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Written by Tom D
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 |
Aerosmith's tour, the group's first since 2007, starts in June with
ZZ Top. No formal dates set but Denver to be inclued.
Health issues and touring commitments have combined to postpone
Aerosmith's next album, according to guitarist Joe Perry.
Perry tells Billboard.com that the record sessions -- for the
group's first album since 2004's "Honkin' on Bobo" and first of
all-original material since 2001's "Just Push Play," were delayed
when he had to have surgery earlier this year to clear out an
infection in his knee replacement.
Then, last month, singer Steven Tyler came down with pneumonia,
after which the veteran Boston rockers "realized there wasn't any
chance of getting it finished before we hit the road for the
summer. So basically we had to push (the album) back, and when the
band gets off the road, that's when we'll pick up the Aerosmith
record."
Aerosmith's tour, the group's first since 2007, starts in June with
ZZ Top. Perry says about 40 dates are set so far for North America,
with South America, Europe and Japan also under consideration. The
itinerary should be announced soon.
Perry -- who was in Cleveland to attend Saturday's Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame induction ceremony and perform the Yard Birds' "Train
Kept A Rollin'" with Metallica, Ron Wood and inductee Jeff Beck --
says Aerosmith has "probably two or three (songs) that could be
mixed right now, maybe even more. But there's a long way between
two or three and doing the 12 or 14 that you have to have to do a
whole project." He says what's been done so far at his home studio
with producer Brendan O'Brien "sounds like 'Rocks'" and hews closer
to the rougher sound of "Honkin' on Bobo" than the more polished
production of "Just Push Play." "It's everybody in the room with a
producer cracking the whip," Perry notes, "laying the tracks down
and getting a good take without having to (edit) too much."
The silver lining in the Aerosmith delay, Perry adds, is that he's
been able to go "full blast" on his next solo album, the follow-up
to 2005's Grammy-nominated "Joe Perry." He has 10-12 songs ready --
three of which, including a cover, he played for Billboard.com --
which he'll record with "an A-list producer I can't name, but will
very soon." David Hull from the Joe Perry Project is playing on
some tracks, along with Ben Tileston, who plays drums with two of
Perry's sons in TAB the Band. He's also considering using other
players and possibly guest vocalists.
"I have a big chunk of time before the tour, so I'm gonna try to
get the solo record done as soon as I can," Perry says. "Chances
are you're gonna be hearing that before you hear an Aerosmith
record...'cause I expect the Aerosmith tour, God willing. to
continue through the fall."
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