"Onder de noemer Rocksimus Maximus touren Aerosmith en Kiss momenteel samen door Amerika. Er zijn al ruim 35 concerten gegeven die zo goed lopen dat de rockgrootheden negentien data hebben toegevoegd. ***De tournee loopt nu door tot het eind van het jaar. Geruchten doen de ronde dat de wegen van Aerosmith en Kiss zich daarna scheiden en de bands weer apart concerten gaan geven. Zoals het er nu uitziet, komt Aerosmith, met of zonder Kiss, in de zomer van 2004 naar Europa. Bevestigd is er echter nog niets.+++ Duidelijk is wel dat de groep begin 2004 een nieuw, bluesgeoriënteerd album uitbrengt dat vermoedelijk de titel Honkin' On Bobo draagt. Dit is het veertiende studioalbum en de opvolger van de in 2002 verschenen verzamelaar O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits."

translation:
*** The tour ends at the end of this year. Rumours are Aerosmith and Kiss will each go their own way afterwards and do concerts on their own. For now it seems Aerosmith is coming to Europe in the summer of 2004, with or without Kiss. However, nothing has been confirmed yet. +++

http://www.eonline.com

This Aerosmith ballad contains the lyrics "Sing with me, sing for the year, sing for the laughter sing for the tear."

One of the dudes got the answer right... Only complaint is I think the category was "Pop Music"!! *gasp* haha

1987 Aerosmith plays in Providence RI at the Civic Center (Dokken opens)

1993 Aerosmith plays in Brussels Belgium at Forest National (Steve Vai opens)

2001 Aerosmith plays in Montreal Quebec at the Molson Centre

1976 Aerosmith plays in Zurich Switzerland at Volkhaus (Phoenix opens)

1978 Aerosmith plays in Los Angeles CA at The Starwood Club (Golden Earring opens)

1987 Aerosmith plays in Providence RI at the Civic Center (Dokken opens)

1989 Aerosmith plays in Wurzburg West Germany at Carl Diem Halle

2002 Jam Master J of Run DMC is shot and killed at his recording studio in New York City

2002 Aerosmith plays in Houston TX at the Woodlands (Kid Rock opens)

Most of you will remember that they did that song on MTV ICON. The version on this disc is supposedly even better. It's probably not worth spending $16 or so on Trains album if you arent into the band but if you have any FYE stores around you just ask about them and see what they say if you are intrested in checking it out.

1978 Aerosmith plays in Austin TX at Armadillo World Headquarters (Golden Earring opens)

1989 Aerosmith plays in Munich West Germany at Olympichalle

1993 Aerosmith plays in Glasgow Scotland at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center (Steve Vai opens)

2001 Aerosmith cancels their show in Toronto ON at Air Canada Centre

Hey all...just got back from Vegas. So, I am sure you all want to know if it is true...Did Dave and I get married??? Well, YES!!!! We made a joke to my dad that we would bum rush the stage with a Justice of the Peace...and he said "That's a great idea!!! Get the judge." So in one hour he had the hole thing planned...We came out in between Cryin and Walk this Way...It's was so great. So, you heard it first from me...Thanks for all the congradulations guys!!!
Mrs.Mia Buckner

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Rock pairing doubles the fun

By Dan Nailen
The Salt Lake Tribune

Fans couldn't help but have high expectations Wednesday night for the double-bill concert with monsters of rock Aerosmith and KISS.

And for the most part, the Delta Center show lived up to the hype, with Aerosmith particularly energized.

The Boston quintet had the daunting task of taking the stage after KISS, which always provides one of the most over the top shows in the business. But Aerosmith didn't shrink from the task, hitting the stage in a whirl of energy to "Momma Kin." Singer Steven Tyler strutted a long catwalk while guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford traded monstrous licks on "Love in an Elevator," "Toys in the Attic" and a ripping version of "Draw the Line."

Tyler and Perry took regular excursions to the middle of the arena to amp up the crowd and the band rarely let up on its furious pace (although images of world violence flashed on a screen during "Living on the Edge" struck a somber note). And at mid-set, the stage spun in a half-circle to reveal a scaled-back set for "What It's Like" and a couple of blues songs slated for the band's next album, including a memorable version of "Baby Please Don't Go." Perry even pulled off a Chuck Berry duck-walk.

While Aerosmith played plenty of older songs like "Dream On," the band was vital and sounded great. Its set never felt like a nostalgia act.

The same can't be said of the night's other headliner. KISS has been on its farewell tour longer than Cher, but the band still knows how to throw a party. The current version of KISS provided all the bombast old fans could hope for. "Detroit Rock City," "Duce," "I Love It Loud" all came with explosions and the giant flashing KISS sign.

KISS packed as much of its patented stage show as possible.

The crowd had a large contingent of KISS Army veterans and when Stanley said the band would be back, they were ready to re-enlist.

http://www.sltrib.com

1972 Aerosmith plays in Boston MA at K-K-K-Katy's (Feud opens)

1973 Aerosmith opens for Mott the Hoople in WSest Hartford CT at Columbia Music Hall

1978 Aerosmith plays in Alexandria LA at Rapids Parish Coliseum (Golden Earring opens)

1994 Classics Live II certified Gold

2002 Aerosmith plays in San Antonio TX at Verizon Wireless (Kid Rock opens)

Sure hope it was an "official wedding" and not a ploy to distract from another ceremony planned LOL. I haven't seen any other official news reports about it yet.

Also, another official media site apparently used Clive's site for setlists the other day. What would they do without us fans!? :)

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Aerosmith Daughter Walks Way Down Aisle

Steven Tyler is a father-in-law again! And to a rock musician again. (Remember the old adage about your children doing to you what you did your parents ....) His second eldest child, Mia, daughter of the late Cyrinda Foxe, got hitched Saturday night.

According to friends, the lovely Mia -- a model with a billboard up right now in Times Square -- married Papa Roach drummer Dave Buckner during Aerosmith's show in Las Vegas!

Reported -- where else -- on the Rock This Way Web site, Tyler told the audience at the MGM Grand: "Hey Vegas, I need a favor, my daughter wants to get married tonight. Can I get a witness? Can I get a witness?"

Mia is a year-and-a-half younger than her sister, Liv, the "Lord of the Rings" actress whose mother is Bebe Buell. Liv was married last spring to rocker Royston Langdon. Buell got married last year to rocker Jim Wallerstein. That makes three weddings in the extended family in 14 months. And who says rockers don't have normal lives?

From: http://www.foxnews.com

Sightings

At Sunday's championship round of the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Kiss' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, serving as grand marshals; Vince Neil of Motley Crue; Chubby Checker, creator of "The Twist" dance craze; PGA Tour veteran Bob May and KTNV-TV, Channel 13 weatherman Nate Tannenbaum, who sang the national anthem. ... Simmons, drawing a crowd of female fans Saturday at Tabu (MGM Grand). ... Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, drinking an O'Doul's nonalcoholic beer early Sunday at Light (Bellagio). ... Michael Jackson and Mayor Oscar Goodman, mugging for cameras Saturday at the Art of Music store in Desert Passage. ... At the Palms' ghostbar and Rain on Friday: Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez, Macy Gray, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Sacramento Kings coaches and players.

From: http://www.reviewjournal.com

Among the celebrities on hand were three members of the band Aerosmith: Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer and Tom Hamilton joined fellow Boston-area native Arnie Karp during his Saturday qualifying runs in Funny Car. KISS frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, the co-grand marshals for the event, are expected to be on hand during today's eliminations. October 26, 2003

From: http://www.santamariatimes.com

1972 Aerosmith plays with Feud in Boston MA at K-K-K-Katy's

1973 Aerosmith opens for Mott the Hoople in Boston MA at the Orpheum Theater

1978 Aerosmith plays in Little Rock AR at Robinson Memorial Auditorium (Golden Earring opens)

1987 Aerosmith plays in Portland ME at Cumberland County Civic Center (Dokken opens)

1989 Aerosmith plays in Arnhem Netherlands at Rijnha

1993 Aerosmith plays in Dublin Ireland at The Point Depot Theatre (Steve Vai opens)

2001 Aerosmith cancels their show in Pittsburgh PA at Mellon Arena

Expect the lyrics of "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" had a lot to do with it's inclusion into the set ("Salt Lake City, salt-lickin' bitties"). It reappeared in the set on May 17, 1999 at same venue and kept in the set for a few shows. Ironic that the previous show was at Albuquerque with the place referenced in "Train Kept A Rollin'".

First tour play also of "Draw The Line" and expect the version is more akin to the shortened album (than previous 8 minute plus tour versions).

Most numbers (17) played in a set from this tour.

Last concert of the outdoor amphitheatre dates - the show now moves indoors

Evidently, for Aerosmith, "the 10-person orgies are few and far between now," but the band still enjoys a jet-setting career.

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry says he looks forward to playing Las Vegas, because his family likes Vegas, but also because he and his bandmates are huge Elvis fans.

"To me, it's like one in the same. Elvis is Las Vegas," Perry says.

Aerosmith heads into the MGM tonight and Saturday with an opening band in Kiss, which is still on its years-long farewell tour. So herewith, Perry addresses his love of Elvis, a possible wedding gig someday for Kid Rock, and, naturally for this band, a sentence containing the word, "orgy."

Elfman: Can you feel Elvis' presence when you're here?

Perry: Definitely. Are you kidding? That's it for me. So much of (stardom) is living out your fantasy and living out your dream. É Obviously, the 10-person orgies are few and far between now, but just about everything else -- traveling on the jets, and flying in and out, and meeting this woman, and hanging out there, and gettin' the private guided tour of the Space Station -- we do all that stuff. Part of that is being able to go to Las Vegas, and walk down those halls, and meet Mike Tyson.

Elfman: Did you ever meet Elvis before he died?

Perry: No, I didn't, unfortunately.

Elfman: I just saw Lisa-Marie here a few weeks ago.

Perry: I met her, once, shopping, in Santa Monica, (Calif.). But we were just in the same store.

Elfman: I know Kid Rock was talking about having Aerosmith as a wedding band, but I guess it never came to fruition.

Perry: Hey, bring a checkbook. I don't know. We would do something like that if the time was right. I asked Cheap Trick to play at my birthday party. They came up and played. It was great. It was probably one of the greatest events I can ever remember. It was such an honor to have those guys up there.

Elfman: See, that's the perk of being a celebrity right there.

Perry: It was great, are you kidding?

Elfman: Are you sick of all the Aerosmith rocumentaries? Could you go one more day without ever hearing again: "Rise and fall, rise and fall, drugs, blah blah blah?"

Perry: Oh, yeah. It's all stereotype now.

Elfman: So this is the continuation of the Kiss farewell.

Perry: I don't know. (Laughs.) Part of the fun for me is to run into them while they're all made up. You see them in the hall, and it's like seeing superheroes come to life.

Elfman: Do they ever try to get makeup on you?

