Aerosmith Continues To Postpone Shows

The Aerosmith tour remains stalled, leaving in its wake thousands of ticket holders who will have to wait a while to see the show they thought they would be seeing this summer.

The latest two dates to be postponed are Sunrise and Tampa, Florida. Joe Perry said via Twitter on Thursday that the shows would be rescheduled for October, but later that day he said that his earlier statement was due to a miscommunication, and that they were hoping to be able to honor those two dates.

Obviously, that is not going to happen, but so far it seems like they remain hopeful that Tyler’s injury will not keep him out of action for an extended period.

At first there seemed to be some reluctance on the part of the group to reveal what type of “illness” was responsible for halting the tour, and which member of the group had been sidelined. Rumors that frontman Steve Tyler had torn a muscle were later confirmed.

Talking with rock radio station WBCN in Boston, drummer Joey Kramer said that Tyler tore a quad muscle during a show. Although he did not actually see the event that led to Tyler’s injury, Kramer said that he thinks that it happened at the Mohegan Sun show in Connecticut.

Like any injury, recovery from a torn quad muscle depends upon the severity of the injury, surgery may be required, and recovery time can vary from a few weeks to several months. It’s pretty certain that any injury requiring months to recover from would probably force Aerosmith to simply halt the tour and reschedule when Tyler has recovered.

You can hear comments from Joe Perry regarding the status of the tour from a recent interview he did with WHTP’s “The Cowhead Show.” You can listen here, but be aware that you will run into a “first time listener registration” page, but you can just click the “Decline” button and go straight to the interview.

The most interesting thing Perry said was that Tyler’s doctors want him off his feet for “at least one more show,” so perhaps the show will resume in the near future. There’s a lot more about Tyler’s injury in the interview as well as some talk about the other medical problems the group has had to deal with in recent years.

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Bad Company Moving On After One More Show

For reasons that are a bit more complicated than your typical reunion of aging classic rockers, Bad Company will be reuniting for one night only on August 8th at the Seminole Hard Rock & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

What’s a little unusual about this show is that it is being done partly for legal reasons. Apparently, there is some possibility that other groups could adopt the name Bad Company if the original group does not demonstrate that they are still the legal owners of that name. Their attorneys have presumably advised them that performing a  single show together will do the trick, and prevent the imposters from hitting the road beneath the Bad Company banner.

Paul Rodgers, who has been working with Queen these days, will be fronting the one-time show and appears to be looking forward to reuniting with some of his old mates. "It’ll be great to see the guys and play and go back down that road again just for one night," he says.

Performing with Rodgers will be original guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke. Paul Rodgers has always been a favorite of mine for his vocals and Simon Kirke is one of those drummers I always felt particularly in synch with when listening to him play. One of those things that’s hard to explain, I suppose.

Filling in for late bass player Boz Burrell will be Lynn Sorenson who is with Rodgers’ solo group.

They are dedicating the show to Steve Weiss who was an attorney for the group as well as for Led Zeppelin and Swan Song Records. Weiss died last week in Florida.

Rodgers says that he believes the show should be "pure Bad Company" and it sounds as if many of the group’s classics can be expected during the show.

He also reports that he has no further plans to work with Bad Company following this show and is keeping himself busy with his solo career as well as with Queen as they finish up work on their new album.

The show will be recorded for release on DVD as part of a Bad Company compilation that is expected later on this year.

Check out Billboard for the exclusive on this story.

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