June 30, 2000

Dutch release date for Fly Away From Here

I've heard that the Dutch release date for the single "Fly Away from Here" is July 2nd.

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Steven makes peace with Ex-wife Cyrinda

TYLERS MEND FENCES

Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler has heard his ex-wife Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler say horrible things about him since they broke up 18 years ago. But when Foxe-Tyler recently became seriously ill, Tyler made peace with the mother of his 22-year-old daughter, Mia.

In March, Foxe-Tyler suffered a stroke. She has been diagnosed with brain cancer and has been given a 50-50 chance of survival after radiation and chemotherapy. When Tyler heard about the cancer, he contacted his ex.

"We had brunch at Balthazar, walked around SoHo, and did the usual Sunday bull----," Foxe-Tyler told New York magazine. "It was a lot of fun with a lot of healing."
Tyler made contact with Cyrinda at the urging of Mia and his other daughter, Liv, 24, whose mother is Bebe Buell. He's paying for Cyrinda to stay at the Gramercy Park Hotel, near Beth Israel Medical Center, where she's being treated.

"All I could say is thank you," said Foxe-Tyler, whose 1997 memoir, "Dream On," accused Tyler of abuse and womanizing, among other tawdriness. The reunion, she said, was inevitable. "But I don't recommend that people wait 20 years to make amends."


Source: NY Daily News

 

Video from the Dodge deal thing in New York

I got the following in an e-mail from the people at inextv.com...

...We have just finished taping a new video featuring Aerosmith and a gang of sexy female robots. This video was taped in New York City...

Link: http://www.inextv.com/



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People Magazine

The new issue of People magazine (with Meg Ryan on the cover) has a picture of Steven on page 10 at some hotel in New York playing on the luggage rack



Caption reads:
Just Push Play: Aerosmith's Steven Tyler indulged a few of his hang-ups in New York City, where he and his band-who just inked a huge deal to plug Dodge Cars- stopped during their summer tour

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Boston Herald 6-29-01

Jesse Kramer, son of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer, and his band, Touch It, will perform at the Sk8 Fest 2001 on the Marshfield Fair Grounds tomorrow. The fund-raiser for the town's Skatepark Alliance will feature skateboarding demonstrations and the giant 11-foot vert ramp featured at the WBCN River Rave. Check it out!

And speaking of Aerosmith, the band got together for a little clambake at the Chart Room in Pocasset the other night. Steven Tyler, dressed in brown surfer shorts with white trim, an orange T-shirt, bright orange sneakers and round blue shades, sat on the deck with his bandmates just like regular rock stars on a not-so-Permanent Vacation.

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AEROSMITH TAKES CARE OF ITS FANS

Scene briefs
Friday, June 29, 2001

The story of Aerosmith's fan club hassles has a happy ending: Yesterday afternoon, about 1,000 satisfied Aerosmith fans were invited to the Tweeter Center for a private soundcheck performance. The band's fan club organization, Fans Rule, also arranged for many fans at the Tweeter Center to get upgrades on their tickets. Yesterday the group performed a short set for club members only and premiered its new video, ``Fly Away With Me.'' According to Michael Saitow of Fans Rule, ``That's what the group wanted to do once the fans got their voices heard.''

The problems began in April, when members of the fan club complained about being sold less-than-prime concert tickets through the club. At Tuesday's Tweeter Center show, a member of Aerosmith's crew came to the fan club section, apologized on behalf of the band and the club, and arranged for fans to move up to better seats.

All club members with tickets to last night's show received invitations to the soundcheck.

``I'm psyched,'' said Karen Nietsche of Westport, one of the fans who originally complained to the Herald. ``The band and the club came through for us.''

BRETT MILANO

Boston Herald

How Fans Rule tries to make it up to the members...

If they do a soundcheck in your area you should get a call from AF1. They will tell you the details of when to get there and everything. The way the Mansfield one worked was you had to be there for 4:30 (plan on being there at least 30 minutes before they tell you!!) They issued wrist bands to everyone and shortly after they let the people in...

New Fan Club??

It seems some fans are trying to start a new fan club. I don't know how serious this is but I think it may be worth keeping a look at their website, aerosmithfanclub.com. (It can also be accessed at www.aeroforceone.org)

June 29, 2001

New Aerosmith Interview CD/CDnow Sale

There's a new Interview CD for sale at cdnow.com. It cost $10.49, and the Expected Release Date is August 14, 2001. It's being released by the label ROCKVIEW.

Also, as I posted earlier (on May 23rd), CDnow.com also lists an item called 'Audio Biography CD' under Advance Orders for Aerosmith. The price for that one is now changed to $10.99 and the Expected Release Date has been moved to July 10, 2001.

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June 28, 2001

Hit Parader

The Aug. issue of Hit Parader has an article in it about how Aerosmith still has "what it takes" to keep on rocking. They also give a quick review of the album which they gave an A-.

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Yankee Magazine

YANKEE magazine has an article on Aerosmith and a couple of photos included

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Billboard Update

Just Push Play dropped this week. BIG. 30 spots big to come in at #93 this week with roughly 14,500 copies sold.

After 16 weeks on the charts...
... Nine Lives was right around the 40 mark.
... Just Push Play is at 93.

Fly Away is not yet on the Billboard Top 50. Not enough radio "adds".

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The Just Push Pies Tour - Kevin's Baking Granny Smiths For Aerosmith

By PAT SEREMET
The Hartford Courant
June 28, 2001

For people who believe in pie-in-the-sky dreams coming true, this one's for you. Kevin Bowen of Hartford would work construction by day, and then by night relax by watching the Food Channel, reading cookbooks and making desserts, now popularly known in the rock music trade as "killer, killer desserts." Oh, and in the summer, he would help out his friend Rob Polo, who is caterer at the ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre, with odd job duties, like shlepping ice, Polo said. But all that changed early this month when Bowen, a self-taught cook, happened to bake pies for the rock band Aerosmith that was at the Meadows on its "Just Push Play" world tour. He is now the band's "personal baker" on an all-expenses-paid tour of the world. Rolling in the dough? "It's a very nice salary," Polo said. Polo talked to Bowen in Boston after the first show there, and he told him that when he goes backstage with his pies, his pass says: Kevin "The Pie Guy" Bowen, the moniker bestowed on him in Hartford by Aerosmith. It all started when Bowen casually told Polo, "I bake." Polo, who studied at the Culinary Institute of America, had heard that before. But Polo was willing to try Bowen out. Bowen made desserts for one show at the Meadows, and Polo said, "They were killers." When Aerosmith came here for its tour and requested desserts, Polo asked Bowen to bake again. He gave the band Bowen's pies, and desserts he had bought at Mozzicato-DePasquale's Bakery & Pastry Shop, a South End Hartford venue famous for its sweets. "They snubbed Mozzicato's," Polo said. "But they loved Kevin's pies." The next day, Bowen was back on his construction job when the Aerosmith wardrobe assistant came to Polo and asked for five fruit pies. When Polo said that Bowen was working elsewhere, Polo was told in no uncertain terms: "We want The Pie Guy. You get The Pie Guy down here." Polo got The Pie Guy, and in an hour and a half, he had catered to Aerosmith's appetite, which was now approaching a feverish pitch. "They were in rehearsal, and literally stopped in the middle of a set," Polo said, "and converged on the pies." Joe Perry, guitarist, reportedly grabbed a whole pie like it was a pizza, and ate it with a fork. Neither Aerosmith's formally trained personal chef nor Polo could believe that Bowen could make "these killer, killer desserts." In the weeks since Aerosmith left Hartford, evidently, band members have been rueful without their rhubarb, lugubrious without their loganberries, and doleful without their pineapple cream. Pining for "The Pie Guy," last week, Aerosmith called Bowen and asked him to be the band's personal baker. He only had a couple of days to decide. It didn't take him long. Bowen packed up his pots and pans and left Tuesday for Boston. He'll tour with the band nationally before heading to Europe and Japan. And what do his friends back at the Meadows make of all this? "He's got the best gig in rock 'n' roll," said Andy Mule, production assistant. "Make a couple pies, see the world - that's frigging great. "A good guy from Hartford, now touring with one of the greatest bands in history," Polo said. "It couldn't happen to a better guy." Or, evidently, a better Pie Guy.

Marti Frederiksen to work with Mick Jagger

In VH1 News, the top stories ("Mick Jagger Finds A Muse In Britney Spears") it says: "Jagger also recently met with Missy Elliott to talk to her about working on a song, and he plans to team up with Marti Frederiksen, who produced and co-wrote Aerosmith's Just Push Play, according to publicists for Elliott and Jagger".

Does this mean Jagger has listened to Just Push Play and liked what he heard...? :)

June 27, 2001

Single Release in Australia

The single for Fly Away From Here will be released in Australia on July the 23rd. (Confirmed by Sony Australia)

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June 26, 2001

Rolling Stone

Aerosmith is in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (July 19th, 2001 - Issue # 873). It's a small section on Pg.12 about the Indy 500 w/ Steven in the car and Joey beside it.

Tyler's Motermouth
Steven Tyler pushed the envelope while singing the national anthem at the Indy 500, changing the closing words of the song to "the home of the Indianapolis 500." Patriotic race fans were less then enthused. "I've gotten, like, 60 faxes about it," says Tyler. "Anyone who has a problem with it can go fuck themselves! I mean, what's more all-American then fast cars?" Tyler was also wound up about sitting in the custom Aerosmith Indy car. "It was flipped out," He says. "It's contoured to hold your body - like a womb with a few!"

Caption under the pic: "I'm supposed to get to drive it," says Tyler, at Indy w/ Aero's Joey Kramer.

