Tyler rejoins Aerosmith, tour announced
Published: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:39 AM MST

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — After turmoil that included public squabbling, threats of a lineup change and a rehab stint, Aerosmith is back and ready to rock.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have announced their “Cocked, Locked and Ready to Rock” European summer tour — with Steven Tyler.

The band made the announcement Thursday. It also posted a video on its Web site in which Tyler, sitting with the rest of the band, jokes: “I just auditioned and I got the gig.”

“We’re coming your way and rocking your world! Look out because here we come,” he says as he looks at guitarist Joe Perry and the group breaks out in laughter.

Aerosmith, which has been one of rock’s most enduring bands over the past three decades, has been in limbo since Tyler fell off a stage during an August concert in South Dakota, injuring himself and forcing the band to cancel the rest of their summer tour.

After that, Perry expressed anger that the group had been sidelined and said Tyler needed to get his act together. For his part, Tyler was quoted as saying he was interested in going solo, and soon the band was talking about replacing Tyler with another singer.

In December, Tyler checked in to rehab for a painkiller addiction, a problem he blamed on years of injuries suffered while performing with the band.

In an interview this week, bandmate Joey Kramer said: “Everything right now in Aero-land is very copacetic. ... We will carry on and do what we do best.”

As far as their latest drama, he said: “The one common denominator that we still all have is that we all love to get up on stage and rock out, play music and bring joy to people. And we let the other drama, as of late, kind of filter itself out by the wayside and concentrate on more of what’s important, which is the playing and the business at hand.”

The band, best known for hits such as “Walk This Way,” has a long history of discord and overcame heavy drug abuse in the 1970s and early 1980s, but has been a mainstay in rock since enjoying a revival more than two decades ago.

They knew damn well there wasn't gonna be an Aerosmith without Tyler, they've been fooling themselves. All's right in paradise, less care on, shall we.

Not raining on your parade, but I think this was posted a couple of days ago.

Hey if I haven't heard or read anything about whatever... it's breaking news.

ernestsewell said:

lol I know how fast this board is so it might've been I don't know.

TD3 said:

Exactly. They've been together long enough (40 years)...

I'm so happy to hear this because you all are right.. There is no Aerosmith
without Steven Tyler- Lovin In An Elevator

Everyone should take note when promoters and call me Ms. Ross tried to pull that
mess. Aerosmith have saved themselves from experiencing a lot of humiliation.

Reckon there's a chance it was a PR stunt? Either that or managers were getting into both sides ears. Personally I never thought for a second Aerosmith would tour or record without Tyler