Steven Tyler will launch his Out On A Limb summer tour on July 2nd in Las Vegas, NV, reports USA Today.

A year after launching a solo country career, the Aerosmith frontman is hitting the road this summer with a new band (the Nashville-based Loving Mary) and a different approach to playing live. On his 19-city Out On A Limb tour, the rock icon is trading arenas for more intimate concert venues, where he'll rework Aerosmith classics and tell stories behind some of the band's most beloved hits.

The idea stems from an acoustic performance he did last fall as part of PBS' Front And Center series, with an emphasis squarely on the fans.

"What would I not pay to go see (Paul) McCartney, but instead of playing with whoever he's with now, actually do (a show) where he tells you what he was thinking when he wrote Yesterday?" says Tyler, 68. "That's what I'm doing. I figured I'd talk about Sweet Emotion and Dream On and where I was when I wrote it, and Seasons of Wither and how I played it."

Tickets for Steven Tyler's Out On A Limb tour go on sale May 14th via livenation.com.

Tour dates:

July
2 - Las Vegas, NV - Venetian Theatre
5 - Los Angeles, CA - Dolby Theatre
8 - Seattle, WA - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
10 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
14 - San Francisco, CA - The Masonic
20 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
23 - Denver, CO - Ellie Caulkins Opera House
26 - Austin, TX - Bass Concert Hall
29 - Houston, TX - Brown Theater at Wortham Center

August
1 - Dallas, TX - Music Hall at Fair Park
13 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
17 - Nashville, TN - Andrew Jackson Hall at TPAC
23 - Washington, D.C. - Warner Theatre
29 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

September
1 - Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
4 - Boston, MA - Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre
7 - Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Music
10 - Providence, RI - Providence Performing Arts Center
13 - Toronto, ON - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts