Aerosmith Postpones Concert After Tyler’s Fall

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries in a tumble from the stage at a South Dakota show, a concert spokesman said Thursday, and the audience thought it was part of his hip-shaking act until he didn’t get up.

Tyler, 61, fell several feet while entertaining the crowd by dancing around as the sound crew replaced a fuse that blew during the song “Love in an Elevator,” said Mike Sanborn, spokesman for the Buffalo Chip Campground, which hosted the Wednesday night concert. An amateur video showed him spinning around before falling off the stage.

A concertgoer said Tyler’s head was bleeding and he was holding his shoulder after the fall, but it wasn’t immediately clear how seriously he was hurt. The frontman was airlifted to Rapid City Regional Hospital, Sanborn said, the only major hospital in western South Dakota. A hospital spokeswoman would not confirm whether Tyler was there, and a representative for Aerosmith’s publicity firm said the company was gathering information about the accident.

The band’s next concert, which was scheduled for Friday in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was postponed. On June 28, Tyler hurt his leg at a concert in Uncasville, Conn., and the band had to postpone seven shows in July. Tyler also battled pneumonia before the tour began in June, while guitarist Joe Perry fought a knee infection.

Tyler, whose performances often include swaying and grinding on microphone stands adorned with scarves, was dancing on a catwalk Wednesday night that was connected to the main stage.

The rocker was taken backstage, where a physician attended to him. Later, Perry told the audience the show would not go on.

The Grammy-winning group was scheduled to play its next five shows in Canada. According to a Ticketmaster Web site and the band’s Twitter page, the first of those shows was postponed and there were no further details. An official with Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, where the band is supposed to play Tuesday, said she hadn’t heard anything about a possible cancellation there.

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  1. I’ve heard a little about this before… I hope he’s okay, but, with his age, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he, at least, tames down his stage attitude… I’ll be very surprised if he didn’t break something… 🙁

  2. I’ve heard a little about this before… I hope he’s okay, but, with his age, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he, at least, tames down his stage attitude… I’ll be very surprised if he didn’t break something… 🙁