüe. Had you known those guys well before this tour?

I remember seeing them when I was with the Project. I went to see them play at one of their first headline gigs. I hung out with Nikki (Sixx) back then. And then when we were up in Vancouver working on the "Pump" record, they were doing "Dr. Feelgood." So all of us got to know them really well. Really they're as much friends as you can have in this kind of business, where you have a ships-in-the-night kind of thing. So it's a lot of fun having them around.

They definitely have their own party going on back there. They have all their trailers circled around the strippers' dance pole.

Let's talk about the set list this time around. Why the focus on older tunes?

Well, those are the ones that the fans seem to respond to. Plus, we played a lot of the more recent hits a lot in the last few years. So we thought we'd go back and bring some of those other songs into the set. . . . I think there are a lot of people that haven't seen us play "Last Child" or "Walkin' the Dog," so we wanted to put those in there.

You have had a lot of success working with professional songwriters, like with Diane Warren on "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." Do you enjoy that process, and do you think it results in good work?

I think it pretty much speaks for itself. I mean, doing the Diane Warren song scored us our biggest hit, our first No. 1 hit. . . . If you can bring some people in to hear the band for the first time because of that song, they're going to get a dose of everything else.

If we were doing a whole album of Diane Warren songs, I'd say it's time to leave. But it's a great song, and it really broadens our audience, so I think creatively it just keeps things wide open.

Your Sony contract is coming to an end. What's the next step for Aerosmith?

I'm not sure. Obviously we'd like to stay with the label, but the business is changing so fast. . . . You hear new bands on commercials, you hear new bands on sports shows, or you go to the Internet and go to different sites and hear music. There's just so many different ways to get it, and I think it's taken the record companies so long, they've been left in the dust.

So I don't know what we're going to do. All I know is we're going to keep making records.

How did Steven Tyler bounce back from throat surgery earlier this year?

It took him a good part of the spring to get back up. Even at the beginning of the tour, you could tell. . . . Almost every gig it was slowly getting better, because his throat just kept getting stronger and stronger. Now he probably sounds better than he did before he had the problem.

As health problems accumulate, do you ever think about the time you guys will have to hang it up?

You play the hand that the fates deal you. We're still just taking it day by day. We're definitely appreciating more than ever what we have.

Aerosmith is often billed as America's greatest rock 'n' roll band. Are you comfortable with that title?

I don't know. I think that there's a lot of great bands out there. Sometimes when I'm watching a band play, and they're having a great night and the audience is with them, I think they're the greatest band that night. It's fun to hear that, but I don't know if I buy it.



Aerosmith With Mötley Crüe

Where: Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Tickets: $39.50-$199.50
Information: (408) 998-8497, www.ticketmaster.com

AgganisArena.com
October 28, 2006


Comics Come Home, the longest running comedy benefit in America...
Agganis Arena... Saturday, October 28th...
hosted by actor/comedian Denis Leary --

...The evening benefits The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care and The Neely Cancer Fund. The Fund was created to benefit Tufts-New England Medical Center's Cancer Center and its Floating Children's Cancer Center. Through the Fund the Foundation supports treatment, research and overall cancer care for patients and their families.


From  Smokeringsandcoffeestains.com -

... I got to say a pleasant hello to Joe Perry as he walked by... Tom Hamilton was there to introduce one of the comedians, too... Perry snuck by to play in the show toward the end, playing guitar on the Asshole song with the Asshole Band and Denis Leary....

Article regarding performers and political
posturing at TCS Daily, DC - Brussels -


..... I'd only offer him some advice from another rock icon, the notoriously zipper-lipped Joe Perry. The guitarist for Aerosmith, who usually says more with a lick than his partner Steven Tyler ever could with a lyric, had a solo hit in the early 1980s with a song whose title is perfect: "Let the music do the talking."

(Author - Craig Winneker)



Robert Randolph interview at
Austin In Austin, TX -


.....I recently spoke to Randolph about his numerous collaborations for his latest album, Colorblind.....

RR: A conversation I had with Steven Tyler, for instance, helped influence the first song, “Ain’t Nothin Wrong with That.” It was us just us talking about music and listening to some older rock bands, stuff that influenced him, that produced that song. You wouldn’t guess it though. There’s a huge party vibe, but it feels rock, it feels fun. Bringing people together, having the guitar up there and a big huge chorus up there, it’s like Sly Stone meets Outkast meets Hendrix meets going to church and bringing everyone together. There “Ain’t Nothing Wrong with That.”

AIA: What exactly was it that Steven Tyler said and what were those records you were listening to?

RR: We were listening to The Pretty Things, a song called “Don’t Bring Me Down,” which I ended up taking with me. It has that same vibe but it was recorded in the ‘60s.....

(Author - Austin Powell)

Boston Herald, MA
October 29, 2006


Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars, whose amazing story has caught the attention of worldly celebs such as Angelina Jolie, will get a big boost from Boston bad boys Joe Perry and Steven Tyler when they open for Aerosmith at the Mohegan Sun on Nov. 29.

“It’s good exposure for them, plus they are a really good band,” said Perry, who sponsored an All-Stars gig in Vermont last summer and recently jammed with the band in Nashville, the first stop on the Refugees’ U.S. tour. (They played the Paradise last week.)

“Actually, they flew into Nashville the night of our show and it was freezing,” Joe told the Track. “Their clothes got held up in Paris, so they went right to Wal-Mart to get some jackets and sweat shirts then came to our show. It was the first American rock ’n’ roll show they’d ever seen.”

The Refugee All-Stars, an Afropop/reggae collective, was formed in a refugee camp in Guinea during Sierra Leone’s 10-year civil war.

“It’s great to get their story out there,” said Perry. “It’s all about the music because, really, it’s what kept them alive in the refugee camps.”

An All-Star effort!

Aero Force One
October 27, 2006


The 3rd Annual Making of... PUMPkin!


Alright Mamakins, it’s that time of year again when ya show us your pumpkins.
Last year's crop was pretty incredible, and we think you can do even better. From Ma' Kins to PUMPkins to gourds with Aerosmith wings, we saw it all. This year’s winner will receive an autographed poster from the band!

Kins gotta be in by midnight ET, on Friday, November 17, 2006. Email your pump-pics to contests@aeroforceone.com. Winners will be notified and posted right here, by Friday, November 24.

Click here for official rules...

Good Luck!

SongwriterUniverse, CA
October 27, 2006


2006 has certainly been a breakthrough year for Hinder, the fun-loving, ‘80s-rock inspired band from Oklahoma City, OK. Since releasing their debut album Extreme Behavior (on Universal Records) in the fall of 2005, the five-member band has scored a rock radio hit with their song “Get Stoned.” And of course, they now have one of the biggest pop & rock hits of the year with their power ballad, “Lips Of An Angel.”

...Currently, the band is on the road in the U.S. and Canada, performing mainly as headliners and building a larger following. “We’ll be touring for the next year, and we’ll be playing gigs overseas as well,” said Winkler. “We’re also very excited about doing three shows with Aerosmith soon. Aerosmith is one of our favorite bands, along with Guns N’ Roses, Bon Jovi and Def Leppard.”

...You can listen to Hinder's smash hit single "Lips Of An Angel," by clicking one of the links directly below:


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Billboard.com - Charts
October 27, 2006


Issue Date: 2006-11-04

**Aerosmith  -  Devil's Got A New Disguise  -  Columbia


This Week: 15
Last Week: 18
Peak: 15
Wks On: 6


**Records with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week have yellow backgrounds for current position.

Nashville Scene
October 26, 2006




There were only about 200 people at the Belcourt last Friday for Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars—a sad turnout, especially for the tour’s first date. But in the great tradition of historic Nashville shows, there’ll be 2,000 claiming they were on hand. Not just because Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith showed up as promised to sit in—although that finally dislodged stubborn asses from their seats—but because the group put on the kind of exultant, energetic and freewheeling world-music performance the city rarely gets. The All Stars showed a refreshing lack of rock-show protocol, with ebullient frontman Reuben Koroma exhorting his bandmates—who all met in refugee camps in Guinea during the tumultuous civil war in their native Sierra Leone—to stretch out on their loping, high-stepping Afro-Caribbean grooves. The longer they played, the hotter they got: by the time Perry plugged in for a sizzling set, dashing off spiky leads steeped in his own band’s snake-hipped blooze, the All Stars were merrily exchanging top-that dance moves and playing with a swiftness and complexity that made speed metal sound snoozy. A climactic impromptu “Get Up, Stand Up,” with Koroma and Tyler scatting back and forth finally roused even a passel of blasé blondes who seemed more interested in their cells than the show. (Kudos to the hula hooper, whose gyrations helped get the crowd on its feet: the band’s energy and cheer obviously surged.) As a bonus, Tyler and Perry hung out afterward in the lobby signing autographs, posing for photos and appearing as the coolest guys on earth to a trio of wide-eyed little kids. Given the turnout, will Nashville ever get an opportunity like this again? Dream on. For exclusive show photos, including those of Steven Tyler, visit nashvillescene.com.

Blabbermouth.net, NY
October 25, 2006


Aerosmith's best-of collection, entitled "Devil's Got a New Disguise", sold almost 23,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 33 on next week's the Billboard 200 chart. The CD features two new songs — "Devil's Got a New Disguise" and "Sedona Sunrise" — while the rest of the set is a "pared down" single-disc version of 2002's two-CD set "O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits", containing single mixes of 14 favorites from the band's tenures with both Columbia and Geffen...

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending October 22, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 4,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable):

Aerosmith - "Devil's Got a New Disguise": 23,000 (#33)

Aero Force One
October 24, 2006


Hey, just wanted to say hi and tell everybody what's up in my world. I'm getting better steadily but kind of slowly. I've been finished with the radiation treatment for a couple of months. I was hoping to be close to being out on the road with the band by now but it's still too soon. The radiation burns the hell out of your mouth and throat and the healing process can take a while. Whenever I talk to someone who hasn't spoken to me in a while they say I sound completely better. My voice was kind of screwed up for a time. People who haven't seen me in a while they say I look normal (for me). I'm getting close and I'm chomping at the bit but the real decisions are up to the doctors and the healing process.

I went into a room by myself recently and listened to the new Greatest Hits album. I turned the lights down and the volume up and just sat back and let it roll over me. After a couple of songs went by I went into a state where I felt really close to the band and really far away at the same time. In my head I was connected and isolated all at once. Another part of me was in the time period of each song with movies of those times playing in my head. I don't really sit down and listen to our albums that way very often and it had a lot of emotion for me. I have to say the emotion was good and a little sad but mostly good.

A lot of people have sent me cards and stuff. As a matter of fact, way more than I would have expected. I can't say how much I appreciate it. There are times when I have to really lean against my support system and it helps to have it coming in from all directions.

Have I gotten too corny yet? I really hate excessive corniness but its hard to talk about these things without some sneaking in. What I mostly want to say is thanks.

See you soon,

TH

Aero Force One
October 24, 2006




Got to the gig around 5 - had to be a little bit early so Liz and Lisa, our backstage girls, could take a look at my dred, I mean braid...the one on my right side that has a heart with a set of lips, a little white skull, maracas, a set of handcuffs, Aerosmith wings and a miniature tin man from the Wizard of OZ - oh yeah, and a metal skull. Meanwhile, this was put in two months ago and not been reattached since. So it’s dreading from my scalp to the original knot, with all the new growth...I love it....it’s my gree gree...and each one represents a piece of me - from the tin man to the handcuffs.


When I got there, I said ‘wait until we get to LA’

Did the usual meet and greet with some special folks from a local rehab. We’re always very cordial to them cuz yeah... we got the same disease... so we give it away, give it away, only to get it back....


Then I talked to Akema from the Japanese fan club...Amy, as I’ve always called her, has turned into an elder statesmen from Japan to Aerosmtih. Bringing gifts of the most passionate, enlightening and out of their minds with being in front of their favorite stars who give them anything they want. You see, we have an affinity towards the Japanese, as I said in my last blog, who will get into our lyrics almost beyond what I wrote. Meaning that they astound me and sometimes move me to tears - oh yeah, they’ve done this for the last 30 years. The first time we landed in Japan in ’77 we had to be lifted over their heads by our security just to get out of the Airport gate. It’s a scene I play over and over in my head to this day. And also remember them singing the lyrics... this is when they weren’t taught a lot of English in schools. And yet, they broke the language barrier with music itself.... At some point in my life I hope to be recognized by the whitehouse as a musical embassador, it’s what I want more than anything.. I want to be able to go country to country. Whether musical concerts, discussions of how music can bring people together on the national security level and work with some sub-cultures that need cutting through the b.s. so as to get to their true meanings - I am that person. Hope someone in Washington is listening...


Also, I plan in February to go with Marianne Williamson to talk to the senate about a peace coalition...a forum for talking about issues that come up when war threatens. A group of people in place that can come up with another answer. We’re out here now, we could be there. And Marrianne Williamson has been a great new-age talker and thinker and has come up with a lot of alternative ways of achieveing peace. I’m all about those talks and yes I will be there.

Anyway, back to the show... not sure if some of you know this but this is the last show of the 1st leg. That means ole ST and the boys get 8 days off. Home for a few, LA for a FEW, Mexico for a few, then jumpin’ in with both feet to San Francisco.


But again...back to THE SHOW...first thing I said was 'thanks so much for comin out tonite' and sorry for the heatwave! I had three layers of stuff on.

Black to the elbow wrist gloves

Jewelry over that

Black t shirt

Silk striped shirt

Long orange jacket


Scarf - which I peeled off slowly through the first three songs, till my body started steaming. It was mid 40s and when I squat on the Ruby 7 lights (baby please) they put out enough heat to fry eggs... steam comes off my clothes like I’m gonna spontaneously combust at any moment. At least the front row would have something to roast marshmellows off.


Then there was the girl down at the end of the ramp who was so sweet and crying during “Dream On” that I had to get down and kiss her face, which only set her off more. Added “Lord of the Thighs” to the set again… and the audience roared.... Next leg we’re gonna add a whole bunch. Speaking of adding songs, at one point before the show, some guy walked right into my dressing room, past security by the way, I’ve seen him at Mt. Blue parties in the past, but as he’s standing in my dressing room and a second before Donny Wightman tackled him, he said “Brad wants to do ‘Combination” and I said...I’ll let him know, maybe we’ll learn it for the next tour... at which time he was quickly escorted out while I ate my wild salmon.


Talked to Red, a local gun manufacturer. He showed us his special ops stuff, which he makes himself...brought Joe Perry in...he looked like a kid on Christmas morning. My nephews also showed up. Put ‘em on the side of the stage - best seats in the house. I’m sure Darren loved it... and told him ‘there’s gotta be a spot on the road crew for ya’ - we’ll see next tour.

Ended with a bang... and so will mine...

See you in 2 weeks…


With love,





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Blabbermouth.net, NY
October 24, 2006


Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary:

"The other night my friend John Rich from Big & Rich came onstage an played 'Don't Go Away Mad' with us in Nashville. Fun times. We met a few years ago while writing music together and have been fast friends ever since.

"Royal Underground [Nikki's new clothing line] is shipping this week and all the clothes have arrived in L.A. and we're packing them up for the stores. Tommy [Lee] stole one of our shirts right off my back the other day and Steven Tyler [Aerosmith] won't take off the cashmere hoodies... I'd say that's a good sign... Hahhahaha...

"Last show tonight and we go home for a ten-day break... Hell yeah... Can't wait to lay my head on my own pillow and to wrap my arms around my kids.

"Hell yeah, life is good...

"Thank you for everything...

"This has been a hell of a year... good and bad... but we survive..."

USA Today
October 23, 2006


Aerosmith, Devil's Got a New Disguise

* * * Rock


This isn’t Aerosmith’s best or only hits set (though it’s the first single disc to bring together the band’s Columbia and Universal catalogs)...

...the real bait is the lilting Western-accented "Sedona Sunrise" and lusty, driving rocker "Devil’s Got a New Disguise," a showcase for Steven Tyler’s seductive yowl and the band’s trademark sweat and swagger.

— Gundersen

Aerosmith: Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
October 23, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Walkin' The Dog
Eat The Rich
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Devil's Got A New Disguise
Lord Of The Thighs
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


Thanks to: Aero Force One

Aero Force One
October 23, 2006


Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Concert - Joe Perry, Steven Tyler
October 20, 2006 - Nashville, TN
(Photo Credit: Aero Force One)


Journal published:  (here).

WBBB - 96Rock Radio, NC
Concert Calendar


Aerosmith and Motley Crue
Monday 10/23 | Doors: 6:00 | Show: 7:30 pm


Alltel Pavilion
3801 Rock Quarry Road
Raleigh, NC 27610

Administrative Offices: (919) 831-6400
Concert Line: (919) 831-6666

Aero Force One
October 23, 2006




Finally we got to do the place that people were starting to say was jinxed.

Let me just run down the past 4 shows that were cancelled.

1. 8/16/98 Joey’s Car caught on Fire.
2. 9/11/01 ....
3. 09/03 Hurricane Isabel.
4. 07/04 Hurricane Tyler - LOL (it's really not funny, I wish I had a roadie to change the strings in my throat!!! Not as lucky as most musicians ;) so goes the life of a singer.


Remember, we plan... god laughs.

After the show in Nashville, woke up the next morning around 12, painted my toenails black while I called Liv - she's still on the set of the movie “Strangers” with Scott Speedman from the Vampire Movies..? the same guy I said was watching the NLCS between takes and said, “Liv Your Dads on TV at the Game!!!” - went to dinner with Richie Supa, co-writer of Pink, Amazing, Bacon Biscuit Blues and Lightning Strikes with us... wound up at the Bellcourt Theatre to see the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, who have a documentary out, which I saw when I visited Joe last winter in Vermont. He’s been a big supporter of them and so am I. So when we found out they were playing in Nashville we jumped at the chance to go. Never mind what Aerosmith has been through - imagine ending up in a refugee camp in Africa, having survived a massacre and losing fingers.. the refugees stayed together and formed their band despite the worst atrocities known to man... and they rock. Their music reeked of freedom and everyone in the theater was up dancing. At the end of each song, the singer would yell “CEASE FIRE!!!!” Unlike the lyrics on "Just Push Play" which is Jamaican patio, and if you listen close, you’ll hear "six years of no war, we’re goin down under." They brought their own freedom to their own hearts by their own music and its infectious. Of course we had to get up on stage and play with the All Stars...and what a treat. The guitar player was the Keith Richards of the reggae world...a gorgeous black man, with dreads to his waist and humble as the day is long - its an experience Joe and I will never forget.

