Joe Perry has once again spoke about the possibility of Aerosmith playing one final concert, a year after the legendary rockers announced that they were officially retiring from touring, due to singer Steven Tyler’s vocal injury. Aerosmith made the announcement on August 2nd last year, nearly one year after the now-77-year-old singer fractured his larynx during a September 2023 show.
In a recent interview with WBUR’s Jim Sullivan, Perry spoke about the likelihood of another Aerosmith performance. He said, “I would bet that there’s an Aerosmith show left. There’s been talk about doing a documentary; that might be part of it. I’ve been spending a lot of time with Steven and he just doesn’t want to tour and he can’t tour. It’s tough. I’m not sure I would want to go out and book another 40-city tour. It’s a long way to the top and staying there takes it out of you, especially an Aerosmith tour.”
Tyler most recently appeared at BLACK SABBATH’s “Back To The Beginning” charity concert, where he performed three songs alongside several other iconic musicians. The Aerosmith singer covered “The Train Kept-A-Rollin'” with Ron Wood, Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Andrew Watt, Rudy Sarzo and Travis Barker, before belting out Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” and Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” with a nearly identical lineup of backing musicians, except for Barker being switched out with Chad Smith from the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS for these last two songs.
THE JOE PERRY PROJECT, featuring Perry with musicians from AEROSMITH, THE BLACK CROWES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, will play eight U.S. tour dates in August.
The 2025 lineup of THE JOE PERRY PROJECT will feature AEROSMITH guitarists Perry and Brad Whitford with the Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers’ touring keyboardist/backing vocalist Buck Johnson, along with THE BLACK CROWES’ Chris Robinson on lead vocals and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS’ Robert DeLeo on bass and Jason Sutter on drums.
Perry and Tyler performed together for the first time in nearly two years at a private concert the singer hosted on April 30 in San Francisco, California. The event was a benefit for Janie’s Fund, the initiative Tyler created in order to bring hope and healing to girls and young women who have experienced trauma.
AEROSMITH’s “Peace Out” tour came to a halt after what turned out to be a final gig in Elmont, New York on September 9, 2023. That show came just three dates into the trek, which was supposed to last through February 2024. Tyler said in a statement at the time that the injury caused bleeding but that he hoped he and his AEROSMITH bandmates would be back on the road after postponing a few shows.
The rescheduled “Peace Out” tour was due to begin September 20, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with special guests THE BLACK CROWES.
During an interview, Joe Perry spoke about friction with Steven Tyler.
