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www.dickclarkproductions.com has Aerosmith listed as getting the International Artists Award NOT the Lifetime Acheivement Award as stated in the origional press release.
Sonicnet:
Aerosmith — who will perform classics and preview material from their forthcoming album, including their new single — and 'NSync will headline the halftime show, according to producer Alex Coletti, who added that viewers can expect special guests during the MTV-produced show. (Sonicnet.com's parent company, Viacom, also owns MTV.) "They'll be some twists and turns nobody's ever seen in a halftime show yet," he said.
Steven and Joe have a little clip at the end of VH1's Fan Club show on the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Now more stores are reporting the release date of Just Push Play as March 20th.
In the Jan 2001 Hit Parader there is a full page pic of Steven and an article about the things he obsesses about.
The Sixteenth Annual Induction Ceremony will be held on Monday, March 19th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. For the fifth year in a row, VH1 will exclusively air the ceremony; this year's telecast will take place on Wednesday, March 21st at 9:00p.m.
Sam Goody listed Just Push Play's release date as March 13th on their New Releases calander but it hasn't been posted anywhere else yet.
Escape TV will interview the members of the Joe Perry Project. The first video taped interview with Danny Hargrove will be released the 15th of January. The second with Joe Pet will be released on January 29th. And Mach Bells will be broadcast on February 13th. They are now working on getting interviews Ronnie Stewart, David Hull and Charlie Farron. The address is http://www.escapetelevision.com
Af1:
Aerosmith's new record will be titled Just Push Play! No word yet as to an official release date in the United States, however Sony Music has confirmed that Just Push Play will be released mid-March in Japan. Moreover, AF1 has learned that Aerosmith's new single "Jaded" will be released to radio on January 9, 2001 - the day after the American Music Awards! So come Tuesday morning, get on that horn and request "Jaded" at your local radio station!
MUSICNEWS.COM:
Officials have announced that Boston Bad Boys Aerosmith will perform with N'Sync in the 2001 Super Bowl on January 28th. However, N'Sync's management will not allow any other band/artist to perform any of N'Sync's songs either with or without the band. (That's rough...) Therefore, the official playlist of the half time show is as follows: I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing/w N'Sync, and then an all Aerosmith version of Jaded, the bands new single.
The bands have been quoted as saying, "This should be exciting"
Boston Herald:
Aerosmith Bowled over
Aerosmith axeman Joe Perry said the band needed some major league convincing to agree to take part in Super Bowl XXXV's half-time spectacle with 'N Sync and some other ``special guests.''
``At first, we were like, no way,'' said the Boston Bad Boy, who prefers hockey to football. ``Because every time the (producers) tried to incorporate rock 'n' roll into the halftime show, it doesn't come off that well.''
Well, that's an understatement!
``But then they told us they want to make it more like a rock show and that MTV was producing it and a designer that has worked with us is involved,'' he said. ``So we hopped on board.''
And so goes the Aerosmith train, which has been a rollin' all month long with a nomination to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, an American Music Award announcement and star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The appearance at the NFL showdown in Tampa - in front of an estimated 750 million viewers - is the latest coup. And isn't it nice to see Boston represented in some way at the Super Bowl since our pathetic Patriots will be MIA????
In more Aerosmith news, Perry revealed that their soon-to-be-completed album will be entitled ``Just Push Play.''
``Now, if we could only keep our new single off Napster,'' said Joe. Don't press your luck, rocker boy.
(sorry I lost the tag of where this is from)
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers-elect Aerosmith and boy band 'NSYNC — who become eligible for the Hall in 2023 — will meet at halftime of the Super Bowl.
The two all-male quintets from different generations were announced Monday (December 18) as the halftime entertainment for what is traditionally the most-watched television show of the year.
Super Bowl XXXV is scheduled for January 28 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It will be broadcast on CBS, and the halftime show will be co-produced by MTV. (MTV's parent company, Viacom, also owns CBS.)
'NSYNC will find themselves on a broadcast that already has their arch-rivals, the Backstreet Boys, singing the national anthem before kickoff. The Backstreet Boys' participation, along with R&B/jazz singer Ray Charles, who will sing "America the Beautiful," was announced last week.
Publicists for 'NSYNC and Aerosmith said Monday they do not yet know what exactly the bands will do during the halftime celebration. "Everything's still being ironed out," Aerosmith's rep, Marcee Rondan, said. The Boston band, who are nearing completion of their first album since 1997's Nine Lives, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March.
'NSync said earlier this month that they would begin recording their fourth album in January.
The 2000 Super Bowl halftime show featured a duet between pop singers Christina Aguilera and Enrique Iglesias, as well as performances from Phil Collins and Toni Braxton.