Joe called me after the show and spoke of them maybe opening up for us at Mohegan Sun. I said I’d have it no other way.

Virginia Beach - a little cool but not rainin - by the way, on that day, Jade Jagger was born. And on that day Jack Kerouac died... And on that same day, 148 years ago, in 1858, in Paris, the CAN CAN was first performed.. And most importantly, in 1957, JAILHOUSE ROCK starring Elvis Presley, opened! Although, Madonnas book SEX, went on sale. So isn’t it interesting we’re playing that night, a mile from the longest pleasure beach in the world - a Guinness record! - only to be shadowed by the lead Joe Perry took in "Draw the Line." Oh yeah, he knows how to, and I love to cross it.

.. and how about that guy at the front of the ramp...during "Dream On"...he was either a veteran of the war, or had a loved one who went over and maybe didn’t come back. I don’t know for sure, but it was a real moment for me.

I can’t imagine losing a loved one. Especially in a war like this one. But later for my views... for now its rock n roll!

After flying from Nashville at 5 o'clock... 6 o'clock backstage, tried on some new clothes from Junker, had my usual piece of wild salmon with broccoli before the show... then went into severe give it away mode with Joe, Brad and Joey, for the meet and greets. At 7:15, did our first meet and greet/press the meat of 40 or so people, back to back, with the Japanese fan club - sixty or so fans from Japan that flew over specifically for the show in VA Beach... and another meet and greet with the fine people from a Miller Brewing...and then had a quick chat with Bruce Hornsby and his son Keith... then 9 people from the HOHNER company, which I plan to do a blues harp for, in the very near future.... All went well, was covered in lipstick.. yum..... dragged it back to the dressing room with 45 minutes left.. all the while being filmed by Casey, never missing a moment. I usually always need AT LEAST TWO HOURS, before the show - I'm usually locked in by Scott and LIZ an hour before... and here it is 30 minutes and I'm in PANIC MODE. Haven’t worked out, haven’t warmed up with Russ, I frantically make it....but I put a hole for 5 minutes... as I'm bowing at the alter in the bathroom, and taking a pre-show wizzz.. I thank god I'm in this band, and think to myself, OH MY GOD ITS FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THIS CROWD HASN’T SEEN US IN 5 YEARS. Should be able to hear them in New York City. And so it went..... the lights dimmed in Memphis as we hit the stage...

The audience was louder than my in-ears could take... and I sucked up their love, till my cup runeth over... sorry if this gets out to you late.. but I'm draggin' a bit today, and it is Sunday... time for some rest.....

With love,

Virginian Pilot, VA
October 22, 2006


Songwriter Don McLean has his own opinion of what makes up "American Pie." But Saturday night at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater, the menu consisted of two slices of classic American rock 'n' roll, served up loudly by the Motley Crue and Aerosmith "Route of All Evil" tour.

First up was Motley Crue, the Southern California bad boys who were among the pioneers of the 1980s Los Angeles metal scene. Churning out hit after hit, Motley Crue did a great job of cramming all of its classics into a 13-song, hour-and- 15-minute set.

Emerging onto the stage amid blinding strobes and pouring smoke, the band launched into its first song, "Dr. Feelgood," and it was immediately clear what was in store for the rest of the set.

Pounding drums, courtesy of Tommy Lee, thundering bass from Nikki Sixx, and huge, powerhouse guitar from Mick Mars provided the foundation of the music.

Vocalist Vince Neil seemed out of breath immediately, but still managed to hit the high notes and remember the lyrics.

Highlights of Crue's set included "Shout at the Devil," "Wildside," "Livewire," and "Girls, Girls, Girls," during which Neil rode a custom chopper out onto the stage.

Most impressive was guitarist Mars' performance.

Now in his 50s and suffering from a degenerative bone disease, Mars crept across the stage with very little movement aside from his hands on his guitar, which squeezed out greasy, blues-inspired licks and distorted, crashing power chords.

During "Primal Scream," he displayed some very impressive slide work.

Absent from Motley Crue's set was the once-obligatory drum solo from Tommy Lee.

In the past, you could "expect the unexpected" when it came to his solos. One year, he played while spinning upside down in circles. During last year's Carnival of Sins tour, he flew across the stage from side to side, landing on platforms long enough to play some beats.

Maybe he's saving energy for his Rockstar Supernova show in January at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

Motley Crue has stood the test of time. Many of its 80s counterparts have disappeared into the club circuit or obscurity, but the Crue is still able to deliver the kind of arena rock it helped define in its heyday.

As good as Motley Crue was, though, it was simply the opening act Saturday. That's how great Aerosmith was.

Ripping into their set with "Toys in the Attic," Steven Tyler and the boys immediately took control.

The stripped-down stage set, with minimal amplifiers and few special effects, allowed the band to shine.

Guitarist Joe Perry led the band through a collection of songs ranging from classics "Draw the Line" and "Dream On " to the more recent "Eat the Rich" and "Cryin'."

It was nice to see the band skip some of the songs that had become concert standards in previous performances. Absent were "Living on the Edge," "Love in an Elevator," and their hit "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing."

In their place were gritty, raw versions of "Baby Please Don't Go," "Walkin' the Dog," and "Stop Messin' Around." The latter featured Perry on lead vocals and was dedicated to bassist Tom Hamilton, who has been absent from the tour while recovering from throat cancer.

The audience was more than forgiving when Perry joked about the band canceling several Virginia Beach concerts in recent years. "It's been a long time coming," he said. "I was worried about getting a flat tire on the way here, but I think we would have gotten out and walked."

Tyler later reiterated the sentiment and gave a heartfelt thank you to the fans for their patience.

Aerosmith worked the stage like the veterans they are.

Drummer Joey Kramer and guitarist Brad Whitford were as solid as ever, never batting an eye or missing a queue during Tyler's improvisations.

But Perry and Tyler were the ringleaders.

Strutting up and down the 70 -foot walkway into the crowd like stars of a rock 'n' roll fashion show, they were on fire, and took turns one-upping each other with their antics.

Whether it was Tyler's amazing vocals during "Dream On," or Perry's dramatic ending to "Draw the Line," where he removed his shirt and proceeded to whip his guitar with it, the two defined the evening.

Because the night was split between two headline acts, Aerosmith didn't play nearly as long as usual. I would have liked to have heard "Back in the Saddle," "What It Takes " and "Train Kept A Rollin',' " but there wasn't time.

What we did get was a quick and dirty collection of songs from the boys from Boston, and you won't hear me complaining about that.

It would be nice to see more bands put together tours such as the Motley Crue/Aerosmith show. Those two slices of American pie really hit the spot.

Aero Force One
October 21, 2006

Aero Force One
October 21, 2006

St. Louis and Nashville


Photo: Amanda Ayre

I'm going to start filling in some of the blanks from my point of view of what's going on out here on the road. Johnny B's stuff pretty much highlights what's going on so once in a while I'll throw in my 2 cents. I had to make a pretty hard choice this week. It all started a couple of weeks ago in Philly between cheesesteaks. We saw the Al Gore movie "An Inconvenient Truth" (and you should too)! The movie put into perspective things everybody thinks and worries about concerning our weather and specifically global warming. We like to stay out of politics but this is beyond politics and Al Gore's message really hit home. In fact the next week when we were in Detroit, it was really strange to see snow falling onto flowers still in the ground. I know Steven is into this as well, so I called him right up and said you've gotta see this movie and my second call was to our video director to get in touch with Al Gore's people so we could put this information up on our screen before the show. They responded and were happy to supply us with video content and really cool "Stop Global Warming" wristbands. Seriously, everybody else in the band was all for it. So jump ahead to last week in St. Louis when John set up for me and my family to have lunch with Chuck Berry and some of his family. For those of you who may or may not know Chuck's record "Berry's on Top" was the first record I ever owned and like 80,000 other guitar players his riffs were the first I ever learned. Needless to say it was a dream come true. Then we find out Chuck's 80th birthday was in 3 days and he was going to play in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill. We were invited to come if we could make it. As it turned out it was travel day and we had to drive right through St. Louis to get to our next stop in Nashville. So Billie and I said "what the question, let's go to the party!" so we shook hands and said we'll see you Wednesday. So now it's Tuesday night in KC and we are stuffed full of ribs and Steven comes up and says "we've been invited to Al Gore's house for dinner in Nashville, are you gonna come?" And here's the dilemma; do we have dinner the honorable Al Gore or attend the 80th birthday party of the father of Rock and Roll? Well, a handshake is a handshake and I let the music do the talking. We walked into Chuck's dressing room, he was sitting down listening to the Cardinals on the radio, guitar in hand and he still looked larger than life. I felt like a 17 year old kid and it hit me all at once I'm actually gonna hear him play. Then his son Butch (the guitar player in his band) came up and said "we are gonna ask you up about the 3rd or 4th song". Do you want a strat or a Les Paul? Next thing I know I'm getting pulled out of the audience and up on stage and I got to play those famous licks behind the man himself on "Rock and Roll Music" and "Round and Round". I haven't been the same since and I know I never will. Like I said to Butch "I know it was Chuck's birthday but I'm the one that got the gift".

After the show we boarded our land schooner and headed off to to Music City. A little background here. Last year when we were living in Vermont. Me, Billie and Steven saw a documentary film called "The Refugee All Stars". It's about a group of musicians who kept their band together while living in exile from their home country of Sierra Leone. The film's story was so moving it left an indelible mark on us all. I could really relate to their love of music. I knew I had to become involved with them somehow. Later in the year a chance came for Billie and I to sponsor a concert with the All Stars in Woodstock VT. We jumped at the chance and got to see them play. They had everybody dancing. This is the music and the dream of playing it that kept them alive for 8 to 10 years in the refugee camps. It's rare to see so much heart and honesty in music. Fast forward to tonight in Nashville.

The gods of the road smiled down on us again! Lo! They are playing in a theatre a mile from our hotel. They had just flown in from Africa the day before and had come directly to the Aerosmith show at Starwood. It was the first American rock show they had ever seen. So the next night Joey, Steven and I with all of our gang went into the theatre and watched them raise the roof. For the second time in a week, I was blessed to be asked onstage. Their music is reggae based and I have never played with that kind of band before but I was transported to another place and the notes just flew. They then asked Steven to come up and we jammed on a medley of Bob Marley's War and Get Up Stand Up. True transcendence. This is where the blues came from; this is where I live and breathe. I feel like a true musical pirate able to pick up chests of musical debloons and bring it to the Aerosmith stage. Writing this by the midnight oil on our headlong journey to Virginia Beach. I can't wait to see what happens next.

I'll talk to ya next time...

Joe

PS. To find out more on the Refugee All Stars go to Refugeeallstars.org. Do yourself a favor and check it out!

Tennessean.com

Entertainment: Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars,
Belcourt Theatre, 2102 Belcourt Ave., 9 p.m... [10-20-06]

In the Comment Section of the Nashville Scene, the following post by -
Mr. Pink (10.21.2006, 01:08 AM):


"Sorry y'all missed it, but the show was amazing. Once word gets out about the Joe Perry - Steven Tyler jam (they stayed in the lobby chatting with fans for 20 minutes afterward)..."

Aero Force One
October 20, 2006



You know sometimes I think my cup is beyond full but Wednesday morning I woke and limped to the bathroom from the abuse of the night before in Kansas City and thought to myself, self, “the best is yet to come”.....Mid-stream.

I got a phone call from my friend Chappy, as we call him (aka Kevin Chapman) who is one of the stars of the most critically acclaimed show on cable, (SHOWTIMES BROTHERHOOD), who asked me “do you wanna invest in a movie....?” I said, tell me about it. All he did was give me the tagline… “What if Elvis, never left the Building?” and up on my computer screen popped a picture of Chappy with Robert Patrick, (who you all know as T2 from the Terminator) fresh out of a 7 hour makeup job, who god help me, looked so much like Elvis. I said “IM IN!” Now keep in mind, at any given moment, 50 million Elvis fans can’t be wrong....so now I’m in. The movie is called “Lonely Street” and it’s in the stages of post production…so stay tuned on that front…Funny, that I’m doing a movie with Elvis, and this hotel I’m in, is 2 miles from Graceland… sometimes things just happen like that.

Put my cell phone down on the sink and it rings again, and it’s Al Gore again. This was the day I touched on about going to dinner with him. We made plans for 6 o’clock and the rest of the day was phone calls to loved ones, going through my bag, before I knew it the time had come, and I was in car with Casey and Scott, heading through the hills of Tennessee… got out of the van and he and Tipper were waiting on the steps of what seemed to be a mini-version of the White House. If Abe Lincoln lived in New York, don’t you think there would have been logs around??? I spent the next 4 hours talking about everything from Global Warming to Hypnotizing Chickens. He’s a down home country boy with an intellect of which the likes I’ve not come in contact in for a long time....

After he grilled four of the finest steaks I’d ever seen we sat down on his patio and traded stories. I told ‘em how at nine, I ran a wire up to the top of my favorite apple tree to pickup Fort Wayne Indiana (WOWO) which I could only get at night, and hence the beginning of my country and western listening. He told me how his friends once peed on an electric fence - I guess he was listening to WOWO also. We talked about his TV Channel, which ya’ll should check out. Tipper, being a long time photographer, showed me some of her pictures and a book called “The Spirit of Family” she and Al put out. The pictures were so deep I damn near fell into the book. Having spent four hours there, we hit the road, it was around 11 o’clock. It was an experience I’ll never forget. They were beyond gracious. Got to bed by 1. Woke up the next morning to a TON of interviews, after all, we are in “Music City”

6 o’clock - whizzed over to the gig - went over the ESPN/AEROSMITH/NASCAR marriage that’s gonna take place for 40 weeks. With us doing “Back in the Saddle” as in (the drivers seat) six ways from Sunday during the show in Vegas…so any fans going to the Vegas show, please bear with us and remember anyone in the audience will be seen by 200 million skazillion people during the time its shown. The production lasted an hour and a half with Tom being on speaker phone and yes, he will be there for filming. The next thing you know I’m in my stage clothes in the middle of vocal warm-ups. It was 40 degrees, of wet, whipping, misty cold wind and rain. And I said to the audience, “SORRY ABOUT THE HEAT WAVE!” and before I knew it, Joe was standing on top of the bass drum, and Kramer was playing Joe’s clear plexiglass guitar which he has setup with an octave lower bass string, in place of the E string. Put on to give him the “Back in the Saddle” low end.



What a way to end a stay in Nashville... my cup is more than full. And the still, I believe the best is yet to come...see ya ‘round when ya bend over!


With love,





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Dickson Herald, TN
October 20, 2006


Pouring rain, blustery winds, temperatures in the low 50s and an outdoor shed in Antioch.

Ready to rock ’n’ roll?

Um, no. As roadies set the stage for Aerosmith’s Starwood Amphitheatre show Thursday night, the mood among the teeth-chattering masses was decidedly unenthused.

Nashville songstress Lennon and metal band Motley Crue had already played, and the night seemed old beyond its hours. And Aerosmith was bruised by a year that had included a cancer diagnosis for bass man Tom Hamilton — replaced on this tour by David Hull — and lead health scares for lead singer Steven Tyler, who has suffered a broken blood vessel in his throat and weathered a scary Hepatitis C bout.

All this worked against the band Thursday, on an evening clearly meant for anything but outdoor music. And yet things ended up working out alright on this, the last night of Starwood’s supposedly summer season.

Hull can play the parts just fine, any dents resulting from that busted blood vessel have been pounded out of Tyler’s steely screech and guitar players Joe Perry and Brad Whitford still play with appropriate aggression and remarkable chemistry.

Perry is an absolute physical and musical marvel: Now in his mid 50s, he spent much of the show grinding out his blues-based riffs wearing a blousy shirt opened to the midriff. Like Mick Jagger, Perry appears to be about 20 years old from the neck down. Like Keith Richards, he plays with the rock wisdom of a guitar sage. Like some shirtless drunken fan at a November football game, he might well catch cold from his exploits. Perry’s only complaint about the temperature was that it made his guitars go out of tune.

Front man Tyler sounded as strong as ever as he raged his way through a set that saved many of the big hits for the encore and focused for the first hour on early-career songs like “Walkin’ the Dog” and “Seasons of Wither.” It was a set list designed for die-hards, and a glimpse up at the rain-soaked masses on the lawn indicated that there were plenty of those on-hand.

Late in the set, the band rolled out a sleazy, ferocious version of “Sweet Emotion,” and the hit parade began. Smiles abounded, the amphitheatre throbbed and roared, and the temperature... alright, the temperature stayed the same. Good, loud, American rock ’n’ roll can’t change the weather, but it does wonders for the weathered.

Aero Force One
October 20, 2006


Aerosmith - Joe Perry
Starwood Amphitheatre - 10/19/06
(Photo by Amanda from AF1)


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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
October 20, 2006


Call Them Old: But Most Definitely, not out. Chuck Berry rocked Blueberry Hill on Wednesday night at his 80th birthday party, performing with two of his kids - Ingrid and Charles Edward Berry Jr. - while his wife, Themetta Suggs Berry, and another daughter, Melody Eskridge, looked on from their ringside seats.

Berry - wearing a red-sequinned shirt and what-must-have-been vintage double-knit slacks - drew an eclectic crowd to the Loop nightspot, where he has been enshrined by owner Joe Edwards. Among those on hand to toast the new octogenarian were: Patty Bush, Debra Carnahan, Lyda Krewson and Mike Owens, Beatle Bob, Tom Stringer, Dave Torretta and Chuck and Jane Ettelson. Berry's band was joined on stage by Darryl Davis from Washington and Bob Baldori from Lansing, Mich., who occasionally performs with them on the road. Aerosmith's Joe Perry, a new Berry fan, also took to the stage. Berry's regular band members, including Bob Lohr, Jim Marsala and Keith Robinson, were all there rocking along with the legend.

Aero Force One
October 19, 2006


Berry Is On Top


Steven had a dinner date with the great Tennessean Al Gore and his wife Tipper last night and Joe Perry jammed with the great Chuck Berry. I am sure Steven will fill you in on what happened at Casa de Gore and I will let you know what happened at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room.

KC and ribs go together like salt and pepper, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Tyler and Perry. The night before the KC show we went to Joe’s favorite Rib joint in Kansas City called LC’S BBQ. The ribs and burnt ends were out of this world. The next day Joe was still jonesing for more ribs so I had asked our production assistant Ramey to send out to LC’s, The Filling Station, Arthur Bryant’s and Jack Stacks. On the way to the gig we stopped at Oklahoma Joe’s for some snacks for the ride out to Bonner Springs. There were more ribs backstage than at a sleep over at Kate Moss’s house.

The gig was awesome. On the way to the bus after the show there were a bunch of fireworks going off. Not bad either. I found out today that it was Tommy Lee setting off some of his stash.

Getting back to Chuck Berry! We arrived in St. Louis around 9:00pm and Chuck was set to go on around 10:00pm. We hung out with the owner and rock historian Joe Edwards before the show in his restaurant. He then led Joe and Billie down to the Duck Room were Chuck would be playing for 325 of his closet friends. They went back and hung out with Chuck and his son Butch and daughter Ingrid. Chuck was listening to the Cardinals game on a little boom box before he retreated to the bathroom to get dressed for the show. It’s Showtime! Joe gave Chuck a quick pat on the back and wished him good luck and went to his seats in the front row. About 3 songs in Butch called Joe up to jam on a couple of songs “Rock and Roll Music" and "Round and Round." It was a classic moment. Seeing Joe on stage playing with Chuck Berry was priceless.

I was wanting to give a shout out to Joe Edwards for making it a great week. Butch Berry for some kick ass rock and roll and great seats and our bus driver Mark Langley for getting us there.

See You on The Road!

John B.

Aerosmith: Starwood Amphitheatre, Nashville, TN
October 19, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Walkin' The Dog
Eat The Rich
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Devil's Got A New Disguise
Rattlesnake Shake
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Back In The Saddle
Walk This Way


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Kansas City Star, MO
October 19, 2006


Steven Tyler took full use of the platform that jutted into
the crowd as he and Aerosmith rocked the stage at Verizon.
(Dick Whipple, The Kansas City Star)


This was no co-headlined show. Nor was it a battle of two bands. Had it been, Motley Crue would have been smoked like a brisket at Jack Stack’s.

Tuesday night, Aerosmith and the Crue drew nearly 15,000 people to the Cell Phone Music Bowl in Bonner Springs, a huge number given the steep ticket prices: Lawn tickets went for $54, the best seats up front for $200.

Anyone who shelled out two Ben Franklins to see the Crue got shafted, unless they expected to endure inferior sound (like most opening bands, the Crue didn’t seem to get full use of the system) and accommodate a band that went through the motions most of the night.

If I’d earned a dollar for every time Vince Neil yelled “Make some (bleeping) noise!” I could have afforded a Motley Crue hoodie ($65). How about giving us something to yell about, Vince?

Watching you and Nikki Sixx hop around half-heartedly didn’t do it. And the sound was weak all night — no low end, the vocals were murky and Tommy Lee’s drums were way out in front. Can you hear me now? Yes, but the reception sucks.

There were several loud outbursts of recognition when the Crue played its hits. The sing-alongs during the power ballads (“Same Old Situation” and “Home Sweet Home”) were impressive; and there was plenty of fist-pumping and head-banging during “Dr. Feelgood” and “Looks That Kill.” But nearly all of the energy was coming from the crowd, not the stage.

Aerosmith changed that quickly (despite playing with a stand-in for bassist Tom Hamilton, who is recovering from throat cancer). Granted, they had a much fuller sound, and they had access to the long platform that ran out into the high-dollar seats. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry made good use of that all night.

This seemingly was Aerosmith’s fifth appearance here in eight years or fourth in seven. Whatever. No matter. Each time it shows up, it rocks the hell out of the place, and the crowd goes nuts all night, without once getting ordered to make some freaking noise.

Aerosmith opened with “Toys in the Attic” — so much for foreplay. From there, it bounced around its 36-year catalog, from classic-rock staples like “Dream On” and “Sweet Emotion” to later hits like “Crazy.” The band also plugged yet another Aerosmith greatest-hits collection by playing the brand-new single “Devil’s Got a New Disguise.” That one paled in comparison to similar rock-blues exercises like “Walkin’ the Dog” and the cover of “Baby Please Don’t Go.”

Tyler and Perry are both in their late 50s, but long clean and sober, they have evolved beyond rock stardom. They are also entertainers. At the end of “Draw the Line,” Perry stood at the end of the platform, bare-chested (because he has the pecs and abs for it), beating his guitar with his shirt.

And Tyler showed all night why he rivals Mick Jagger, whether he was honking on his blues harp, strutting and dancing around suggestively or coercing a few women up front (with help from the videographers) into giving the rest of the crowd a little mammo-cam.

The show lasted a hair over 75 minutes, which seems like a light work day given the ticket prices. But by then more than three hours had passed since Motley Crue appeared and became the perfect act to follow.

Aero Force One
October 18, 2006



You know, sometimes around this many shows in, the scene backstage with Johnny B turns into a bit of a cluster f**k with "well, we did that song last time, lets change it up... nah, the audience isn't gonna like that... they didn't respond..." or in the case of "Rattlesnake Shake," we just let it all hang out, because of the history of it. So right about now I'm thinking to myself... what do all the fans wanna hear and I mean fuc*in seriously. I'm interested in what the fans want to hear. We do it in Japan before we go over, with their fan club, and it goes over great.

SO LAY IT ON ME

Amanda said we're gonna gather fans setlists so send it over to setlist@aeroforceone.com

Things are crazy. I'm on my way to have dinner with someone of global importance. Vice President Al Gore.... you know you've made it when...

I'll send another update after Nashville.

Don't forget to please watch AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH!

I promise the next one will be longer. We've had tons of meetings and phone calls with the NASCAR thing coming up. I promise they all won't be short. But this one's all about what YOU guys want.

With love.

ST



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Nashville Scene, TN
October 18, 2006


Aerosmith’s Joe Perry on the Refugee All Stars


Jack Silverman: How did you hear about the Refugee All Stars?

Joe Perry: I have a farm in Woodstock, Vt., and one of the directors of the movie lives in Woodstock. Two winters ago, we were up in Woodstock with Steven [Tyler]. We were spending the weekend up there hanging around and we saw this movie playing. We thought it was actually going to be a live band, but it was a movie. So we went in and saw the documentary. It was absolutely mind-blowing. It’s such an amazing story—we were speechless. We talked to Zach [Niles, one of the directors], because we got to know him a little bit, and he said they were going to try to get them here in the States. So as they were lining up gigs, they called because they were looking for some help to bring them up to Woodstock. My wife and I said, “How much do you need? We’ll write the check.” So we did, they came up, and we saw them play last summer. It was great. They’re an incredible band. And when you see them back-to-back with the movie, it’s stunning. We all talk about the power of music and all that. But when you see how important the music is to them, how it kept them alive, it’s amazing.

JS: So you’ve become a supporter of the band.

JP: I’ve been trying to help out, talking about them in interviews, things like that. When I found out we were going to be in town at the same time, I just wanted to get out there and wave the flag a little bit.


JS: You’re playing Nashville the night before the Refugees’ Belcourt show. Will you stay and see them play?

JP: Yes, we’re going to stay and see them play. We’re looking forward to it. They have their more modern style of music, the reggae-influenced music. But then they come out and do an acoustic set, more traditional African music with all the great harmonies, and it’s really amazing. We were blown away.

JS: Have you had any other experiences with them?

JP: I hooked them up with Gibson to get them some guitars. One of the guitar players is left-handed. Somebody had showed him a Gibson SG, and when he saw those extra frets he could get to, he said, “I didn’t know they made guitars like this! There are so many more notes I can get to!” So I had them find him a left-handed one. He didn’t know they made left-handed guitars. We got them some guitars, and I helped them out with whatever equipment they needed.

Aero Force One
October 18, 2006



Aerosmith - Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - 10/17/06
(Photo by Amanda from AF1)


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Aerosmith: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Kansas City, MO
October 17, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Walkin' The Dog
Eat The Rich
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Devil's Got A New Disguise
Last Child
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


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Kentucky.com, KY
October 17, 2006


Due in stores Tuesday:


Music:   Ruben Studdard, The Return; Jerry Garcia, The Very Best of Jerry Garcia; Aerosmith, Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith; Lonestar, Mountains; Dierks Bentley, Long Trip Alone.

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance (Press Release)
October 17, 2006


BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celebrate the launch of Aerosmith's new "Devil's Got a New Disguise" greatest hits album which comes out this week by ordering tickets to any of seven new stops that Aerosmith has added to its "Route of All Evil" tour in December. Aero Force One (AF1), Aerosmith's Official Fan Club, is offering fans the opportunity to be among the first to purchase premium ticket and fan experience packages for the events prior to the open of regular ticket sales to the general public.

AF1 ticket package presales go on sale this week via www.aeroforceone.com according to the following schedule.



Concert Date -- City & Venue -- AF1 Ticket Package Presale Begins
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Fri. 12/01/06 -- Detroit, MI (Joe Louis Arena) -- Thurs. 10/19, 10 AM EDT (9 AM CDT)

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Tue. 12/05/06 -- Montreal, PQ (Bell Centre) -- Thur. 10/19, 9 AM EDT

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Thu. 12/07/06 -- Minneapolis, MN (Target Center) -- Wed 10/18, 10 AM EDT (9 AM CDT)

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Sat. 12/09/06 -- Edmonton, AB (Rexall Place) -- Thurs. 10/19, 11 AM EDT (9 AM MDT)

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Mon. 12/11/06 -- Calgary, AB (Saddledome) -- Thurs. 10/19, 11 AM EDT (9 AM MDT)

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Wed. 12/13/06 -- Vancouver, BC (GM Place) -- Thurs. 10/19, 11 AM EDT (8 AM PDT)

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Sun. 12/17/06 -- Sacramento, CA (Arco Arena) -- Wed 10/18, 11 AM EDT (8 AM PDT)

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How to order -

First, join Aero Force One, Aerosmith's official fan club! All fan club members, regardless of seniority, can participate in AF1 ticket presales and sales. Second, go to the AF1 web site, www.aeroforceone.com, managed by Paid, Inc (OTCBB: PAYD - News) for the most convenient way for fan club members to buy tickets and access tour information. The fan club membership/AF1 hotline is 508-791-3807 and ticketing information hotline is 508-791-3853, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.

AF1 members can purchase a maximum of four ticket packages per show, from a variety of fan experience packages that include tickets, backstage tours and photo ops, pre-concert parties with prizes, and exclusive AF1 memorabilia. Tickets and ticket packages will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. A portion of the best seats available for the fan club in all venues will be reserved for the most senior members of AF1 independent of the level of ticket package they purchase.

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Port Folio Weekly, VA
October 17, 2006


As most bands from the classic rock era of the 1970s have become shadows of their former glory days and tour as an oldies nostalgia act with few original members, Aerosmith continues to overcome adversities to remain one of the best live rock-n-roll acts.

Much has been said of their excesses in the ‘70s and ‘80s. The band members have all combated the personal demons of alcohol and drug abuse and are said to have been clean and sober for the last 20 years. But other health issues have dogged the group.

Singer Steven Tyler recently acknowledged he was diagnosed three years ago with hepatitis C and underwent 11 grueling months of chemotherapy that "almost killed me." Bassist Tom Hamilton was diagnosed with throat cancer this year and has not rejoined the band on the road, and likely will not play locally when the bad boys from Boston return to the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater on October 21. Still they persevere.

Aerosmith made its debut in 1973 with a self-titled album that included "Dream On." The next three years would see Aerosmith establish itself in rock music history by releasing the best works of its career: Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, and Rocks. The quintet has had several hits since, such as "Ragdoll" (1987), "Love in an Elevator" (‘89) and "Cryin’ (‘93), but the songs of the last decade pale in comparison to the brilliance of their earlier works.

"It’s interesting to look at those because those songs were written when we were still trying to make it," said guitarist Joe Perry. "I mean, (by)’Walk This Way,’ obviously we had reached success beyond anything we had expected. But when Steven wrote "Dream On" — I don’t think that we had even been signed at that point — it came from that place, right from his heart. He’s singing about what he knows: "Dream until your dreams come true." So that is a very important lesson because as an artist gets older and has some success, you’ve got to figure out what it is that put you in that desperate strait that made you want to write and touch that spot. That’s why you see less and less inspirited music over the course of people’s careers and it’s more of the rarity than the norm for somebody to go the opposite way and be more creative, more inspired throughout their career. A lot of those things have been satisfied and needs have been met.

"I’ve got to say, a lot of people want to be rock stars because they wanted to have videos on MTV and they wanted to be getting out of the limos with the chicks and all that. And once they got that, it’s like: this is going to be it forever. I can put out any kind of crappy music I want. And all of a sudden they find themselves without a career. That’s the kind of thing that happens. Mass media can take one song and you can have a career about it. But unless you’re really clear about what you’re in it for, it’s really fickle. It comes and goes. You have to weigh the ups and downs, because that’s what it’s going to be. It’s not like it was in 1966, ‘67, when no matter what record you put out you had fans that would buy it. Every time the Beatles put out a new record you’d go out and buy it. But then we were used to getting a great record every time. Every time we heard a new Beatles record, it had ten singles on it for cryin’ out loud. And the same with the Stones.

"I remember buying records. If I was a fan of the band I always bought their record sight unseen and played it over and over again until I liked it. Slowly I started to realize that some of the stuff is just filler. Then you stop liking the band. It’s like when people take for granted they’re selling out the arenas every night and they put on shitty shows. I know. I was in one of those bands (Aerosmith in the late ‘70s). You suffer the consequences of it. If you loose your fans…when they put down their hard-earned money for a ticket or a record they deserve to get the best you can give them. That’s the first and foremost bylaw in the Aerosmith rulebook."

Aerosmith is currently touring with an extraordinary stage production that’ll feature a 70-foot long ramp which will extend straight out into the audience. Mötley Crüe is the opening act.

Aerosmith’s recent scheduled appearances in Virginia Beach have been called off due to national catastrophes (9/11), a hurricane, and illness. The one gig that did happen was as a double bill with Kiss, and they waxed the masked men of mediocrity.

Expect all the hits, including "Sweet Emotion," "Janie’s Got a Gun," and "Walk this Way." They’re touring in support of another greatest hits collection, Devil’s Got a New Disguise, which comes out this week.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
October 16, 2006


Spinal Tap turned their amps up to 11. On Sunday night, Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe hit 12 and beyond as their Route of All Evil Tour stopped at UMB Bank Pavilion.

Although Aerosmith was the headliner, the evening was split as evenly as it could be. Each band cranked out a baker's dozen worth of tunes over sets lasting about 75 minutes that were considerably shorter than if each had been touring solo. But when the smoke cleared -- literally -- the fans were the winners.

Boston-based Aerosmith dealt with the shorter set by reverting to 1973 form: a blues-based boogie band with a couple of layers of glam spread over the top. Gone from the set list were late-'80s, early-'90s hits such as "Love in an Elevator," "Janie's Got a Gun" and "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)."

Even the power ballads that kept the band on top during the MTV years were kept to a minimum: "Crying" and the granddaddy of all power ballads, the still exciting "Dream On."

Instead, singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry led the band through the blues of Rufus Thomas' "Walkin' the Dog," Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go" and Fleetwood Mac's "Stop Messin' Around," each one crackling with the guitars of Perry and Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer's solid drumming and Tyler's manic, perpetual-motion showmanship.

But they didn't ignore the hits, treating a boisterous crowd to "Toys in the Attic," "Sweet Emotion" and the encore of "Walk This Way."

Tyler and Perry, their hair, scarves and coats flying about their middle-age but still skinny frames, were the focus, stalking the stage and taking it down a runway a dozen rows into the audience. Tyler, dragging his trademark microphone stand, added some nice touches on harmonica, and was vocally in charge despite a few off-key moments.

Aerosmith was abetted by the tasty keyboard and vocal work of Russ Irwin, and by bassist David Hull, filling in for Tom Hamilton, who is battling throat cancer. High-resolution video, laser lighting, local film shot at the Arch and at Busch Stadium, and other multimedia wizardry added to the excitement of the show, but they are gimmicks this band really doesn't need.

Veteran headbanger act Mötley Crüe delivered its sledgehammer rock amid explosions, balls of fire, women dancing in cages, devilish imagery, black leather and, oh yes, a choreographed chicken "sacrifice." The band's adoring fans, many of whom could not have been alive when "Live Wire" kicked off its first album in 1981, applauded every pose.

Singer Vince Neil struggled at times to be heard above the all-out attack of bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist Mick Mars and human tabloid Tommy Lee -- and let's give Lee some well-deserved respect as a drummer. But the band hit its stride midset with "Same Old Situation" and thundered home behind hits including "Louder Than Hell," "Sick Love Song," "Primal Scream" and "Girls, Girls, Girls."

Aero Force One
October 16, 2006


Gateway to the West




St. Louis and Kansas City are always one of my favorite stops on the tour. Whenever we go to Detroit I always say to Joe “wouldn't it be great to get Aretha Franklin to the show?” and when we go to St. Louis I say “Let's get Chuck Berry out here”! We kind of laugh it off. Well this time I started early. In fact it was about 3 weeks ago. I made a call to the restaurant and club called Blueberry Hill that is on Delmar in St. Louis. A few years earlier I had walked down this cool street and stumbled upon this club. It had a lot of memorabilia on the walls and looked like a place right up my alley. I had heard that Chuck Berry had some connection with it. When I called I was put into a man named Joe Edward's voicemail. I explained who I was and when Joe called me back I explained that Joe Perry would love for Chuck Berry to come to the Aerosmith show in Saint Louis. Joe Edwards said he would relay the message to Chuck. Some days went by and Joe called back and said that Chuck would have to decline the invitation that he made a commitment to go to the St. Louis Rams football game and that the concert might be a little too much for the 80 year old. However Chuck was familiar with Joe and wanted to meet him. It seems Joe Edwards reminded Chuck that JP said some very complimentary things about him in an issue of Rolling Stone and he wanted to thank him. So Chuck invited Joe down to Blueberry Hill for lunch with Billie and Roman on Saturday afternoon and I got to tag along and bring Joe's tech Jim Survis as my lunch date. When we arrived we were escorted to a large table in the back and sitting there was a few of Chuck's friends and also his son Butch and his grandson Wolphie. After a few minutes the man himself came walking towards the table. Bigger than life in walked the father of guitar rock. This guy started it all. The first person ever inducted into Rock and Roll's hall of Fame was here in the flesh, with his customary captain's hat perched on his head. He was introduced to everyone in Joe's entourage and he sat right down right next to JFP. The two Guitar Gods talked for about an hour and they chatted about guitars, touring and how to keep fit on the road. Chuck and his son invited the Perry's to his 80th birthday party that takes place on Wednesday. Chuck will perform that night with his full band. It was the perfect way to start our great stay in St. Louis followed by a trip to the St. Louis arch and a kick ass gig at UMB Bank Pavillion. 20,000 people packed the place on a nice 70-degree fall evening.


Photo Amanda Ayre

I will put up some pictures I took as soon as I get clearance from Chuck.

Steven went to the Cardinals game Saturday night. As you guys and girls may remember the Demon threw out the first pitch at a Cardinals game in 1998 when Mark McGuire was chasing Roger Maris for the single season home run record. This time he sang God Bless America before the 7th inning stretch. He had a blast sitting in his Box seats. Steven's last ball game was in 2004 when he sang the anthem at the first game of the World Series at Fenway. So it's a good bet that when Steven sings the home team wins!

See You on the Road!

John B.

Aero Force One
October 16, 2006




Good morning I just woke up and its 12:38 in St. Louis.

Couldn’t get to sleep. it seems the stitch line and the screws they put in my left toe has new nerves growing. So I had jump foot all night. Couldn’t sleep. Doctors say I went off my meds too early.

Cant sing on that shit anyway.

Saturday afternoon jumped in our rent-a-van, only to see Joe Perry’s bus, across the street under the arch, by the freeway, where it just so happened that we pulled over.. to take our multitude of gratuitous local shots wherever we can.

If I had my way, I would’ve climbed up the arch. And sang “PINK” while base jumping off the top into a small kiddie pool. Oh well, a boy can dream. And speaking of dreams.. Saturday night, that night, an hour before the NLCS game between the Cardinals of St Louis, and the other team from New York.. (oh, that’s right, the Mets) I was taking more footage out in front of the stadium. (hopefully we’ll post that soon)

And we realized the game was in an hour!... I called up our guy from clear channel, Steve Dramalowski, he said, I’ll see what I can do.. 10 minutes later, we had 8 tickets, and since there was only five of us in the car, we needed an extra three. Called up Steve Lemon, who’s our production mgr, with his significant other, and Missy our assistant production manager. (or the girl you saw me sitting next to on tv) walked in during the 1st inning, were quickly shown our seats. And after 5 minutes, my phone rings, and its Liv, she’s on the set of her new movie, with her co-star, who’s an avid baseball fan, who just happened to turn on the tv in his trailer, and said, “Hey Liv, I just saw your dad on tv!” so she called me… while im on the phone, my other line rings, and its Marti Frederiksen who said, “Dude, I just saw you on TV!” the cameras were on us like flies. Its good to be the king.

Then it happened… the director of the event, came over to me, and I knew something was up.. she asked me if I would sing “God Bless America”, and I thought, well, there’s 48,000 people in the stands… what the hell.

Was escorted back into the Cardinals locker room, met future hall of famer Tony Larussa, and their rock n roll hitter, Scott Spiezio, who has much of St Louis dying their goatees red. And a handful of players wives and kids.. Drank some tea, and hit the field. Standing next to a gentlemen from the honor guard who after I did God Bless…he went into “take me out to the Ball Game” and I chimed in for the last verse… and that last bit was televised.. you may have seen it.

All because I wanted a hot dog, and some good ole fashioned fun on my day off. What a crowd, what a mob, what a show.

Woke up the next morning with a little’ what the f just happened!!!!?!?” only to be grand slammed by the crowd at the show.

More than half of em were dealing with a hangover from last nights win. But all in all it was rip-roaring.

Things all around, were a bit ‘off’ backstage before the show. My stereo wasn’t working in my dressing room, it was quiet… there was a vibe in the building… there was no music during the meet n greet… and then my phone rang, and it was Tom calling me back. (I phoned him earlier when things were off, and I notice there was picture of him on the wall at the venue.. maybe it was his way of pranking telepathically) he told me he was healing slow, but things like he’s been through I know, takes along time to go through.. He knew that and I knew that. And I said to him, ‘we’re all warming up, grab your bass and join us from there..” he’d been upstairs talking to his son, who had been to a GWAR concert the day before. And probably couldn’t get him to sleep.

Gotta jump, Al Gore’s on the other line…. We’re talking about doin somethin with him, based on his documentary.

GO OUT AND GET IT NOW.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

JOE PERRY AND I, SAY, IF YOU ARE AN AEROSMITH FAN, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE.



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October 16, 2006


Aerosmith - UMB Bank Pavilion - 10/15/06
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Aerosmith: UMB Bank Pavilion, St. Louis, MO
October 15, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Walkin' The Dog
Eat The Rich
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Devil's Got A New Disguise
Last Child
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


Thanks to: Aero Force One

Online Rock Radio, Greece
October 16, 2006


The plaster leg cast that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler had to wear a few months ago was sold in a benefit auction. The winning bid was $1,009.97. The white plaster cast features the singer's autograph, and he also added the inscription "Walk This Way!" The winning bidder will also get to have Tyler add a personalized message. Proceeds from the auction will go to the Middlesex Human Service Agency in Waltham, Massachusetts, which Tyler personally selected because of their work with people dealing with issues like substance abuse, homelessness, education, and mental health and legal issues.

Aerosmith and Motley Crue continue their Route Of All Evil tour.

Aerosmith will release a new greatest-hits collection this week, called Devil's Got A New Disguise.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
October 15, 2006


Aerosmith's lead guitarist and rock 'n' roll hall of famer Joe Perry got into town a day early for his concert Sunday night at the UMB Bank Pavilion so he could meet up with our town's legendary rock 'n' roller, Chuck Berry. Perry, 56, and his wife, Billie Perry, and one of their sons wanted to wish Berry well on his upcoming 80th birthday. They had lunch at Blueberry Hill with three generations of the Berrys - Grandpa Chuck, son Charles Jr. and grandson Charles III. Blueberry Hill owner Joe Edwards said it was one of the most fun afternoons of music talk and chitchat that he's had in a long time.

Yahoo! News
October 14, 2006


Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler sings 'God Bless America' in the middle of the seventh inning during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, in St. Louis.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)



Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler (R) is joined by an Air Force master sergeant as they lead fans in singing 'God Bless America' during Game 3 of the NLCS playoff baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets in St. Louis, October 14, 2006.
(Hans Deryk/Reuters)

Aero Force One
October 14, 2006

Steven and Joe recently did an interview with Dan Neer / Premiere Radio that will be part of a one-hour radio special on Aerosmith that will air this weekend. The following stations will be airing the program, be sure to tune in:


Alabama - WTAK, WRTT
Arizona - KSLX, KLPX
California – KLOS, KSAN, KGB, KSEG, KUFX, KXFM, KMRJ, KRRX, KVRV, KZOZ, KXFX, KHIP
Colorado – KKFM, KKNN, KCRT, KPAW
Connecticut - WRKI, WMOS
DC - WARW
Florida - WBGG, WKGR, WFBX, WHOG, WRQC
Georgia - WIXV
Iowa - KCQQ, KFMW, KGGO, KKRQ
Illinois – WLUP, WRHK, WLSR, WCVS
Indianapolis - WGBF, WRBR, WWVR
Kansas - KCFX, KVGB, KDVV
Kentucky - WEKX, WKQQ
Louisiana - WKBU
Montana – KLTC
Minnesota - KQPR
Michigan - WCSX, WKLI, WLAV, WIRX, WRSR, WRKR
Missouri - KSHE, KNIM, KXUS
Maryland - WIYY
Massachusetts - WROR
Nebraska – KEZO
Nevada - KURK
New Mexico – KRWN
New Hampshire – WIDL, WMLL, WHEB, WSHK
New Jersey – WCHR, WRAT
New York - WAQX, WFNY, WBBI, WCMF, WPYX, WPDF, WPYX
North Carolina - WRFX, WRDU, WBBB, WKRR
Oregon – KGON
Ohio - WNCX, WTUE, WONE, WXKR, WRQK
Oklahoma - KRXO
Pennsylvania - WMGK, WTPA, WZZO, WQXA
Rhode Island – WHJY
South Carolina - WYAV, WYBB
South Dakota - KFXS, KYBB
Tennessee - WEGR, WSKZ
Texas – KZPS, KLBJ, KFGL, KARX, KFGL
Vermont - WKVT
Virginia - WAFX, WWWV, WXMM
Washington – KKZX, KISM, KATS, WNOR
West Virginia - WCLG, WRYV, WOBG
Wisconsin – WJLW, WIIL, WRQT, WAPL
Wyoming - KAML, KZWY, KZJH

Aero Force One
October 14, 2006


Photo By Melissa Mohoney


It was the best of times... it was the worst of times...

I believe that was the tale of two titties... ah, I mean cities...

Last night at Indianapolis Verizon center - It was the coldest of times... and the warmest of times...

We woke up in Michigan on Friday the 13th after the night before being neck-deep in a tub of bubbles and rose petals... sunglasses, top hat and a cane. Casey’s girlfriend, Melissa, walked into the bathroom willing... to shoot me. We then had breakfast, packed up all our shit, got on a plane, flew to Indianapolis, did the show, packed up all our shit... jumped on a plane and flew to St Louis... unpacked all our shit... and so I’m a little late in sending you this. Since last night, after the show, Casey and I got down and got funky with the DVD of last nights show. Michael Keeling gives us one every night to either say “f*&% it!” or be analytical and anal which, guess who’s writing this. So we make a lot of tweaks with Michael and the next show is better... hence these f*&%in’ great reviews we’ve been getting - I’m starting to get scared!!!! (tongue in cheek, or somewhere else). I know this is a massive overview, and believe me a rasher of shit went on in between... but usually, a non show day, which we’ve learned to call it as opposed to a “day off,” cuz there’s always a ton of interviews, TV shows, and various ya know, emergency’s to be tended too... so, so much for a day off.

Usually non show days for me are SHUT-UP!!! And save your voice days. And you know what its like to keep my mouth shut... next to impossible. I’m Italian - if there’s no one around I’ll talk to myself. That’s why it was so hard after the laser throat surgery... doctor Zeitels, my throat surgeon, who by the way I did a National Geographic special with at the 2nd night at Boston along with everything else - they went down my throat before, during and after the show... to see what’s doin’.

The highlight of the show for me was (and isn’t it just fitting, that in one of my last blogs... I talked about just this thing..) while I was running down the ramp right before “Seasons...” this beautiful little blonde on the right hand side unscrewed her right arm, which was a prosthetic, and handed it to me. I held it up to the audience, and they roared... and then I said... “MANY PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME THE SHIRT OFF THEIR BACK, BUT YOUR ARM!!!! ......BABY I LOVE YOOOOUUUUUUUU!!!!!

These are the kind of moments that stick in my mind forever. How could they not...

More comin from St Louis.

With Love,

-ST



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October 14, 2006


Joey Kramer, Aerosmith - Verizon Wireless Music Center - 10/13/06
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Indianapolis Star, IN
October 14, 2006


Aerosmith:    Verizon Wireless Music Center
Bottom line:     Faced with a cold snap, rock 'n' roll royalty snaps back


For an audience of 16,000 that braved “feels like” temperatures in the 30s Friday night at Verizon Wireless Music Center, their reward was a near-flawless performance from Aerosmith.

The long-running rock band opened with a clenched-fist duo of early-era classics: “Toys in the Attic” and “Mama Kin.”

Vocalist Steven Tyler walked onstage wearing a sensible ski cap and a trench coat, but he eventually discarded enough threads to reveal black spandex sleeves that covered his forearms but not his biceps.

Accented by sparkling bracelets, this suave visual surprise allowed Tyler to strike a balance between Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Manson.

In addition to looking the part of a sophisticated rocker, Tyler flaunted a voice that’s faring great following a recent surgical tune-up. Sounding youthful and elastic, he conquered every song on a list that spanned 33 years of recording.

After “Toys in the Attic” and “Mama Kin,” Aerosmith paired other tunes to give a methodical overview of its Hall of Fame career.

“Eat the Rich” and “Cryin’” represented the band’s prolonged comeback that began in the mid-1980s. “Baby Please Don’t Go” and “Stop Messin’ Around” paid tribute to the band’s bluesy roots. “Seasons of Wither” and “Dream On” showed off the band’s mind-bending, mystical side.

With this series of history lessons complete, Aerosmith moved on to new single “Devil’s Got a New Disguise.” Built on a compact groove and risqué rhymes, the catchy song may be the band’s best since 2001’s “Jaded” – and it’s twice as aggressive.

Guitarist Joe Perry didn’t play the riffs of “Devil’s” or “Eat the Rich” as if his band were adrift in soundtrack ballads or Super Bowl appearances alongside Britney Spears and ’N Sync.

More than once, Aerosmith has proved that anything is possible. The next trick may be a return to hard rock majesty achieved through raunch and justified arrogance.

The members of Motley Crue were polite enough to warm the crowd with loads of onstage pyrotechnics during their evening-opening performance.

If the California quartet has a reputation for being a ragged and careless live act, Friday didn’t do a lot to change the score.

However, fleeting moments revealed the band’s talents in the areas of melody and composition.

The slowdown groove of “Wild Side,” Tommy Lee’s precise drumming during “Looks That Kill,” and Mick Mars’ descending guitar riffs on “Same Old Situation” all impressed.

Lee embraced the weather conditions by going shirtless. The ever-brittle Mars – two years removed from hip-replacement surgery – struggled with hitting his marks as the performance wore on.

Although his quotes of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile” lacked velocity, Mars salvaged the end of Motley Crue’s time in the spotlight with a run of spooky harmonics fit for a pre-Halloween night.

Aerosmith: Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
October 13, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Mama Kin
Eat The Rich
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Devil's Got A New Disguise
One Way Street
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


Thanks to: Aero Force One

Blabbermouth.net, NY
October 13, 2006


An eight-minute audio interview with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, conducted earlier this month by Arthur P of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media).

Aerosmith will release a new best-of collection, entitled "Devil's Got a New Disguise", on October 17 via Columbia. The CD will feature two new songs — "Devil's Got a New Disguise" and "Sedona Sunrise" — while the rest of the set will be a "pared down" single-disc version of 2002's two-CD set "O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits", containing single mixes of 14 favorites from the band's tenures with both Columbia and Geffen.

Check out the "Devil's Got a New Disguise" artwork at this location.

Indianapolis Star, IN
October 13, 2006


For the luckiest rock bands, time marches on while the fans stay the same age. Young listeners discover yesterday's chart-toppers through their parents' record collections, advice from siblings, Internet research and "heritage" radio stations...

Audience members are expected to range from 10 to 60 years old when the Aerosmith/Motley Crue "Route of All Evil" tour stops tonight at Verizon Wireless Music Center.

"I just have to be very stunned," Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry says of seeing 'tweens, teens and twentysomethings when he looks out from the stage.

"It's come around so far that it's beyond being hip or cool to not like yesterday's music. It's just about good rock 'n' roll. I think younger fans just like that kind of music. They appreciate it when a band like ours comes through and they're actually going to see us play live."

Aerosmith is weathering one of the most difficult years in the band's history. Bass player Tom Hamilton hasn't performed as part of the current tour while he recovers from treatment for throat cancer. Longtime Aerosmith associate David Hull has subbed for him, and Perry says Hamilton could join the tour in late October or early November...

"The attitude of the band is strong, but we haven't had to deal with these kinds of problems before," Perry says in a telephone interview...

"It's just up to the fortunes," Perry says. "There have been enough bad things in our paths that could have taken any one of us out. It's just good luck that we've made it this far, I think."

The band's new single, "Devil's Got a New Disguise," is a no-frills, libidinous rocker that Perry says reminds him of "Night in the Ruts" -- the 1979 album that he worked on until he quit the band in the middle of recording sessions...

Perry says he and his bandmates maintain a belief that signature tracks "Dream On," "Walk this Way" and "Sweet Emotion" were only the beginning.

"I don't think we put out enough records in the early days," he says. "If we didn't spend so much time on the road, we could have put more records out. I feel like we still have a bunch of music left to write..."

Perry agrees that his band has outlasted any stigma associated with longevity.
"Classic rock doesn't have such an onerous ring to it (today)," Perry says. "It's not unusual to hear an Aerosmith song next to a Stone Temple Pilots song next to a Rolling Stones song next to a Franz Ferdinand song. It's just rock."


Aerosmith & Motley Crue

• When: 7:30 p.m. today.
• Where: Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St.
• Tickets: $200, $125, $79.50 and $45.
• Info: Call (317) 239-5151.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
October 12, 2006


The new Aerosmith-Mötley Crüe road trek isn't officially known as the Bad Boys of Rock Tour, but with these two larger-than-life legends on the bill, it could be. Instead, it's the Route of All Evil tour.

It marks the first time America's greatest rock 'n' roll band has toured with the classic wild-hair metal band, though they've often crossed paths. Aerosmith was busy in an adjacent studio while Mötley Crüe was recording its 1989 album "Dr. Feelgood," and Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler was a guest on that album.

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, interviewed from a Chicago tour stop last week, says he's glad touring together finally worked out. The bands perform separate sets, though Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee sat in on Aerosmith's set during Lee's recent birthday.

"They have an almost Alice Cooper theatrical thing going on," he says of the band known for being over the top. "That makes for good contrast with what we're doing, the basic classic-rock show."

Aerosmith is getting up in fans' faces again, attempting to rival a recent tour in which the band set up a secondary stage in the audience.

"This time we're doing a ramp down the middle, like they do in indoor places," Perry says. "This gives us a chance to get out there with the fans again and make them feel like they're part of the show."

Aerosmith had hoped to have a new CD out to coincide with the tour, but medical dramas got in the way. Tyler recently announced he is battling hepatitis C; he learned three years ago that he had it. Add that to surgery for a broken blood vessel on Tyler's right vocal cord and bassist Tom Hamilton's throat cancer, and there were few recording opportunities.

Perry said Tyler took time off after the hepatitis diagnosis, allowing Perry to put out a self-titled CD last year.

"It was a tough time for him, but the throat thing was definitely the nail-biter, because you just never know. There could've been permanent damage," Perry says. "But we had a lot of faith in him, and he has an amazing set of pipes.

