Aerosmith to play Download with Tyler

[Pete]

Aerosmith will headline this year's Download festival in June - complete with wayward frontman Steven Tyler.

Rage Against the Machine have been announced as third headliners, joining the Boston heroes alongside AC/DC.

Lamb of God, Stone Sour, Billy Idol, Five Finger Death Punch and 30 Seconds to Mars have also been added to the bill for June 11-13 at Donington Park near Derby.

Classic Rock Magazine reports that festival promoter Andy Copping has booked Aerosmith on the condition the band is only fronted by Tyler.

The move follows weeks of speculation that Joe Perry and the rest of the band were looking for a replacement singer, at least on a temporary basis, while Tyler addressed his health and career issues following his stage fall last summer.

Rage recently announced their free live show to say thanks for the campaign which saw them reach Christmas Number One ahead of X-Factor winner Joe McElderry.

The band say: "Due to the insane demand for tickets for the free show in Finsbury Park, London, we've decided to jump on the Download Festival and spread the Rage Factor around the country a bit."

[DrJJones]

Feb 17, 2010 9:20:55 GMT -5 Pete said:

Classic Rock Magazine reports that festival promoter Andy Copping has booked Aerosmith on the condition the band is only fronted by Tyler.

This line kind of raises flags that neither Tyler or the band have actually committed to anything, making Classic Rock's exclusive a little premature in my opinion.

[Pete]

Aerosmith will be adding more European dates to its summer itinerary to follow up the booking at this year's Download Festival in England.

Effectively signaling a settling of differences with frontman Steven Tyler that had the other band members threatening to seek another singer -- temporarily, according to guitarist Joe Perry -- Aerosmith will precede its June 13 Download date with an appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 10 in Solvesborg. A U.K. spokeswoman for the band tells Billboard.com that other European dates will be announced shortly.

"There's no Aerosmith without Steven Tyler," notes Download promoter Andy Copping of Live Nation U.K. "There's no point in entertaining anything other than (with) Steven Tyler." Copping adds that an Aerosmith without Tyler "was never part of the conversation" with the group's representatives.

The group has also been offered tour dates in South America, but nothing has been announced yet. No North American shows have been mentioned, and there's also no word on if and when Aerosmith plans to resume work on the new album it was recording in Brendan O'Brien, which was sidelined by Tyler and Perry's health issues.

Tyler has been in rehab since late December for an addiction to painkillers. Perry has been touring with his Joe Perry Project to support his latest album, "Have Guitar, Will Travel," while drummer Joey Kramer has been promoting his autobiography, "Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top." Guitarist Brad Whitford is gearing up for an Experience Hendrix tour that starts March 4 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

[kim]

I heard rumours indicating that the band will be employing the use
of one of those "electronic" dog fences to ensure that in fact if
Steve wanders too close to the edge of the stage, he'll be in
for a mild electronic "zap" which will help keep him on the straight
and narrow throughout the performance and prevent him from
going arse over tea kettle into the frantic crowd.

Apparantly, fans will delight in watching as Steve may in fact
start to "jitter and shake" upon reaching the boundaries set out
by this feature and will not know whether it's part of his usual
stage routine or simply a case of being shocked back into reality
so that the show can proceed?

It'll actually give new meaning to the track "Walk This Way"

Thanks
Kim

[Pete]

Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer confirms that the band are back on solid ground: "Well, nothing's been officially announced yet," he said. "We did definitely have a meeting, and things in AERO-land are very copacetic at the moment, and we are gonna announce this week what our plans are gonna be

[cozyal]

Hey guys,

This was just announced at their site yesterday, in a blaze of ..., well silence really! No big press release or nothing ...

AMERICA'S GREATEST ROCK BAND ANNOUNCES RUN OF SHOWS IN EUROPE

First European Show - June l0th in Sweden - Tickets on Sale March 5th
Aerosmith - the biggest, most enduring and thrilling band in rock history will make a spectacular return to the UK and Europe this summer with the 'c*ckED, LOCKED, READY TO ROCK TOUR!' spawning what will be the ultimate music event of the new decade.

"Back by popular demand with more spit and fire than ever before, we're coming across the pond and parting the waters as we go," says Steven Tyler.
"Aerosmith is going to be rocking in the UK and Europe this summer," adds Joe Perry. "Enough BS - we're coming and everything is going to be set at eleven."

Band members Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer will hit Europe for the first time in three years to deliver a fistful of knockout, heart pounding, headline summer rock shows:

June 2010
Sweden - Rock Festival – June 10th
UK - Download Festival – June 13th
UK - London 02 Arena – June 15th
Romania – Bucharest – June 18th
Greece – Athens Olympic Stadium – June 20th
Holland – Nijmegen Goeffert Park – June 23rd
Belgium - Graspop Festival – June 25th
Spain – Barcelona St Jordi Arena – June 27th
France – Paris Bercy Arena – June 29th

July 2010
Czech Republic – Prague 02 Arena - July 1st
Italy - Venice Festival – July 3rd

Check out their plugs through You Tube too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJSkUe5D7b4&feature=player_embedded
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMImPYuCAU4&feature=player_embedded

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