Members of Aerosmith will reunite for a efficiency at Steven Tyler‘s sixth annual Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Social gathering subsequent month, Billboard reviews.
The high-profile charity occasion will happen on Feb. 2 on the Hollywood Palladium, with comic Tiffany Haddish internet hosting. The get together will function performances from a number of rock heavyweights, together with Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Linda Perry, Matt Sorum and Nuno Bettencourt.
Particulars of the reported Aerosmith reunion are unclear, however Billboard singles out Perry, Hamilton and Tyler, with no point out of guitarist Brad Whitford or drummer Joey Kramer. The latter had not carried out with Aerosmith full-time since 2019, with John Douglas filling in in the course of the band’s Las Vegas residency and short-lived farewell tour.
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This 12 months’s ‘Jam for Janie’ Will Profit These Affected by Los Angeles Wildfires
Tyler launched Janie’s Fund — named after Aerosmith’s hit track “Janie’s Bought a Gun” — in 2015 to supply care to ladies and younger girls who’ve suffered abuse. Along with its main purpose, this yr’s Jam for Janie can even profit the Los Angeles Hearth Division Basis and the Widows, Orphans, and Disabled Firefighter’s Fund within the wake of the Southern California wildfires, with greater than 100 firefighters welcomed to the occasion.
“What the Los Angeles neighborhood has endured with these wildfires is unthinkable. Music has therapeutic powers and we hope to carry a second of pleasure and levity to our first-responder firefighters and people most affected by the fires,” Tyler stated. “The trauma skilled by the ladies we work with can be unthinkable and we’ll proceed to shed gentle and help the superb work of Janie’s Fund.”
When Did Aerosmith Retire?
Aerosmith introduced their retirement from touring final summer season, citing Tyler’s insurmountable vocal harm, which initially pressured them to postpone their Peace Out farewell tour after simply three dates in 2023. The trek was in the end canceled earlier than the band may relaunch it. Hamilton lately provided an replace on Tyler’s restoration, saying it was “going actually, very well,” albeit “at its personal tempo.”
“Possibly Aerosmith will do one thing sooner or later, however it’s an enormous ‘if’, and the very last thing I need to be doing is to attempt to push Steven in that route,” added Hamilton, who’s been busy along with his new band, Shut Enemies. “If we do something sooner or later, it could come from him.”
Aerosmith Albums Ranked
Any worst-to-best rating of Aerosmith should cope with two distinct eras: their sleazy ’70s work and the slicker, extra profitable ’80s comeback. However which one was higher?
Gallery Credit score: Final Basic Rock Employees