Boston Herald:
Triple honors have Bad Boys feelin' good
by Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The Bad Boys From Boston must have been very good boys this year because Christmas came early for Aerosmith and Santa's bag was jammed!
First came the news that the band - which had its first hit, ``Dream On,'' more than 25 years ago - would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Next was the announcement that the band would get an American Music Award. And now, we hear, the Bad Boys From Boston will get a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Well, ho, ho, ho!
``When you've been doing this for so many years, you tend to take things with a grain of salt and look at it as just another day,'' Aerosmith's main man, Steven Tyler, told the Track. ``But when you stop and really think about it, it's really an epiphanic moment.''
Tyler's cohort, guitar genius Joe Perry, was also full of good cheer about the band's holiday trifecta.
``Well, you know the (Hall Of Fame) competition is pretty stiff and there's a lot of really talented and influential people every year, so it's great to be voted in,'' he said. ``We had our fingers crossed.''
Before the big announcement, Tyler, Perry and bandmates Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer had been hiding out in Perry's South Shore basement recording an as-yet-untitled album - the first since 1997's ``Nine Lives'' and the first co-produced by Perry and Tyler.
``We've been working with (writers) Marti Fredericksen and Mark Hudson and it sounds really good. We're really happy with it,'' Perry said.
The album will ``remind people a lot of the records we made in the '70s,'' he said.
``But it's a really modern-sounding record,'' Perry continued. ``There's a lot of guitars and it rocks really hard and really heavy. Steven is singing better than he's ever sung. He's been able to stretch vocally like he's never done before.''
Although the month's been full of Sweet Emotion for the band, it still irks Aerosmith that their new stuff isn't heard on Boston radio.
As far as the band's hometown is concerned, they're strictly an oldies act.
``We haven't been the new young thing for 15 years, we know that,'' said Perry. ``But trends dictate what gets played on Boston stations and we'll just have to see what happens. Right now, we're just really happy with the record.''
Tyler said he's taking the dissing as a personal challenge.
``That's the fodder that makes us keep going,'' said Steven. ``That you'll-never-amount-to-anything kind of thing is what spurs you on.''
The band is getting ready to debut the first single from their new album, ``Jaded,'' at the American Music Awards Jan. 8. They are also getting ready to record a video for ``Jaded'' and gearing up for a world tour.
``We've been working on the album furiously for 20 hours a day,'' Perry said. ``We weren't really expecting to release it for another year but it came together so fast and then we got the opportunity to debut it at the American Music Awards, so we're scrambling.
``It's hard to talk about something that hasn't gotten out there yet, but this feels as close to what an Aerosmith record should feel like at this point in time. So we're really happy.''
Boston Herald:
Aerosmith 1, Patriots 0
Entertainment Briefs
Tuesday, December 19, 2000
Boston bad boys Aerosmith will play before their largest audience ever Jan. 28 in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium when the group shares the stage with pop idols 'N Sync during the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show. CBS expects nearly 130 million viewers in the United States and 750 million worldwide to take in the NFL Championship game . . . and Aerosmith's performance. The year 2001 is quickly shaping up to be the Year of Aerosmith. The group also will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.
- DEAN JOHNSON
Yahoo News:
LL Cool J is joining Britney Spears in co-hosting the twenty-eighth annual American Music Awards. In addition to hosting, Spears will perform (she's also nominated for three awards). Other performers include Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Martina McBride, SheDaisy, Jessica Simpson, Toni Braxton and Aerosmith (who are set to be the first rock group to receive the AMA's Special Award of Achievement). Also presenting are 'N Sync (who, like Spears, are nominated for three awards), Brian McKnight and Lil' Bow Wow. Faith Hill leads all nominees with five nominations. The show airs live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
From AF1:
Postcards From The Boneyard
- December 15, 2000
"We've accessed a place we haven't been to before," says STEVEN TYLER.
"You gotta let your ears tell you what to do," relates JOE PERRY about a process that's as simple as it is complex.
AEROSMITH are brimming with excitement--feeling hungry and ready to conquer yet again--in the midst of recording their new (as-yet-untitled) album for Columbia due in the spring of 2001 (exact date TBA).
The setting is The Boneyard, PERRY's sprawling home recording studio in the Boston area. Surrounded by racks of vintage guitars and amps, posters of Jimi Hendrix and lithographs of Olivia's pin-up girls, lava lamps, leopard-print carpeting and a life-size, stand-up cut-out of Tony Soprano, TYLER and PERRY are producing the album with Marti Frederiksen and Mark Hudson, who double as their songwriting collaborators. Over 20 songs have already been recorded, among them "Jaded," "Beyond Beautiful," "Under My Skin" and "Avant Garden."