Perry: We talked about it. They said, "Let me get you in here." We joked about it. They do it all themselves. They always have. It's their thing.

Elfman: Can you imagine if you had performed in makeup all these years?

Perry: Well, they don't have to worry about age lines, that's for sure.

Elfman: The last time I saw you in concert, I had just seen Madonna, and Madonna wouldn't play fan favorites. But Aerosmith will play them. I'm guessing you've played "Dream On" 2,000 times.

Perry: Definitely. We're not so full of ourselves that we put ourselves above the audience.

Elfman: I noticed at the concert that you didn't just play the old songs, you were present in them. Steven (Tyler) was swinging on ropes, and you were dominating the stage and playing with feedback and amps -- things a lot of bands don't do after 30 years.

Perry: Well, we're feedin' off the crowd. We don't rehearse "Dream On." Those aren't songs that we need to practice. And we don't play it for ourselves. We play it for the audience. ... We do play a few of the new songs in the set, but we know there's gonna be a lot of disappointed people if they don't hear "Dream On" and "Sweet Emotion."

Elfman: I just read that you're going to be doing some of your new blues songs in concert, is that right?

Perry: Yeah, we do a couple of the songs that are gonna be on the new record. I think this record is gonna surprise a lot of people. ... It's the kind of record people have been asking for, at least our fans, for a long, long while. I always get: "I like your new stuff, but when are you gonna make a record like the old ones?" ... We listened to that old stuff and took some influence from it.

Elfman: What else went on this writing process? Was it just you and Steven and producers?

Perry: No, we didn't do any writing in the normal sense of sitting in a room and trying to write songs. We did a lot of jamming with the band and pulling riffs together.

Elfman: If you guys are jamming together on this new record, you're getting along together, right?

Perry: Yeah, the gigs are going good. Playing with Kiss has been great. Also, jamming our set into one hour and 15 minutes has been an event. We've been able to put a really great set together and milk every minute.

From: http://www.reviewjournal.com

1976 Aerosmith plays in Offenbach Germany at Offenbach Stadthalle (Phoenix opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Toledo OH at Toledo Sports Arena (Fuel opens)

2002 Aerosmith plays in Dallas TX at The Racetrack; no AF1 ticket sales for this event

1976 Aerosmith plays in Amsterdam Holland at New Rai (Phoenix opens)

1987 Aerosmith plays in Glens Falls NY at the Civic Center (Dokken opens)

1989 Aerosmith plays in Brussels Belgium at Foret Nationale

1994 Aerosmith plays in Tacoma WA at Tacoma Dome (Collective Soul opens)

1994 Blind Man is released as a single

1997 Aerosmith plays in Vancouver Canada at Universal Concerts Canada

2001 Aerosmith plays in Auburn Hills MI at the Palace of Auburn Hills

1974 Aerosmith plays in McKeesport PA

1987 Aerosmith plays in Rochester NY at War Memorial Arena (Dokken opens)

1989 Aerosmith plays in Paris France at LeZenith

1992 Brad plays with The Neighborhoods in Boston MA

1993 Aerosmith plays in Birmingham UK at the NAtional Exhibition Center (Steve Vai opens)

1994 Aerosmith plays in Vancouver Canada at Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum (Collective Soul opens)

1997 Aerosmith plays in Portland OR at Rose Garden Arena

1998 Aerosmith plays in Hamilton Ontario at Copps Coliseum

1998 Nine Lives is certified triple platinum

2000 The Soundtrack to Charlie's Angels is released featuring Angel's Eye

2002 Aerosmith plays in New Orleans LA at New Orleans Arena (Kid Rock/Run DMC open)

1976 Aerosmith plays in Stockholm Sweden at Stockholm Concert Hall (Phoenix opens)

1993 Aerosmith plays in Birmingham UK at National Exhibition Center (Steve Vai opens)

2001 Aerosmith plays in Rosemont IL at Allstate Arena

I don't have the actual CD, but I took this image off of eBay.

I'm guessing from the Obi strip that it's a Japanese release (mini-lp packaging is very popular there). I know that "K2 Super Coding" is a form of mastering, so it appears as if its remastered. Japanese releases are generally regarded for their high quality in terms of sound and packaging. But I want to be sure that it's remastered before I decide to make a purchase. I have sent a question to the seller to find out.

Heavy metal matriarch Sharon Osbourne will host this year's MAP Awards, an annual benefit for the Musicians Assistance Program. The event, taking place November 5 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, will honor Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan and industry attorney John Branca. ...

From: http://www.mtv.com

Then a scan of the invitation hosted by CheckmateHoney (Jude) at: http://pages.prodigy.net/jujubenow/map.htm

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Cal Jam III pairing of Aerosmith and Kiss was a therapeutic way to spend a summerlike Saturday night in the desert. The packed, partying crowd forgot about Iraq and the economy for a few hours while they cheered and sang along with a pair of iconic rock survivors.

It was an enjoyable time-machine ride through three decades of radio regulars and rock-star preening.

But there was a reason Aerosmith closes the show on this "Rockimus Maximus" tour. Kiss remains a flashy but predictable throwback to the wonderful excess that defined the '70s concert experience, while the Boston quintet again proved that it has plenty of fuel left in its tank.

Playing on a stage dressed with nothing but double-stacked amps, Aerosmith spun nearly 30 years of hits from "Mama Kin" to "Jaded," eschewing most of the band's second-wind power ballads. The show was built around the enduring charisma of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the erstwhile Toxic Twins who now seem determined to lead Aerosmith as far into the future as they care to go.

Looking purposefully scruffy, Tyler was in strong voice early on, shuffling and strutting while hammy guitarist Perry took any excuse for a fiery, protracted solo. As always, their supporting cast of original members allowed the pair to hog the spotlight, churning out the boogie riffs while Tyler and Perry enjoyed male-bonding moments around a shared microphone.

Unlike many ultra-veteran rock bands, Aerosmith's fastest songs were never sluggish. Even so, the band has earned the right to diversify a bit, which it did by previewing a pair of song from its upcoming blues album. But while both were diverting, neither was riveting.

Meanwhile, Kiss' perpetual farewell tour should be sponsored by Energizer. Watching the band -- with Tommy Thayer replacing Ace Frehley in the Spaceman get-up -- is like popping a favorite movie into the VCR: You know you'll like what you get, but there aren't any surprises. These days, the pyrotechnics and hydraulics aren't as far over the top as they once were, and the song list remains the same. Still, it's impossible to deny the fun factor.

A shirtless Paul Stanley trotted out his well-rehearsed shouted ad-libs, stopping at one point to play the intro to "Stairway to Heaven." "You didn't come here tonight to hear that, didja?" he yelled. Naw. Instead, it was the typical doses of "Black Diamond," "100,000 Years," "Love Gun," etc., though Thayer did provide a bit of a fresh shred on guitar.

Of course, when it was all over, the buzzed crowd was buzzing. The fact remains that the Kiss live spectacle is something that every concert fan should experience. Just remember that if you're going back for seconds or thirds, you know what's coming.

Furthering the old-school theme, the same bill returns to the area in December at the L.A. Forum.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

From: http://www.maconareaonline.com

Until I checked out Cheryl Jeffreys' hard-luck story, I never realized what a minefield buying concert tickets can be. The Sacramento woman could be the poster child for don't-do-a-ton-of-concerts consumers who suddenly decide to attend one.

The event was the Aerosmith/KISS concert Oct. 14 at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre near Marysville. Wanting the best tickets money could buy, she showed up early at the Ticketmaster window at Tower Records on Florin Road the day tickets went on sale, way back in July.
She was third in line. "I told the girl I wanted the two very best seats available for $125 each (the top price)." Ticketmaster's computer pulled up two seats, Row 10, Section 208.

Nothing closer? Jeffreys asked, just to be sure. She was unfamiliar with the venue and didn't have a seating chart and this kind of money was a huge luxury for her.

"I asked her once more if these were the closest to the stage available and she said 'yes.' With a dozen people behind me waiting and countless other people at different locations buying tickets, I trusted her." With service charges, two tickets cost her $275.

Fast forward to September, when Jeffreys saw tickets still available online. Clicking on the seating chart, she was shocked to find her section adjoined the $45 lawn seats. Even a couple of days before the concert, Ticketmaster still offered $125 seats in Sections 2 and 3 right in front of the stage and in Sections 105, 112 and 114, all of them significantly closer. Ticketmaster customer service confirmed their availability and said that if she took her tickets to the venue box office on the day of the concert, they would upgrade hers.

"OK, I felt better," she said. She had to be there when the box office opened at 4:30 p.m. for a shot at the better tickets, but it was worth it.

Sure enough, when the box office opened, great seats still were available, including two in Section 3, Row 12, in effect 12 rows from the stage. But when the clerk saw Jeffreys' tickets, she said she couldn't upgrade them because she'd paid top dollar. If Jeffrey had $45 or $95 tickets, she could pay the difference and upgrade.

She pleaded with Box Office Manager Ryan Nash and venue General Manager Larry Hostler. No luck. (Hostler later said he was unaware that Ticketmaster had sent her to the box office.) Could she upgrade to the better seats if they remained available one minute before the concert started? she asked. Again the answer was no.

"Our policy says no refunds or exchanges," Hostler said Monday. Exchanges that bring in more money, of course, are OK. Concertgoers with $95 tickets were upgrading, no problem.

As often happens, the issue is not as clear-cut as saying Jeffreys didn't get the best seats available when she bought them at 10:06 a.m. July 19.

Rich Keough, manager of the Ticketmaster district that includes Sacramento, called the first few minutes of sales for popular shows a "mad scramble."

Imagine the clock hitting 10 a.m. and everyone in line at 100-plus Northern California outlets plus people buying tickets online at home. Everyone pulls up potential seats, which become at least momentarily unavailable until those customers buy or release them. At the precise moment the clerk pulled up Section 208 for Jeffreys, those probably were the best seats available. Five or 10 minutes later, some much closer seats very likely were released.

The Section 2 and 3 seats Jeffreys later saw probably had been reserved for the bands and released, said both Keough and Hostler. "I am surprised, though, that (for customer service reasons) they wouldn't swap her tickets out for (better) seats," Keough said.

"It's a hit-or-miss thing, really, and I understand how that doesn't sound fair to customers," Hostler said, "but sometimes tickets suddenly are available."

Snagging great tickets sounds extremely tricky. It might be easier making friends with the band.

Hey, boys, anyone in dire need of some XLR amp cables left behind in the last town? How about some tickets?

