Aerosmith to hit Download stage

LEGENDARY American rock group Aerosmith and double Grammy award-winners Rage Against The Machine will join AC/DC as headliners of this year's Download Festival.

The organisers have cemented a line-up that pays homage to and celebrates 30 years of rock at the iconic Donington site.


After four decades as one of America's greatest bands, Aerosmith will return to the event's main stage for the first time in 16 years.



They last played as headliners of the Donington Monsters Of Rock festival in 1994 and 1990.
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and the band will return with a performance that has earned them the title of best-selling American rock band of all time.

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Aerosmith drummer challenges fans to “Hit Hard” competition

Rock solid rhythms of Aerosmith's legendary drummer, Joey Kramer is unbeatable. However now iPhone users can challenge their drumming skills on Kramer’s recently launched iPhone application “Hit Hard”. This move has come after celebrity Services Company Paid Inc. collaborated with Kramer to challenge iPhone fans drumming skills with a new application.
According to Keith Garde, President of Paid Inc. Boston, Aerosmith and Joey Kramer have always been about connecting with their fans in the most cutting-edge ways and this new application is another step in that direction. It consistently continues to support the band in reaching their fans in whatever platform, technologies and methods they are using.
The application also has a different feature for those users who do not want to compete with Kramer’s beat. These users can create their own beats in a freestyle play. Each level in the game has a mock lesson where users can tap the correct sequence to match his beat. Players who will be able to finish all the levels of the game can enter the high score contest for a chance to win a prize from Kramer.
According to Garde, though the application is currently available only for the iPhone and iPod touch, the company is looking forward to expand it into other smartphone platforms.

In Todays Aerosmith Soap Opera, Steven Tyler Returns

Steven Tyler is back with Aerosmith, at least for two shows.

The band has confirmed that they will play, with Tyler, at the Download Festival on June 13.
In a statement for Download, Tyler confirmed his presence saying "In the early days of Aerosmith we were infected with the vibe coming out of the UK with The Yardbirds, Blues Breakers, Pretty Things and the Stones, and we wanted what they had bad. So baby, we¹re coming home. Rock & Roll can be pure sex and we can¹t wait to Download..."

Drummer Joey Krammer also confirmed the reunion via Twitter. “Aerosmith is back,” he wrote.
The sudden disintegration of Aerosmith was indeed bizarre. Tyler fell off stage last October in Hawaii and from then the band has been a continuous soap opera.
Tyler said in an interview soon after that he had left the band saying he was working on “Brand Tyler”.

Then Aerosmith announced they would continue without him and get a new lead singer.
Just recently on January 20, 2010 Joe Perry announced that the band was about to hold auditions for Tyler’s job.
As well as Download, Aerosmith with Tyler will perform at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 10.

Aerosmith's Joe Perry won't be walking this way to Venezuela.Instead of heading to a Feb. 1 show in Caracas, the 58-year-old lead guitarist detoured to a hospital for emergency knee surgery, forcing the Hall of Fame band to cancel what would have been its first gig in the country.

A band rep says Perry had a total knee replacement last March. But due to complications, he required a second operation, stat.The "Sweet Emotion" purveyors are planning to reschedule the concert as soon as Perry's bum knee heals and the band has room on its calendar.“Playing Venezuela was my idea of a perfect way to start the New Year," frontman Steven Tyler said in a statement. "But having heard Joe had to revisit the hospital this month, the band are truly disappointed we can’t be in Caracas, and we hope to see everyone there soon.”

I'm Not Leaving Aerosmith

Relax, Aerosmith fans: Steven Tyler says he isn't leaving the band.
Tyler made a surprise appearance with guitarist Joe Perry and his band Tuesday night at a New York City venue. Tyler told the crowd: "I am not leaving Aerosmith."
Rolling Stone and Billboard magazines report the two then launched into their song "Walk This Way."
The appearance seemed to put an end to speculation about the band's future.
Perry currently tweeted that Aerosmith was "looking for a new singer to work with" and told the Las Vegas Sun that Tyler had quit, as far as he could tell.
The 61 year old Tyler was injured when he fell off a stage during an Aug. 5 performance in South Dakota, and the band canceled the remainder of its summer tour.

'quits Aerosmith' Tyler

According to the band guitarist Jeo Perry, Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith.
It comes just months after the singer spoke out publicly to dismiss reports the band was on the verge of splitting following a year of cancelled tour dates, injuries and accidents.
In August, Tyler broke his shoulder after falling off stage while performing in South Dakota, and the group was forced to scrap the remainder of its summer tour.
Perry admitted that following the accident he and Tyler didn't speak for more than a month, prompting rumours the band's future was in jeopardy.
And it seems fans' fears were justified guitarist Perry has revealed his pal has left the rock group after its performance as part of the Formula One racing season's final weekend in Abu Dhabi last weekend.
He tells the Las Vegas Sun, "Steven quit as far as I can tell. I don't know any more than you do about it. I got off the plane two nights ago. I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band. I don't know for how long, indefinitely or whatever. Other than that, I don't know."
Perry claims the discord in the band is down to Tyler's lack of communication, including his failure to return phone calls: "He's notorious for that. That's one thing I've learned to live with. I try to overlook it. I like to pick my battles.
"Frankly, the last few months I've been wanting not to rock the boat. I don't want him cancelling any more gigs. We actually wanted to do these last four. We just kind of didn't want to call him out or anything and get him anymore p**sed off, for whatever reason. So we just let things lie. So we did the gigs and, like I said, I got off the plane and saw this online. That's how I know about it... He has had no contact with me or the other band members."
But Perry is determined to continue with Aerosmith, even if Tyler refuses to return.
He adds, "Right now I'm adjusting to how we're going to go on. Aerosmith is such a powerful band, I mean it's like a steam locomotive. You just can't disregard 40 years of four guys who play together as well as they do. We're just trying to - at least I am - trying to figure out what direction the band should take.
"As far as replacing Steve, it's not just about that, it's also four guys that play extremely well together, and I'm not going to see that go to waste. I actually don't know what path it's going to take at this point, but we'll probably find somebody else that will sing in those spots where we want a singer and then we'll be able to move the Aerosmith up a notch, move the vibe up a notch."