"In my heart I knew he would be OK. It was the same thing with Tom, who's really strong and pragmatic about things. It's really tough for him now, and he's still out (recovering)."

In lieu of a new CD, the band released another greatest-hits collection, "Devil's Got a New Disguise, the Very Best of Aerosmith." That's not to be confused with "Aerosmith's Greatest Hits" or "Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology."

The new greatest hits set, which Perry sees more as a career retrospective, does introduce two new songs, "Sedona Sunrise" and the title track. But it focuses on staples such as "Dream On," "Sweet Emotion," "Janie's Got a Gun" and "Crazy." Perry says his favorite is 1979's "No Surprize," because Tyler nailed the group's young, wild vibe at the time.

"I think the CD will harken back to the sound of the band in the late '70s' and early '90s," he says. "We were really hitting our stride in '77, as far as in the studio and the songwriting, and I felt the same in the '90s. We figured out the best way to make this band work."

Detroit News, MI
October 12, 2006


DTE Energy Music Theatre - October 11, 2006


....As good of a job as Motley Crue did to make themselves look horrible, Aerosmith made them look even worse. The Boston rockers were a well-oiled machine, charging through 80 minutes of American rock and roll including “Toys in the Attic,” “Mama Kin” and more, leaving out more hits than Motley Crue played. When video screens flashed to footage of lions chewing on flesh during “Eat the Rich,” it might as well have been Aerosmith eating the carcasses of their tourmates.

“This is a night for nipples, isn’t it!” Tyler said to the crowd, referring to the bitter cold, rainy October evening. (Note to DTE: Next year, finish up the schedule in September.) But the chilly weather didn’t slow him, Joe Perry or the rest of the band down a bit, as they heated up the stage with a scorching 10-minute jam at the end of “Rattlesnake Shake.”

Professional renditions of rock classics such as “Sweet Emotion” and “Walk This Way” further proved Aerosmith’s supremacy. If Motley Crue ever wants to be remembered in the same breath as Aerosmith, they should dream on.

(Above photo by Brandy Baker/ The Detroit News.)

-- Adam Graham

Detroit News, MI
October 12, 2006

"I love Aerosmith more than anything else in the whole, wide world.....well, perhaps that is a bit of overstatement, but they are a really, really awesome band. Braving chilly temps and icy rain on this last-night-of-the-season at DTE Energy Music Theatre, fans packed the house to hear veteran rockers Steven Tyler and his band pound out hits like “Toys in the Attic”, “Sweet Emotion” and “Walk This Way.” The band has been playing their type of funky rock for over three decades. For a review of the show check out Detroit News Music Writer Adam Graham’s blog."

-- Brandy Baker



       
DTE Energy Music Theatre - October 11, 2006

Oakland Press, MI
October 12, 2006


Independence Township - The damp chill had the sold-out crowd breathing steam during Wednesday night's season-closing show at the DTE Energy Music Theatre.

Fortunately, Aerosmith breathed fire.

The Boston band's 13-song, 80-minute set was a hard rocking powerhouse that blew away both the audience and opening act Motley Crue, whose listless, pandering performance - particularly hampered by singer Vince Neil's MIA voice - was redeemed only by flashy pyrotechnics and special effects. Instead it was Aerosmith, whose lineup has a good eight to 10 years each on the Crue members, that ruled the night and gave a textbook display of how to rock convincingly even if you're eligible for an AARP card.

The current Route Of All Evil Tour is an odd one for Aerosmith. There's no new music save for two fresh songs, including the title track, on "Devil's Got a New Disguise," a best-of that hits stores Tuesday. Bassist Tom Hamilton has been sidelined while he recovers from treatments for throat cancer, and frontman Steven Tyler is on his first road trek since having throat surgery earlier this year.

Perhaps all of that, particularly the health concerns, infused the group with an extra bit of abandon on Wednesday, a realization of mortality that translated into a more passionate and potent attack. It's not like Aerosmith hasn't delivered a good concert or two; in fact, the group gave one just 10 months ago at the Palace of Auburn Hills. But something was clearly afoot at DTE that brought Wednesday's show up just another notch.

Coming on after a film featuring vintage images was show on the stage curtain, Aerosmith charged into "Toys in the Attic," with Tyler - hitting the high notes all note - and guitarist Joe Perry singing into the same microphone on a riser at the rear of the stage. Staircases and ramps - including one that jutted about 18 rows into the center of the pavilion - gave the group plenty of room to roam, and a massive video screen behind the band featured both close-ups and prepared material.

Aerosmith offered up plenty of favorites during the show, including hits such as "Cryin'," "Dream On," "Sweet Emotion" and the show-closing "Walk This Way," as well as album tracks like "Mama Kin," "Eat the Rich," "Seasons of Wither" and an extended "Draw the Line," with Perry paying homage to Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page both visually and musically, employing a theramin towards the end of the song. But many of the best moments came during the covers - a fierce rendering of Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go," during which a harmonica-player Tyler sang a bit of "Frosty the Snowman" to comment on the weather, and two old Fleetwood Mac songs, "Stop Messin' Around" (sung by Perry and dedicated to Hamilton) and a lengthy workout on "Rattlesnake Shake" that was so loose it ground to a sloppy but spirited conclusion.

Tyler, who donned a Detroit Tigers jersey for the encore, told the shivering DTE crowd at one point that "we've got to stop meeting like this," but his was a minority opinion. Anyone who was there more than likely walked away with an appetite for more Aerosmith - and as soon as possible.

Aero Force One
October 12, 2006

ST here........ Detroit



Well, you did it again… only this time the audience was in Detroit... We played what used to be called PINE KNOB.. I like the name for some reason, maybe its cause it sounds like a sex toy. But the audience, I mean what kind of love are you on. My in-ears broke during the encore, and I had to do “Walk This Way” Joe Perry style... with no ears in at all. Or as Joe says, “Au Nataural” once I got Lammy, my monitor mix guy, to put me in the wedges that are under the grids of the stage, it sounded sweet. And the audience was singing along to every word, and I could hear it clear as a bell. Its moments like that, I’m glad I’m wearing underwear.

“Devil’s Got A New Disguise” was thrown in the middle of the set, at the last minute.. I was a bit iffy, but Joe said, “come on man, its Detroit!” he and Johnny B, his assistant came into my dressing room 10 minutes before to talk me into it... and I bit.

After rehearsing “Devil’s” a shit load of times, at sound check before the gig on Wednesday, I had to re-fix the lyrics in the teleprompter..... )why does Steven use one you ask????????) when a girl shows me her bodacious ta-ta’s I could be in the middle of “Dream On” and go blank… Wouldn’t you… Or like the time during the Kid Rock tour, when a girl unscrewed her prosthetic arm, and shook her own hand, but held her arm up with a rose stuck down the shoulder hole for me to sniff... ...that kind of love displaces me… and sometimes plays havoc with my sense... but I love it, all in a day’s work. As long as Joey Perry doesn’t come out in a thong, I’ll be fine.

Since I wrote the lyrics to “Devil’s...” so long ago. I was a little sketchy to do it last night. But it’s the old ‘Aerosmith Lesson’ I’ve learned over and over again… it’s the game called ‘DARE TO SUCK” - just F-in do it. Besides we must stay true to our motto, which is..., anything worth doing, is worth over doing.

And oh yeah, during Dream on, I got a chance to say hey to a friend of mine, Joey O’Neil, who was home and couldn’t make the gig. Liv had called me, and said her dentist said he was hurtin’, so I called up his ass and that’s for certain. I’m gonna send him a link, that Casey shot so he can feel the love. That’s a picture of Casey at the bottom of the page - he’s been following me around for the last two weeks.



Doesn’t he look a bit Sonny Barger-ish?

He’s been filming my every move for the past two weeks…And now his girlfriend’s out here, Melissa, an unbelievable photographer, who as I write these words, I’m in the tub, full of bubbles, with a cane, and a white top hat, and sunglasses, and yes the bubbles are hiding my modesty, but man we got some good shit. We’ll give you a sneak peek with the next blog on Friday. Melissa shot the picture of me (at the top of this article...) with my hand over my face. How beyondo artsy is that. She’s that good...

Last night we went to the Capital Grill, (check out the blonde hostess), the food was unreal. Got back to the hotel, around 10 - there were a dozen or so fans waiting outside the hotel - and I just had to stick my head in and say hey. One of the girls had a tattoo on her lower back, of the original Aerosmith logo... at which time I took the opportunity to sign her ass. I know, I know... it’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. Low and behold... this afternoon on the way to the gig, there was that same girl, with an envelope full of pictures of before and after her tattooage. I don’t mind lower backs, but when girls ask me to sign there punani’s I always tell ‘em, ‘you think your boyfriend’s gonna want to see my name when he’s down yodelin in the canyon!?!?!” I think not. But then I think again, and sign anyway... it’s the little things in life, eh? Also received a slammin cane, with a sterling silver Siamese cat for a handle… you’ll see it in the pictures... and so will the guy in the alley who tries to rip me off...

Worked with Casey and Michael Keeling on Tuesday morning, day before the show, on new images for our High Def screen. I love getting under the hood, and we found some great shots of shrunken heads for “Eat the Rich,” and then Casey morphed each band member’s head on to... well... just look here, and you’ll get it... this is just Joey, we’ll show you the others later... but I said to the audience as this picture went on the screen



LIFE’S A PISSER, WHEN YER A PEEIN!

Doesn’t he look like an English lawn statue? anyway,...

What else is there to do on days off? Write songs, do interviews for British rags… talk to people for Rolling Stone random notes... called my daughters, Mia, Chelsea, and Liv, and my son, Taj and that was the end of the perfect day off.

See ya round, when you bend over...

The chat is almost here…. Stay tuned...

I can’t believe all your posts about my yada yada....

I love these blogs, and it’s cheaper than a therapist...

Love to, and always will keep it real....

ST



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Aerosmith - DTE Energy Music Theatre - 10/11/06
(Photo by Amanda from AF1)


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Aerosmith: DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
October 11, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Mama Kin
Eat The Rich
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Devil's Got A New Disguise
Rattlesnake Shake
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


* First ever live play of Devils


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October 11, 2006

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October 11, 2006


Once More Into the Breeches


Yikes, First Joey now Steven. Am I getting out of my class here? Steven and Joey are like the Boston Globe and I feel like The Malden Evening News. But anywho here goes…

Photo Amanda Ayre


Chicago was awesome! The place the guys play is massive. Probably the biggest amphitheatre in America. It used to be called The World - and that name fit perfectly. The guys amped it up and it showed. This show was the best show of the tour! There it is I said it. Rattlesnake Shake is enjoying a good run and looks like it will be in the set for a while. I hope I didn’t just jinx it. My favorite song of the set has to be S.O.S Too Bad. First off it rocks like a mother and second it is a hidden gem that has been played more in the last 2 years than the band’s previous 34 years in existence. Things seem to be coming together. Lights, Sound and above all action. Has anyone noticed how Brad is blowing the doors off places? Joe has been logging a lot more miles on his PF Flyers than on recent tours and Steven is hitting notes most singers would need a ladder to reach. My favorite line to people who want to get backstage is “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” but I gotta tell ya our crew and the local crew guys are busting ass trying to get Aerosmith on within a half hour of Motley. It has been right around 35-40 mins now but everyday it gets better. A lot of these outdoor places are kind of small back there so it is like trying to load out in a funnel. Motley puts on a great show but these crew guys are cleaning up pyro residue, drum sticks, fake blood, bras, condoms and high heels every night - so it takes a while.

I got to go out in Chicago and see one of my all time favorite bands The Upper Crust. They played at really cool place called the Abbey Pub. The band that opened up for them was a band called “Supagroup.” These guys are from New Orleans and they were awesome. They were straight ahead rock from the 70’s. Kinda Black Crowes meets ACDC. I went to the merch stand and bought 2 of their CD’s. I looked on the back and found out old friend Kevin Shirley produced it. Kevin as you may know produced Nine Lives and has been involved with Zeppelin, Journey and Silverchair to name a few. Go out and get music from this band and you will not be disappointed. Coincidently The Upper Crust opened for Aerosmith at the tail end of the 90’s in Boston. Go check them out too. If ACDC were alive in the mid 1700’s they would sound and look like these guys. With Lord Bendover, Duc d’Istortion on guitar, Greek Tycoon Jackie Kickassis on drums and Count Bassie on the 4 strings these guys make Classic Rock and I mean classic. Once More into the Breeches is on my ipod right now.

Tommy Lee sits in on Last Child baby!    Photo: Amanda Ayre


Tommy Lee played drums during “Last Child” in Toronto. I guess it was his birthday. Last Child is his favorite song and he nailed it. Joey handed the sticks off to Tommy like Carl Lewis was handing off to Alonzo Babers. He crushed through the rest of the song to the delight of the 15,000 fans.

Steven has had a videographer following him around recording every move he makes. At first you think what the F%&K is this and then after a while you don’t even notice it. I’m not quite sure what he is going to do with it but I’m sure he is going to have some pretty interesting stuff. I’m really looking forward to St. Louis and Nashville. Great cities.



Word has it the Refugee All Stars will be playing in Nashville while we are there. If you are in the area go check them out. It may change how you look at things.


See You on the Road!


John B.

Detroit News, MI
October 11, 2006


"...Proving he doesn't do all of his shopping at Leathers R Us, Motley Crue guitarist Nikki Sixx was spotted in the men's department of Neiman Marcus at the Somerset Collection on Tuesday. The Crue plays with Aerosmith at DTE Energy Music Theatre tonight..."

Blabbermouth.net, NY
October 10, 2006


Launch Radio Networks reports: Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Brad Whitford have shown their respect for American service personnel in a low-key way. Perry and Whitford made a visit to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on September 29 to see troops who have been injured in combat. The guitarists went room to room, signed autographs, and posed for pictures over the course of about four hours at the facility, and they even had some of the patients come to a show the following night in Bristow, Virginia.

Aerosmith and Motley Crue bring their Route Of All Evil tour to Clarkston, Michigan, tomorrow (Wednesday, October 11).

Cincinnati Enquirer, OH
October 10, 2006


Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler struts across
the Riverbend stage Monday night.
(The Enquirer / Leigh Taylor)


If kicking hard drugs is the greatest thing to have ever happened for Aerosmith, teaming up with Motley Crue might be next best.

Monday night's double-bill at Riverbend brought out the best in the Boston classic rockers. The short set – 12 songs in barely 80 minutes – was also the best of their many Riverbend stops over the past decade. The band wasted no time between tunes and went for the throat with each selection. Most of the fat of their ‘90s comeback was omitted. After all, they can’t be doing sappy songs like “Amazing” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” when the shed is half-full of savage Crue fans.

The concise set focused on Aerosmith’s finest days, the 1970s, and the blues sounds that helped shape their own. It began with a blistering “Toys in the Attic,” with front man Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry singing into the same mic on a ramp at the apex of the stage set-up. Later in the song, they met up again on a runway leading halfway into the pavilion seats.

Other ‘70s hits and lesser-known gems populating the set list included “Seasons of Wither,” “Dream On,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Draw the Line,” the encore “Walk This Way” and “S.O.S. (Too Bad),” featuring a great solo by guitarist Brad Whitford. Drummer Joey Kramer completed the core lineup of the band. Bassist David Hull filled in for Tom Hamilton, who is recovering from several weeks of radiation treatment and chemotherapy for throat cancer. Russ Irwin played keyboards.

Portions of the first half of Aerosmith’s set came off like an audition for the next Tall Stacks music festival, as the band dug into its blues roots and worked up versions of Rufus Thomas’ “Walkin’ the Dog,” Big Joe Williams’ “Baby Please Don’t Go,” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Stop Messin’ Around.”

For their part, Motley Crue played no blues. It was a fairly standard-issue performance that stuck to anthems that have become singalongs for a generation of hard rock and metal fans, songs like “Dr. Feelgood,” “Live Wire,” “Girls Girls Girls” and “Kickstart My Heart.”

The set design had a familiar air about it as well, leaning on those things that make up the three cornerstones of a Motley Crue concert stage: pyrotechnics, smoke machines and caged women. If there aren’t two women, each in her own cage, suspended from the rafters during the performance of “Looks that Kill,” is the song even worth playing?

The visuals were perhaps a bit more inspired for “Shout at the Devil,” which on a video screen a rendering of the song’s title character was superimposed onto the flickering image of George W. Bush. In the video montage, the president was in the company of Stalin, Hussein, Hitler and bin Laden.

Bush should rest better knowing he is not the only target of the Crue’s ridicule. The crowd was on its feet throughout the band’s set, and bassist Nikki Sixx asked everyone to have a seat for a moment.

“Look around,” he said. “This is what it would be like at a (expletive) Bon Jovi concert.”

It was an episode proving once again that there is nothing more enticing than to witness drama unfold within the hair-metal community.

Aero Force One
October 10, 2006


ST here........ Cincinnati


Its about a deuce of ticks... and me and Scott and Casey and Jim our Tour Manager just flew in on a private jet from Cincinnati. We're here at the hotel in Detroit - just thought about calling up Pam and Kid Rock, cause I know they live here, to find out a good place to get a pedicure and a manicure in town. But I'll wait til tomorrow when I wake up. The show tonight was unreal again, seems every night gets better to me. Joe came into my dressing room tonight and pleaded with me to do “Devils got a new Disguise” saying he thought everyone in the band knew it, but I decided to wait till the sound check in Detroit, which we have to do.

It was beautiful in Cincy, 70 degrees, I even got in a hoot in to the crowd, I said in the middle of the show “WHO DEY!!!!” and 20,000, people said “WHO DEY” and I said WHO DEY AGAIN, and they said, WHO DEY again, and I responded with a WHO DEY THINKS GONNA BEAT THEM BENGALS. Having overheard on the radio that was the chant for the Bengals football team.

...I've never been a big fan of sports, unless you talk about the wild thing.. Lookout baby I'm keeping score, and the ones that ain't, I show the door.

I better get my book out quick...- I’m getting a lot of hits on “DEVILS... Sometimes my train of thought makes all the stops... the fans in Cincinnati were RABID, just the way I like it, I'd run up and down the runway, slappin five - that kind of stuff to me NEVER gets old. I love getting’ in your face. And sometimes bitin’ a few lips..

But all in a day's work, standin next to Joe Perry, you know how he incites me into a riot.


