Steven Tyler recalls zigging on a zagging stage
Steven Tyler is back on his feet after taking a topple on a South Dakota stage.
The Aerosmith frontman said: “I landed upside down, and after 20 stitches on the back of my head, and a broken left shoulder, I just want to say that I’m plain grateful that I didn’t break my neck!”
Tyler, 61, who was airlifted from the scene in Sturgis, recalled: “Tens of thousands of my biker buddies were ready to rock! [It was] one of the best shows we’ve played in a long time! The band was slammin’ and I was lovin’ every minute of it!”
But electrical problems ensued and Tyler fell during the band’s classic Love In An Elevator. “Well, I wasn’t gonna go hide under the big top and play ‘ROCK STAR’ and wait for everything to be fixed,” he said. “I wanted to go out to the crowd to continue the show, so, the train kept a-rollin’ and I ran out on the catwalk and grabbed my mic to finish the song.”
Explaining how it happened, he said: “I was doing the Tyler shuffle and then I zigged when I should have zagged. And I slipped, and as I live on the edge, I fell off the edge!”
He also thanked “all the doctors and nurses at the Rapid City Hospital for putting my Humpty Dumpty ass back together again.”
“And most of all … I want to thank the angel on my shoulder,” he said. “Looking forward to seeing all of you very soon.”
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