The sound that's streaming from the speakers is heavy, imaginative and panoramic. Moving America's premier rock band proudly into the 21st century, it merges the rawness of classic AEROSMITH with an array of kaleidoscopic stylings. By taking control as producers for the first time, AEROSMITH--who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame March 19--have kicked open the creative floodgates.
This time around, "we didn't want to do a color-by-numbers with a big name producer," says PERRY. "My stomach would get in a knot when we were considering other producers. Now it feels more organic. We didn't have to reproduce our energy, which is what usually happens when you work with a big outside producer. We just let go and the sparks flew."
TYLER--who's been recording his vocals and amazingly stacked harmonies at his home recording studio, a few miles from PERRY's place--is quick to point out that it was a thrill to bring things "closer to the chest." At the same time, "we were harsh in our critiques of each other. We would be brutal. But we got through to the meat of the songs quicker."
TYLER, PERRY and their bandmates BRAD WHITFORD, JOEY KRAMER and TOM HAMILTON are planning to mount a massive world tour with the release of the forthcoming album. Hell, ain't no slowing them down.
A Philadelphia station played 40 seconds of "Jaded."
Aerosmith Wrapping Up Work On New Album Disc due in the spring is said to add contemporary touches to band's classic hard-rock sound.
Teri vanHorn reports:
Aerosmith have recorded more than 20 songs for a new album, due in the spring, that is said to update their classic hard-rock sound with contemporary touches.The band has been working in guitarist Joe Perry's home studio, The Boneyard, in the Boston area. Singer Steven Tyler and Perry are writing and producing the as-yet-untitled album with Marti Frederiksen and Mark Hudson, marking the first time members of Aerosmith have taken control as producers.The band had been working on the LP with Matt Serletic, who produced Aerosmith's first #1 pop hit, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," and has worked with Matchbox Twenty and Edwin McCain. A representative for Serletic said there was "no love lost" between the producer and Aerosmith, adding that "Matt would have been there if they needed him."
"We didn't want to do a color-by-numbers with a big-name producer," Perry said in a statement. "My stomach would get in a knot when we were considering other producers. Now it feels more organic. We didn't have to reproduce our energy, which is what usually happens when you work with a big outside producer. We just let go, and the sparks flew.""We were harsh in our critiques of each other," said Tyler, who has been recording his vocals at his own studio, a few miles from Perry's. "We would be brutal. But we got through to the meat of the songs quicker. We've accessed a place we haven't been to before."Songs already put to tape include "Jaded," "Beyond Beautiful," "Under My Skin" and "Avant Garden."The LP follows Nine Lives, which debuted at #1 in the spring of 1997. No release date has been set, but plans are underway for a world tour to promote the disc.Aerosmith will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March, along with Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul Simon and Steely Dan. Before that, they'll perform "Jaded" at next month's American Music Awards, where they will receive the Award of Achievement, recognizing their "rare and distinguished accomplishments." Formed in 1970, Aerosmith broke big with their 1973 power ballad "Dream On" and continued to record hit albums through the next two decades.
For only the fourth time in its 28-year history, the American Music Awards will honor an artist with its special Award of Achievement. Aerosmith will pick up the honor Jan. 8, 2001, during the awards show. They'll also perform their new record, "Jaded." The award is being presented to recognize Aerosmith for a recording and concert career that includes more than 30 albums and compilations, as well as "their trail-blazing videos," according to an announcement from the show's producers. The Award of Achievement has been given in the past to Michael Jackson in 1989, Prince in 1990 and Mariah Carey last year.
