Aerosmith Performs In London
NDTV Music
Jun 26, 2007
Aerosmith took to the stage in London's Hyde Park on Sunday, as part of their first European tour in eight years.
The band entertained rain-soaked fans with hits including Livin' on the Edge, Cryin' and I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.
"At the end of the day, it's really about a good time and letting loose," said Steve Tyler.
"My dad used to say 'musicians and cooks, they are the ones, because everyone has got to eat, and always at the end of everyone's day - even Hitler, he wanted to get up and dance.' I know it is a bad one to use, but whoever it is just wants to get up and dance and let it fly," he added.
They had an extra treat for the crowd - welcoming on stage Darryl McDaniels, for a reunion performance of their hit duet Walk This Way.
The duet was released as a single more than 20 years ago, and marked the first time rock and rap intertwined.
"All the 30 years since I've been in this business just ran past my eyes, but it was incredible to see the people with their hands up and all the hard rock people that I have been hanging with all weekend, who've probably never seen me perform, were looking at me like. It was awesome, because you feed off the crowd," said Darryl McDaniels, Singer.
Steve Tyler said that the song was an important moment in Aerosmith's career.
"It cut through a lot of sociological idioms, it broke though, it fused us with what was going on at the time, it was a great shot in the arm for Aerosmith because we reinvented ourselves by doing that," he said.
The open air show was part of the Hyde Park Calling two day festival, which also featured Crowded House and Peter Gabriel on Saturday, and Chris Cornell and Jet on Sunday.
Aerosmith continue their European tour in Dublin on Tuesday before moving on to shows in Koln, Germany; Riga, Latvia; Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands; Talinn, Estonia; Helsinki, Finland; and Saint Petersburg in Russia.
The band will then play dates in Canada and California, in July.
Jun 26, 2007
Aerosmith took to the stage in London's Hyde Park on Sunday, as part of their first European tour in eight years.
The band entertained rain-soaked fans with hits including Livin' on the Edge, Cryin' and I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.
"At the end of the day, it's really about a good time and letting loose," said Steve Tyler.
"My dad used to say 'musicians and cooks, they are the ones, because everyone has got to eat, and always at the end of everyone's day - even Hitler, he wanted to get up and dance.' I know it is a bad one to use, but whoever it is just wants to get up and dance and let it fly," he added.
They had an extra treat for the crowd - welcoming on stage Darryl McDaniels, for a reunion performance of their hit duet Walk This Way.
The duet was released as a single more than 20 years ago, and marked the first time rock and rap intertwined.
"All the 30 years since I've been in this business just ran past my eyes, but it was incredible to see the people with their hands up and all the hard rock people that I have been hanging with all weekend, who've probably never seen me perform, were looking at me like. It was awesome, because you feed off the crowd," said Darryl McDaniels, Singer.
Steve Tyler said that the song was an important moment in Aerosmith's career.
"It cut through a lot of sociological idioms, it broke though, it fused us with what was going on at the time, it was a great shot in the arm for Aerosmith because we reinvented ourselves by doing that," he said.
The open air show was part of the Hyde Park Calling two day festival, which also featured Crowded House and Peter Gabriel on Saturday, and Chris Cornell and Jet on Sunday.
Aerosmith continue their European tour in Dublin on Tuesday before moving on to shows in Koln, Germany; Riga, Latvia; Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands; Talinn, Estonia; Helsinki, Finland; and Saint Petersburg in Russia.
The band will then play dates in Canada and California, in July.
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