Seriously — anyone dancing around like this with no freakin’ music playing deserves to fall offstage.
And if you’re old enough to get a sizable discount on your Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny’s, you shouldn’t be dancing like this at all. Period.
We’re all for rockers trying to keep the show going when technical screw-ups happen. But Steven Tyler should’ve known better than to flop around like some spastic old clown on the edge of a stage. Hasn’t he been doing this long enough to know where a stage ends?
It’s bad enough that Aerosmith have been playing shows without guitarist Brad Whitford and bassist Tom Hamilton. (Not to mention guitarist Joe Perry was hobbling around backstage at the Rock Hall inductions in April with a cane.) Now Tyler’s gonna be on the road with a broken shoulder and a busted head. By the time the band plays Blossom Music Center on September 10, we’ll be lucky if they can even play their instruments. I’m sure the fans who shelled out $125 for a ticket are happy to hear this.—Michael Gallucci
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2009.
Well, I can still hear music playing and it’s pretty obvious to anyone who watches the video that tyler tripped and when he put his hand out to catch himself, his hand finds nothing but air. It’s a skinny stage and for godsakes, could of happend to anyone. As for the spastic dancing, I understand now days it’s cool to just stand there in one place and twirl your hair in circles all night, like any idiot couldn’t do that, but it is really not entertaining. I know you aero haters are looking for any reason to slam these guys, but like diamond dave says, at the end of the world, Aerosmith and cockroaches will be the only thing left.