Aerosmith announcing the Dodge deal in New York

Aerosmith were at Cipriani's in NYC yesterday regarding the Dodge deal. They showed a clip of this on WB11 news. On the press conference they had the robot girls with them, just like at the Virgin signing! Cool!

click on the pictures for bigger versions

Make sure to check out the site at http://www.dodgeaerosmith.com/

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Aerosmith / Dodge Announcement

Drive This Way With Dodge and Aerosmith
Tour Sponsorship Is The First Phase In A Multi-Faceted Partnership

In an exciting move that combines the power and energy of rock and roll with the automobile, Aerosmith and Dodge have entered into a multi-faceted alliance that brings two great American names together for a comprehensive consumer marketing and communications campaign.

The deal was announced today in New York City, where the first details of the program were released.

"Just Push Play," the 48-city U.S. tour launched by Aerosmith in June will be sponsored by Dodge and become a highly visible focus of the alliance with the Dodge brand. "Just Push Play" has already broken all expectations to become a platinum-selling release.

"Dodge and Aerosmith are a perfect match," said Jim Schroer, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, DaimlerChrysler Corp. "Both represent the rebellious and powerful energy that great rock and roll bands and great car brands have come to represent. Who better to partner with a great American brand like Dodge than the greatest American rock band of all time, Aerosmith?"

"What does 'Ram' stand for?" Steven Tyler says, "Ready, Aim, Meet me in the backseat."

Aerosmith, the multi-platinum selling rock and roll global superstar band, is also known for their members' obsession for cars and racing. This makes the partnership a natural fit, given Dodge's bold product line-up and its recent re-entry to NASCAR Winston Cup racing. This landmark partnership is one of mutual passion and is the reason why Aerosmith chose to make Dodge their first-ever corporate sponsor.

"We've been playing and touring for 30 years and have never had a corporate sponsor," bassist Tom Hamilton said. "But when Dodge asked if we would be interested, we thought it would be a great fit for a touring band like us…cars, trucks and racing. It's all rock and roll."

It was in 1969 that Tyler and his band, Chain Reaction, heard Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton's Jam Band playing. They got together in 1970 and created the steady blast we know today as Aerosmith. As luck and talent would have it, Aerosmith signed with Columbia Records in 1972 following a spectacular show at New York's Max's Kansas City. Their first album, the self-titled Aerosmith was released in 1973. The band began touring, fans followed and the press took notice. Aerosmith took to the road and the airwaves and became one of the biggest stadium acts of the decade.

"We are America's hometown band; the garage band that made it really big out there on the road," said guitarist Joe Perry, "You can always count on Aerosmith to play your town."

"Trust me, this is just the very tip of the iceberg," said Julie Roehm -- Director, Dodge Marketing Communications. "We have plans in the works that will touch every element of the Dodge family - customers, dealers and employees. This alliance will re-define how two great brands can work together to support each other's interests, while delivering what all our fans and customers desire."

Following the press conference, the band put its own unique stamp on the event by autographing a Dodge Ram pickup with spray paint cans. The truck will travel with the band on tour and then be auctioned off for charity.

Dodge is the third-largest automobile brand in America, selling over 2 million vehicles in the 2000 model year. Its 8-product portfolio includes the best-selling minivan in the world - Dodge Caravan, and the all-new 2002 Dodge Ram pickup and the world's fastest production car - the Dodge Viper.

"I've driven a lot of great sports cars," said Perry, "but the Viper is in a class by itself. It's everything your mother warned you about."

Fly Away From Here on German MTV

German fans, the video for FAFH has been on Select MTV. So those of you who weren't able to download it from the net, keep on watching MTV, it's now on the play list.

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VH1 reviews Aero World

http://www.vh-1.com/

It's Aerosmith's World, We Just Live in It
C. Bottomley
06/20/2001

Thom Kidrin, president and CEO of Worlds.com, and I are standing in a bathroom stall reserved for the use of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. Outside, the "Jaded" video plays on a TV perched high in the corner of the empty Mount Blue diner. Kidrin is explaining how, if I flush the toilet, a secret panel will open and a passage will lead to Steven Tyler's private quarters. I am, by the way, a 3-foot-high penguin.

This is Aerosmith World, and if you're thinking from the above scenario that it might require a portion of the band's alleged '70s pharmaceutical diet to get into this head space, you're wrong. It's easily accessed from Aerosmith.com. In cahoots with Worlds.com, the band is in the process of creating one of the Internet's most ambitious projects, a virtual playground where its fans can meet, chat, listen to the Boston boys, and the group hopes, a whole lot more.

See what the Aerosmith World Mount Blue environment looks like.

"They wanted to have secret places that users would go to," explains Kidrin. "[Soon] we'll be launching the Boneyard, which is this studio in Joe Perry's house where they recorded Just Push Play. We took digital pictures of the space, and then replicated it graphically."

"There was a lot of 'This is what we can do, guys; what do you want to do with it?'" Joe Perry recently explained to VH1.com's Joe D'Angelo. "The Boneyard section - where you go into my world - is exactly what my studio looks like. I'm knocked out by it. This is where the whole Internet thing is going. And we like being on the edge of that."

Get a sneak preview of the Boneyard environment at Aerosmith World.

A visitor to Aerosmith World can wander through environments like the Boneyard, the Mount Blue diner (modeled after a eatery near the band members' homes), an Oriental hall based on the "Jaded" video, and an avatar gallery where you can select a 3D icon, like a penguin, to represent you on your peregrinations. There are plans for separate worlds inspired by the whims of each band member.

"Steven's studio is called the Bryer Patch," Kidrin said. "There are hidden icons. So when you hit on certain things like the soundboard, you'll be able to mix tracks. If you click on the fishtank in the studio, it will launch a media player, where there will be media clips of Steven and Joe and the band scuba-diving."

But as well as curating an online museum where you meet 3D rock dudes, babes, and penguins, Aerosmith were determined to be part of the action. So Worlds.com made them personal avatars. Steve, Joe, and the guys donned Lycra body suits with 40 reflective nubs and were filmed by nine cameras doing their trademark movements. Using the films as a basis, animator Odette Plavinskas transformed them into 3D graphic representations. The online Steve Tyler does his trademark twirls; Joe Perry stares intently at his strumming hands. The only thing missing is the smell.

See Steven Tyler strut his stuff to create a variety of moves for his 3D animated avatar.

Watch Joe Perry being filmed smashing his guitar and getting turned into a 3D animated avatar.

Tyler has surreptitiously slipped into Aerosmith World to chat with fans, but the bandmates might not be prepared for the sort of hysteria that greets them when their all-singing all-rocking avatars debut. In the Aerosmith World chat room, user Pandora 505 said that if she met Tyler in his Tron form, she would "Try my best to talk to him! Maybe faint!" The user deemed Sweetest_Emotion pledged to ask, "Hey baby, can I peel yer banana?" Good to see Steve understands the benefits of potassium.

Right now most people are primarily using Aerosmith World to meet fellow fans and chat ("It's addicting - most of us pop in and out all day," said Pandora 505), but there are plans for a virtual concert sometime in August, and the group wants to take the concept even further. "Steven wants to incorporate the body suit in the stage show," said Kidrin. "So while he's playing, people will go online and see his avatar playing during a live performance.

"We're trying now to work a scene into the show where he runs up the riser, dives into the screen, falls into a pit and his avatar will fly across the screen into the virtual world. He's trapped in a virtual world, and he starts to hang with these people."

This penguin will have his banana ready.

Disgruntled Hub Aerosmith fans rock in a hard place

by Brett Milano
Tuesday, June 26, 2001

Boston-area Aerosmith fan club members will walk a different way outside the band's concert at the Tweeter Center tonight, protesting what they say is shoddy treatment by the new management of the club.

The club was taken over this year by the national organization Fans Rule, and members say they've been getting lousy tickets instead of the prime seats they've had in the past.

``We don't want to make Aerosmith look bad, because they're obviously our favorite band. But we feel like we've been had,'' says Bonnie Tallman of Dartmouth, who's been connecting with others on the fan club's online chat boards.

``Everybody's upset. There hasn't been one person I've talked to who's gotten a good seat. We're planning to meet at the Tweeter Center early and let our voices be heard,'' Tallman said. ``It's not going to be violent, we're just going to go in there with banners. We'd like to see if we can get ticket upgrades, or at least a backstage pass to meet the band. Just something to say they're sorry.''

The problems began in April, when fan tickets for the entire tour went on sale through an 800 number at 3 a.m., with club members given less than a day's notice. An estimated 39,000 fans immediately crashed the system, and Fans Rule has worked overtime since then to get the tickets out. But many fans say they've gotten their tickets barely in time for the shows, and that they've paid premium prices for less-than-great seats.

Karen Nitsche of Westport said she only received her tickets for tonight's show on Thursday. And her seats are in Section 6, Row M - in the elevated section of the Tweeter Center pavilion, closer to the lawn than the stage. Though she was charged $75 for each ticket, she says she called the Tweeter Center and found that other seats in her section were selling for $65. Worse, Nitsche ordered tickets for two different shows and was charged $20 per pair for UPS overnight shipping - even though all her tickets arrived in the same UPS envelope.

``I got ripped off on the tickets, and I got ripped off on the service charges,'' she said. ``I used to see Aerosmith at Fall River Park when they were nobody. Now I'm 40, and this is about the only thing I look forward to.''

While waiting for her tickets, Nitsche reached Fans Rule marketing director Michael Saitow, who promised a surprise in her ticket envelope that would make up for the hassle. This turned out to be a year's free membership in the fan club, plus automatic entrance in a contest. Aerosmith donated about 30 prizes for the Tweeter Center shows, including autographed drumheads and a Joe Perry guitar.

