AEROSMITH GUITARIST JOE PERRY SAYS THE BAND WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY
Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry has seemingly confirmed that Aerosmith will undertake a Las Vegas residency next year to mark their 50th anniversary.
The iconic band, led by Steven Tyler, will celebrate 50 years together in 2019 – having first joined forces in 1970. [Dana’s note: I think this only adds up to 49?]
Appearing on SiriusXM’s Beatles channel earlier this week, guitarist Perry confirmed that they’re gearing up for a lengthy Vegas stint next year.
“We’re going to be doing a residency in Vegas starting next spring”, Perry said. “What we want to do is something that I haven’t seen before… just downsizing our live show, just playing in a smaller place. We want to do something different. We’re in the middle of the production now. What we’re talking about is having an experience that you wouldn’t be able to see on a regular Aerosmith tour.”
Describing what to expect, he explained, “I feel like we’ve been out of the wind for a while and it seems like it would be a really cool thing to bring some of the history back.
The production is gonna look like that. But without losing what we are: a hardcore rock and roll band. We’re having almost weekly conversations about the production and how we’re gonna keep it true and honest to the heartbeat of the rock and roll that we play but still add an element that people will want to see.
I haven’t been this excited about a project with Aerosmith in quite a while.”
It’s expected that the full details of the Las Vegas residency will be revealed next Wednesday, August 15 when Aerosmith perform on the Today show.
additional source: nme.com
its pretty amazing they have stayed together so long with all original members seemingly happy and healthy, and with all the years of ridiculous drug use you would not be wrong to think They dodged a bullet- they should definitely celebrate – tyler still has his great voice intact- and the band sounds tight as hell from all the recent clips I’ve seen-
their fans will not be shortchanged , the songs will be sung as they should be – to me, there is nothing wrong with vegas, they are in their 60’s , even with rock star money its physically tough to tour in your 60’s. In vegas all they have to worry about is playing their best night after night- they will certainly let the music do the talking –