From: http://www.sacbee.com

From: http://www.berkshireeagle.com

1978 Aerosmith plays in Richfield OH at Richfield Coliseum (Golden Earring opens)

1987 Aerosmith plays in Montreal Quebec at The Forum (Dokken opens)

1994 Aerosmith plays in Portland OR at Memorial Coliseum (Collective Soul opens)

1997 Aerosmith plays in Seattle WA at Key Arena; Jerry Cantrell joins them for Sick as a Dog

1998 Aerosmith plays in Quebec City Quebec at Quebec Colisee Arena

2002 Aerosmith plays in Bossier City LA at Century Tel Center (Kid Rock/Run DMC open)

Personal suggestion: also check out the Nobody's Fault videos offered for download. Damn, that song's too awesome!Wish I'd get the chance to experience that live before I die... *sigh*

I came across something interesting on eBay. It's a mini-LP CD version of "Done With Mirrors." It has the "K2 Super coding" logo on it, which would indicate that it was remastered. If so, this is quite unique. Here in America, "Done With Mirrors" is regarded by Geffen like an "unwanted stepchild."

Has anyone heard anything about this?

SF:
What a great city. The guys love going to San Francisco. Great Vibe! The show was really good and the guys based out of there for a few days. Joe got to the show pretty early and jammed with Jim Survis and the crew band. His son Tony played bass on an old blues tune.

Seattle:
One of my favorite cities in America. I would put this on my list of cities to move to if I had to go into witness protection but they don't have an NHL hockey team so I scratched them off my list. For the record if I ever got run out of Boston, it would be Chicago first then NYC. Comedian Craig Gass was at the show and did a poor Paul Stanley imitation. Note to Craig: Stick with your Gene! Rumor has it he's working on his Steven. Joe stayed in Seattle with his family and went to see a movie on Mt. St. Helen's at an IMAX Theater. After that it was back in the bus and off to Sacramento. On our way to Sack, the receiver for the satellite dish shit the bed. Since the Sox were on we made an emergency stop at a "Good Guys" in the suburbs of Seattle to get the dish up and running. We saw the 9th inning in the store and left Seattle on a happy note after the SOX won! LA: Steven and Brad spent the day off in LA. The guys were seen cruising around Santa Monica. San Diego: Doomsday! We flew to SD. The airport was about 10 minutes from the venue. As we were landing I checked on the SOX score. 3-0 for the good guys. I should tell you that after the second game of the series, Joe had the idea of sending the team a good luck horseshoe wreath and have it sent to their locker room before game 3. (See front page of Oct. 18th Boston Globe") Doug Flutie (San Diego Chargers quarterback and Boston icon) was hanging with the guys backstage. We watched the game in the Hospitality Room. 7th inning Steven emerges from his dressing room to ask the score. 4-2 SOX I told him! Great he said we got this one! I said Steven this is the Sox man! Don't say that. Keep in mind Steven (and Joey) are from NY so I couldn't really tell which side of the fence he was on. As New York rockers, KISS, took the stage the Yankees mounted their comeback. Just as KISS finished "Rock and Roll All Night" you couldn't hear the TV because it was one of the 'bombs going off' moments of KISS's set, but you could see Mr. Boone rounding the bases after he deposited SOX knucklebrawler Tim Wakefield's wobbly assed pitch into the left field stands of the house that Ruth built. SOX LOSE! As I left the room I saw Flutie come back from watching the KISS encore. "What Happened?" Yanks win on a walk-off homerun. The look on his face was that of someone who had 5 out of 6 #s in Megabucks. There wasn't one guy that said "I don't believe it!" Because we are SOX fans folks, we expect it! 1918 is still tattooed on my left cheek. Next week I will hopefully cheer things up and tell you the Yanks got swept in 4 straight! John B

From: http://www.aeroforceone.com

1976 Aerosmith plays in Erlangen Germnay at Erlangen Stadthalle (Phoenix opens)

1978 Aerosmith plays in Louisville KY at Freedom Hall (Golden Earring opens)

1989 Aerosmith plays in Milan Italy at Palatrussardi

1993 Aerosmith plays in Sheffield UK at Sheffield Arena (Steve Vai opens)

2001 Aerosmith plays the United We Stand Benefit concert in Washington DC at RFK Stadium

2001 Aerosmith plays in Indianapolis IN at Conseco Fieldhouse

FHM issue 38 - November 2003
STEVEN TYLER: Rock's bigmouth on shoplifting beef, losing $50,000 bets and putting his hot daughter to work.

You're finishing up an 11-week tour with KISS. How have the after-show parties compared to those in 1977?
There is no after-show party. Our rider still has green M&M's but there's a little less Jack Daniels. We bring our own cook too; I'm on a salmon diet. It's about longevity. I don't want to look stupid and fat onstage. I want to be able to sing and kick ass. Whatever [Aerosmith guitarist] Joe [Perry] throws at me, I want to be able to knock right out of the park. It's still about blowing the first band off the stage and being as cool as you can without trying too hard.

Have you walked in and caught Gene Simmons rifling through the sofa for lost change?
Gene is a smart guy. He's a businessman first and a rocker second. Gene and Paul Stanley both managed to build their houses on bad reviews and they still sell out shows.

Before Aerosmith's comeback with 1987 Permanent Vacation, did you consider caking on the makeup or coming up with some similar gimmick?
No, man. We put on a smile and went out and kicked ass. Before then, we were neck-deep in everything. When you're a rock star on the road, anything goes, and we got caught up in it. We started out as professional musicians dabbling in drugs and wound up being professional drug addicts dabbling in musicianship. It doesn't work. It steals your soul.

What's the sickest thing you've seen go down at a party?
A girl waving her wooden leg at me, asking, "What do you think about this for 'Sweet Emotion'?" I filled it up with beer and drank until I couldn't walk.

Back in 1970, the newly formed Aerosmith lived together under one roof in Boston. How were your living conditions? We had no money. Our existence was meek and meager. We stole food and did whatever we could to get by. Nobody would hire us because we didn't play "WoolyBully" and all the crap everybody was playing in clubs. We kept to what we were creating ourselves, which led us to the first album, which led us to this interview.

Do you have any tips for budding shoplifters?
If you're going to steal red meat, stick it down your pants. That way it'll be half-cooked by the time you get home.

Which Aerosmith song do you wish you never sang?
If I had to pick? One day it's "Angel," the next it's "Dude Looks Like a Lady." You get tired of playing them after the 6,559th time.

How does a band stay together for 33 years and not suck?
I can't imagine being on Where Are They Now? telling people how great I once was. You have to take your work seriously, but not yourself. Keeping your nose to the grindstone sharpens your boogers.

Have you had any near-death experiences onstage?
Before I got my first piercing, Joe Perry pierced my cheek for me. When he'd string up a guitar, he'd leave about a half-inch of string at the end of the neck instead of cutting it really short, so the neck had all these little barbs sticking out of it. One night I plowed right into it. Blood was blowing out of the side of my mouth. It also made my fat lip even fatter.

Aren't you sick of the very sight of Joe Perry by now?
No. There are two Joe Perrys: The one who lives a mile from my house, and the one who's an animal onstage. Away from the stage, we go hang-gliding and water-skiing, shoot machine guns and ride our Harleys. Onstage, he's the real deal. What's there to get sick of? There aren't many people like that. Once you realize your band is such a machine, you get protective of it and try to keep it alive. I have a 500-horsepower Mercedes-Benz SL55 and it pales in comparison to what this band's got.

When you cast Alicia Silverstone in the "Crazy,""Cryin'" and "Amazing" video triumvirate, did you realize you were creating something magnificent?
Of course we did! I thought she was hot. And she was perfect. At the end of 'Cryin', when she jumps off the bridge and gives them the finger, that said it all right there.

What does it feel like casting your daughter in a sexy video role?
Like the right thing at the right time. Believe me, Liv underplayed it. We had to do a lot of editing on that video. She was beautiful. Is having a beautiful daughter payback for a life of rock excess? I think that's the payoff. Look, I'm blessed. I have Mia and Liv, a daughter named Chelsea, my son, Taj, two peacocks, 20 chickens, a dog with a blue eye and a green eye named Lucky, a cockatiel named Knuckles and my cat named Pooka. I'm a very happy man.

Speaking of happiness, how many breasts do you estimate you've seen over Aerosmith's 33 years?
Thousands. It certainly makes the night worthwhile. What's the fondle ratio on that? I tweaked as many as I could. There is nothing better than having a nice radio to tune in. These days I live vicariously through the front row--you can look but you can't touch. It's a beautiful thing to see them flashing their tits, singing a song or getting off so much that they don't care what they do.

What's the craziest encounter you've ever had with a fan?
In Japan, I bet a guy $50,000 I could go around a sushi bar and eat everything. There was stuff living in tanks that looked like someone's armpit. I threw up before I could make it all the way around, and I lost the bet. I had to fork over 50 grand.

Finally, you're old enough to be our dad: What advice do you have?
Don't squat with your spurs on.

Interview by Kevin Raub

Magazine cover

http://www.mtv.nl/tv/highlights.htm

I got this from clicking on info. at Rock on TV's listing about the Monday Night Football:

About Monday Night Football
Athletes always want to be musicians and musicians always want to be athletes, so what better way to fulfill their fantasies than to play it out on "Monday Night Football" with "Monday Night at the Mic"?! On select halftimes of "Monday Night Football" this season, top NFL players will jam with their favorite musicians in a competition to be voted on by fans to see who is best.

The halftime on "Monday Night Football" will consist of an edited segment featuring two pairs of players/musicians (recorded separately) with set-up, pre- & post-song interviews, and 1:00 of uninterrupted performance each. At the end of each piece, viewers will be instructed to go online on ABC's Enhanced TV, through NFL.com and ESPN.com and vote for the player they think performed best. The winners move on, the losers are eliminated. Results will be announced at the end of the third quarter.

Satoshi[from Japan]

10.18.03
Devore, CA
Hyundai Pavilion Of Glen Helen

Mama Kin
Love In An Elevator
Toys In The Attic
Let The Music Do The Talking
Livin' On The Edge
Jaded
Train Kept A Rollin'(album ver)
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Stop Messin' Round
Baby Please Don't Go
Dream On
Same Old Song And Dance
Cryin'
Walk This Way
Bass Solo/Sweet Emotion

1973 "Dream On" debuts on the Billboard Charts

1978 Aerosmith plays in Roanoke VA at the Civic Center (Exile opens)

1987 Aerosmith plays in Syracuse NY at War Memorial Auditorium (Dokken opens)

1994 Aerosmith plays in Sacramento CA at Cal Expo Amphitheater (Collective Soul opens)

2001 Aerosmith plays in Ames IA at Hilton Coliseum

2002 Aerosmith plays in West Palm Beach FL at Mars Music Amphitheater (Kid Rock/Run DMC opens)

Steven Tyler will be featured in a VH1 series... well, sort of. As a cartoon. The new show is called ill-ustrated! In the commercial a Cartooned Reporter states that Aerosmith has finally quit drugs, and shows Steven like a total Druggy. It was on 10:00 on Friday, but you should be able to catch some repeats.

The Show Starts

Friday Oct. 17
10/9c PM

I went to see Uriah Heep yesterday in Haifa (Israel)- and they gave an amazing show!! 2nd time I see them, 2nd time I get completely blown away!