Photo: Amanda Ayre

What you don’t know is there’s a guy standin’ stage left, named John Lammey, who gives me an in-ear mix that sometimes sounds better than the records. He sometimes puts the effects in places I wish I had on the albums.. he and I are getting tighter…as opposed to some of the other people that have tried to mix my in-ears, this guy was in a cover band, called ‘draw the line’ out of Boston, and out of their minds. So he knows all the in, and outs, to most of the songs. And therein lies the magic of my insanity onstage. If you took my in-ear mix and made a record out of it, it might be a right vocal loud, so I don’t have to scream into the mic, and it might be good enough to sell as a live record.

Anyway, that’s what gets me off these days, even more than the drugs.. cuz the next day, with music, my ears are woooshin a little. But the next day on drugs.. is hells kitchen, and I ain't goin there no more. Checked into my room in Michigan, to a box of goodies from Lorie Karbel - she’s got a great store here In town, that ya’ll should check out. You might even bump into moi. (to those of you without a Brazilian, that’s ME in French) She’s always got great oils and smell-ums and bath robes, softer than a baby’s ass.

See you all at the DTE Energy center.. and O’YEAH, it will be the 1st time we play “Devils got a new Disguise”... I cant wait.

Catch you on the flip side.

Love,

ST




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October 10, 2006


Aerosmith - Riverbend Music Center - 10/09/06
(Photo by Amanda from AF1)


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Aerosmith: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
October 9, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Walkin' The Dog
S.O.S. (Too Bad)
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Buried Alive/Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Eat The Rich
Rattlesnake Shake
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


Thanks to: AeroFANatic.bigbig.com

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October 9, 2006

ST here - Chicago/Wisconsin



Ya'll kicked my ass yesterday when I read about your anger and me being edited.

Someone very dear to me, that I love very much, confused my meaning of when I spoke about being lonely in the hotel room with about me falling off the face of the earth with depression. I have never been depressed. Depression is not in my blood. I wake up every morning to the face of that guy that you saw on stage last night and my kids. And you're screaming at shows. So depressed I'm not. Lonely, I was. I didn't want to give it all away, but since you asked, the lonely was from my girlfriend, taking off for a week. She's an accountant and has 27 other tours to look after, so I didn't have anyone to rub my head that night.... and I’m not gonna say which one. I'm an Aries...touchy feely, use my horns a lot and blah, blah, blah…

anyway

Its hard to pick out who's a hawker and a dealer, and who's a true fan from the people that hang out in front of the hotels, but on any good day I'm a sympathetic fool who lives by the words 'give it away, 'give it away, 'give it away now. Sometimes, like the rest of the world, its all about weather you made love the night before. If anybody out there, is sexually active, think about how when you make love in the morning, the rest of the day goes juuuuuustttt fine!

I’m not talkin’ about just in an elevator, although that is one of the kinkiest places to get off. So if I pass on signing anything of yours.... know that I just didn't get it in a while.

So noticing that the same fans, were outside of the hotel that we're at in Chicago for 5 days, I just want to tell you what I've done while I've been here.

On Friday, day off between, Tinley Park, and Alpine Valley, I hoofed it over to Chess Records Museum.

Tim Rozner, our old production manager, early 90's, is involved with Blues Heaven, and Marie Dixon was standing at the door with two of the most beautiful black brothers I've seen in a long time.

Let me just give you a quick synopsis of what that building 2120 South Michigan Avenue means to me.

You know that little building down south that everyone visits? I think it’s called Graceland? Well, Graceland as we know it, wouldn't have been built without the goings down at 2120.

Oh, and another thing... ever hear the song that a burly white cat named Jim sang.... "I am...your backdoor man!!!" or a couple of my pals from Leeds sang...."You need cooolin....baby Im not fooling…” just a couple of ditty's that were originally written and recorded at 2120 South Michigan Avenue by Willie Dixon.

I saw with my own eyes, the lyrics, yes bits and pieces were taken, but the original, Whole Lotta Love. Obviously the brilliance of Led Zeppelin, came from the influence of Willie Dixon. Obviously the influence of Elvis, came from the same black musicians, that walked up the steps that I walked up at 2120. I stood in the room they recorded in.

One of the guys that worked there, ran downstairs and got me a Willie Dixon harmonica. I played it in the same room they recorded in and I sang my ass off in there. Yes, I got it all on film... Casey was there with me.

But just like in 1970 when I went to Madison Square Garden and met Zeppelin backstage before the show, Robert Plant walked me out on the stage before they let the people in, and for some reason I laid on my back at the edge of the stage and put my head over the side and looked at the immensity of the building just to feel it so I’d never forget. Just as for some reason I did that, I had to sing in that room that they sang in. When I went to Jerusalem 12 years ago I walked the walk that Jesus walked. Just to feel, to get as close as, as I could...today...having not been there back then is what I live for. I used the same bathroom there... I went into the control room and looked out the window. I felt the glass that felt all the vibrations that felt all those sessions.

I went down to the basement and was told the folklore that Chuck Berry slept there during his tax evasion years... all rumor? Oh yeah... but I went in the room that was once walled off, to be an ally type thing, that was sealed shut with one door and on one end were speakers, that each musician would come out of. And way down of the other end was a microphone that picked up the echo. The first echo chamber and I’m standing in it – smelling…touching…feeling the vibes that all those great black artists that walked through those doors left in memorial… and is entombed in that shrine forever...

And guess what?...It’s open to the public. You can walk the walk that Sonny Boy Williamson did. You can see the face of Taj Mahal on the wall of other plaster faces. By the way, I named my son after him.

The three greatest birthing grounds of music have to be

Abbey Road

Chess Records

and Sun Studios

Please...what's the question. Sure there's other places, like my barn, where I sang "jaded" you know, and other peoples barns, where great hits are being sung... but these are the places that influence us all.

If you've ever been to the baseball, basketball, or football hall of fame... it’s something like that. Only it’s more emotional. Think of how many babies were born to "I just Wanna Make, Love to You" - Foghat…no. Willie Dixon wrote it. Or Muddy Waters "Mannish Boy". The riff that defines bad ass.

They always used... NA, NA... DA DA.."Now when I was a young boy" NA NA, DA DA." At the age of five... That song, that feeling, was used when the Terminator walked in, when Clint Eastwood draws his 357 magnum, when all of this, I got to make love to that day, in that building…with Willie Dixon’s wife, sweetly holding my hand, all the way through.

She told me about Willie’s last breath. He was still tappin’ his chest to the beat of his child playing his guitar in the room by his bedside. We cried and hugged and I said goodbye to her but really, hello in my heart for her to allow me to get that close.

if you do your homework, and check this out, and listen to Willie, Muddy Waters, Bo Didley, Howlin Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, you'll find out where Aerosmith got a lot of its blues and soul from.

Thank you Tim. Thank you Marie. But most of all, Thank you Willie Dixon who wrote all those tunes, for all those blues artists.


Photo: Amanda Ayre

Meanwhile, back on stage at Alpine Valley, yup, sure as shit…50 degrees again. But for all the cold I feel up there the audience warms be back up. But after the Tinley Park gig I called up my friends in the NFL and found out what they use for heaters. Immediately called Steven Lemmon, our production manager, and said 'GET THEM AT ANY COST!!!!" Sometimes I feel like such a rockstar but then again, my hands still smell like the fried cheese curds that me and Casey ate from Cuvlers all the way back to Chicago. Like the girls in the front row.. it was all yummmariffic.

I've never been told I love you by so many guys... must be the bratwurst! I called my mom on the way there after we stopped at the Brat Stop, and told her it reminded me of how we used to stop when we'd drive to New Hampshire as a kid.... we always stopped for sumtin.'

- ST

PS

To anyone who loves the blues as much as I do.

Please send donations to: http://bluesheaven.com/


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Reuters.co.uk
October 9, 2006


Chicago, Oct 9 (Reuters Life!) - Steven Tyler, the lead singer of the U.S. band Aerosmith, has a two-wheeled plan to put the "roll" back in rock 'n' roll.

The 58-year-old vocalist, whose hits have included "Walk This Way" and "Dude Looks Like a Lady," has joined up with one of Harley-Davidson Inc.'s biggest U.S. dealers to design a limited edition motorcycle.

But Aerosmith fans who hope to snag one of the custom-built bikes can pretty much "Dream On."

That's because only 12 will be produced and the price tag -- $80,000 -- will be more than three times what a custom Harley normally fetches.

What's more, development delays arising from Tyler's touring have put a big question mark over the final release date.

"It's been the biggest pain I've ever been involved with trying to work around this guy's schedule," says Bruce Rossmeyer, who operates more than a dozen Harley showrooms in the United States and worked with Tyler on the design.

"It's been fun. But it's been a long, slow process."

Tyler has spent the last two years designing the motorcycle from the ground up, focusing on everything from the springiness of the front end to the width of the back tire.

Like a lot of fans of "American Chopper," the popular U.S. cable TV show about custom bike-building, Tyler was often drawn to designs that were eye-catching but impractical.

"I'm a dealer," Rossmeyer says. "I'm not going to build a bike that people can't ride."

The give-and-take resulted in a concept that Rossmeyer says will be comfortable and still "90 percent Steven." But it also slowed things down.

As a result, a prototype, powered by a Harley engine with a growl as distinctive as Tyler's howl, won't be finished before late November. And the bike's paint treatment -- which Rossmeyer concedes is a critical part of any custom bike -- is still up in the air.

Still, three bike enthusiasts, including Ormond Beach, Florida businessman John Hamlin, have already put money down for the unbuilt motorcycles, which will be manufactured by a Florida-based specialty shop.

"The bike's going to have a legacy to it," says Hamlin, who is in line for bike No. 1.

The Steven Tyler Motorcycle Collection isn't the only rock 'n' roll-inspired vehicle Rossmeyer has in the works.

Later this year, he plans to open a showroom at Graceland, Elvis Presley's former home in Memphis, Tennessee, which is being transformed into a retail complex.

Next summer, Rossmeyer plans to sell 30 replicas of the 1956 Harley-Davidson KH model that Presley owned out of that Graceland showroom -- just in time for the 30th anniversary of the king of rock-n-roll's death.

"It's a hell of a thing to celebrate," Rossmeyer says. "But we're going to build them and see what happens."

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
October 9, 2006


Aerosmith's still got it; the Crüe is just motley


Some musicians age more gracefully (and gratefully) than others. Their music usually follows them.

Saturday night, Aerosmith was a convincing example of how rock 'n' rollers can face the passage of time. Stopping at Alpine Valley for its "Route of All Evil" tour, the Boston-based group - now in its 36th year - performed with middle-aged fitness and health.

If not maturity - as ever, lanky frontman Steven Tyler came across with adolescent enthusiasm and oversexed attitude.

He let loose with vocals of yowling, preening, bump-and-grinding power that has remained almost undimmed. It was a testament to modern medicine (Tyler has had vocal cord surgery) and youthfulness, not youth.

Guitarist Joe Perry might look and sound even better than he did in the 1970s. Whether backing Tyler through the infamous classic-rock weeper "Dream On" or jamming through the R&B favorite "Baby, Please Don't Go," he was a muscular presence.

The other guitarist, Brad Whitford, was a lesser stage presence, but his rawer solos were the yin to Perry's dextrous yang. And drummer Joey Kramer pounded the drums to near-perfection and simultaneously hinted at energy kept in reserve for the right moments.

Aerosmith has had many of those right moments, but Saturday night the band leaned toward its 2004 blues-covers album, "Honkin' On Bobo," and its earlier originals.

Apart from "Cryin'," a brassy torch-song rocker from 1993, Aerosmith under-represented the second-wind period that resulted from the full comeback of 1987's "Permanent Vacation."

Then again, even the younger fans might have recognized that the cheeky rhymes and saucy rhythms of "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion," both from 1975, trumped the more formulaic hits of later years.

All fans might've wanted a bit more, though: Aerosmith's set was short enough to seem abruptly truncated, especially for a band with a long history.

A little Crue is too much

Opening band Mötley Crüe has a quarter-century history of its own, but the hair-metal quartet's performance seemed too long rather than too short.

Crüe's music hasn't aged well: "Home Sweet Home" shouldn't make anyone nostalgic for drippy power-ballads, and "Kickstart My Heart" sounded particularly thin against all the flames and booms onstage.

The Crüe members have aged even worse than their music, with lead singer Vince Neil particularly puffy and burned-out. He sang even worse than he looked, and he looked graceless.

Aero Force One
October 8, 2006


  

  

Aerosmith - Alpine Valley Music Center - 10/07/06
(Photos by Amanda from AF1)


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Aerosmith: Alpine Valley Music Center, East Troy, WI
October 7, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Mama Kin
S.O.S. (Too Bad)
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Eat The Rich
Rattlesnake Shake
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


Thanks to: AeroFANatic.bigbig.com

Chicago Daily Southtown, IL
October 7, 2006


Given how amazing Aerosmith's concert was Thursday night at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, it's impossible to imagine the icons ever putting on a lousy show.

While Motley Crue's opening set was full of extras -- smoke, dancers, more smoke -- Aerosmith had a simple stage and a clear focus on the songs, in an old-school fashion.

When Aerosmith pulled one trick out of the bag, a snowstorm, it had a dramatic effect almost equal to all of the Crues' props combined.

At 9:30 p.m. when the curtain dropped to the tune of "Toys in the Attic," vocalist Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry wasted no time in running to the end of a 70-foot promenade stage. Erected 20 rows into the pavilion, the unique stage gave many fans a close-up treat, while a massive video screen catered to fans at the far end of the pavilion and scattered on the lawn.

Aerosmith ripped through a bevy of 1970s' songs, including "Mama Kin" and "S.O.S. (Too Bad)."

For "Seasons of Wither," the acoustic ballad from 1974's "Get Your Wings," Tyler and Perry sat down at the far end of the protruding stage as snow – made from some type of suds - glittered in the lights and magically showered the crowd. Sitting still or running wild, the duo command attention every second.

They also seemed more willing to share the spotlight with their band mates, giving the nod to guitarist Brad Whitford to stand front and center during "Last Child" and temporary bassist David Hull (from the Joe Perry Project) for the intro to "Sweet Emotion."

Perry took a moment to send best wishes to bass player Tom Hamilton, who's recuperating from treatment for throat cancer.

Then he took over lead vocals for "Stop Messin' Around," a cover from the 2004 release "Honkin on Bobo," while Tyler, now battling Hepatitis C after having vocal cord surgery, played harmonica in the background.

Aerosmith gave a raucous version of Fleetwood Mac's "Rattlesnake Shake," Perry pulled off his silk red shirt and smacked his guitar with it, glitter flying all over, at the close of "Draw the Line," and the encore of "Walk This Way" left fans rowdy for more.

While Tyler proved his vocals remain top-notch -- even for those insanely high notes of "Dream On" -- Motley Crue's Vince Neil appears to make less of an effort to sing all the lyrics with each passing concert.

Yet Mick Mars' guitar playing hasn't suffered any setbacks as he continues to conquer a debilitating form of arthritis.

Instead of praising the Windy City, drummer Tommy Lee shouted out to his "fellow Bostonians" and later handed over a bottle of Jagermeister with instructions to give a taste to everyone "all the way back to the grass." Uh huh.

No love lost, the Crue still do their thing: living hard and fast, delivering a spectacle with feisty female dancers in dangling metal cages and loud pyrotechnics, with a soundtrack of shoutin' at the devil and prescribing Dr. Feelgood. And fans ate it all up.

PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance (Press Release)
October 6, 2006


NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia/Universal will release Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith on Tuesday, October 17.

A definitive career-spanning collection of absolute high points from America's Greatest Rock & Roll Band, Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith is the first-ever single disc Aerosmith collection to include signature songs from the group's Columbia Records and Universal Music Enterprise catalogs.

As an added bonus for Aerosmith fans, Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith includes two brand-new never-before-heard future Aerosmith classics -- "Sedona Sunrise" and "Devil's Got A New Disguise" -- and the "Pop Mix" of "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," the band's power-anthem from the 1998 blockbuster film "Armageddon."

Expect to hear scorching live performances of songs from Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith on Aerosmith's "Route Of All Evil Tour" with Motley Crue (see itinerary following).

About Aerosmith:

For more than 30 years, Aerosmith has defined the essence of American Rock & Roll. Even a brief overview of the group's remarkable career is truly mind-boggling: over 100 million albums sold, induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, countless awards (including four Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, six Billboard Awards, and 12 MTV Awards), and a fanatically loyal fan-base numbering in the millions worldwide. The members of Aerosmith -- Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer -- remain creatively vital and continue to set the platinum standard for artistic and commercial success in the music business. Over the past thirty years, Aerosmith has earned 95 gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA for the group's albums, singles, and videos.


    Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith
    Official Tracklisting

     1.  Dream On
     2.  Mama Kin
     3.  Sweet Emotion
     4.  Back In The Saddle
     5.  Last Child
     6.  Walk This Way
     7.  Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
     8.  Rag Doll
     9.  Love In An Elevator
     10. Janie's Got A Gun
     11. What It Takes
     12. Crazy
     13. Livin' On The Edge
     14. Cryin'
     15. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Pop Mix
     16. Jaded
     17. Sedona Sunrise
     18. Devil's Got A New Disguise


    Aerosmith "Route Of All Evil Tour" with Motley Crue

    09/05 -- Columbus, OH -- Germain Amp
    09/07 -- Hartford, CT -- Dodge Music Center
    09/09 -- Pittsburgh, PA -- Post Gazette Pav
    09/12 -- Darien Center, NY -- Darien Lakes 6 Flags
    09/14 -- Holmdel, NJ -- PNC Bank Arts Center
    09/17 -- Wantagh, NY -- Jones Beach
    09/19 -- Wantagh, NY -- Jones Beach
    09/21 -- Charlotte, NC -- Verizon Wireless Amp
    09/23 -- Camden, NJ -- Tweeter Center
    09/26 -- Boston, MA -- Tweeter Center
    09/28 -- Boston, MA -- Tweeter Center
    09/30 -- Washington, DC -- Nissan Pavilion
    10/05 -- Tinley Park, IL -- First Midwest Bank Amp
    10/07 -- East Troy, WI -- Alpine Valley
    10/09 -- Cincinnati, OH -- Riverbend Music Center
    10/11 -- Detroit, MI -- DTE Music Theatre
    10/13 -- Indianapolis, IN -- Verizon Wireless Amp
    10/15 -- St. Louis, MO -- UMB Bank Pavilion
    10/17 -- Bonner Springs, KS -- Verizon Wireless Amp
    10/19 -- Nashville, TN -- Starwood Amp
    10/21 -- Virginia Beach, VA -- Verizon Wireless
    10/23 -- Raleigh, NC -- Alltel Pavilion
    11/02 -- Mountain View, CA -- Shoreline Amp
    11/04 -- Las Vegas, NV -- MGM Grand Arena
    11/07 -- Hollywood, CA -- Hollywood Bowl
    11/09 -- San Diego, CA -- Coors Amphitheatre
    11/11 -- Devore, CA -- Hyundai Pavilion
    11/13 -- Phoenix, AZ -- Cricket Pavilion
    11/15 -- Dallas, TX -- Smirnoff Music Center
    11/17 -- San Antonio, TX -- Verizon Wireless Amp
    11/19 -- Houston, TX -- CW Mitchell Pavilion
    11/22 -- Tampa, FL -- Ford Amphitheatre
    11/24 -- W. Palm Beach, FL -- Sound Advice Amp


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http://www.aerosmith.net
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Aero Force One
October 6, 2006


Tonight was ridiculous, but then Chicago always is. What a crowd, what a mob, what a show, during Joe Perry’s song ‘Stop Messin,’ I go back in the dollhouse, that’s what they call tech world, behind Joey. Everybody’s roadie lives back there. And Liz, my girl, has a fan, two sheep dryers, (two giant hair dryers) taped to the ceiling facing down, a coke, (classic kind, in the glass bottle) where, ya know, there’s the state it was made in printed on it. Anyway, I guzzle to my hearts delight, and get blown by the fans. Til at least my hair’s dry. Then when it comes to the chorus that Joe sings, “...be somebody’s baby, ‘stead of mine!” I grab anyone near me, to sing the harmony into the harmonica mic, with me. Two shows ago, (DC) it was Tom’s tech, Jerry, and in Toronto it was Joe’s son, Roman.

Tonight I stuck the mic back in Jerry’s face and he pussed-out on me. I guess he’s moody and bummed that Tom’s not here.

When I write my book, I’ll tell you what I really used to do in between songs. Later in life, I’ll never be the old man that wished he did - except for wishing I spent more time with my children, and Milo. By the way, Milo was also the name of the dog I held in Two and a Half Men.

And speaking of Tom, I just spoke to our tour accountant, Nicholas, who spent the last two days in Boston, going over legal stuff with Tom, and he said he never looked better. Im gonna call him tomorrow, and bust his chops for old time’s sake. Its been kinda crazy being out here without him. I always wanted to play with David Hull but not under these circumstances.

Casey was asking me tonite on camera, backstage, at Tinley Park, what it’s been like 30 years with the guys. I said... a weird kinda marriage. Lot of kissing and makin up... and agreeing to disagree - but the stage is my mistress. And tonight, Chicago was dripping with female pulchritude. I don’t mean to be sexist, but the audience was slammin. Don’t get me wrong, on stage right, there were more middle aged men than women, who... depending on my mood, I will say... lower the mic... WE GOT SOME UGLY MOTHERF***ERS here tonight - hoping no one takes it to heart but I always follow it with, ‘where are your girlfriends!?!?!?!”


Photo: Amanda Ayre

I looked at Joe tonight when we we’re doing “Seasons” out at the end of the ramp... and kept mouthing to him... “do you feel like you’re dreaming?”... I sometimes think I’m gonna wake up from a coma from some f**kin aftershow party backstage somewhere, we had in the 70s, and this will all have been a dream. That’s how good it feels when we’ve been playing lately. The elation, the high, the vibes I get from how close I get to the fans is so real. I’m LOVIN talking to you guys, cause I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. (insert song here: “GETTING TO KNOW YOU!!!, or... “Getting to know me...”)

Saw some familiar faces tonight that I once sat on. (or versa visa) And people were so out of their mind with the way that Joe Perry was playing that I almost shed a tear. But that’s what its all about for me out here. And so from all of us, to all of you... Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel, may be an on-coming train...

Takin’ off my makeup, and jumpin in the tub. The one time of day, Casey won’t be sticking that camera in my face, thank God.

12:31 am, and signing off.

I love you all who came to the show tonight, were at the shows we’ve done, and will be coming to the shows ahead.

With Love,

ST



P.S.

I’m sorry If I offend anybody for being too real.

But as I said in “Fever” -
“...the buzz that you be getting from the crack don’t last,
I’d rather be O.D’n on the crack o your ass!”

Yeah, we’re all here, cuz we’re not all there.
It’s just too real to not say...

Sometimes that’s just how I see it. And I call it how I see it.

P.P.S.

By the way, we’re gonna have a live chat soon. Stay tuned.
So get down with your bad self, and think of some good ones.

ST



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DetNews.com, MI
October 6, 2006


When you've been around as long as Joe Perry, certain rock star indulgences begin to lose their luster. Take trashing hotel rooms, for example.

"When you start seeing those expenses show up on your credit card, you stop doing it," the Aerosmith guitarist said earlier this week, calling from a Chicago hotel room he had no plans of destroying in epic rock star fashion. "I've paid for so many TVs and couches that I don't own now that after awhile, you just don't get that much fun out of it."

Other facets of the life, however, continue to enthrall the tougher-than-leather 56-year-old. Like performing, which he'll do Wednesday at DTE Energy Music Theatre, when his band closes out the outdoor amphitheatre's summer schedule with a double-bill blowout alongside Motley Crue.

The tour marks the latest co-headlining tour for the boys from Boston; in recent years, they've hit the road with Lenny Kravitz, Kiss and Kid Rock. ("It's funny, we've now toured with at least two of Pamela's husbands," Perry says, referring to Pamela Anderson, who's exchanged vows with both Rock and the Crue's Tommy Lee.)

"I think it gives fans more value for their dollar," says Perry, slipping in and out of his Boston accent. "With a real headliner opening up, it makes it a little more of an event. A lot more of an event."

Permanent vacation

Like Aerosmith, the hard-rocking, hard-partying Crue has been around the block a few times, but Perry jokes they're "still a baby band." The same can be said for most modern bands; the only other American band Perry can think of that's been active as long as Aerosmith is Cheap Trick.

Over their 30-plus-year career -- their self-titled debut album was released in 1973 -- Aerosmith has sold more than 65.5 million albums in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Associated of America. That ties them for 11th place all-time with another band of indestructible road warriors, the Rolling Stones.

It wasn't always a forgone conclusion that Aerosmith would make it this far; the band's tales of partying, drug use and near-death are the stuff of rock legend. The band has come close to imploding more than once, and Perry left the band for five years in the late '70s/early '80s.

If he hadn't? "There's a fairly good chance one of us would have died, if not more than one," he says, noting vacations and sabbaticals should have been in the band's diet as much as touring and partying. "But getting back together" -- he rejoined the band in 1984 -- "we realized how amazing it is to run into four other guys like us. It was the same feeling we had when we just started."

Nine lives

Aerosmith was in the process of recording a new album earlier this year but sidelined the sessions when lead singer Steven Tyler required throat surgery after popping a blood vessel on a vocal cord -- for as long as he's been screaming, it's a miracle it didn't happen sooner -- and bassist Tom Hamilton underwent treatment for throat cancer. In addition, Paul Caruso -- a close friend of Perry's who engineered his 2005 solo album as well as Aerosmith's last two studio albums -- died suddenly at age 50, leaving what Perry describes as a giant hole in the band's inner circle.

"We were hoping to finish the studio record and trying to get it done, but we had bigger things going on called life," Perry says.

Two songs from those sessions will be included on "Devil's Got a New Disguise," yet another Aerosmith greatest hits collection -- the band's sixth, and third this decade -- which hits stores Oct. 17.

Aerosmith plans to reconvene in the studio next year and put out a new album in the late spring or early summer.

"We've gotta make a studio record next year and have some hits on it," says Perry, a father of four (his boys range in age from 15 to 32) and the proprietor behind Joe Perry's Rock Your World Hot Sauces. "The money's not on us, we're too damn old. But I think we've still got a few more in us.

"That's what's exciting about it," he says, about going back into the studio with his band mates. "You never know what you're going to get. That's really what it's all about for us."

And how long with Aerosmith continue to soldier on? "We'll play at least one more gig past the Stones, so we can be the last man standing," Perry says. "We're not going to go out before they do."

Aerosmith: First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
October 5, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Mama Kin
S.O.S. (Too Bad)
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Last Child
Rattlesnake Shake
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


Thanks to: AeroFANatic.bigbig.com

Chicago Sun-Times, IL
October 5, 2006


In a career spanning four decades, Aerosmith has survived heroin addiction, motorcycle wrecks, evil women and treacly pop ballads. There was even an episode when the drummer accidentally set himself on fire filling a Ferrari's gas tank, for cryin' out loud.

This year, as never before, events have tested the mettle of arguably America's most famous rock band. But true to their winged logo, still they rise!

• Last winter, singer Steven Tyler popped a blood vessel on a vocal cord and the band had to cancel 20 concert dates. Experimental laser surgery in March restored the "Demon of Screamin's" voice.

• Two weeks ago, Tyler revealed he's been battling hepatitis C and that 11 months of interferon injections "about killed me." The 58-year-old frontman told "Access Hollywood" he was diagnosed three years ago, but after treatment the virus "is nonexistent in my bloodstream."

• Bass player Tom Hamilton just finished seven weeks of radiation and chemotherapy for throat cancer. "The first two weeks were a piece of cake, but the rest has been a piece of something else," Hamilton said on the band's Web site. Still recovering, he took the stage in Boston last week for "Sweet Emotion" and expects to join the "Route of All Evil" tour full time in mid-October.

Tonight's tour stop at the First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre in Tinley Park is a double bill with Motley Crue.

"Having a band that's a headliner in their own right ... really gives the fans a lot of value for their money and keeps us on our toes," Aerosmith guitar player Joe Perry said in an interview. "They have girls, they have fire, they have a trapeze artist -- they have just about every kind of bombastic thing you can imagine in a rock show. It's fun. A half an hour later we come out and do what we do."

Musically, critics have given Aerosmith the edge in this battle of the bands. Tyler, Perry and their bandmates perform about 15 road-tested hits, and Perry expects local fans to hear "Devil's Got a New Disguise," one of two new tracks on a(nother) greatest hits disc being released this month. Events this year delayed a studio album, but Perry said, "We should be ready to go back in the studio in January or February, and put out a new studio album in late spring."


Hamilton on the mend

Longtime friend David Hull, who played bass on Perry's solo project, is standing in for Hamilton. Though the tall, blond Hamilton will be conspicuous by his absence, Perry said band members talk and e-mail him regularly.

"Everything looks positive and it was one of those things that was 100 percent curable, but the treatment's a bitch," Perry said. "He's through the bitch part, and now it's a matter of getting healthy again. Everybody comes through at a different speed."

Aerosmith members first met Hull in 1970, when "he was a skinny white kid playing bass in Buddy Miles' band," Perry said.

"David studied Tom's style, and as he gets in the groove a little more and feels more comfortable, there's a little nuance here and there I wouldn't hear Tom play. But mostly, he's respectful to what our sound is and tries to sound like Tom."

Most important is how Tyler sounds. Last week, viewers of the CBS comedy "Two and a Half Men" heard him singing scales and playing the harmonica in a cameo appearance as Charlie Sheen's obnoxious neighbor. The story line had the two coming to blows, with the slight Tyler delivering a whupping that left Sheen's character in a sling and neck brace.

"He sounds really good," Perry said of his onetime "Toxic Twin." "We listen back to the tapes and adjust the set accordingly. We're at a place where anything goes. The adrenaline locks you in another place. The way he puts out he gives 120 percent. He doesn't know any other way."


Doing what comes naturally

Twenty years after the Run/ DMC video of "Walk This Way" resurrected Aerosmith, Perry says the challenge of staying relevant isn't as much a conscious effort as "something that we naturally do."

"We learned when we got back together that we can't just be in a bubble and expect the rest of world to follow," said Perry, who travels with a copy of The Iliad and says he would love to have lived 100 or 1,000 years ago. "You have to be in both places, you have to listen to the radio once in a while. I say that facetiously. That's what we do naturally because we love music."

Then again, when you're as ubiquitous in American culture as the dollar bill, relevance becomes a chicken-or-the-egg question for the band that turns up in movies and at Super Bowl halftime, and has its own roller coaster at Disney World.

"I've had people asking me for my autograph going on 30 years," Perry said. "After you've been around as long as we have, you don't walk down Newbury Street all puffed out. You put your head down and go about the business of buying socks."


Aerosmith, Motley Crue
When: 7:30 tonight
Where: First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, 19100 S. Ridgeland, Tinley Park
Tickets: $45-$128
Call: (312) 559-1212

Blabbermouth.net, NY
October 5, 2006


Natalie Nichols of Los Angeles CityBeat recently conducted an interview with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Los Angeles CityBeat: Aerosmith began in the classic rock era, but you have also found popularity in more recent years. Do those audiences mix easily?

Perry: Not too many fistfights. Clearly, drinking is one of the things they have in common. There is a commonality all through it. We noticed this a lot in the '90s, but back then it wasn't hip to like bands like ours that were big in the '80s. When alternative came in, it was hip to not like those MTV bands, and that gave them a place to move away from. That happens every two or three years: out with the old, in with the new.

Los Angeles CityBeat: The blues seemed to be at the core of the classic rock generation.

Perry: There is the famous quote from Muddy Waters: "The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll." The birthing was right around the '50s, with Chuck Berry and Little Richard. The list is pretty long, but those few people just played blues faster, and the vernacular just expanded from there. All of the pop music that we hear now has its roots in the blues — it's just farther from the birth, that's all. Even hip-hop is an absolute direct descendent of the blues. It's urban street-corner, tell-it-like-it-is, "I'm a man" kind of music. And it's danceable. That's what blues was.

Los Angeles CityBeat: Aside from the music itself, classic rock continues to influence the fashion and attitude of a lot of contemporary musicians.

Perry: People get into rock and roll for different reasons. There are some bands that just like the trappings of being in a rock band. And those are the ones that come and go, because they don't have real depth. For me, the big part of it was playing music. I just love the way it makes me feel. On top of that, there is the camaraderie of having a band around you, guys you can rely on. It's your small gang. Our primary cause was to make music as well as we could, but also we wanted some adventure. So along with that is being able to dress how you want and emulate some of the people that have gone before us and then gather your own thing. It's all part of that rock and roll tradition to make yourself stand out a little bit.

Los Angeles CityBeat: People used compare Aerosmith a lot to The Rolling Stones. Was that fair?

Perry: It used to annoy us because we really didn't sound much like the Stones. We certainly admired and were inspired by the Stones, no doubt about it. After that, I felt it was a shallow comparison because that whole guitar player/lead singer stereotype was really starting to form. But I was prouder when people said we reminded them of The Yardbirds. Their music was lot more like where we were coming from.

Read the entire interview here.

Norwell Mariner, MA
October 5, 2006


For years, the town of Norwell had the distinction of being the home of a restaurant co-owned by members of the legendary Boston-bred rock group Aerosmith.

That distinction came to an end last week.

On Wednesday (Sept. 27), the Norwell Board of Selectmen approved a transfer of stock for Mount Blue Restaurant, making Jayne Bowe the sole owner of the popular Main Street eatery. Previously, Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, along with Duxbury-based construction contractor Lee Kennedy, had been stockholders and co-owners of the restaurant.

Bowe, who has maintained principal ownership of Mount Blue since it opened in 1997, said the transfer of stock would not translate into any major changes at the restaurant, as Tyler and Perry's input into the direction of the restaurant had almost always been nominal at most.

"Joe and Steven weren't trying to be restaurant operators," Bowe said. "It was a great working relationship, and still is a good friendship, but this is something we had all been talking about for a while."

Bowe said the design and décor of the restaurant, despite being partially influenced by the band's long and storied career, was mostly her concept. Where Tyler and Perry had the most input, she added, was and will continue to be the restaurant's menu, which features a wide range of continental and international dishes.

"They travel extensively, and they've always had a big interest in food," Bowe said, "so they were always coming to me with menu ideas, all of which we've tried to incorporate into the food here. And we'll continue to do that."

"One of the beauties of the restaurant was that it was an opportunity for me to work on the artistic aspects of restaurant design," Bowe said. "[Tyler and Perry] didn't have a whole lot of input into the design of the place, but they liked the overall design. It wasn't set up to be a theme restaurant or a Hard Rock [Café'] copycat. That's not what they wanted and that's not what we're about."

Bowe said while she and Kennedy had always talked about her acquisition of his shares once the restaurant reached its 10-year mark - an anniversary that took place in March - a key reason Tyler and Perry elected to sell their stocks to Bowe was their extensive touring and traveling schedules.

"The whole band is away from the area probably more than they're here," Bowe said. "I think all of them are just doing different things with their time. It just made sense at this point in time to do this."

Tyler is also one-third of the Walkental Group partnership, which owns the entire Mug Shots/Mount Blue complex. The Walkental group is preparing to sell the properties to Hingham resident James Kennedy and Norwell resident Douglas Marr.

While Tyler, Perry, and Kennedy are no longer stockholders in the restaurant, Bowe said she hopes the three will still find time to stop in on her and the rest of the Mount Blue staff.

"I really hope they keep coming by," Bowe said. "It was a great business partnership I had with them, and of course I still welcome any suggestions they might have."

PR Newswire (press release), NY
October 5, 2006


NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Citi® / AAdvantage® credit cardmembers have a lot to be excited about. Today, Citi introduces the enhanced Citi® / AAdvantage® Card Private Pass Program with a cardmember- only concert series. The series, "Traveling Through Life," will feature Aerosmith, Dave Matthews, Mary J. Blige, and Tony Bennett. The enhanced program, set to launch October 9th, features a new website, www.PrivatePass.Citi.com, providing cardmembers access to exclusive events and experiences.

The "Traveling Through Life" concert series line-up is as follows:

Artist -- Location -- Date

Dave Matthews and guitarist, Tim Reynolds* -- Wiltern Theater. Los Angeles, CA -- Monday, October 30

*Funds raised by the event will
go to benefit the Bama Works
Youth Initiative which focuses
on empowering high school
students to participate in the
process of philanthropy through
the hands on selection and
execution of various community
projects. Bama Works Youth
Initiative projects will center
on community youth programs
including arts, sports and
education

Mary J. Blige -- Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL -- Thursday, November 9

Tony Bennett -- Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX -- Sunday, November 12

Aerosmith - (performing acoustically) -- Beacon Theatre, New York, NY -- Sunday, December 3

The ground-breaking concert series provides Citi® / AAdvantage® cardmembers a chance to connect with A-list artists in a way they may have never experienced before, and can't experience anywhere else. During each performance, the artist will perform hand-selected songs at intimate venues, taking fans on a live musical journey.