``It's good for the lucky winners,'' says Nitsche. ``But that still leaves a thousand of us with crummy seats.''

In a Herald interview, Saitow insisted ticket prizes weren't jacked up: ``We paid $75 for all the tickets that we bought, and fans were charged face value. There's nothing else I can say on that.''

Nor does he blame any of the tour's promoters, such as the local promoter, SFX, for keeping fans away from the prime seats.

``The simplest way to put it is that there were a lot of new things going on this year - not just the fan club, but a lot of new people involved,'' Saitow said. ``We weren't able to get the first 20 rows at all of the venues. And we had to put more people at the concerts than we've ever done before. So that puts more people further behind. It's simple math at this point.''

``We never should have taken on a fan club just before a tour. Therein really lies the problem,'' admits Joyce Logan, vice president of fan services at Fans Rule.

``Usually I like to read all the letters, to get to know the mind of the fans. We'll introduce them to what we do, and we'll do some contests together,'' Logan said. ``But with Aerosmith, we didn't have the honeymoon period. It's been devastating to me, because I want them to know that this office really cares.''

Aerosmith plays the Tweeter Center again Thursday. Both shows are sold out.

Boston Herald

Older Rockers Flop on Pop Charts

by Jim Farber
6/26/01

The pop charts operate a bit like the movie "Logan's Run." After a certain age, you're toast. (In the movie, it's 30.) In pop, you can be older than that and not be completely toast, but you're certainly tanning badly. Witness the long-running, big-name acts Aerosmith, Depeche Mode and R.E.M. They're all seeing mediocre sales on their latest albums — an especially interesting occurrence in the cases of the first two, since they're packing in fans at their live shows.

Steven Tyler and his band Aerosmith are huge concert draws, but don't sell many records anymore. Last week, Aerosmith sold out five local concerts with a capacity of 17,000 each. That's enough to fill Giants Stadium for a night — something only the biggest live draws can manage. But the Boston band's album "Just Push Play" is idling at No. 63 on Billboard's Top 200 Album list in its 15th week out. Compare that to the younger artist Eve, whose album came out at the same time and now stands at a strong No. 33. While "Play's" sales have crept up since their tour started, they're hardly soaring. Aerosmith can't claim a lack of exposure. Their Super Bowl halftime show in January got so much attention that Columbia moved up the release of their album three weeks to capitalize on it. So what's the problem?

When you hit your third decade, fans take your albums for granted. As with the Rolling Stones, they'd rather see the band live and play the old records than pounce on new music.

Michael Stipe and R.E.M. are not selling many albums lately either, and they are also not touring. Same goes for Depeche Mode. The band has two sold-out shows at the Garden this week. But their latest album, "Exciter," slunk to No. 66 in just five weeks. R.E.M. has done nearly as poorly, skidding to No. 58 in the month since "Reveal" came out. That follows a pattern of decreasing sales for their last two albums, which surely won't be helped by their decision not to tour this year. The dull performances of both Depeche and R.E.M. epitomize problems at Warner Brothers Records, home to both. The label is stuck with a roster of largely aging quality artists. The label's only youthful smash is Linkin Park, who hold at No. 13 after a 34 weeks of chart action. Of course, you don't have to be an oldster to stumble. Thirteen-year-old one-time country wonder Billy Gilman has seen his latest recording quickly shrivel. After six weak weeks, his album plunges to No. 130. Though Gilman retains a measure of fame, he may be well on his way toward becoming the world's youngest has-been.

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VH1's What My 20?

VH1's new show, "What's My 20?", had a list of the hottest tickets (concerts). Aerosmith came in at number 1!! The show will repeat tonight at 9pm EDT.

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Tyler seen at U2 concert

On the Colin Dunne (ex-Riverdance (Michael Flatley's replacement) lead-dancer) site the following was found:

"I was in madison square garden watchin U2, I saw Colin with Steven Tyler. rock and roll dude"

It was posted on 22-06-2001

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June 25, 2001

Steven in NYC Post Yesterday

Here's the caption that went w/ the picture:

AeroDynamic Rocker
That dude looks like a gymnast--but he's really Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler, getting a bit crazy as he leaves his midtown hotel on a luggage cart yesterday. The ageless rocker walked this way until getting onto his tour bus, as Aerosmith took its Just Push Play concert tour to Hershey, PA last night. Perennial chart-toppers have been playing Jones Beach for much of the last week.

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June 24, 2001

Steven Tyler mention in Maxim magazine

In an interview with Brittany Murphy (who appeared in Clueless, Girl Interrupted) she stated that one of the weirdest things that's happened to her is that she and a reporter were walking down the street and Steven Tyler came out of a store. We said something like, "You rock". He looked at us and sang "On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, my very first case of VD", and then he jumped in his car.

Sounds like Steven...

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Toxic Sighting...

Here's a little story from a person who went to the Hershey Park show...

" I stopped stopped at a place where they were selling fireworks. It was a small house and it was weird. You had to knock on a door you couldn't see through and then someone came out and checked your drivers license. To make a long story short while I was checking out I thought I heard the girl working there mention Steven Tyler. So I said "who"? And she said you know the Aerosmith guy, Steven Tyler? I said what about him and she said he and Joe Perry (and a young blond boy, Joe's son I'm sure) were in there the previous day buying fireworks! I almost died, lol. Well I grilled her for every detail I could get out of her as to what they said and what they were wearing. I hung on her every word. They said that Joe was very quiet but that Steven was very likeable, asking questions and he didn't act like a famous person at all. Steven was wearing bright tight yellow pants with bright orange open backed sneakers and a rainbow striped shirt. Then she adds in "Oh, they were staying at the Holiday Inn right across the street. " Well, that just about did it for me. The hotel was like in the middle of nowhere. It would have been so cool to have the info earlier. They took pics with the family. None of them are fans of the group (I have trouble even typing that statement), but they were happy they came in and couldn't say enough about how funny and nice Steven was. Oh, Steven spent around $250 on fireworks and that's a lot of fireworks, lol.

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June 23, 2001

NYC Steven Sighting

From the NY Post (page 6)

STEVEN Tyler with daughter Mia in the Hogan store on Spring Street buying a pair of size-11 women's sneakers - for himself . .

Fly Away From Here video for download

www.aerocanal.com has got the FAFH video for download! The video is in .wmv format (Windows Media Player) and it is 22MB (so it will take a lot of time for most of us to download it) with HIGH quality!

If you want to download, go to www.aerocanal.com, choose the Portuguese version with the Brazilian flag and then click on the link that says "Notícias". Once there, scroll down to where it says "Notícias colocadas em 22/06/01: Clipe de FAFH? Só AQUI!". Just a few rows under that you'll find a link with the text "clique aqui". That is the one to use to download the video...

Another way is to, at www.aerocanal.com, click on the Spanish flag. If so you will enter another page on which, if you scroll down, you will find a pic that says "Video De Fly Away From Here". If you click on that a pop-up window will appear. In that window there will be a pic that says "Descargar El Video De Fly Away From Here". Click on that and the download will also start...

I hope that will explain it enough for people to understand how to do it...

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June 22, 2001

From today's New York Daily News....

Drive This Way... Aerosmith To Sing Praises Of Dodge

Thirty years ago, "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" was the Aerosmith credo. Now, with group members reportedly off drugs for some time, Aerosmith will soon live by new rules: "sex, Dodge and rock 'n' roll."

The platinum-selling band has just signed a sponsorship deal with Dodge and will be paid millions annually to plug the auto line in ads, TV and radio commercials, at NASCAR events and in the group's ongoing "Just Push Play" tour.

That means Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and the rest of the band will tool around in new Dodge Vipers and Ram trucks.

Jim Schroer, executive VP of global marketing of Dodge owner DaimlerChrysler, called the alliance between Aerosmith and Dodge "a perfect match. Both represent the rebellious and youthful energy that great rock 'n' roll bands and great car brands have come to represent."

Aerosmith was traveling and could not be reached for comment. But I understand they're planning to announce the deal here on Monday.

Source: NY Daily News

Mia Tyler in People

There is an article about + size models in this weeks people magazine. They have 2 pictures of Mia and a little blurb:

So huge, in fact, that it has even become a launching pad to Hollywood. Mia Tyler, 22, daughter of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, 53, and 1/2 sister of actress Live, 24, 1st tried modeling in 1998 and quickly landed spreads in Teen and Seventeen magazines. The success brought the 5'8'', size-12 Tyler a fame independent of her illustrious family's. The Elizabeth line "just called for her and we explained that she couldn't show up because she was on tour with her dad," says Susan Georget, director of Wilhelmina's division for sizes 10 to 20. "They said, 'Who's her dad?"

The exposure also helped Tyler win small parts on TV shows and just finished her 1st lead role, in the movie A Little Bit of Lipstick, due out in January. "It's a love story that shows you don't have to be a size 2 to be a leading lady," says Tyler, who lives alone in Manhattan. "When you read a script, it shouldn't have to be Jennifer, size 6.' It should be about who can play the part right. The same for modeling."

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Billboard Update

For the second week in a row, Just Push Play climbs the charts. It comes in #63 this week, up 7 slots from last week. It sold roughly 28,000 copies this week. I have also obtained an actual sales report from Soundscan concerning JPP. According to them, thru June 20th, Just Push Play has sold 886,256 copies in the US. Very soon it'll be hitting that million mark....

In singles news, Fly Away From Here AND Just Push Play (the song) are making news. First, while Fly Away From Here isn't in the Billboard top 50 yet, it is making strides. According to Radio and Records online, Fly Away is the 28th most played song at pop radio this week. When the song gets more "adds" at other stations...It'll climb higher and make a splash into the upper reaches of the Billboard charts.

