Aerosmith audience thought fall was part of act

[Dimmauk]

I'm surprised this wasnt posted yet. So much funny can be made from this story.

Too bad he wasnt singing "Walk this way".

Aerosmith audience thought fall was part of act
AP


By CARSON WALKER, Associated Press Writer Carson Walker, Associated Press Writer – 25 mins ago

RAPID CITY, S.D. – 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 hipshaking act until he didn't get up.

Tyler, 61, fell while entertaining the crowd by dancing around after the sound system failed 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.

It wasn't immediately clear how seriously he was hurt. He 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.

"He does a lot of dancing on the stage and he does a lot of stuff with his mike stand. He put his stand down and twirled around and stepped backwards off the stage," Sanborn said.

Tyler, whose performances often include swaying and grinding on microphone stands adorned with scarves, was dancing on a catwalk that was connected to the main stage. Many in the crowd were surprised and thought it was part of the act, said Jessica Kokesh, a University of South Dakota journalism student who covered the concert for the Rapid City Journal.

"We thought maybe he stage-dived into the crowd, but he didn't get back up," Kokesh said. "I thought he was falling back to crowd surf."

Tyler landed on a couple of fans in the crowd of thousands, Sanborn said. Security rushed to help him and the crowd cheered when Tyler got up. He was taken backstage, where a physician attended to him.

Around 12:15 a.m., Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry came out to tell the audience Tyler was being taken to the hospital and that the show would not go on.

"It was an unfortunate end to an extraordinary evening," Sanborn said.

Jennifer Horton, Rapid City Regional Hospital's vice president of public relations and marketing, said early Thursday that Tyler wasn't in the hospital directory. Under the privacy laws, that means the person is either not there or chose not to be included in the directory, according to the hospital's Web site.

Tyler, known for heavy hits such as "Walk This Way" and "Dream On," attended Sturgis last year to promote his Dirico Motorcycles line and was back this year to do that again and play at Buffalo Chip.

He was known for heavy drug and alcohol abuse in the 1970s and early 1980s. Every member of the blues-rock five-piece went to rehab in the mid-1980s, and the group staged an improbable comeback with the MTV generation. They were also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Grammy-winning group is scheduled to play its next five shows in Canada, beginning Friday at the Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg. A stadium representative did not immediately respond to a phone inquiry asking whether the band had canceled that show, but 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.

Fans in South Dakota were disappointed the concert was cut short but hoped Tyler wasn't seriously hurt.

Lance Yellow Robe, who said he was 8 eight feet from the stage when Tyler fell off, told the Rapid City Journal "you could kind of see it coming because he was dancing all over the stage.

"I hope he's OK," Yellow Robe said. "I could care less about the concert being canceled."

[Tyche]

Aerosmith is a fantastic fantastic live show.

[Qalbert]

Danzig fell off stage when I saw him in Baltimore in 07 (i think it was 07)

[Day]

"I hope he's OK," Yellow Robe said. "I could care less about the concert being canceled."

RRRRRRRRAGE

[Falisa]

GDI Day I was scrolling down to post that

[Dimmauk]

RRRRRRRRAGE

Why you so Ragey?

Were you going to see them?

[Mots]

Why you so Ragey?

Were you going to see them?

Grammar Rage.

[Melena]

Goinnnnnnggggg Down!

sorry, bad joke and hope he's ok. Aerosmith is doing Bone Bash with ZZ Top out here, if he's out for too long, this could make the second bone bash cancelled due to injury/illness in 3 years out here.

[Alishe]

inc 2009 celebrity death.

[zoobernut]

Why you so Ragey?

Were you going to see them?

Quick Day post the graphic showing the difference between "could care less" and couldn't care less"

[Dimmauk]

Quick Day post the graphic showing the difference between "could care less" and couldn't care less"

Oh now I see. Not really rage worthy though.

[LogainDiabolos]

inc 2009 celebrity death.

We aren't that lucky.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Poor guy I hope he is going to be ok. His lovely daughter is probably worried sick. Looks like stage set up was not too safe, sounds like cramped space but I don't know the size of the stage. I bet the fans who broke his fall are in shock and I wonder if they thought he was doing the crowd surfing thing.

[Day]

Oh now I see. Not really rage worthy though.

That one is just a pet peeve because it sounds so stupid to say it that way.

[kuronosan]

We aren't that lucky.

Aerosmith probably has more cool in it than an air conditioner in your fridge, jackass.

[Alishe]

I like aerosmith rocking some blues the most.

[Qalbert]

found a vid fo the danzig one, I was in the balcony on the left, had a great view when it happened

he falls around 4:08