AEROSMITH To Go On Touring Hiatus Following Trek In Early-2016; “I'd Love To Get In The Studio With The Guys And Just Blow To See If We Can Come Up With Some New Stuff”, Says JOE PERRY
June 8, 2015, 9 years ago
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry recently spoke about the band’s upcoming tour and the possibility of new material with AZCentral…
Q: How does it feel to get back out there on the road with Aerosmith?
A: “I’m really looking forward to it. I haven't played live for a while. And I think it's gonna be a good tour. I wish it was gonna be longer, but we only have so much time. There's some other things that people have planned and booked a long time before this tour started, so we've got just so many dates and I'm glad Phoenix is one of them.”
Q: Has there been any talk of new material?
A: “Back, say, 10 or 20 years ago, it seemed we had a lot more time to fool with. And at this point, we want to take advantage of every minute we have where the band can still get together and play. But then there's also other things we want to do. We all have lives outside the band. So we want to balance that off. It always amazes me that the band is still together and it's still the five of us. So we're always talking about what we're going to do with this two or three months or that bunch of time.
“I know Steven is finally getting to work on his solo project he's been talking about doing forever. So I'm really glad he's got that going on. And there's a couple projects I've been toying with that look like they're gonna happen. But somewhere in there, I'd love to get in the studio with the guys and just blow to see if we can come up with some new stuff. I do know that we'll be touring at the beginning of next year and then taking some more time off, at least from touring, so that opens up some space for another stint in the studio. It's always on our minds. But like I said, everybody's probably got a short list of things they want to do.”Read more at this location.
The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting Aersomith will play a private show at Petco Park in San Diego, CA this Wednesday (June 10th). The show will be a private concert for the Cisco Live! Convention. Dubbed the Cisco Live! Customer Appreciation Event, the event’s website states: "Join us at Petco Park on June 10th and 'Walk this Way'." For more on this story visit this location.
Following their 2014 Let Rock Rule tour, Aerosmith will return to the road June 13th with their Blue Army Tour 2015. The trek will take the band’s all original members - Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton, and Brad Whitford - to 15 cities before concluding in Grand Rapids, MI on Tuesday, August 4th.
Check out a short invite video from drummer Joey Kramer:
Immediately following the tour, Aerosmith will perform on Friday, August 7th at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s first-ever Concert for Legends. The concert - part of the 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival - will pay tribute to the legends of the game on the eve of the Enshrinement for the Class of 2015.
On the Blue Army Tour 2015, Aerosmith will perform a set including their career-defining biggest hits, many of which are highlighted of their upcoming Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014 DVD (Eagle Rock Entertainment). Captured live at Donington Park in Leicestershire, UK, in June 2014 as part of the band’s Let Rock Rule definitive rock & roll experience, the DVD (release date TBD) features 19 of the band’s most iconic hits including “Love In A Elevator”, “Janie’s Got A Gun”, “Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing”, “Dude Looks Like A Lady”, “Walk This Way”, “Dream On”, “Sweet Emotion” and many more.
Aerosmith’s 2015 summer tour dates are as follows:
June
24 - Evansville, IN - The Ford Center
27 - Durant, OK - Choctaw Casino Event Center
30 - Hidalgo, TX - State Farm Arena
July
7 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
10 - Salinas, CA - Salinas Sports Complex
13 - Kelowna, BC - Prospera Place
16 - Victoria, BC - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
19 - Fort McMurray, AB - Shell Place at MacDonald Park
22 - Cheyenne, WY - Cheyenne Frontier Days
25 - Minot, ND - North Dakota State Fair
28 - Ridgefield, WA - Amphitheater Northwest
August
4 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
7 - Canton, OH - Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