The song Just Push Play was 10th on the Mainstream Rock charts for last week. It has been getting LOTS of rock airplay. This is interesting to me as It was detailed that some time back, JPP was intended to be the 3rd single released. Now, I'm not so sure that's still gonna happen. We shall see......It'll be interesting!

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VH1's Top Twenty countdown

Aerosmith's Fly Away From Here is #19 on VH1's Top Twenty Countdown.

For Baltimore Aerosmith Fans...

"98 ROCK PRESENTS AEROSMITH at Nissan Pavilion this Sunday. It's going to be a great show…the band is even putting a second stage on the lawn where they will play a few songs! 98 rock will broadcast live and have members of the band on the air with us. Listen to win tickets all day long on a 98 ROCK TICKET THURSDAY (6/21). And…we're doing another 98 ROCK TICKET UPGRADE! When you go to the concert, show us your 98 rock somewhere on your body and we may move you up to the VERY FRONT ROW!"

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June 21, 2001

Happy Birthday

Aerosmith's Drummer,  Joey Kramer is 51 today! Happy Birthday Joey!

AF1 15 year member w/o a ticket gets platform seating

I keep hearing stories about how people from AF1 walk around at the shows and tries to give members of the fanclub better seats. Some get very good seats and some just a little better, depending on what is possible and how long they have been members. Of course everyone isn't as lucky as the person who posted this on the AOL Aerosmith board, but still...

Subject: AF1 hooked me up tonight
From: MICTYLER

I went to the Jones Beach show tonight, without a ticket, and I went over to talk to the AF1 reps to see if I can get a half decent seat from them. They were both very cool and hooked me up with a pa~~ to sit on a platform on Brads side of the stage. They didn't have the onstage seating tonight. It was pretty cool. I got to see the show from a different view. We got to go backstage before the show but not after, only people with laminate pa~~es got to back after the show. Unfortunately, Aerosmith was nowhere to be found. But I did see Big Pussy from The Sopranos hanging out back there before the show.

Aerosmith sounded great tonight especially Rattlesnake Shake. Joe Perry smashed his guitar during Train Kept A Rollin'. If anyone gets stuck with sh&~ty seats from AF1 (most of us) or couldn't get a ticket for a show, I definitely suggest talking to the reps at the show. They were both very nice.

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June 19, 2001

After 30 years, Aerosmith still rocks

This was in today's USA Today newspaper:

usatoday.com

June 18, 2001

Wango Tango

Yesterday Aerosmith flew across the country to perform at the KIIS FM's Wango Tango in Los Angeles, CA. They performed four songs:

Jaded
Fly Away From Here
Sweet Emotion
Mother Popcorn(alt lyrics)/Walk This Way

The intro to Walk This Way was the Mother Popcorn music, but instead of Steven singing the lyrics to that ("well ya gotta have a mother for me...' etc) he sang other words... The lyrics were from a song called 'Iko Iko' (anyone know who originally did it?).

During 'Walk This Way' Pink came out on stage to sing with Steven. She's a fan of the band, and the guys seemed to enjoy it...

All in all a somewhat low key show; understandable they must have flown all night to get there (and then all night to get back to the east coast). Joe was wearing a leather suit and it's VERY warm there even at 7pm...

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AEROSMITH ON TOUR :
BONA FIDE ROCK AND ROLL - TOUR DIARY - HOLMDEL  NJ, 6/12/01

Fifteen minutes before showtime, I took a good look at the crowd – packed almost to capacity (they had sold out here on Sunday night) and was amazed by the age range of this fan base. There were the people you’d expect to see at an Aerosmith show; guys with long hair who rode in on motorcycles, men who left the office early to get a few beers in them before the show, women who dressed as if they hoped Steven Tyler would see them and take them home; and then the normal concert going public just out to see a good rock show. I met Joe from Dix Hills, Long Island who was making this his 106th Aerosmith show. He is 71 years old.

Five minutes to showtime and the crowd emitted an electronic tension in anticipation of their heroes taking the stage. At the three minute mark a chant emerged from the depths of lawn… "Aerosmith! Aerosmith! Aerosmith!" they cried. Two minutes to show, the house went dark and the telltale signal from a roadie’s flashlight indicated that the band was on the move.

Showtime. From the darkness, a familiar voice, "Have we got a full house? How bad do you want it?" As the crowd cheered the lights came up and a fire display appeared on the main screen behind the stage. There they were, Aerosmith, pacing like five boxers at the start of a match. Steven Tyler in a glowing tight white silk suit, Joe Perry in black leather, Brad Whitford in a red t-shirt and black pants, Tom Hamilton in all black and Joe Kramer in a sleeveless shirt. The ascending riffs tore from Perry’s guitar as the Toxic Twins erupted into "Beyond Beautiful" from their new album Just Push Play.

For the next two hours the assault did not stop. Combining classics and new songs, Aerosmith went right into "Love in an Elevator" and "Jaded" complete with clips from their videos split on the screen that showed close-ups of the band for the fans on the lawn.

Steven came to the front of the stage for "Just Push Play" and seemed to want to show the ladies his "Big Ten Inch" as he sang an Aerosmith classic. If younger fans forgot how much this band has seen and done, a 25-year retrospective of footage and memorabilia was shown on the big screen.

From there it was "Away From Here" and "Pink" complete with more video clips. Steven asked the audience, "What did you come here for?" and Perry hit the opening strands of "Mama Kin". Tyler did a nice harmonica solo as the band seemed to jam on the Foghat gem, "Slow Ride" for just a bit.

As a techno beat filled the venue, the band left the main stage and surrounded by an army of security. They walked through the crowd and headed to a smaller stage on the lawn. Once on the stage, Steven Tyler shouted that he wanted to see "250 of you crazy motherf**kers!" and they performed "Same Old Song and Dance" (which concluded with a taste of the Doors "Love Me Two Times"), "Dream On" and "Toys in the Attic."

With a Godzilla movie playing on the big screen, the band returned to the main stage to pull out "Rats in the Cellar" and "Janie’s Got a Gun." From there, old and new Aerosmith hits filled the air; "Back in the Saddle" and "Don’t Want to Miss a Thing" (complete with clips from the film "Armageddon" starring Steven’s daughter Liv Tyler, who was in the front row).

After Steven went to kiss some women standing in the "Just Push Play Café" on stage right, the band did "Cryin" and Joey Kramer launched into a drum solo. Tyler did a little of "Mother Popcorn" before Whitford started "Walk This Way."

"You drove 4,087 miles to see Joe Perry take off his shirt?" Tyler asked his disciples (Perry kept his shirt on by the way) and started singing "Uncle Salty" as Perry fired up the voice box for a killer rendition of "Sweet Emotion" that contained a full on assault of sight and sound that ended the set.

Of course you can’t end a show without the proverbial encore and as hordes of Aerosmith fans screamed a voice from the sky called for quiet and directed everyone’s attention to the big screen. What we saw was one of those black and white swirling hypnotic circles that when you stare at it long enough and look at white wall, it appears to still be there. With the crowd mesmerized, Krammer stared pounding the skins, Perry started strumming and "Living on the Edge" assuaged the fans need for more music. This song of tolerance and togetherness seemed to bring people together as complete strangers turned to sing to each other in what looked like the sign of peace in a giant cathedral of Rock and Roll.

To keep spirits high, the band whipped out "Train Kept A Rollin’" and ended the whole show with The Beatles "I’m Down," which the band covered for their Permanent Vacation album.

Aerosmith was leaving the stage and the audience knew it was over. Joey Kramer threw his drumsticks to the crowd and then lingered at center stage… teasing… smiled, waved and walked off.

I asked for some crowd reactions, and Alyssa from Hawthorne, NJ told me that she’s seen Aerosmith a bunch of times and that this was one of their best "most rocking" performances. Jill from Brooklyn, NY said, "We may have the Yankees, but Aerosmith is Boston’s best export."

Hank from Arlington, NJ summed it all up: "What you have just seen is an honest to goodness bona fide Rock and Roll Show. It just doesn’t get any better than this."

--Dan Mathers, SFX/New Jersey

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June 17, 2001

Victory Programs Benefit photos

As posted last month, Steven and Teresa Tyler joined chairwoman April Kramer and husband Joey at the successful annual fundraising 'Victory Programs Benefit' on May 30th, 2001.

VindalooSpice now sent me some photos from this event, and I decided to post three of them here...

Entertainment was provided by 'Rockapella', five young men from New York, and Steven joined them onstage for a rousing rendition of 'Amazing Grace' and then launched them into an incredible jazzy a capella version of 'Pink' as only the demon' of screamin' could do it.


Their auction had Joey's 9 Lives touring drum kit as one of the items and Joey couldn't resist banging out a few beats on the drum kit to keep the bidding going...


Steven Tyler together with chairwoman, and Joey Kramer's wife, April Kramer

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Record Sales

Alex Ross found an interesting site, www.bpi.co.uk, where one can search for British record sales, much like the RIAA in the States, and got the following info...