Anyway, before the show started (there was no opening band) they played in Aerosmith's Gretest Hits CD on loop... in its 2nd run in the middle of SOSAD they lowered it down, closed the lights and started the show... Much better opening than Kiss/Saliva! LOL

The biggest challenge involved in being a part of Aerosmith is making decisions, according to guitarist Brad Whitford.

"This band has been around for a while," Whitford said during a telephone interview from Phoenix. "So when we get ready for a tour, we have to choose songs for the set, and we've got a lot of songs. There are also the business decisions we have to make that are in the band's best interest. And, ironically, those kinds of decisions are the type that we wanted to avoid. That's why we decided to be in a band in the first place."

Still, there was one decision the band made that seemed to be in its own - and its fans - best interest: touring with Kiss.

"The idea had been brewing for a while," said Whitford, who cited the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton as his early musical influences. "The promoters wanted to make it happen and approached us a year ago with the idea.

"I don't think we would have thought about this type of tour on our own, and it made us stop and think about what we're doing in this business. We felt it was a good idea and decided to go for it."

Packaged tours aren't new, especially in the classic-rock community. Among acts that have toured together are Journey and Peter Frampton, Styx and Kansas, Styx and REO Speedwagon; Styx, Journey and REO Speedwagon; Eddie Money and REO Speedwagon; and Pat Benatar and Steve Miller.

But bands like Aerosmith and Kiss? That's a little different. Both still do the big numbers in today's market. And both are more popular internationally than Styx, REO and Journey.

With the way things are in the music business these days, however, Whitford said he and his bandmates found the suggestion quite appealing. "It's a good idea for the money. The tickets cost a bit more, but then again, you're seeing two bands. And both band always try to give our fans their money's worth.

"With the whole music download scene these days, we have been losing money. It's a problem when our royalty payments have dropped considerably due to the free downloads. So we had to find different ways to to do our job."

The drawback for a double-bill tour is the stage time. "Usually, Kiss and Aerosmith are on the stage for 2 1/2 to 3 hours alone," Whitford said. "But on a tour like this, we each have 75 minutes. And that leads to another decision - what songs do we not play."

While the set list is pretty much intact when the tour begins, Whitford said there is always room for changes. "At least on the Aerosmith side, we have a skeleton of a list that we make sure we do, and then we might change one or two songs during the tour. But for the most part, we do have to follow a pattern because of the stage show."

Still, there is not a lot of competition between Kiss and Aerosmith. "We're all trying to put on the best show we can."

Showmanship is easy for Aerosmith. Lead guitarist Joe Perry and singer Steven Tyler are the ideal front-runners for the band. And Whitford, drummer Joey Kramer and bassist Tom Hamilton are rock solid in their delivery.

Kiss is a bundle of energy - even in in photographs. Bassist Gene Simmons and rhythm guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley have led the group through thick and thin, even removing their make-up in the 1980s. Now, with makeup intact, the band has milked this farewell thing to the max, without any signs of slowing down.

Whitford said that touring together puts a smile on his face. "We've been getting a lot of the audience coming to the show in full Kiss makeup and costumes. And then we see them singing Aerosmith songs. It makes me laugh, but it's really cool - almost surreal."

From: http://deseretnews.com

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry doesn't have much to be blue about. His band is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. It is coming off a successful summer stadium tour with KISS. The guy even co-owns a restaurant with singer Steven Tyler and, as of a year ago, has his own hot sauce business -- "Joe Perry's Rock Your World Barnyard Brew Hot Sauce." Perry is leading the rock-star life to a T, and then some.

Still, a blues album is the next step in Aerosmith's 30-year plus career, and while it comes on the heels of Martin Scorsese's PBS miniseries on the blues and Congress' declaration of 2003 as the "year of the blues," Perry said the album has been in the works for a while.

"The record company has been on us to do this for about the past six years," Perry said in a telephone interview. "Since we signed with Sony, the first record they wanted was a blues record. They wanted that instead of 'Nine Lives.'

"It's going to come out in probably late February or early March [2004], and it's going to be a record where we're showing our influences. We went back and picked out some songs that we talked about covering through the years, and others we hadn't thought about but that fit right in with the kind of music we love and has always influenced us."

Perry, along with Tyler, guitarist Brad Whitford, drummer Joey Kramer and bassist Tom Hamilton, started work on the as-yet-untitled blues collection nearly a year ago, but didn't finish before hitting the road with KISS. Still, several of the songs crept into the band's set this summer, and will again when the Aerosmith/KISS "Rocksimus Maximus" tour stops in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.

Guitar man Perry is particularly excited about the blues record, especially the band's back-to-basics approach.

"After the last record ['Just Push Play'], which was a total ProTools record, we wanted to literally get back in the basement, just playing," Perry said. "It seemed like a good opportunity to go down without the pressure of having to write a bunch of songs and still have the band playing in the same room and just see where it would take us."

The record, which Perry calls "a rock record with some blues on it," will reportedly include Aerosmith's take on such songs as Bo Diddley's "Roadrunner," Little Walter's "Temperature" and Muddy Waters' "I'm Ready."

Perry doesn't consider himself much of a blues historian, but he has read a few of music historian Alan Lomax's books and spent considerable time in the South, so "I probably know more than the average person."

On those trips to the South, Perry makes sure to stop at Sun Studios in Memphis, visiting what is arguably the birthplace of American rock 'n' roll as we know it -- the studio where producer Sam Phillips first put Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins on tape.

"They kind of have an 'X' on the floor where Elvis stood," Perry said. "Everybody's recorded in there. The Yardbirds recorded 'Train Kept A-Rollin' " there. Johnny Cash was there. It's pretty amazing.

"It's like going to the Vatican. I don't care what religion you are, you can't help being overwhelmed when you're in the Basilica. It's the same thing with Sun. You might not know anything at all about music, but you can't help but be overwhelmed."

That is the feeling Perry hopes fans come away with after seeing the Aerosmith/KISS tour. He said the band had been thinking about a co-headlining tour for a while, trying to create an event beyond the typical concert. With KISS as co-headliner, there is little question the show will be anything but typical. The bigger question is: Will the roadies have enough time to wipe Gene Simmons' fake blood off the stage before Tyler gets to scampering around?

Both bands were among the '70s' biggest and continue to draw crowds, Aerosmith by attracting new generations of fans via MTV, and KISS by relying on its rabid "KISS Army." Even with their long histories, the bands rarely appeared together in the early days.

"We only did a couple of gigs together, one or two shows," Perry recalled. "There were a couple of shows they opened for us. But as soon as they hit, they hit big, and it wasn't long before they were selling out on their own just like we were."

Co-headlining in a tough concert market proved a smart move during the summer stadium jaunt, enough so that the groups decided to extend the project to indoor arenas such as the Delta Center. Perry maintains Aerosmith would have toured regardless of the market.

At this point, he said, Aerosmith pretty much gets to do what it wants.

"One thing that we do is, we play on," Perry said. "We've seen ups and downs, and music's gone through a whole bunch of changes through the years. Sometimes our kind of rock 'n' roll is the hottest thing, and then the next month it's dance music, and the next month it's girl-diva music or boy-band music. So we keep on doing what we do. We stick to our guns and do what we do best. For Aerosmith, that's a little bit of everything, whether it's ballads or hard rock or blues-rock, we just kind of carry on."

Rocksimus Maximus
*Aerosmith and KISS, with Saliva opening, play the Delta Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $65 to $125 at all Ticketmaster outlets

From: http://www.sltrib.com

Rolling Stone September 18th-30th

Aerosmith and kiss were huge rock bands in the Seventies, but otherwise they have nothing in common. Their curren co-headlining trek, which has become the year's biggest nonstadium tour maintains the status quo. Steven Tyler and joe perry are still bluesy survivors, the craters in their faces and the leathery grit of "Toys in the attic" and "walk this Way" comming across as degnified despite the raggest sexuality of the material. A Hairy Pual Stanley, meanwhile, still dedicates "lick It Up" to "all of the beautiful pies out there and the guys who love to eat them." Kiss made no attempt to inhabit Aerosmith's planet. While one-time kiss tribute band gutarist Tommy Thayer stood in for Ace Fhreley, the quartet continues in post-Nineties-reunion mode- old hits, whiteface makeup, platform boots and too-tight spandex pants. Spidery bssist Gene Simmons drooled blood during "god of thunder," and fire works blasted two or three time per song. In a Cats-like approximation of Babra Striesand , drummer Peter Criss destributed roses and cooned "Beth." As expected, "rock and roll all nite" closed the show. Tyler and perry spend much of their too-brief set leaning their freakishly skinny, scarf wraped frames against eachother on a platform amid the crowd. They played two covers from their upcomming CD: fleetwood Mac's "stop messing around" and muddy waters' update of the traditional "baby please dont go." But from the ferocious 1973 opener "mam Kin," to the 1993 ballad "cryin," raunchy blues-by way of the rolling stones- informed every song. Unlike kiss, Aerosmith's consistency is still welcome!

1978 Aerosmith plays in Huntington WV at the Civic Center (Exile opens)

1989 Aerosmith plays in Koln West Germany at Sartory Saele

1997 Aerosmith plays in Devore CA at Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion

It's actually my local station KNBR 1050-San Francisco that is carrying ESPN's network broadcast. The reason I say ESPN or FOX is because I have the audio of both on and I couldn't tell which it was.

Since Sweet E, they've played the intros to Walk This Way and Dream On.

Jeff McC in San Francisco, http://jjtm.homeip.net

Matt

1976 Aerosmith plays in London UK at the Hammersmith Odeon (Phoenix opens)

1987 Aerosmith plays in Buffalo NY at Memorial Coliseum (Dokken opens)

1994 Aerosmith plays in Mountain View CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre (Collective Soul opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Holmdel NJ at PNC Bank Arts Center (Fuel opens); show is broadcast on the internet

2001 Aerosmith plays in Grand Forks ND at Alerus Center

2002 Aerosmith plays in Tampa FL at the Ice Palace Arena (Kid Rock/Run DMC open)

Can't prove it, but was told by a good source, that Aerosmith will be coming to Canada, but without KISS... the tour will be sometime in April/May. I do have a date for my area, but this was not totally confirmed... so this is why I won't post the date. So I guess the Canadian tour will be for the blues album..

1976 Aerosmith plays in Birmingham UK at Birmingham Odeon (Phoenix opens)

1986 Anthony Perry is born

1987 Aerosmith opens the Permanent Vacation tour in Binghamton NY at Broome County Arena

1997 Aerosmith plays in Mountain VIew CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre (Jonny Lang opens)

Credit: Billboard.com

AeroForce: Michael

The other day I was watching the pre-game show on FOX for the Yankees/Red Sox playoff series and during highlights of the previous games they had Aerosmith's "Walk On Water" playing.

