Aerosmith‘s touring days may be behind them, but that doesn’t mean their saga is over. They recently headed into the studio with Yungblud to cut the five-track collaborative EP One More Time with producer Mark Schwartz. It arrives Nov. 21, but leadoff single “My Only Angel” is out right now.
Yungblud first encountered Aerosmith when he invited them into the studio for a guest spot on his song “Hello Heaven, Hello.” They got along so well that their plans quickly broadened into an EP. It features four original songs along with a new mix of the Aerosmith classic “Back in the Saddle.”
Earlier this month, Yungblud took the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards alongside Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt to honor Ozzy Osbourne.
Back in 2023, Aerosmith called off their Peace Out…Farewell Tour after three shows because Tyler fractured his larynx onstage. Months later, they announced their retirement from the road. “Sadly, it is clear, that a full recovery from his vocal injury is not possible,” the band wrote in a statement. “We have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision — as a band of brothers — to retire from the touring stage.”
Tyler hasn’t played any full shows since the announcement, but he has popped up at several special events, including Ozzy Osbourne’s Back to the Beginning farewell concert, where he sang without any difficulties. Joe Perry, meanwhile, has been on the road with a reconstituted version of the Joe Perry Project featuring Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo, and Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson.
On Sept. 17, Tyler made a surprise appearance with the Joe Perry Project at the Hollywood Bowl — where they were opening for the Who — to perform “Walk This Way” and “The Train Kept A-Rollin’.”
This was the closest thing we’ve seen to a full Aerosmith onstage reunion since the abbreviated farewell tour since three of the five members were together. The studio sessions for One More Time included Tyler, Perry, Whitford, and bassist Tom Hamilton. But drummer Joe Kramer was MIA. He was replaced by former Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum.
Lingering in the air is the possibility of a proper final Aerosmith concert at some point in the future. “There’s gotta be at least another Aerosmith gig, and I’m not looking forward to putting the set list together for that one,” Perry told Eddie Trunk in June. “But I don’t know, man. We’ll just have to see.”