PERMANENT VACATION , Silver , Thu Jul 27 1989
PUMP , Silver , Fri Oct 20 1989
PUMP , Gold , Fri Oct 20 1989
PERMANENT VACATION , Gold , Thu Mar 15 1990
GET A GRIP , Silver , Sat May 1 1993
GET A GRIP , Gold , Sat May 1 1993
GET A GRIP , Platinum , Sat Oct 1 1994
BIG ONES , Silver , Tue Nov 1 1994
BIG ONES , Gold , Tue Nov 1 1994
BIG ONES , Platinum , Thu Dec 1 1994
NINE LIVES , Silver , Sat Mar 1 1997
I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING , Silver , Fri Oct 2 1998
I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING , Gold , Fri Oct 30 1998

also, the latest issue of Classics Rock said that Pump has sold over 9 million worldwide, Get A Grip 12 (although we know its sold a million since 1995!) and Nine Lives 10 million and counting! Nine Lives has only sold like 2 million in America, so that would mean that it has sold 8 million outside of USA. That cant be right!!

also, in the UK the following is the sales that is required...

for an album:
silver 60,000
gold 100,00
platinum 300,000

for singles:
silver 100,000
gold 300,000
platinum 600,000


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June 16, 2001

Aerosmith at KIIS FM's Wango Tango!

Aerosmith will perform (on Sunday, June 17th) at Wango Tango in Los Angeles this weekend, 6/16 & 6/17.
Can't make it? Listen to the live webcast right here: http://content.clearchannel.com/wangotango/

June 15, 2001

Tom Hamilton's News From The Road

From the official website.

I can't believe it. We're already four shows into the tour. The last thing I knew we were getting back from Japan and Germany. We did press tours there and had a great time. We played a club gig in Munich so I guess we might have to say that was the first show of the tour. Then there's the MTV show we did in Japan. Maybe that was the second gig. Oh my God, that means we've been on tour for months! And I don't even have my vitamin deficiency yet. We actually started rehearsing about a month ago. The official date of the beginning of the tour was June 6th in Hartford, Conn. That happens to be where we started the last one. Anyway, that date has been carved into the front of our eyeballs for a long time now. I think the day you put your record out you sub-consciously switch headings and aim for the first show. The next thing you know is you're in Hartford and it's the day of. I think we could have used another week of rehearsal. We're improving though. Last tour we could have used another two weeks of rehearsal. One thing that definitely helped was all the radio shows we've been doing. We've been flying around playing at arena shows that local stations put on. They put together a bill of a bunch of people who have new releases out. It goes on all day. You play about four songs and that's it.

So we weren't exactly walking on stage for the first time in a year and a half when we were in Hartford. The first show went pretty well. We definitely had a few hair-raising moments but I think we managed to sneak 'em by the audience. It was definitely a blast. Music is a whole new thing when thousands of people are in the same room sharing it.

We tried out our "B" stage. We had a tiny little stage built at the beginning of the lawn. About halfway through the show we went off stage left and then out into the aisle where we joined up with an army of security guys. We got into a tight group and made out way up. All the way up, people were trying to grope us and give us the high five. It was nuts. By the time we got up to the lawn we were each on about a pint of adrenaline.

We got good feedback on the show and thankfully on the VH-1 live broadcast of the first three songs. We were the last ones to hear it. I got my copy the next day and I thought it went really well. Maybe pretty soon we won't need a week of rehearsal any more.

TH

aerosmith.com

 

The possible live album I posted about...

(From rock this way) I guess we will know more later on.

I've now been informed that the band didn't say anything about a live album...The sound tech guy did...

Liv Tyler in ELLE

Liv Tyler is on the cover of the may edition of ELLE Magazine. She's holding a small picture of Steven in front of her right eye in the photo, as seen below...

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Billboard Update

Just Push Play makes a strong gain this week, jumping up 14 slots to #70 with roughly 24,000 copies sold. It was one of the top 5 sales gainers for this previous week.

Metal Sludge - 20 Questions with Jaime St. James

Black N Blue Singer Jaime St. James made some nice comments on Aerosmith (Read the answers to #8, #12, #15, and #20) in his Metal Sludge 20 Questions

Jaime St. James on Steven Tyler, "Jesus! what can you say? He was born to play rock-n-roll ........a musical motherfucker....the best there is."

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Captures from the Fly Away From Here video

Liz has made some captures of the new video and put them up on her website One Way Street

http://www.geocities.com/newsows/news29.htm

June 13, 2001

Aerosmith on Ted Nugent's new album!

Detroit's own Ted Nugent will have Joe and Steven on his upcoming studio album!

Ted Nugent: Making Trophies Outta Skynyrd Fans
Friday May 25, 2001 @ 11:00 AM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

by Martin Popoff

The legendary Tedinatin' Whackmaster Ted Nugent has three things on his mind these days: the impending release of his Full Bluntal Nugity live album, the less-impending release of a new studio album and knocking the daylights out of live audiences on the current Lynyrd Skynyrd tour (Deep Purple also on the bill) that runs through 'til September 19.

"I have to tell you what transpired that night," offers rock's consummate storyteller on the recordings that became Full Bluntal Nugity. "My manager Doug Banker, who I've worked with now for over 20 years, is also a musical genius and a creative master of understanding the essentiality of spontaneity. If you're not just letting it rip from your guts with no inhibitions and no consideration for the outcome, you're not really playing rock 'n' roll. Here's the beauty of it. My blood brother manager Doug Banker, set up a state-of-the-art digital recording mobile unit for our New Year's Eve Ted Nugent Whiplash Bash #13 in the Motor City and recorded us without telling us. How beautiful is that? What it means is that we just went for the jugular and sucked blood. It was absolutely over-the-top. We didn't fix or edit or overdub anything. And the spontaneity is miraculous. That recording stands alone because I didn't know I was recording! How beautiful is that!? And again, I've got the world's greatest band, Tommy Aldridge and Marco Mendoza and me, the greasy threesome. And what we do is just so energized and excitable, that's who's on this live record and that's who I'm going to go into the studio with for my next album."

It is of note that for the next studio album, Ted is writing with Joe Perry and Steven Tyler from Aerosmith as well as Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow and Metallica's James Hetfield, all of who will likely guest cameo on the album. But first, there's one of the great classic rock bills of the summer.

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Another interesting note....

From the message board

The band announced that a new live album will be out at the end of the summer....

June 11, 2001

Strong tunes overcome video orgy

Review
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Can a great rock band upstage itself? That's what Aerosmith came perilously close to doing last night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, where a terrific set was nearly crushed under the weight of an overblown video display.

We're used to seeing huge multiple video screens projecting the performers to the cheap seats, but Aerosmith's was a real monster: Besides two large wing screens, the band's heating-duct set was dominated by a humongous single screen that could split into multiple images. Camera crews in black followed the band around throughout the two-hour set, and I swear I caught guitarist Joe Perry catching glimpses of himself: rock narcissus in excelsis.

The band felt the need to goose its more recent material with clips from the videos for "Janie's Got a Gun,'' "Cryin''' and the new single "Jaded,'' and the power ballad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing'' included shots from the movie 'Armageddon.'' Wasn't it enough that I sat through that movie once?

It's a sin to turn a concert review into a movie review, but any band that depends so heavily on a video show asks for it. Aerosmith doesn't need to, and they proved it with the songs that didn't come with ready-made videos:

Older stuff such as "Mama Kin,'' "Back in the Saddle'' and a roadhouse version of "Big 10-Inch Record'' sizzled, as Perry strutted and lead singer Steven Tyler -- looking more and more like Katherine Hepburn every day -- gave full vent to his vocal demons, scatting and growling like Ella Fitzgerald swallowing a light bulb.

Forty-five minutes into the two-hour set, the band ventured out to a smaller stage set up at the edge of the lawn section and proceeded to give a lean quartet of classics, including "Dream On'' and a blistering take on "Toys in the Attic.'' They ought to note that the majority of people in the orchestra seats were happy to watch the band's backs instead of the slickly edited video feed from the lawnside stage.

As the show built to a finish, the band seemed to rely less and less on the video; in the middle of "Walk This Way,'' Tyler gave one camera a lick and a playful pelvic thrust. Shouldn't rock stars save this stuff for backstage?

Fuel provided everything required of an opening act, and then some. If there's such a thing as bubble-gum metal, this up-and-coming band -- whose CD "Something Like Human'' has produced a number of alternative-chart hits -- serves it up with skill and heart. And they didn't need a single cameraman to do it, either.

FACTS: CONCERT REVIEW AEROSMITH with Fuel

When: Friday night
Where: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs
Highlights: Fast tunes such as "Mama Kin,'' "Toys in the Attic'' and a bluesy "Big Ten-Inch Record.''
The crowd: Microbrew drinkers in the expensive seats, Jack Daniels sippers on the lawn, plus a few kids in earplugs.

timesunion.com

June 10, 2001

Fly Away From Here on MTV

MTV is now showing the futuristic video for Fly Away From Here. From what I've been told it's a pretty cool and dark video with a lot of special effects. One things it features is Steven's face morphing into his daughter Chelsea's...

Also, it seems the video edit version of the song has a little more guitar in it, and there is one scene that is kind of messed up. In an outer-space scene there is one animation of a robot that doesn't look like it was finished. Because the video goes out of wide screen for the only time and you can see writing on the screen which includes the director's last name. Also there is no background there. Just a little flub in editing I suppose.

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RS Daily

Aerosmith launched their new official Website, www.aerosmith.com, on June 7th, which features a subscription service for fans to see behind-the-scenes videos and photos.

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Ai members - Photo/Ticket Alert

There are some tour "rehearsal" photos up in the Ai site.

They have also posted the deadlines for ticket orders for the July, August, and September shows on the Technical Message Board.

June 9,  2001

Aero dynamics

Published in the Asbury Park Press 6/08/01
By MARK VOGER
Staff Writer

In 2001, we worship the taut midriffs of Britney Spears and Beyonce Knowles; the Stepford choreography of 'N Sync and O-Town; and their electronically manufactured vocal perfection.