1975 Aerosmith plays in Lakeland FL at the Civic Center

1978 Aerosmith plays in Madison WI at Dane County Coliseum (Exile opens)

1990 Aerosmith plays in Perth Australia at Perth Entertainment Center; they play the entire Pump album

1994 Aerosmith plays in Devore CA at Blockbuster Pavilion (Collective Soul opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Wantaugh NY at Jones Beach Amphitheater (Fuel opens)

2001 Aerosmith plays in Minneapolis MN at the Target Center

Celebrity sightings
After their concert in Phoenix last week, Steven Tyler and Aerosmith partied at the Jade Bar at the Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain. The group, however, was downing sodas and non-alcoholic beers. The rockers also rented motorcycles and revved up the engines through swanky Paradise Valley neighborhoods around the resort.

From: http://www.azcentral.com

All of mia
October 14, 2003

They share a father and a pair of pouty lips, but there the similarity between Mia Tyler and her famous sister Liv ends. And Mia's making the most of it, writes Caroline Graham.

The first thing you notice are the lips, followed closely by the hips. As Mia Tyler, daughter of Aerosmith rocker Steve Tyler, walks into the room, the pouty red lips break into a huge grin. They are, she says with a smile, "the best thing I inherited from Dad. I'm always being told my lips are to die for."

But one thing her super-skinny father did not pass on to his second child - her half-sister is svelte movie star Liv Tyler - was his scrawny physique, a testament to 30 years of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. "Hey, Dad's skinny, I'm not," she says. "So what? I love being big. You show me a guy who doesn't like a bit of flesh to grab hold of."

While Mia, 24, may still be a relative unknown outside the United States, she has become an inspiration for millions of American girls, a proud "plus-size" model who is showing teenagers that sexy does not need to mean skinny. At 1.73 metres tall and about 83 kilograms - "I never weigh myself, I don't want to freak out" - Mia is the face of US clothing label Lane Bryant and can earn up to $12,000 a day. She recently turned down a cosmetics advertisement - "I didn't want to be a girlie girl" - but regularly walks the catwalk for $7500 a day, proudly flaunting her curves. She has become, according to one recent poll by US People magazine, the girl most admired by teenagers.

Mia was born out of a brief marriage between Tyler, now 55, and model Cyrinda Foxe, who died last year from cancer, aged 50. Mia first met Liv, Tyler's daughter from a 1976 affair with model Bebe Buell, at an Aerosmith concert in 1988.

The girls "hugged each other like sisters" but only discovered that they were half-sisters a few months later.

Of Liv, who plays Arwen, the elf princess in The Lord Of The Rings films, Mia says, "I love my sis', she's just great. We get along fine. She has her body, I have mine. I think she's beautiful and she loves the way I look. When I was younger, I wanted to look more like her. I tried dieting. I tried everything. My mum packed me off to a fat farm when I was 13. She told me, 'You'll never amount to anything if you're fat. Only skinny people become successful.'

"I lost 35 pounds [16 kilograms] in six weeks. They fed us nothing. I came home and I was craving chocolate. I put all the weight back on - and more. You can't starve children. It borders on being criminal when girls are shown all these images in magazines, and think they have to be anorexic to make it. When I was 14, I started getting depressed. I guess my depression lasted about three years. I took a load of pills one time - everything in the medicine cabinet. But nothing happened. I didn't even get sick."

Today, Mia's ample beauty is on full display. She wears a pair of figure-hugging jeans and a tight black T-shirt, which emphasise her curves. We meet in her hotel room off Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, an untidy bombsite she is sharing with her fiance, the even weightier Dave Buckner, 27, drummer for the heavy metal band Papa Roach, who tips the scales at a hefty 114 kilograms. The couple are due to marry next month and share a home in Sacramento, two hours north of Los Angeles. Mia says the deciding factor in her wedding plans was her father's disappointment that Liv eloped with British rocker Royston Langdon of the group Spacehog, in March. "I know Dad secretly wants to walk one of his daughters down the aisle. He's a big softie. He's done his rock'n'roll bit. He's been married to my stepmother Teresa for 22 years."

Mia thrusts her ring finger towards me. On it, tattooed, is a tiny blue and red star. "That's my engagement ring. Honey, show her yours," she asks Buckner, who dutifully flashes his matching tattoo. For wedding rings they are designing platinum skulls with diamond eyes. Mia plans to wear black at the wedding.

In a town in which anorexia and eating disorders are the norm, Mia is a blast of fresh air. "I love Mia because she's a real woman," says Buckner. "She's sexy and beautiful, and she's confident in her own body. There's nothing that's more attractive than that. I'm a big guy and she's a big girl, but we just have the best time together." Mia adds, "Dave was with me when my mum died. She had been ill for quite a while. She had been diagnosed with cancer and the doctors gave her 18 months - and she lived exactly 18 months. She was only 50." She points to a tattoo of a Celtic cross entwined in a chain on her left arm. "My mum had an identical one and I had this done when she died. If Dave and I can go through that, we can survive anything."

Mia was the second plus-size model to grace the pages of American Vogue, the fashion bible edited by super-skinny editor Anna Wintour. Mia did her shoot with famed photographer Steven Meisel for last April's issue. She says, "I was shocked. I love Steven, but they retouched the main picture. They got rid of my double chin and hollowed out my cheeks. I mean, what's the point? They hired me because I'm big ... they made me look all skinny and pouty. Why? I don't understand. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but what I do know is there is more to life than fitting into a pair of size-six jeans."

From: http://www.smh.com.au

There is a consumer advocate, Michael Finney, on our local tv/radio station who is wonderful. As of Sunday morning I love the guy even more. He was in San Francisco (I missed if it was Friday afternoon or Saturday morning) when he bumped into Steven at a bookstore. He was giggling and could barely get out what Steven was buying. He noticed that Steven was purchasing the entire collection of "Captain Underpants" book. I'm really presuming they are for his son... Anyway, the dj before him asked if he was better looking in person. He said, "Much better looking." and the other guy says, "Thank God." Michael went on to say that he was a bad journalist because he went up and said hi but didn't acquire about the other two books he was purchasing and obviously hiding the titles. Hummmm we can only imagine. But Michael said Steven was a wonderful person and he can't get over how perfect his skin is for his age or something like that.

There's nothing like a roaring fire on chilly autumn night to warm the soul.
MUSIC REVIEW
KISS AND AEROSMITH (WITH SALIVA)
WHEN: Sunday night
WHERE: White River Amphitheatre

Ghoulish and flamboyant rock band Kiss, in a co-headlining concert with Aerosmith Sunday night at the White River Amphitheatre, used its trademark pyrotechnical display to add drama to its colorful, hit-laden show. But the plumes of flame that punctuated the 75-minute set also helped ward off the cold during the season finale at the outdoor venue.

Windy conditions and a threat of rain didn't discourage Kiss and Aerosmith fans from snapping up tickets to the unusual double bill. The amphitheatre was packed from the pricey, covered seats up front to the upper reaches of the soggy lawn.

Of the two bands, Aerosmith offered the better performance. While Kiss is doing pretty much the same show it has for years, Aerosmith has revamped its greatest-hits set to include a more streamlined stage presentation and a couple of new songs from its upcoming blues-oriented album. The changes suggest Aerosmith is thinking about its future at a time when rock has splintered into multiple factions and blues is enjoying a modest resurgence.

Following a solid opening set by Memphis hard-rock band Saliva, Kiss' Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and new lead guitarist Tommy Thayer -- in face paint, black leather and anvil-sized platform shoes -- descended on a riser as the lights, pyro and other effects lit up the stage. Behind them was drummer Peter Criss. The band opened with a thundering "Detroit Rock City" followed by a string of anthems, among them "Lick It Up" and "God of Thunder," celebrating the band's 30th anniversary.

"We got a cold night tonight, don't we?" said bare-chested lead singer Paul Stanley, who then promised, "The wilder you get, the wilder we're gonna get."

"Shout It Out Loud" became a boisterous singalong as Stanley and Simmons strutted around the stage. Fans cheered as the bat-suited Simmons licked his guitar strings with his lasciviously long and pointed tongue. Simmons' blood-spitting shtick brought howls of approval from the Kiss army. Fake, dripping blood even appeared on the video screens as Simmons coughed up crimson.

Other members also had their little routines. During "100,000 Years," Stanley whipped the microphone cord around his neck after prancing about the stage. During "Black Diamond" (no relation to the nearby town), Criss' drum kit rose like a space ship on streams of fog. Later, during the encore, Criss' sang his sweet, solo version of "Beth."

Following a raucous, singalong version of "Rock and Roll All Night," the band disappeared in a hail of sparks and flashpots.

Less flamboyant but no less entertaining, Aerosmith opened with "Mama Kin" and "Love in an Elevator" as lead singer Steven Tyler made good use of a 30-foot ramp that extended into the audience. During "Jaded," Tyler briefly shared the microphone with two female fans.

After walloping versions of "Train Kept a-Rollin' " and "What It Takes," the band offered two songs from the upcoming album, whose working title is "Honkin' On Bobo," against a video backdrop of cool-looking neon signs. Fleetwood Mac's "Stop Messin' Around" (featuring Tyler on harmonica) was followed by the classic "Baby, Please Don't Go."

The main set resumed with a powerful "Dream On" followed by the party anthem "Same Old Song And Dance." The crowd put its hands in the air for a howling "Walk This Way." "Sweet Emotion" featured an amusing video of musicians on guitar-shaped skateboards.

As the 75-minute set drew to a close, guitarist Joe Perry appeared in a dramatic column of twirling stage fog. The crowd was then showered with confetti. Shortly after 11 p.m., Tyler abruptly signed off, apologetically telling the crowd, "The town's gonna shut us down!"

From: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com

1976 Aerosmith plays in Glasgow Scotland at the Apollo Theatre (Phoenix opens)

1978 Aerosmith plays in St. Paul MN at the Civic Center (Exile opens)

1994 Aerosmith plays in Phoenix AZ at Desert Sky Pavilion (Collective Soul opens)

1997 Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas is released featuring tracks by Joe Perry

2002 Aerosmith plays in Atlanta GA at HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (Kid Rock/Run DMC open)

As an integral part of one of the most successful acts ever in popular music (Aerosmith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year), Joe Perry has helped forge the sound of rock for nearly 30 years while becoming one of the most esteemed guitar heroes of all time.
Having received multiple GRAMMY® awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and American Music Awards in recognition of Aerosmith’s impressive body of work, Perry is known as an innovator. And this innovator stays on the cutting edge of music itself and the technologies that make it happen.

Perry has recently found a new tool for capturing spur-of-the-moment ideas and riffs, while maintaining a sonic integrity worthy of a final product – the Korg D1600 Digital Recording Studio.

For Perry, the all-in-one unit has given new meaning to portable recording. “I have it set up in my dressing room every night and I fool around with it,” he says. “It’s the year 2000 version of the portable cassette recorder, only unlike a cassette recorder, it’s 24-bit, so whatever you lay down could be used later for an album if you wanted to. The CD burner is what sold me on it in the end,” Perry continued, citing the convenience of not having to carry around extra equipment.

“When you think ahead about wanting to move ideas or songs to a computer, or you want to listen back to what you’ve done, the CD burner is the thing.”

Korg’s D1600 Digital Recording Studio is a professional multi-track unit featuring 24-bit performance combined with intuitive editing, mastering, and internal CD burning for an all-in one package. The D1600 also features a vast array of digital effects, routing options, and must have tools such as a built-in tuner and metronome.

For more information on Aerosmith, go to www.aerosmith.com.

From: http://www.korg.co.uk

From: http://www.johndouglas.com/clientspress.html

Q104.3 is going Boston Free!

From now until the end of the Yankees - Red Sox ACLS series, Q104.3 is banning all things Boston.

Yea we all love Aerosmith, but they're from Boston and we WILL NOT BE PLAYING THEM. They only way you'll hear songs like "Sweet Emotion", "Last Child" or "Walk This Way", is if one Toxic Twins call us on the air (888.872.1043 if Joe Perry or Steven Tyler are reading this) and admit that the Yanks are superior.

The band Boston is great, but we're cooling their engines. The mere uttering of the word "Boston" gets a bleep on the radio at Q.

J. Geils Band... sorry - unless you're talking about a picture of Derek Jeter, we're not playing songs like "Centerfold."

The Cars - no parking in New York 'till the series is over. Or if Ric Okasek sends his supermodel wife over to our studios to show her Yankee pride.

The Q104.3 commissary has removed Boston Baked Beans, New England Clam Chowder and Boston Cream Pie from our display case.

Oh and Dennis Leary... admit the Yankees are the best team in baseball or piss off!

Keeping the Curse Alive... your friends at Q104.3.

From: http://www.q1043.com

1973 Aerosmith plays in Cleveland OH at Carroll University

1976 Aerosmith plays in Liverpool UK at Liverpool Empire (Phoenix opens)

1991 Aerosmith films MTV 10 with the Boston Pops in Boston MA at the Wang Center

1997 Aerosmith plays in Phoenix AZ at Desert Sky Pavilion

1998 Aerosmith plays in Wantaugh NY at Jones Beach Amphitheater (Fuel opens)

2001 Aerosmith plays in Edmonton Alberta at teh Skyreach Centre

1973 Aerosmith opens for Mott the Hoople in Detroit MI at the Masonic Temple

1978 Aerosmith plays in Oklahoma City OK at The Myriad (Exile opens)

1994 Aerosmith plays Las Vegas NV at The Thomas & Mack Arena, UNLV Campus (Collective Soul opens)

2002 Aerosmith plays in Raleigh NC at the Alltel Pavilion (Kid Rock and Run DMC open)

The tour that brings Aerosmith and KISS to the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn on Sunday is already being touted as the biggest double bill of the season.

A show on the scale of the White River date is a far cry from the settings Aerosmith and KISS shared the last time they performed on the same bill.

"We actually did some gigs with them in '74 or '75," Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said. "Yeah, so we've known them for years and years."

Back then both bands were trying to establish themselves on the rock landscape. Aerosmith's breakthrough came after the 1975 release of their third album, "Toys in the Attic," which featured the hit "Sweet Emotion." That same year, KISS blasted to the forefront of rock with the release of a concert version of "Rock and Roll All Night" from the "KISS Alive" album.

Perry remembers just how desperate bands were to outshine each other on stage during those early days.

"I think there was a time back in the day when you were only as good as your live show," he said. "You can put out records, but the thing is, it was really about playing live. ... It was a lot more cutthroat and a lot more sense of competition for winning people over. That was where we came from."

These days Aerosmith and KISS are so well established that neither band has to worry about winning an audience from night to night on tour. Still, Perry expects a little professional pride to filter into the festivities as Aerosmith and KISS share concert stages into December. (Earlier this week, 24 dates were added to the tour, extending it through Dec. 20.)

"I think at this point, each band knows pretty much what they're capable of," Perry said. "... But I think there's always that twinge of the unknown that we're both counting on pushing the other guys to do. ...

"In the end, the audience is going to get a great show. And I think certainly the competition will be a lot friendlier, but it will still be there."

That's not to say Perry has any worries about Aerosmith, which will close the show, being upstaged by the fully costumed KISS and their special effects-filled concert spectacle.

"I've never been afraid of following anybody. That's just my own natural arrogance. I don't know if it's justified or not," Perry said with a chuckle. "I think if I had to be afraid of following somebody, I'm in the wrong business.

"To go out there and blast away at 120 dBs, you've got to have a certain amount of confidence."

KISS is touring behind a new live CD, "KISS Symphony: Alive IV," which finds the group joining forces with Australia's Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in performing orchestral versions of the band's hits.

Aerosmith will use the dates to give fans a first taste of the blues CD the band is scheduled to release in January.

"We're going to probably play one or two songs from it," Perry promised. He didn't let out any secrets about how the album will sound, in part because the songs weren't mixed and a final choice of the dozen tunes that will make the CD had yet to be made. But he did offer some hints.

At this point, 16 tracks are being considered, with a handful of them being Aerosmith originals. Covers of tunes by Muddy Waters ("I'm Ready"), Blind Willie McTell ("Broke Down Engine") Little Walter ("Temperature") and Otis Rush ("All Your Lovin' ") have been mentioned as candidates for the CD in various articles on the project.

Perry said, though, this will not be an album for blues purists. While a couple of tracks may have a traditional blues sound, the CD as a whole offers considerable variety.

"We took influences from these songs, and not only from the classic blues guys, but some of it was from the English (rock) interpretations of some of the blues songs," Perry said, noting that the approach of British guitar greats Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmie Page filters into some of the playing on the Aerosmith album.

From: http://www.heraldnet.com

October 09, 2003 02:14 PM - It was the same old song and dance at KISS and Aerosmith's Wednesday (10/9) show at Cricket Pavilion in Phoenix ... but that's exactly what the sold-out crowd expected.

The nearly four-and-a-half-hour concert was an exercise in rock 'n' roll extremes. KISS pounded out enough nonstop pyro to shock and awe the audience, while Aerosmith took the stripped-down route.

After an opening set by Saliva, KISS--backed by a barrage of explosions, two video screens, and "KISS" in flashing lights--launched into the anthem "Detroit Rock City."

"What a hot night we got tonight," the soprano-toned Paul Stanley said. "If you're ready to kick some a-- tonight, say, 'Yeah.' The wilder you get tonight, the wilder we're gonna get tonight."

The crowd of 20- to 50-year-olds went wild when guitarist Stanley, bassist Gene Simmons and new guitarist Tommy Thayer (replacing Ace Frehley) lined up side-by-side and rocked in unison, and was just as fervent when a blood-drooling Simmons "flew" atop a row of spotlights to perform "God of Thunder."

Stanley performed operatic tricks with his vocals, lifting up his pinky from the mic as he hit the high notes. At one point, an especially emphatic row of KISS fans--costumed and wearing Simmons-style face make-up--yelled "Give it to us!" as Stanley played a guitar solo.

Introducing "Lick It Up," Stanley told the crowd, "Make sure if you put something in your mouth, make sure it tastes really good." Meanwhile, Simmons gratuitously lapped the air with his fabled extra-long tongue.

In comparison, the members of Aerosmith--who opened their set with the 30-year-old hit "Mama Kin"--leveraged their sex appeal more subtly, with guitarist Joe Perry whipping open his shirt and singer Steven Tyler dancing suggestively across the stage.

Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with "Damage Addict," Tyler fully utilized the runway that reached into the crowd. "How did so many cool a-- people get in such a hot a-- place," Tyler said.

Joined by a keyboardist, Aerosmith previewed its upcoming, as-yet-untitled blues album with covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Stop Messin' Around" and Muddy Waters' "Baby, Please Don't Go." Neon signs bearing New Orleans-type slogans--"Our pulled pork can't be beat" and "New Orleans Blues"--hung from the rafters.

Tyler's vocals were near-perfect throughout the night, but especially during an a cappella version of "What It Takes," and Perry played with such precision that he even impressed the hardcore KISS fans in the audience.

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Tour Itinerary

[Note: The following tour itinerary has been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of October 09, 2003 02:14 PM. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist web sites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

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October 2003
10 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
12 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
14 - Marysville, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
16 - Chula Vista, CA - Coors Amphitheatre
18 - Devore, CA - Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen
20 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center
24, 25 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena

November 2003
6 - Omaha, NE - Mecca
8 - Grand Forks, ND - Alerus Center
10 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
12 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
14 - Bridgeport, CT - Arena at Harbor Yard
16 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
20 - Washington DC - MCI Center
22 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
24 - Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena
26 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter
28 - Albany, NY - Pepsi Arena
30 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills

December 2003
3 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
5 - Jacksonville, FL - Veterans Memorial Arena
8 - Louisville, KY - Freedom Hall
10 - Knoxville, TN - Thompson-Boling Arena
12 - Moline, IL - Mark of the Quad Cities
14 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
18 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum
20 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center

From: http://www.livedaily.com

1990 Aerosmith plays in Sydney Australia at the Sydney Entertainment Center

1997 Aerosmith plays in Houston TX at The Summit

1998 Aerosmith plays in Hartford CT at The Meadows (Fuel opens)

2001 Aerosmith plays in Calgary Alberta at Pengrowth Saddledome

1977 Aerosmith plays in Philadelphia PA at The Spectrum (Styx opens); Steven and Joe are hit with a firecracker during the encores; Steven has burned corneas, and Joe lacerates an artery in his hand

1979 Joe Perry leaves to pursue the Joe Perry Project

1990 Aerosmith plays in Sydney Australia at the Sydney Entertainment Center

1994 Aerosmith plays in Reno NV at Lawlor Events Center (Collective Soul opens)

2002 Aerosmith plays in Virginia Beach VA at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Kid Rock/Run DMC open)

Not 100% sure what the source is. I expect it is Billboard. Maybe this has been posted before and sorry to duplicate. Some of the data I haven't been able to authenticate like the Boxscore info which I've been collecting since the tour started but maybe some of the missing first leg dates might not have made their top 10 listing.

I've found 18 dates listed with 87.5% capacity and 25.5 million gross sales. I used this data as an average last night to fill in the holes and estimated sales to date of just over $40 million (for the concerts played - 30) with 560,000 people seeing them on tour. (Their 55 shows of 2002 grossed $41.4 million)

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Kiss/Aerosmith Tour Sets Fall Dates

As first tipped here this summer, Kiss and Aerosmith have extended their successful co-headlining tour into late December. The trek, which rolls into Phoenix tonight (Oct. 8), is now slated to wrap Dec. 20 in Fresno, Calif. Several major markets will be revisited, including Boston, Detroit, New York and Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, sources say each band is prepping separate arena tours for next year. As previously reported, Aerosmith will also release a collection of blues-inspired songs on Columbia in early 2004.

The Kiss/Aerosmith combination has been a potent one at the box office. According to figures for 24 shows submitted to Billboard Box Score, the tour has played to 85% capacity and grossed more than $31.5 million.