UPI Hollywood Reporter Pat Nason
From the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame:
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2001 Inductees During Live News Event at VH1 Studios
12.12.00
Sixteenth Annual Induction Ceremony to be Held March 19th in New York
Ceremony to Air Exclusively on VH1 in March
Tuesday, December 12, 2000, New York, NY -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees for the Sixteenth Annual Induction Ceremony were announced today at VH1 by Jann Wenner, Editor and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Inductees for 2001:
Aerosmith, the original five bad boys from Boston -- Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer -- epitomize American blues-rooted style rock and roll and continue, after three decades, to rock our world;
Solomon Burke who is known for having one of the greatest voices in the history of soul, gospel, R&B, and even country, and has influenced a vast array of artists;
The Flamingos, Chicago's pioneering doo-wop aggregation -- Nathaniel Nelson, John Carter, Terry Johnson, Tommy Hunt, Ezekiel Carey, Paul Wilson, Jacob Carey and Sollie McElroy -- gave us the trend-setting classic hit "Golden Teardrops," and their soulful rendition of the pop standard, "I Only Have Eyes For You";
Michael Jackson, who by age five was the designated lead singer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees the Jackson 5, and only a few years later, launched a record breaking trend-setting solo career that included the world's biggest selling album, Thriller, which spent 37 weeks at #1 and sold more than 25-times platinum in the U.S. alone. There is no question that for the generation who came of age in the '80s, Michael epotimizes what rock is about;
Queen, in the golden era of glam-rock and gorgeously hyper-produces theartical extravaganzas that defined one branch of '70s rock, no group came close in either concept or execution to Queen -- Freddie Murcury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon;
Paul Simon, already an Inductee as one half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, Simon launched his solo career three decades ago. From the release of the watershed album Graceland to his work for film and even Broadway, Paul Simon is one of rock's true visionaries;
Steely Dan, no rock group before or since has applied more intellectual calisthenics to their wordplay, more bebop and swing jazz formalism to their charts, or more audiophile precision to their sonics. Fervently embraced by art-rock, conservatory, jazz fusion and engineering aficionados alike, Stelly Dan -- Walter Becker and Donald Fagen -- hold a very unique spot in the history of rock and roll;
At 17 years old, Ritchie Valens, less than seven months after the release of his first single, "Come One Let's Go" and exactly 26 days after "La Bamba" hit the pop charts, was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, along with 22-year old Buddy Holly and 28-year old J.P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper"). Forty years after "the day the music died," the echo of Valens' contribution to rock reverberates with an intensity that dares us to remember just how much "the Little Richard of San Fernando" gave to his fans and fellow musicians around the world;
This year's "non-performer" inductee is one of the most successful and celebrated executives in the music business, the legendary Chris Blackwell; founder of Island Records in 1959, he has played a key role in nurturing a generation of musicians ranging from the likes of Bob Marley, Steve Winwood, Tom Waits and U2. Responsible for some of the most important music and greatest changes in pop music of the last forty years, Blackwell not only introduced the world to Bob Marley, but gave reggae an international audience;
The "Side-men" inductees are James Burton and Johnnie Johnson. is one of rock and roll and country music's most distinguished guitarists. He toured and recorded with Elvis Presley and Rick Nelson, among others. In 1957 he recorded the seminal "Suzie-Q" sung by Dale Hawkins. He also recorded with the late Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, and more recently with Jerry Lee Lewis. Burton perfected a guitar style known as "chicken pickin", which produced staccato-sounding single-string riffs and solos;
Johnnie Johnson is one of the chief architects of rock and roll piano. As Chuck Berry's piano player from the mid 1905's thru the 1970's, Johnson helped shape the arrangements of countless Berry hits including "Maybellene," "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Johnny B. Goode." In 1990 Johnson recorded his first major-label album with help from Keith Richards and Eric Clapton.
The Sixteenth Annual Induction Ceremony will be held on Monday, March 19th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. For the fifth year in a row, VH1 will exclusively air the ceremony; this year's telecast will take place on Wednesday, March 21st at 9:00p.m.
Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. Criteria considered includes the influence and significance of the artist's contribution to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll. Similar criteria is used for the "Non Performer" and "Side-men" category, whos career must have commenced at least 25 years prior to induction. Those eligible for the "Non Performer" category include songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, record company executives (who are mainly related to A&R), recording engineers, managers, journalists and other industry professionals.
The Foundation's nominating commitee, composed of rock and roll historians, selects nominees each year in the "artist" category. Ballots are then sent to an international voting body of about 1,000 rock experts.
A special selection committee elect inductees in the "Non Performer" and "Side-men" categories.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was formed in 1983 and the first induction ceremony was held in 1986. All inductees are represented in the "Hall of Fame", a permanent exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Please submit written requests for media credentials to Elizabeth Freund at 212.864.8091 beginning Monday, January 8 and no later than Friday, March 2, 2001.
Tom and Terry Hamilton celebrated their 25th anniversary
Aerosmith will recieve their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on January 9th
"Mob Story: A Hip Hopera", the hip hop album which Steven Tyler and Joe Perry recorded the song "Breaking These Chains" for, is now available to order. The number on the commercial is 1-800-621-2332 but on the web site (http://www.amobstory.com) it has 1-800-314-6262 listed. I'm not sure what the difference is. The cd costs $16.99 + $3.95 shipping. On the website there is also a very small clip of the song.
There are rumors circulating that Aerosmith will be playing at halftime during Super Bowl XXXV, but no one has been able to confirm them yet.
The swedish online CD Store www.cdon.se has listed a Aerosmith compilation album with tracks from the Geffen albums called "Universal Masters Collection". (But I've never heard of it before...)
according to Metal Sludge (and a bunch of radio stations):
The first single from AEROSMITH's forthcoming album is out on March 9th. 'Jaded' will be released through Sony. And, the band is recording their new album in Boston for the first time in many years.