And then there's Aerosmith -- old-schoolers who are kickin' it old-school, but who somehow remain contemporary among the gyrating divas and robotic boy bands.

When Aerosmith tours, it's no nostalgia act. Their new CD is "Just Push Play" (Columbia).

"To me," says Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton, "it's just because we want to be in the game. There's no way we could just sit by and watch ourselves get old and fat. We had a really powerful desire to be part of this when we were
teen-agers, and luckily, it's still there."

When Aerosmith were teen-agers? That was a while back. Singer Steven Tyler is 53; guitarist Joe Perry and drummer Joey Kramer are 50; guitarist Brad Whitford and Hamilton are 49.

Yes, these are the same five musicians who played on the FM classics "Dream On," "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" in the '70s -- though a period of squabbles and substance abuse led to some forgettable, mid-career personnel blips.

The band formed in 1970 and scored platinum on its first three albums: "Aerosmith" (1973), "Get Your Wings" (1974) and "Toys in the Attic" (1975). But by 1979, when Aerosmith released "Night in the Ruts," the band was indeed in a rut, and Perry walked away.

"We'd been touring and touring and just burning out and burning out, and a lot of the resentments and ill will started to build up as a result," recalls Hamilton. "We kind of fell apart."

"It was a pretty depressing period, actually," Whitford agrees, "because, things were just getting worse, and it was going nowhere real fast. For me, personally -- I was very depressed.

"It was about a year after Joe left that I decided I really couldn't be part of it. When I made that decision, it was a tremendous load off my shoulders. I felt just incredibly relieved.

"At that point, I thought Aerosmith was over, really. They struggled on, but it just wasn't the same. For me, it was over."

Through the early '80s, Aerosmith, Perry and Whitford floundered as separate acts.

Recalls Hamilton: "It was kind of weird. You know, Steven and Joe have a bond that's really amazing. Even during that period, with all the anger that happened, Steven was kind of creatively pining away for Joe.

"So Steven and Joe had actually kind of been in contact over that whole period. I remember I'd hear about Steven and Joe having a phone call, and I would dread the idea of getting back together at that point, because I knew it wouldn't work."

A few years later, in February of 1984, Perry attended an Aerosmith gig at the Orpheum Theater in Aerosmith's hometown of Boston. Soon after, the original five members met and decided to reform. But a happy ending still eluded the band; though transgressions were forgiven, the partying continued.

"You know, that's an interesting word: 'partying,' " says Hamilton with a laugh. "Because I think that's what most people think of it as. But the partying was long over. It was just the desperate coping that was going on. Yeah, we all thought we were partying, but in reality, we all were just kind
of medicating ourselves."

"My gang believed in quantity," says Tyler of his medicating days. "The 1960s was all about if you could do every drug in the room and still walk out, you were more of a man. If you could smoke that joint of 'Maui wowie' and still get the girl, you were more of a man. If you could get drunk and hold your
liquor, you were more of a man.

"That's the John Wayne syndrome: 'Get drunk and you'll get the girl,' " Tyler says, imitating Wayne.

"I was the best. I could drink, like, so much beer sitting under the keg just with my open mouth, just letting it driggle down without swallowing. I hold the record for 33 seconds of letting it go right from the tap right down my throat without one swallow."

So things still weren't gelling for the reunited Aerosmith. A bold solution was suggested by then-manager Tim Collins.

Recalls Hamilton: "After about a year of us trying to come up with a good record and being hung-over and sort of muddled all the time, he said, 'Look, you guys need to think about the idea of getting clean.'

"We all were finally convinced one by one that we needed to consider it a group cause. So we tried it. And it was really difficult coming around to that point."

Recalls Tyler: "I just gave myself 10 years of nothing. Nothing. Not a joint, not a pill, nothing mood-altering other than sex or being onstage. And watching your children be born and learning to fly. But no substance until 10
years."

(Tyler adds that he has since allowed himself "a cold beer on a hot day.")

All of this drama makes life in Aerosmith stressful -- though the rewards are certainly great.

"It can be fun or it can be hell," says Kramer. "When it's hell, it's really hell. When it's fun -- those are the moments that you live for.

"I think that there probably have been a lot of times when a lot of other people would've just given up and walked out and said, '------ this. I can't handle it anymore.'

"I don't think that any one of the five of us are what you would call quitters. That's why we're still around."

"For this band, it's never really balanced," says Hamilton. "There's always some kind of crisis going on. But we communicate about it now. We don't all sneak off to our separate mansions and get obliterated."

Published on June 8, 2001

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June 8, 2001

Aerosmith's Opening Night: Crazy Amazing For Hell's Angels & 'Jaded' Kids

 
photo: VH1

Here's article from VH1 on Aerosmith's Opening night last night.

By Brian Ives
06/07/2001

HARTFORD, Connecticut — Having performed brief sets everywhere from the Super Bowl to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the past few months, Aerosmith finally kicked off their much-anticipated Just Push Play tour Wednesday night.

The band seemed under-rehearsed at times — frontman Steven Tyler missed a cue and flubbed a few lines during "Cryin' " — but overall, the band hit a groove, and stuck in it. During the best parts of the show at the ctnow.com Meadows Music Center, they demonstrated why, at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Kid Rock called them "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band."

Fuel opened the show, and suffered the same problem that many support acts face when playing huge summer sheds: many of their fans have the cheap seats, i.e. general admission, and are therefore separated from the band by hundreds of feet of mostly empty chairs. When the band hit the stage, frontman Brett Scallions acted as if it were a packed house — and a few songs later, it nearly was. A half hour into their 50 minutes, when they played "Bad Day" and "Shimmer," the crowd's younger segment was singing along with every word, while the higher-tax bracketers were beginning to take notice. As the band finished up with "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)," those who weren't familiar with Fuel were asking those in the know about this "new" band (who, to date, have two platinum albums).

Aerosmith hit the stage at 9:30, following a brief montage of the band's TV moments on giant video screens around the stage. Opening with "Beyond Beautiful," the first track from Just Push Play, the band seemed a little stiff and a little nervous. The fans were familiar with the song, and the band followed it with their 1976 anthem "Back in the Saddle," to somewhat better response, and a confident version of Just Push Play's lead single, "Jaded," a song they're well used to performing by now.

After playing faithful versions of two of their more immaculate studio productions — 1989's "Love in an Elevator" and the new "Just Push Play" — they kicked into high gear with their cover of the jump blues song "Big Ten Inch Record" (from their 1975 album, Toys in the Attic), at which point Tyler went into charismatic hyperactive ringmaster mode. In an odd bit of pacing, they then slowed things down just as the audience was getting worked into a frenzy, playing their latest single, the ballad "Fly Away From Here."

After that came 1997's "Pink" and "Mama Kin," from their 1973 self-titled debut, and with the crowd once again worked up, they left the stage ... only to appear on a small stage located between the last row of seats and the lawn. It was there that things really got heated: for four songs, the concert became a general admission club gig, which happened to be four of their biggest crowd pleasers: "Same Old Song and Dance," a cover of the Beatles' "Come Together," "Dream On" and "Toys in the Attic."

The band showed its sense of humor while returning to the main stage — during the brief break, the screens showed a parody commercial for a non-existent Aerosmith Greatest Hits 1990-1994 album, featuring "Cryin'," "Crazy" and "Amazing," as well as "Amazing Cryin'," "Crazy Amazing," etc. Not that they shied away from ballads &$151; when they got back on stage, they performed their only #1 hit, the Diane Warren-penned "Armageddon" soundtrack cut "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," as scenes from the movie flashed on the screens.

They closed the main set in a jukebox-like manner, with "Janie's Got a Gun," "Cryin'," "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion." During "Cryin'," Tyler seemed to miss his harmonica cue, but the other band members — guitarists Perry and Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer — salvaged the song.

Their exit from the stage was, unsurprisingly, met with deafening applause and a demand for an encore, and Aerosmith didn't let the crowd down, returning with "Livin' on the Edge" and their cover of the Rock 'n' Roll Trio's "Train Kept a Rollin'." Their final encore was a second Beatles cover, "I'm Down," their only selection from their 1987 comeback album, Permanent Vacation.

While Aerosmith's set wasn't flawless, the band wasn't shooting for perfection in the first place. But they were aiming to satisfy their fans — no easy task when the audience is comprised of 40-something Hell's Angels, 20-somethings raised on "Beavis and Butt-head" and younger kids who like "Jaded." The show was truly an all-ages affair, and as one guy said to his son after the show, "Not bad for a bunch of 50-year-olds, huh?"

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June 7, 2001

Aerosmith's Opening night

Incase you missed it, last night VH1 showed the first 3 songs live from the band's opening night in Hartford CT. Here's the set list from the opening night.

Beyond Beautiful
Back In The Saddle
Jaded
Love In An Elevator
Just Push Play
Big 10 Inch Record
Fly Away From Here
Pink
Mama Kin
Same Old Song & Dance
Come Together
Dream On
Toys In The Attic
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Janie's Got A Gun
Cryin'
Walk This Way
Sweet Emotion
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Livin' On The Edge
Train Kept A Rollin'
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I'm Down

Ask Aerosmith...