"There are a lot of people who see this as the tour of the year, and a lot of people want to see it," Kiss principal Paul Stanley told Billboard in August. "As long as everybody's enjoying themselves, that's the key to it -- we always wind up going full-circle to 'this has to be enjoyable.' Fans know when you're having a great time, so as long as this is fun, we'll continue to do it. If it truly turned into the battle of the bands, we'd go home."

Here are Kiss/Aerosmith's tour dates:

Oct. 8: Phoenix (Cricket Pavilion)
Oct. 10: Mountain View, Calif. (Shoreline Amphitheatre)
Oct. 12: Auburn, Wash. (White River Amphitheatre)
Oct. 14: Marysville, Calif. (Sleep Train Amphitheatre)
Oct. 16: Chula Vista, Calif. (Coors Amphitheatre)
Oct. 18: Devore, Calif. (Hyundai Pavilion)
Oct. 20: Albuquerque, N.M. (Journal Pavilion)
Oct. 22: Salt Lake City (Delta Center)
Oct. 24-25: Las Vegas (MGM Grand Garden Arena)
Nov. 6: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center Omaha)
Nov. 8: Grand Forks, N.D. (Alerus Center)
Nov. 10: Minneapolis (Target Center)
Nov. 12: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Van Andel Arena)
Nov. 14: Bridgeport, Conn. (Harbor Yard)
Nov. 16: New York (Madison Square Garden)
Nov. 20: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center)
Nov. 22: Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum)
Nov. 24: Manchester, N.H. (Verizon Wireless Arena)
Nov. 26: Boston (FleetCenter)
Nov. 28: Albany, N.Y. (Pepsi Arena)
Nov. 30: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills)
Dec. 3: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Dec. 5: Jacksonville, Fla. (Veterans Memorial Arena)
Dec. 8: Louisville, Ky. (Freedom Hall)
Dec. 10: Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Dec. 12: Moline, Ill. (Mark of the Quad Cities)
Dec. 14: Oklahoma City (Ford Center)
Dec. 18: Inglewood, Calif. (the Forum)
Dec. 20: Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)

1977 Aerosmith plays in Philadelphia PA at The Spectrum

1993 Aerosmith plays Cryin' and Sweet Emotion on Saturday Night Live in New York City NY at NBC Studios

1997 Aerosmith plays Dallas TX at the Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheater (Marry Me Jane opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Bristow VA Nissan Pavilion

2001 Aerosmith cancels their show in Vancouver Canada at General Motors Place

DINO

The 20th Century Masters series also includes Mötley Crue, Steppenwolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who and others...

1978 Aerosmith plays in Kalamazoo MI at Wings Stadium (Exile opens)

1994 Aerosmith plays in Mountain View CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre (Collective Soul opens)

2002 Aerosmith plays in Charlotte NC at Verizon Wireless

20 arena dates so far! More coming !

Dino

1978 Aerosmith plays in Indianapolis IN at Market Square Arena (Exile opens)

1990 Aerosmith plays in Camberra Australia at Bruce Indoor Stadium

1994 Aerosmith plays in Sacramento CA at California Exposition Amphitheater (Collective Soul opens)

1997 Aerosmith plays in Antioch TN at Starwood Amphitheater (Marry Me Jane opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Virginia Beach VA at GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater

1998 Joe Perry appears on the TV show "Homicide" in the episode called "Brotherly Love"

2002 Aerosmith plays in Kansas City KS at Sandstone Amphitheatre

More dates coming soon!

Dino

By Hector Saldana
San Antonio Express-News

Web Posted : 10/04/2003 11:23 PM

SELMA - Jack Black's "The School of Rock" opened this weekend at movie theaters around the country to well-deserved rave reviews, but the real school of rock was in session at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Saturday.

Aerosmith's Joe Perry (left) and Steven Tyler perform time-tested tunes to rowdy fans at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

Edward A. Ornelas/Express-News

Kiss' Paul Stanley holds up his broken guitar after smashing it on stage.

Kiss and Aerosmith proved to be a combination as fun as a chocolate peanut butter cup, attracting some 15,000 "students" of all ages. The last rock show of the season was also one of biggest at the outdoor venue.

And yes, Black's nimble Belushi eyebrows would have given their approved. Saliva opened, followed by Kiss and Aerosmith.

Kiss came on with "Detroit Rock City," featuring pyrotechnics and bomb blasts. The night would include fire breathing and fake dripping blood, too. Both bands are led by a pair of showoffs joined at the hip.

For Kiss, guitarist Paul Stanley's stomp, strut, pomp and swish on "Strutter" balances bassist Gene Simmon's harder "God of Thunder" image.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are America's version of the Glitter Twins (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) post-"Exile on Main Street," still looking elegantly wasted, if genuinely cleaned up.

It's impossible to tell which camp drew more fans. But the Kiss Army was definitely rowdier.

"Kiss should have headlined," said Gabriel Villalobos with his wife and three children in tow. "Yeah, Kiss rocks!" added daughter Victoria Villalobos.

But everyone got along - because they got what they wanted. Time-tested chestnuts spanning generations ruled.

Aerosmith opened with "Mama Kin," followed by "Love In an Elevator" and "Toys In the Attic." The band fast-forwarded with raw takes on "Pink" and "Jaded" better known by the MTV set.

"Dream On" still brings out the lighters.

But you've got to love Kiss. Fifty-ish rock 'n' rollers balancing dangerously atop platform boots and secure enough to wear tights with cutouts in the thighs.

Kiss newcomer Tommy Thayer, who steps in these days for Ace Frehley, added a Mick Ronson edge to the familiar licks.

Both legendary acts played like they still could "Rock and Roll All Nite." And the heat can still be felt in the back rows - with or without the flame balls.

From: http://news.mysanantonio.com

check the link for pic of Steven and Joe......

1978 Aerosmith plays in Cincinnati OH at Riverfront Coliseum

1990 Aerosmith plays in Brisbane Australia at Boondal Entertainment System

1994 Aerosmith plays in Denver CO at McNichols Sports Arena (Collective Soul opens)

1997 Aerosmith plays in West Palm Beach FL at Coral Sky Amphitheater (Marry Me Jane opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Charlotte NC at Blockbuster Pavilion

DALLAS _ As one might expect, putting KISS and Aerosmith together is basically a license to print money: The show Thursday at the Smirnoff Music Centre was sold out, with everyone from grizzled fans to schoolkids being initiated into the rock concert experience by their proud parents in attendance.

But in addition to being a financial success, the show _ which featured both acts playing around 80 minutes and Aerosmith closing _ was better musically than I would have expected, especially from KISS.

Taking the stage around 8 p.m., the band displayed all the special effects they've always been known for _ explosions, fire, fireworks, more fire, more explosions _ but they also sounded tighter than at past shows as they worked through Lick It Up, Firehouse, Black Diamond and several more. The difference is Ace Frehley replacement Tommy Thayer, who plays more aggressively (both on lead and rhythm) than Frehley did the past few times I saw him in the band.

The result is that KISS is actually playing well these days, and not letting the special effects do all the work. The only real low points of the set were when Peter Criss said "God bless you, Houston" after singing Beth _ the booing went on forever _ and Paul Stanley drawing out I Want You far longer than the song was ever meant to be.

Taking the stage at 9:45 p.m. with Mama Kin, Aerosmith went on to play a fairly satisfying set that could have been stronger. With lead singer Steve Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry often going down to a mini-stage on the venue floor, the band romped through old favorites such as Love in an Elevator and Toys in the Attic with their classic tight-but-loose feel, and when they were on they were great.

However, their song selection could have been better; considering they had only 80 minutes onstage, there was no reason to play so much weak recent material _ guys, do Jaded or Cryin but not both, okay? _ and promoing a CD that isn't even out yet by playing two blues covers, including a take on the overplayed Baby Please Don't Go that owed everything to Them's mid-'60s version.

The band should have waited until the CD those songs are on to play them and stuck to an all-classics format, although their set was given a major boost by the inclusion of old non-hits Seasons of Wither and Nobody's Fault.

All in all, theirs was a solid, well-played and often engaging show that with a little tweaking could have been better.

From: http://www.dfw.com

Also, be sure to check out pics from Rick's last gig (9/6 McRed's) at: http://www.aerosmithshow.com. You can also get to pics from the first 2 gigs at McRed's (7/31 & 8/21) from that same page. Thanks to Beth for hosting them for us! We're still working on putting up the ones from 8/21! Email me at Aeroluvr@aol.com or this address with any questions. Hope to see you all there Saturday! Terry aka TED

RICK DUFAY
(formerly of Blue By Nature and Aerosmith)
with his new band
WOODFINN SWEETS!
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 4TH AT 10:30PM!

1973 Aerosmith opens for Mott the Hoople in Atlanta GA at Municipal Auditorium

1975 Aerosmith plays in Greensboro NC at Greensboro Coliseum (with REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent)

2002 Aerosmith plays in Antioch TN at AmSouth Amphitheater; Wynonna Judd joins them on Walk This Way

For the record, Aerosmith gets top billing Saturday after the stage is cleared of Kiss' blood, confetti, fireworks and lingerie trophies. While rightly deserving of headliner, superstar status, the question begs to be answered why Aerosmith would choose to follow the fire-breathing spectacle of Kiss.

"I don't know," Hamilton answers with an air of diplomacy. "I think, maybe, we've just been on the road a little more in recent years and may have a little more momentum built up."

Aerosmith's momentum has more swagger than a roadside sobriety test thanks to the shuffling chatter of front man Steven Tyler, the lead-foot drumming of Joey Kramer and the Groove-zilla guitar riffs of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. Saturday's safe-bet song selections include "Walk This Way," "Dream On," and "Sweet Emotion" from Aerosmith's beer-for-breakfast '70s heyday while sobered-up, second-wind smashes from the best-selling albums "Permanent Vacation," "Pump" and "Get a Grip" are slated for equal set-list time. The evening's surprises include post-dated blues covers due for release some time next year.

"We started learning a bunch of old blues songs as a creative exercise," Hamilton says. "In most cases, we would try to play them exactly like the original versions and see how close we could get. There's a few songs where they're very authentic, raw, to-the-bone (updated) versions and then we've got other ones we're gonna turn into hard rock songs."

The blues-inspired album is tentatively titled "Honkin' on Bobo," a phrase that seems steeped in Tyler's trademark innuendo. Not so, apparently.

"I think Joe's the one who's really pushing for that one," Hamilton says. "He loves that phrase. I think people are going to think it means one thing and we're going (to say), 'No, no, it means playing a saxophone or something. We'll see (laughs)."

While the AeroKiss pairing is a gem by any rocker's standards, it's not entirely unprecedented.

"We did a few dates together (in the '70s)," Hamilton recalls. "They opened a couple of shows for us and we didn't know what to expect. Nobody mentioned to us that this band had such a bizarre stage show. We kinda got caught with our pants down."