With music ranging from rock, pop, hip hop and soul, the concert series represents both the universal appeal of modern music and the diversity of Citi® / AAdvantage® cardmembers throughout the country. The private concerts are a way of rewarding cardmembers with a visceral, inspirational experience right before the holiday season.

Tickets go on sale to Citi® / AAdvantage® cardmembers exclusively on Monday, October 9th at 9 a.m. EDT, on www.PrivatePass.Citi.com. Cardmembers who purchase tickets and their guests are given a complimentary gift at the end of the show. Select cardmembers may also have the opportunity to meet and greet the artist backstage and win signed memorabilia.

"The 'Traveling Through Life' concert series signifies the launch of Citi Cards' enhanced Private Pass program and our continued commitment to expand experiential marketing efforts," said Terry O'Neil, Executive Vice President, Citi Cards. "Branded entertainment events, like the 'Traveling Through Life' concert series, are a powerful and engaging way for us to not only bring special opportunities to our cardmembers but to also surprise and delight them. We understand that, for our cardmembers, using their card isn't just about reaching their destination but also enjoying the journey along the way. Bringing these types of special experiences to our cardmembers is another way for Citi to reward our customers and thank them for their business."

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MSN Money
October 5, 2006


BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have filed an appeal against an EU court ruling that said regulators should not have approved the 2004 merger of their music businesses, the European Court of Justice said Thursday.

The appeal to the EU's highest court was filed Tuesday, a court spokesman said. It was too soon to give a date for a hearing, he said...

Aero Force One
October 4, 2006




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October 4, 2006


ST here. I’ve been dyin’ to do this......



I’ve never done this before, in the way that Joey and Tom have, but I’m coming to you live in Chicago, where I’m resting up for our next show on Thursday. Toronto was beyond slammin’ - I never kissed so many girls with birthdays – I’m startin’ to wonder?!... I also kinda lay back on the lip thing cause I'm afraid of catching the weasles and sneezles.

I’d like you all to know what kind of detail I’m into. Left the stage, did a runner, sat in the van backstage with the police car’s lights spinning. The two seconds I have, before we take off in the procession - I have Liz (my backstage girl) take my pants off. NO, NOT WHAT YOU’RE THINKING!... because they’re stage clothes, they stay there. She grabs my sneakers too, hands me a carrot, beet, and apple juice in a large glass which I down immediately - then the police sirens go on and we whiz past the fans. I roll the window down and give em’ all a hi-sign, which I can’t help but do and they scream as we fly by. The times I’ve had my kids with me, like in Boston, Chelsea and Taj freak out at this.

Then it was off to the airport where we had a bit of a delay. The driver, Micksy, taught us a thing about blood pudding and haggis

Obviously he was Scottish, and he wouldn’t stop talking about soccer. Soccer? I didn’t even know her! And we also talked about liquor.

Write back if you get that.

We got to the airport in Toronto, only to find Kramer and our good friend Chappy, (from the Showtime series Brotherhood, who flew up to see us, and our new bass player for now, David Hull) getting clearance to take off to Boston. However, we weren’t so lucky. Seems that Ole Man winter was hitting Chicago hard, even the people in the traffic control tower were told to evacuate. So we couldn’t leave for two hours.

We sat in the lobby eating chicken sandwiches, talkin’ bout the girls in the front row and the guy who proposed to his girlfriend, while she was lookin at me, telling me she loved me during the show. I actually stuck the mic in his face, and he asked her over the house system between Elevator, and Sweet Emotion...AND IT WAS... I hope they live happily ever after... We on the other hand, got sent to a different airport and then on to Chicago. Only to arrive, at the hotel around 4 am... only to get to sleep by 5 am... and then up at 1 pm. Now this is supposed to be a no-talk day for me... but there’s the gym,... Barneys... Johnny Rockets... and an NA meeting.

Tomorrow’s a free day, we’ll be walkin’ all over Chicago streets. And Thursday we eat Chicago.

It’s the world. Which is now called First Midwest Bank center. Which we’ve only played a skillion times. And I promise this time will be better than any of them.

Joe Perry has been OUT OF HIS MIND lately. Jumpin up on Joey's drum set and he and I have been getting along real good lately and you know what that means.

Thanks for the inquiries about the HEP C. It is non-detectable in my blood stream, took 11 months of hell but I got through it. Kept busy during that time singing Smile with Chris Boti, and the Santana song and video, and also co-produced with Marti Frederiksen, the album, Aerosmith – Rockin the Joint, Live at the Hard Rock Hotel. Which by the way I believe is the BEST LIVE AEROSMITH ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!!

Marti and I were halfway through it and I found the room mic fader by mistake by leaning on it... and there was the magic...

And can you believe Tommy Lee??!?!?! I was up in his room in Toronto, bullshittin’... and he told me “tomorrow’s my birthday, and I’ll give you oral sex if I can play the drums on “Last Child.” “That would be the best birthday present I ever got.” He talked to Kramer backstage, and WA..LA!!! We shoulda played “Big Ten Inch” but he slammed “Last Child.” I passed on the oral sex, LOL! But I love that boy, he was born with a horsehoe up his ass, and we both know it. OUCH!

It’s times like that that make me black ‘n blue from pinching myself. Lenny Kravitz just called me to say hi, and said to say hey to you guys!

I’ll be checkin’ in after Chicago. I’ve been out here with Casey (he did the Rockin the Joint DVD) doin’ something I’ve wanted to do forever. I’m documenting myself from morning to night and spend hours talking into the lens - and this is just an extension of that.

You know how big my mouth is... and this is just the beginning.

Cause this is not just my take... it’s the truth.

-ST

Aero Force One
October 4, 2006


Hail Mary! It's the Bloody Sock!

All Photos: John Bionelli


As of this writing I am in the Windy City. Chicago is one of my favorite cities in North America. This place has it all. It’s a real world-class city.

I want to take a few minutes to recap the last few weeks. I left you off in New York City. The Jones Beach shows were really good and it seemed like the band was starting to get their stride. Steven, Brad and Joey went to the Hard Rock Café on the off-day and hung out with all the celebs who were there to help celebrate the Hard Rock’s 35th anniversary. Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner from Velvet Revolver, Rick Nielsen, Scott Ian, Evan Seinfeld and S.O. Tera Patrick (who I had the pleasure of meeting). Steven got up at the end of the show and belted out Helter Skelter with Motley Crue. It was a great night. Fifty Dollar Don Bernstein from the Hard Rock put on an awesome party and made everybody feel right at home.

Absent from the Hard Rock Party was Ross Halfin. When I asked him if he was going to the Rock he answered in a posh reply “My presence has been requested at Madison Square Garden to shoot The Who.” He stopped by my hotel room the next day with his wife Anja Halfin. After he drank a couple of bottles of H2O valued at 7 bucks a pop he scarfed down some cashews and made his way out the door. Nice seeing ya!

Before the Charlotte show Joe and Billie went over to Brad and Kim’s new house on the outskirts of town. It is the most beautiful house I have ever seen. It is very tastefully done and would make those shacks on Cribs look like trailer homes.

After the Charlotte show we headed to Philly. I got to hang out with some of the crew at a bar called Tattooed Mom the night before the show. If you’re in South Philly you should check it out. Before the show in Camden I shot Joe for the big screen at Pats and Genos. In case you don’t know these are the two most famous Philly Cheese steak places in the country. Joe sampled both and declared it a draw. We have been having some fun shooting in different cities for the High Def screen the guys have on tour.

After Camden we drove straight home and got to spend a bunch of days in our own beds.

As you all know Tom Hamilton came to the show the first night in Mansfield. Well we didn’t know until about 7:00pm that he was going to make it. I got a call from his driver Fred “The Animal” Roach that indeed Tom was in the back and heading our way. He was escorted to a private room and immediately asked Jerry Sabatino (his tech) for a bass and amp to practice. I had the pleasure of getting a guitar signed by him for a charity auction. It’s weird because things just don’t look right with 4 signatures on it and it was great to have Tom sign it. One by one the guys came in to say hi and spend some time with the master of the big bottom. The guys rearranged the set so Sweet E was closer to the beginning because Tom didn’t know how long he would be able to stay. Boy when Steven introduced him to the crowd it sent a tingle up my spine. I can’t wait until Tom comes back. He’s a battler and a great human.

Shonda and Kurt Schilling drop in on Steven


Boston sports fans like myself were thrilled to have 2 Icons at the Thursday night show, Doug Flutie and Curt Schilling. Doug and Curt both spent time chatting with the guys before the show. Curt gave Steven a Red Sox shirt, which he wore for the encore. Both guys are class acts and huge Aerosmith fans.

The Perry's and The Schillings


Joe’s son Adrian lives in DC so we left right after the Mansfield show. On Sunday after the show Joe went to the Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport. It was amazing! A must stop for all you tourist out there.

Joe at The Air and Space Museum


The day before the Bristow show Brad and Joe stopped by the Walter Reed Hospital to spend some time with the soldiers who are recovering from various injuries due to battle. The guys were there for about 4 hours going from room to room posing for pictures and signing autographs. Some of the soldiers got to come to the show the next day.

Brad and Joe at Walter Reed Hospital


Joey continues to review each show and is getting great feedback. Lost on the injury report is Joey’s shoulder, which seems to be close to 100%. Joey had to really work at getting the clipped wing back in action and he has. His drumming is as strong as his coffee.

Rumor or should I say Rumour of the week is that the guys will be playing a bunch of festivals in Europe this summer. Also rumored is that the tour will continue until close to Christmas. All will be revealed soon.

See you on the Road!

John B.

Boston Herald, MA
October 4, 2006


Devil’s Got a New Disguise
Sony | Critic: A-

It makes you think. If Aerosmith still has songs like “Devil’s Got a New Disguise” in it, why has it spent the last decade releasing DOA singles such as “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” and “Amazing”? From Steven Tyler’s depraved snarl on lyrics “Sweet Susie Q/she was a rebel/No angel wings/Born like the devil” to the thumping retro-riff to the simple, rough production, “Devil . . .”- the newly recorded title track and first single from an 18-track Aerosmith greatest hits CD due out Oct. 17 - sounds like an outtake from “Toys in the Attic.” More importantly, the song may herald the re-rebirth of the Boston band we fell in love with a generation ago.

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October 3, 2006



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Tommy Lee, Steven Tyler - October 2, 2006


Steven Tyler - October 2, 2006


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Aero Force One
October 2, 2006

From The Best Seat In The House


Toronto, ON - 10.2.2006

To every one of you who has followed my 'view from the best seat in the house' and especially to those of you who've been emailing - my thanks, bigtime! The band's really got our rhythm now so I won't be checking in after every show - but still once in a while. Please keep your emails coming - every one is read - and appreciated!

With Love,
The Kramedog

Joey@aeroforceone.com

Aerosmith: Air Canada Centre, Toronto
October 2, 2006

Toys In The Attic
Mama Kin
S.O.S. (Too Bad)
Cryin'
Baby Please Don't Go
Stop Messin' Around
Seasons Of Wither
Dream On
Last Child
Rattlesnake Shake
Love In An Elevator
Sweet Emotion
Draw The Line

~~~~~Encore~~~~~

Walk This Way


* Last Child featured Tommy Lee on drums. It was his b-day

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
October 2, 2006


At 56, Joe Perry still cuts a pretty ferocious figure of a rock star. His guitar accentuating a whippet-thin frame, Perry's squinty eyes glitter dangerously as he scowls through that unruly mane of jet-black hair.

Offstage, though, he's a thoughtful, soft-spoken guy who's crazy in love with his wife and likes to read books about the sea. When time permits, his idea of a good time is sneaking off to an Italian bakery for a cannoli.

Best of all, he doesn't take himself too seriously. A 1974 Milwaukee Sentinel review that called Aerosmith "loud and little else" makes Perry chuckle. "We got a lot of that from the critics in those days," he says. "At least Milwaukee's consistent."

In 35 years on the road, Perry and other members of Aerosmith have been the epitome of success and the poster boys for failure, alternately a band of brothers and the bitterest of enemies. In the mid- '80s the band rose from the ashes of self-destruction and never looked back.

Earlier this year, they had to cancel 30 concert dates because of problems with singer Steven Tyler's throat. Perry says Tyler's subsequent surgeries corrected the problem: "Steven has been breaking his voice in gently, but he's sounding better than I've heard it in years."

Perry spoke in anticipation of Aerosmith's show with Mötley Crüe on Saturday at Alpine Valley Music Theatre.


Q. So the band's in good shape again?

A. Oh, yeah. Steven had kind of a rough spring, but he lives for the stage, and nothing is going to stop him from getting out there and performing.

Q. Critics once dismissed Aerosmith as a Rolling Stones rehash.

A. In the early days we emulated the English bands that we really loved, Led Zeppelin and the Yardbirds, that whole thing. There was always that poor man's Stones kind of vibe when we came out. By they time they realized we weren't just copying the Stones or Led Zeppelin, well, what do you say about a band that's drawing 60,000 people to a stadium? The fans have always been there, but the critics never took us in.

Q. Do you think you guys look like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards?

A. Yeah, people say that, but when you put us side by side, there's really very little resemblance. I've been told that personality-wise, I'm more like Jagger and Steven is more like Keith.

Q. Did David Johansen and Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls try to look like you and Steven?

A. (Laughs) I don't know! There's definitely a personality thing that goes along with it, though. Without knowing them, I can go up to any band and pick out the drummer, the bass player, the guitar player and the singer. Bass players are easy to pick out. They're usually solid, steady guys who pay attention to the kick drum and get along great with the drummer.

Q. What music influenced you as a teenager?

A. Everything from Ike and Tina Turner to Roy Orbison. Anything I could hear late at night under the covers from my radio was what I grew up with. My family really wasn't into pop music. They listened to soundtracks from movies and plays.

Q. What do you listen to now?

A. Everything. Rap, island music, some stuff from South Africa. And "Who's Next!"

Q. Was it more fun when you were on the way up?

A. To me, it's a time you can never recapture. It's like a drag racer when the tires get a grip and it takes off like a sling shot. It's unbelievably exciting to feel all your hard work start to pay off and the realization of your dreams. I felt all of that when we were about to become successful. I've also had the good luck to see young bands like Guns N' Roses and the Black Crowes take off right in front of me.

Q. Aerosmith fell hard and fast in 1979. Was it the money, the substance abuse?

A. It was everything. We were so fatigued at that point. We never took any time off from recording and touring, and that wore us out. I can think of three vacations I took in the '70s. Ultimately we broke our bond and our trust with the fans. We stopped delivering the shows that we were capable of, the shows people expected to see.

Q. And the band just came apart.

A. Internal pressures were dealt with by partying down. You know what I mean. It's a lot easier to head to the bar than it is to face the problem. If we had just taken a year off, the band would never have broken up. But we couldn't see the forest for the trees, so we blamed everything on each other and split.

Q. How did it feel to reunite with the band a few years later?

A. It felt great! It really did. There was a feeling among us that whatever happened before, it doesn't matter because we have our band back together.

Q. Not everyone in the business felt that way.

A. No kidding. Our label didn't want us anymore, and promoters wouldn't book us because the band's reputation was so tattered. That's how bad it had gotten.

Q. So you started all over.

A. We had to prove ourselves again before a record label would touch us. We had to let everyone know that while we had problems in the past, we weren't that same band anymore. So we did the "Back in the Saddle" tour without a record deal.

Q. What's different now?

A. Well, we've grown up and gotten away from some of the worst parts of our lifestyle. And we've learned how to stay out of each other's business. You have to find your own path. And that's what we've done over the last 20 years.

Q. "Saturday Night Live" introduced Aerosmith to a whole new audience.

A. (Laughs) There are some people who think our first record is "Permanent Vacation." The Wayne's World thing was a big part of our comeback. We just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Q. Is there a downside to being famous?

A. Yeah. Trying to go to the movies on Saturday night. Just not having any anonymity. You've got to put on that baseball hat and sunglasses, otherwise you don't have as much fun as you could.

Q. Who do you consider a great rock guitarist?

A. One of my favorites is Jeff Beck. He's able to make sounds that no one has heard before.

Q. A song you wish you'd written?

A. "One" by U2.

Q. Are you satisfied with how everything turned out?

A. Absolutely. I felt that way then, and I feel that way now. To have four other guys that you can get along with and make this kind of music with, that's very rare.


Event details:

Who: Aerosmith and Motley Crue
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy
How much: $55 reserved seats, $45 lawn, excluding service charges, available through Ticketmaster, (414) 276-4545, and www.ticketmaster.com

Aero Force One
October 2, 2006


Yo Aero Force One - Time to gear up!! This Week's Presales - Wed, 10/4: Tampa, West Palm Beach. Check out the presale schedule below:

Date -- Venue -- Location -- Ticket Presale

11/22/06 -- Ford Amphitheatre -- Tampa, FL -- Wed, 10/04/06, 9 a.m.
11/24/06 -- Sound Advice Amphitheatre -- West Palm Beach, FL -- Wed,
10/04/06, 9 a.m.


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Boston Globe, MA
October 2, 2006


" . . . And Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his wife, Shonda, and former Pats QB Doug Flutie were spotted backstage with Joey Kramer and Steven Tyler at Thursday night's Aerosmith concert at the Tweeter Center. . . "

KNAC.com, CA
October 1, 2006


...As tonight's Aerosmith concert was coming to a close, one thing was for certain. The legacy of the greatest Boston rock and roll band lives on, as the band that started it all, brought it on home, to where the legend all began, in a triumphant home coming. Aerosmith's phenomenal stage performance proved, "They got the rock and rolls again" and are ready to take on any challenges that come their way. Joe Perry said it all, when he said, "When we play out of state, I always say this is how we play the blues in Boston." Tonight Aerosmith let the music do the talking, and showed the world how one of the most influential bands to emerge out of the city, is still making a huge musical impact today after thirty years in the music business.


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Aero Force One
September 30, 2006


Aerosmith - Nissan Pavilion - 09/30/06
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