...anything you like! You know we bring the artists to you. Here's your chance to talk to the Boston bad boys, and get the scoop on life as a rock star. How long will they continue to make records? Has being celebrities for so long made them "jaded"? Now is your chance to find out.

http://www.vh1.com/community/one_to_one/aerosmith/

Aerosmith.com's new look

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June 6, 2001

Aerosmith Still Happy With Super Bowl Performance

(5/31/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- Aerosmith is in the midst of final preparations for its upcoming world tour, which kicks off Wednesday (June 6) at the Ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre in Hartford, Connecticut, after the band warms up by playing a couple of radio station festivals. But the Boston group finds that people still like to talk about a gig that happened five months ago--its appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show, where it played "Jaded," the first single from its new album Just Push Play, and was joined by top 40 heroes 'N Sync , Britney Spears, and Nelly for a rendition of "Walk This Way."
Despite some criticism, bassist Tom Hamilton tells LAUNCH that Aerosmith (news - web sites) is still happy it chose to play that night. "Oh, it was fun. It was a goof. It was a blast. It was huge," he says. "It's funny--people ask it, you know, like, 'Is this a new musical direction for you guys?' I mean, it's not like it was a mall opening or anything--it was the Super Bowl. And when the phone rings and the guy on the other end says, 'Do you guys want to play the halftime show at the Super Bowl?', you're definitely gonna pay attention. We had a great time doing it."

Hamilton adds that the band knows a segment of its fan base was unhappy to see their heroes doing the halftime show with the other performers, but he tells LAUNCH that they have nothing to worry about. "I just hope that people realize that it was tongue-in-cheek," he says. "I think, you know, a lot of our hardcore fans probably are terrified that we're gonna go off and sing Britney Spears songs--but hopefully we can go out and convince them that they won't have to worry about that."

-- Gary Graff, Detroit

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The Band comments on Joey

Rock This Way with Joey Kramer

"People think it's this glamorous high life," he says, "and that we're the luckiest guys in the world. Yeah, we are the luckiest guys in the world. But I'm here to tell you, it is hard work. This is not a job you go to, this is a lifestyle you live." Says Joey in an in depth interview with Modern Drummer (July 2001 Issue). This is an interview you won't want to miss! Joey talks about his early beginnings with Aerosmith, his influences, his style, about albums past, and about the making of Just Push Play.

What did his band mates say about him?

Tom Hamilton, bass "Joey's really loud! And when we record, we ride on his playing. He's the raft that we all float on."

Brad Whitford, guitar "I believe that Joey's the most powerful rock drummer of all time. He's a powerhouse. Awesome!"

Joe Perry, lead guitar "Joey can fool around with jazz and other forms of music, but when it comes to what I like - rock - Joey's right there. His playing just cuts through everything else, and it's all I need to hear. I think the best thing about Joey is that he's a good friend and he's always there."

Steven Tyler, vocals "Aerosmith wouldn't be Aerosmith without his drumming. I like to think of Joey's playing as the bed, the base, what we really rely on to get it good. Because if you don't have a good drummer, you might as well kiss it all goodbye."

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PR Newswire -- Opening Night Live

Aerosmith: Opening Night Live' Available Via Satellite (Coordinates Below
06/06/01 09:28 AM
Source: PR Newswire
URL: http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6205717-0.html
Airs Live on Wednesday, June 6th at 9:00 PM (ET)

WHAT: VH1 presents "Aerosmith: Opening Night Live," an exclusive live telecast of the first two songs from the kick off of Aerosmith's "Just Push Play" tour on Wednesday, June 6 at 9 PM. Celebrating the success of their new album "Just Push Play," the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's latest inductees will kick off their tour at the CTNow.com Meadows Music Center in Hartford, CT. VH1 is the exclusive media sponsor of Aerosmith's "Just Push Play" 41-city North American tour.

"Aerosmith: Opening Night Live" is part of VH1's "Aerosmith Week," five nights of special programming dedicated to these June Artists of the Month. Aerosmith programming airs every evening Monday-Friday, June 4 - 8 at 8:00 PM.

WHERE: CTNow.com Meadows Music Center in Hartford, CT.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 6

Live Satellite Feed: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM (ET)
Test: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (ET)
Airs: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM (ET/PT)

Please note: Aerosmith is expected to take the stage between 9:20 and 9:30 PM (ET/PT).

SATELLITE INFO:

East coast: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM,
West coast: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

SATELLITE:
Telstar 5 - Transponder 25 (KU)
97 Degrees West
Audio 6.2 & 6.8
Downlink Frequency: 12144 MHz (V)
Bandwidth: 27 MHz

MANDATORY COURTESY CHYRON CREDIT: VH1
BROADCAST RESTRICTIONS BELOW

There will also be a satellite news feed including behind the scenes and band arrival, music highlights and sound checks, and highlights of opening night in Hartford at the following date/times:

Thursday, June 7, 7:00 AM to 7:15 AM (EDT)

And RE-FEED at 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM (EDT)

Telstar 6 / Transponder C11 (C-Band)

DL frequency: 3920 Horizontal MHz.

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS CONTACT:
On-air Supervisor, Network Operations Center

Main Number: 631-435-4900
PRESS CONTACT:
Stacey Sanner/VH1 212-846-7837
Ariana Urbont/MTVN 310-748-8079
Rachel Lizerbram/VH1 212-846-7833
Vanessa Reyes/MTVN 310-752-8081
BROADCAST RESTRICTIONS
"AEROSMITH: OPENING NIGHT LIVE"

You may air no more than four and one-half (4-1/2) minutes of show footage in total with no more than 90 seconds from any one song. Footage may be used one time only in promotion of "Aerosmith: Opening Night Live."

"Aerosmith: Opening Night Live" will air on Wednesday, June 6th, 2001 at 9:00 PM (ET/PT).

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Captures from Clubland

For anyone interested in seeing how Steven looks in the movie, there are a few shots from it at the following URL: http://www.geocities.com/tyler_luvr_02/Clubland.html

From what I hear the movie pretty much sucks though. It is wasted time until 1:26 minutes into it when Steven shows up to play David Foster who is going to give this guy, Kennedy, a chance at a record deal. Steven is on camera for 1 full minute, says three lines, and walks away...

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June 5, 2001

Aerosmith's Perry Just Wants to Play

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- After spending more than
three decades dealing with the business that is rock
'n' roll, Aerosmith co-founder Joe Perry dreams of a
time when he can focus on nothing but playing his
guitar. Dream on.

With the release of a new album and summer-long
U.S. tour that starts Wednesday in Hartford, Perry and
the Boston-based quintet have been dizzied by a flurry
of videos, movie soundtracks, award ceremonies,
sporting event appearances and collaborations with
other artists.

"It seems like Aerosmith has turned into a
full-time job, which is kind of a drag because I got
into this business so I wouldn't have to work,'' Perry
said after a recent recording session at his home in
Coha~~et, Ma~~.

"We just want to play our guitars, get out
there, get a little instant energy, adrenaline rush
and move on to the next show,'' he said. "But it seems
there's so much other stuff that goes along with it
now.''

He admits the band members -- including
co-founder Steven Tyler -- have changed, and with
them, the music. They still kick out ear-bleeding,
riff-based hits, but have found more success in
melodic power ballads like "Jaded'' that receive
widespread radio play.

"There's only a couple of us that have long hair
anymore. You can't stay the same. I think it's
boring,'' said Perry, 50. "But I still like leather
pants, I don't think that's going to change anytime
soon ... they're just not as tight as they used to be,
but they're still leather.''

Associated Press

Aerosmith Larger Than Life On Upcoming Tour

Aerosmith's Just Push Play tour kicks off Wednesday in Hartford, Connecticut, and, for the first time, the gigantic images projected onstage will equal the band's three-decade legacy as one of the world's biggest concert attractions.

"The stage and show are all about the band playing live," guitarist Joe Perry said on Saturday. "That's kind of what we do. But the biggest thing on this tour, literally and figuratively, will be the video screen in back."

Although some of the band's past arena shows have employed video magnification, those monitors came with the venue. This tour marks the first time the band will bring its own "huge" screen, as Perry described it, to integrate video segments and other visual elements — as well as close-ups of Perry's fiery fretwork and singer Steven Tyler's lavish outfits.

Still, Perry harbors minor reservations. "We've never brought a screen with us before, so we hope it will add to the live performance, not take away from it."

The futuristic silver-skinned fembots that embellish everything associated with Just Push Play will of course adorn an elaborate stage 12 tractor-trailers will trek in pieces across 43 cites for 48 dates. Only the first two legs of the tour have been announced with confirmed shows ending September 23 in West Palm Beach, Florida — though Perry said the massive production will keep the band on the road until February.

It seems like a daunting task for the 50-year-old guitarist and his middle-aged bandmates — singer Steven Tyler (53), bassist Tom Hamilton (49), drummer Joey Kramer (51) and guitarist Brad Whitford (49) — but Perry is anxious to return to the circuit.

"I'm pretty much looking forward to getting on the road so I can get some relaxation," he explained. "These last couple of months have been hell because we've been doing other stuff, everything from videos to Superbowl shows. All the planning that goes into those things drives you nuts. But once you're on the road, you go, 'Oh, we can't do it that day because we have a gig,' and we can't do anything on our day off because it's a day off. So we're all looking forward to getting on the road and getting back to normal."

While Perry is grateful for the group's devoted fans, they're only part of the reason Aerosmith continues to rock after 30 years. Selfishness is also part of the equation.

"We're doing this for ourselves, too, because we love putting out the best show we can," he said. "When I go onstage and see the lights we have and know the PA is the best we could buy, I know our fans are going to get the best show we can give them.

"It's like if you have a circus, you don't send your people out there in sweatpants. You want to give your audience the most bang for their buck."

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Italian Magazines

Aerosmith has been featured in many Italian magazines of every kind lately, but the most important to point out is their cover and interview in the May issue of Metal Shock.

Steven was also on Jam magazine cover last month (same picture as on the cover of Classic Rock's last issue)

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Clubland For Rent

In Pampa, Texas at Hastings (a books/video/music store) they have recieved copy's of Steven's movie 'Clubland'! You might want to check your local video store as it may be available everywhere!