Digging even deeper, Hamilton recalls his very first encounter with Kiss.

"The first night I ever met (original Kiss guitarist) Ace (Frehley) was in 1972 when we got our recording contract in New York City," Hamilton says. "He happened to be a friend of a friend. I was hanging out with him and he told me he was a guitar player. I asked him if he was in a band and he said, 'Yeah, I'm in this weird band and I don't know what's gonna happen with it.' That was the last I saw of him until we did those gigs together later on."

From: http://news.mysanantonio.com

ALSO FROM SAME PUBLICATION:

Mix this!

San Antonio Express-News

Web Posted : 10/03/2003 12:00 AM

A suggested 20-song compilation from the two '70s juggernauts:
Aerosmith

The set: "Make It," "Mama Kin," "Train Kept-A-Rollin'/Seasons of Wither," "Walk This Way," "Sweet Emotion," "Big 10-Inch Record," "Back in the Saddle," "Last Child," "Sick As A Dog," "Lightning Strikes," "Rag Doll," "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," "Angel," "F.I.N.E.," "Janey's Got a Gun," "What It Takes," "Livin on the Edge," "Cryin'," "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)," "Just Push Play"

Notes: Yes, no "Dream On." No "Love in an Elevator." I never want to hear either of those again. Same goes for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," composed by ace pop songwriter Diane Warren. Even so, this set is better than "Greatest Hits" (1980) and "Gems" (1988) put together.

Tunes we'd like to see: "Love on an Escalator," "If I Could Walk That Way (I Wouldn't Need the Talcum Powder)," "Dude (Looks Like a Metrosexual)," "Back in the Rehab Clinic"

Kiss

The set: "Deuce," "Strutter," "Black Diamond," "Firehouse," "Detroit Rock City," "Christine Sixteen," "Hard Luck Woman," "Beth," "Shout It Out Loud" (how else would you shout it?), "Rock and Roll All Nite," "Lick It Up," "Calling Dr. Love," "I Was Made for Loving You," "I Want You," "Plaster Caster," "I Love It Loud," "Tears Are Falling," "Forever," "God Gave Rock & Roll to You"

Notes: Little of the band's studio output since the early '80s is worth including. And the semi-recent rock-radio hit "Domino" is excluded because it's sexist even by Kiss standards.

Tunes we'd like to see: "Seguin Rock City," "Shout It Quietly to Yourself," "Rock and Roll Until 9 p.m. (We're Too Old to Go All Nite)," "Calling Dr. Viagra."

- Robert Johnson

From http://news.mysanantonio.com

1978 Aerosmith pays $3650 in bail money to free 52 fans busted for violating a no smoking ordinance at a show in Ft. Wayne IN

1994 Aerosmith plays in Dallas TX at the Starplex Amphitheater (Collective Soul opens)

1997 Aerosmith plays in Orlando FL at Orlando Centroplex (Marry Me Jane opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Atlanta GA at Lakewood Amphitheater

I spy . . .

Rocker Steven Tyler waltzed through the front door at Joe's Bar on Weed Street Friday after performing with Aerosmith at the Tweeter Center and drank a bottled water as a nightcap at the VIP lounge, where he hung out until 2 in the morning.

I got my DVD of Hershey today. Sadly, it's mainly a screener. However, I've uploaded a few cuts from the show to http://www.toysinourattic.com

1987 Dude debuts on the Billboard charts

1990 Aerosmith plays in Melbourne Australia at the National Tennis Center

1993 Aerosmith plays in Atlanta GA at Lakewood Amphitheater (4 Non-Blondes open)

2000 "Angel's Eye" is released

2002 Aerosmith plays in Maryland Heights MD at UMB Bank Pavilion

9/26/03 - Liz Meyer is Steven's Wardrobe Maestro

Liz Meyer - Steven Tyler's Wardrobe, Hair & Make-up Artist "extraordinaire" has a special place in Chicago's heart.

Known as the "Best Vintage store in Chicago", Silver Moon combines vintage pieces with modern streetware. The store was established 22 years ago but it's been Liz Meyer's place for the past 6 months. Silver Moon sells clothing from the 1800's to the 1960's with plans to showcase and sell specially selected articles of Steven Tyler's clothing - worn by Steven in the '70's.

Look for the "Tyler" additions to Silver Moon's already killer inventory this November.

Find Silver Moon at:
Silver Moon
3337 North Halsted
Chicago, IL 60646
773-883-0222 - Phone

The store be online in late December at: www.silvermoonchicago.com

From: http://www.aeroforceone.com

Dallas Tickets @ Will-Call Window

UPS informed us today that the entire shipment for the Dallas Aerosmith/KISS show can not be found in their system past pick-up from AF1's offices. Therefore we have no choice but to reprint the tickets and put them at the will-call window. The lost tickets will be voided by the venues ticket scanning system so that only the reprinted tickets will be valid. This means that if for some reason your ticket does arrive via UPS, it will not be valid. Only the new reprinted ticket at will-call will be valid.

AF1 representatives will be on-hand at the venue (and the will-call window) to assist you. Tickets may be picked up after 3PM the day of the show at the will-call window (which is located on the East side of the venue). An ID is required for pick-up (picture not required). Naturally your shipping and handling charges will be refunded. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

NOTE: the venue informs us a fair is taking place on the grounds the day of show, and paid parking will be required to access will-call. we recommend you pick-up your tickets at a time when you are able to stay at the venue (to avoid paying for parking twice).

From: http://www.aeroforceone.com

ENGLEWOOD - The difference between KISS and Aerosmith became strikingly clear by the fourth song of the latter band's set at Fiddler's Green on Tuesday night, when the Boston rockers loosened up with a fierce rendition of "Let the Music Do the Talking."

Taking a relatively inconsequential song, Aerosmith did just that, smoking the capacity audience with a twin slide-guitar attack by Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, a bit of raw musicality that came over the crowd like a breath of fresh air following KISS' stiff, gimmicky set.

And perhaps that's why Aerosmith plays last on this co-headlining tour, which saw each band delivering 75-minute sets on a chilly fall night, the final show of another summer concert season. KISS' performance was textbook rock 'n' roll, a paint-by-numbers hard-rock show, right down to the fireworks and flashpots, fake blood, levitating drum kit, excessive tongue wagging and, particularly, Paul Stanley's shameless shout-outs to the "people of Denver."

Aerosmith, in contrast, focused on its bluesy, riff-heavy rock, foregoing theatricality for an aural punch that KISS lacked. Steven Tyler and Co. were at their best grinding through chest-pumping rockers like the opening barrage of "Mama Kin" and "Toys in the Attic," or even moodier mid-tempo numbers like "Seasons of Wither," from 1974's Get Your Wings. Tyler, who seemingly sang himself hoarse, was a dervish on stage, running far out into the audience on a ramp that extended well into Fiddler's seated area.

The band only faltered when it trotted out its more recent, poppier fare, songs like "Pink," "Cryin'" and "Jaded," which, next to the band's classics, simply sound contrived. Then again, at least Aerosmith didn't play its Diane Warren-penned hit, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," certainly the nadir of its up-and-down career.

For KISS, Tuesday night's show began and ended with fireworks, a fitting touch for a set so overloaded with pyrotechnics it was hard to focus on the music. And perhaps that's appropriate, because KISS really is a cartoon band; the songs, while certainly four-on-the-floor rockers, aren't much without the stage show and the hoary rock cliches.

Musically, KISS' performance was anchored by drummer Peter Criss and new guitarist Tommy Thayer, who wore departed axeman Ace Frehley's signiature face make-up; Stanley and bassist Gene Simmons - he of the obscenely long tongue - spent as much time mugging for the audience as they did playing.

Predictably, KISS stuck to its best-known work, giving the appreciative crowd what it wanted: "Detroit Rock City," "Deuce," "God of Thunder" and "Rock and Roll All Nite." Nothing shocking, but nothing too horrible, either - at least until Criss stepped forward during the encore to sing a truly awful version of "Beth," backed by nothing more than canned orchestration.

Overall, KISS' performances seemed rote, although Thayer added a palpable vitality with his energetic solos, perhaps becuase he was the only one on stage who hadn't been playing these songs night in and night out for decades.

From: http://www.bouldernews.com

Call it Rocksimus Maximus, as it's billed, or call it a shrewd partnership in a depressed concert climate. Just don't call it a battle of the bands.

If you like showmanship and bombast, you're squarely in Kiss' corner. If it's musicianship and precision you admire, Aerosmith's the band. Nothing the two seasoned groups do on their first tour together as co-headliners is going to change any allegiances.

Everyone at Fiddler's Green on Tuesday night favored one or the other, but that's not to say concertgoers couldn't appreciate both. The rings overlap in this heavy metal circus, where Kiss is a guffawing clown, Aerosmith a rugged lion tamer.

The face-painted ones took the stage first - and there were plenty of surprisingly clownlike moments. Paul Stanley, the strikingly in-shape frontman, looked primed to do stand-up in Vegas, joking about his pants slipping down ("You didn't pay THAT much"), and sliding into a few bars of Stairway to Heaven. "You didn't come to hear THAT, did you?"

No, they came to see hear, uh, see plenty of pyro, fireworks, Gene Simmons spitting blood and breathing fire. They got all that, and it was plenty of fun, even if it was crammed into an abridged, 75- minute version of a Kiss headlining show.

The favorites were accounted for: Rock and Roll All Nite, Detroit Rock City, Black Diamond, Beth.

Yes, this is the same Kiss that said so long to Denver twice on its 2000 farewell tour. Well, almost founding guitarist Ace Frehley really meant "farewell," and he's been replaced by Tommy Thayer.

Aerosmith has all five founders accounted for on stage, but it's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry who make it all work. What they lacked in explosives and hydraulic platforms, they made up for with bluesy bluster and charisma.

Taking to a ramp that extended far into the first several rows, Tyler flirted with the girls, Perry flaunted his guitar chops, and the rhythm section back at home base kept the train a-rollin'.

Like Kiss, Aerosmith leaned heavily on its '70s output: Dream On, Seasons of Wither, Toys in the Attic, Mama Kin.

But more recent hits like Jaded and Pink sounded even stronger, with Tyler obviously relishing the melodic playfulness.

This wasn't the last gasp for these two bands; both have plans to continue touring on their own next year.

If that doesn't pan out, maybe a threesome is in order: Someone should call AC/DC.

From: http://www.rockymountainnews.com

1981 Jesse Sky Kramer is born

1990 Aerosmith plays in Melbourne Australia at the National Tennis Center

1993 Aerosmith plays in Columbia SC at Carolina Coliseum (4 Non-Blondes open)

1994 Aerosmith plays in Austin TX at South Park Meadows (Collective Soul opens)

1997 The book "Walk This Way" is released

1997 Aerosmith plays in Memphis TN at the Pyramid (Marry Me Jane opens)

1998 Aerosmith plays in Raleigh NC at Walnut Creek Amphitheater