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June 4, 2001

Aerosmith week on VH1

Don't forget this is Aerosmith Week on VH1! Click here for all the great TV listings!

June 3, 2001

Kiss Concert 22 and Brad's absence

Yesterday Aerosmith performed 4 songs (Jaded, Fly Away From Here, Pink and Walk This Way) at The Kiss 108 ''Kiss Concert 22'' at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA. As those who was there noticed, Brad Whitford wasn't there.

No need to worry! I've been informed that Brad had a prior engagement in NY over the weekend, and thus wasn't able to make the Kiss Concert 22. Marti Frederiksen (co-writer of songs on Nine Lives and Just Push Play) sat in for him....

The Boston Herald reported today that he was at a wedding.

So, just so you know, Brad is in fine form and will be rockin' with the rest of the band in Hartford on Wednesday.


From what I hear the radio station DJ, who was talking to the crowd while they finished setting up, introduced the band by saying the members' names, and said 'Brad' when his temporary replacement entered the stage. Then the curtain comes up and it obviously isn't Brad... Maybe they figured the teeny bopper kids wouldn't know the difference... I've been told that they made no mention of Brad not being there, which I found odd...

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Fly Away From Here video?

If you go to MTV's website, on the TRL site Fly Away From Here is already listed as a video. Has anyone seen it?

June 2, 2001

The cover of Classic Rock June 2001 Edition

As posted earlier, the new issue of Classic Rock has Steven Tyler on the cover, and a very lengthy article in page coverage over 10 pages. Here is a picture of the cover:



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Z100 Zootopia

Last night Aerosmith performed four songs at the Z100 Zootopia: Beyond Beautiful, Jaded, Fly Away From Here and Walk This Way!

Missed Zootopia the 1st time around? NOT A PROBLEM! Visit: http://promo.sfx.com/webcasts/index_archives.asp

Aerosmith - Join us for the rebroadcast of the Aerosmith set this Tuesday night (June 5th) at 10pm EDT and again on Friday afternoon (June 8th) at 4pm EDT. - Visit these websites: www.columbiarecords.com and www.aerosmith.com.

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Fanning flames: New Aerosmith fan club draws fire for mishandling tickets

by Brett Milano

Saturday, June 2, 2001

Boston heroes Aerosmith hit the road this weekend for their first tour in years, on a national swing that runs through September. It begins with a closing set at today's KISS Concert. This would normally be a time for hardcore Aerosmith fans to crank up the music, head for the front rows and celebrate.

That's not the case for everyone this year, however.

Aerosmith acquired new management during the past year, and its fan club business was taken over by a national organization, Fans Rule. Now, fans around the country are alleging that ticket sales have been seriously mishandled by the fan club.

As a result, many fans who intend to see the band within a week still don't have tickets in hand. And many who have received tickets find themselves with back-of-house seats rather than the preferred seating to which they're accustomed.

``I can't imagine that (angering) 30,000 fan club members would be of no concern to a band that might need our cash again someday,'' posted a fan this week at the unofficial site, aerosmithfans.com. ``This could ruin Aerosmith's reputation as a band who never let down their fans.''

Another Web poster had discouraging news for fan club members: ``I got tickets from Ticketmaster, and I'm 10 rows from the stage in Boston. That's good for me, but in the past you could never get those tickets from Ticketmaster, because those would be the fan-club seats.''

Yesterday morning the site's front page even suggested that fans are thinking of a class-action lawsuit against the organization.

In the past, Aerosmith has sold priority tickets to fans through its fan club, Aero Force One. Members would be contacted well in advance and given a chance to purchase tickets before the general public.

``We've never had seats further back than the ninth row,'' said Patrick Brown, a longtime fan from St. Louis. ``This year, I'm seeing them in Missouri and Nashville. I was charged for my tickets a month and a half ago, and I still don't have them in hand.

``People haven't got their tickets, and those that do have them are way in the back. That's the whole reason you join a fan club, to make sure you can see the band.''

The problems apparently started in April, when Fans Rule sent out an e-mail announcement that tickets for the entire tour were about to go on sale through an 800 number - at 3 o'clock the following morning. The system immediately crashed when an estimated 39,000 fans tried calling at about the same time. What happened next was a comedy of errors.

``A lot of us started calling at 3 in the morning, and all we got all night were busy signals,'' says Donna Regan of Holbrook, N.Y. ``The next day I got an e-mail saying they didn't realize how many fans Aerosmith had. `Talk about the greatest fans in the world' - yada, yada.''

Regan and others were assured that they'd have a chance to get their tickets. And she said she was e-mailed a few days later that tickets were finally available. The only trouble was that she got the e-mail a mere two hours before sales began. And since she wasn't home at the time, she was out of luck.

``I got home from work, and found out that they'd e-mailed me around the time I'd left. And when I called the fan club the next day they said, `Sorry, the tickets are all gone.' ''

Regan finally contacted a Herald reporter who brought her case directly to Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, who made sure she got in. But not every fan has been so lucky.

An Aerosmith representative said only, ``There are definitely some problems, and we're doing our best to correct them.''

And the fan club is currently knee-deep in damage control. Brown said he received three phone calls from an apologetic fan-club representative, who revealed she had been sent a couple of death threats. Fans Rule has set up a toll-free line, (866) 885-3897, to deal with Aerosmith inquiries. Be prepared for a good 20 minutes on hold, however.

And the front page of Aeroforceone.com says tickets for some of the shows are now going out. But since the first of those shows is the Hartford date next Wednesday, fans will have little chance to complain if the seats aren't good.

Fortunately, many of the fans are keeping cool heads. As a poster on the fan site put it, ``C'mon everybody, don't take it out on the band just because the fan club has been shafting some of you. This is Aerosmith, there's a mutual loyalty here.''

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VH1 One to One with Aerosmith

At the VH1 site they have a thing called "One to One with Aerosmith". You can submit a question to be answered by the band and then apparently they will post the questions and answers.

http://www.vh1.com/community/one_to_one/aerosmith/

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Video of Steven Tyler's performance at the Indy 500

A real media video of Steven Tyler's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Indy 500 can be downloaded at:

  http://abcnews.go.com/

Teen People

Jeni has put up 10 great pictures from the latest Teen People magazine on her website.

http://www.aerosmithweb.com/teen.html

June 1, 2001

Aerosmith Tour To Get Intimate

AEROSMITH plan to offer fans a closer look at the band on their summer tour by setting up a mini-stage at the back of select venues, where they will play a portion of their set. Taking their cue from U2's Elevation Tour, the group is hoping the stage setup will capture the intimacy of a club at venues that hold between 20,000 and 35,000 people. "We got offers to do a $200 million tour doing giant outdoor facilities and we don't want to do that," frontman STEVEN TYLER told Rolling Stone. "I get to run through the audience and get my clothes ripped off -- a good excuse to expose myself." Aerosmith's U.S. tour kicks off June 6th in Hartford, Conn.

Rolling Stone Daily

Tyler and Kramer at annual fundraising of victory program

Last evening in Boston (5/30), Steven and Teresa Tyler joined chairwoman April Kramer and husband Joey to celebrate the successful annual fundraising of victory programs.

Coming off a great year of fundraising, victory programs hit another home run by including in their auction such items as Joey's actual 9 Lives touring drum kit (including 'Krame-dog' kick drum head from the 'Pink' video), which went for more than $12,000 to one lucky bidder. A great tour package including tickets, backstage passes, and limo transportation to Hartford for the opening night next week sold for nearly $6,000. many other fantastic items were either auctioned off or won in raffles. Of course, Joey couldn't resist banging out a few beats on the drum kit to keep the bidding going.

Aerosmith was honored by victory programs for their continual involvement and support of victory programs. mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, had some heartfelt words for the program and its many supporters.

Entertainment was provided by 'Rockapella', five young men from New York who began singing on street corners and were featured in director Spike Lee's project "Spike & Co: Do It A Cappella". Rockapella performs an infectious blend of R&B, Jazz, Rock, and Soul at sold-out shows worldwide. Steven joined them onstage for a rousing rendition of 'Amazing Grace' and then launched them into an incredible jazzy a capella version of 'Pink' as only the demon' of screamin' could do it.

Victory programs promotes the successful reintegration of individuals into their communities through the achievement of long-term sobriety, rebuilding of family systems, and stabilizing factors such as housing, holistic healthcare, employment, and community affiliations. Victory programs provides innovative services to individuals and families affected by alcoholism, addiction, psychiatric and medical problems, especially Aids / HIV.

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Holy Aerosmith?

From Canoe.ca and the Toronto Sun

Pope set to rock 'n' roll
Pontiff in high-priced choir
By LIZ BRAUN
Toronto Sun

His Holiness Pope John Paul Ringo George and a slew of musicians (including Britney Spears, Steve Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, and Faith Hill and hubby Tim McGraw) are going to get together to record a CD. Tentative title: In The Name Of The Sex, The Drugs, And The Holy Rock 'n' Roll, Amen.

Oh, calm down.

Just what Pope JP II has in common to sing with such upstanding citizens as Spears or Tyler -- persons who really cast doubt on Genesis 1:26/27, about God creating man in his own image and all -- remains a mystery.

Meanwhile, the Pope needs a new agent.

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Classic Rock June 2001 Edition

Just to detail that this edition of Classic Rock does carry a pic of Steven Tyler on the front. This in fact the first major Aerosmith interview in UK rock mags (excluding Q) since their 1999 European Tour.

Its a very lengthy article in page coverage over 10 pages. It's by Chris Ingham who did a review of the Munich club gig in the last edition so assume it was done about that period.

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