Enter Contest: Free Aerosmith Tickets, Shirts

Sharing, because who doesn't love to win free stuff, especially concert tickets? Enter here to win T-shirts or the aforementioned tix. There are some things you can do to increase your number of entries, like following the band on Twitter and looking at their Instagram page, etc. Easy stuff and only takes a few moments.

WIN TICKETS TO SEE AEROSMITH!

Each week, enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win an exclusive t-shirt and also be entered for the grand prize drawing of a pair of tickets to Aerosmith’s 50th Anniversary Boston show at Fenway Park on 9/8!https://t.co/9PKA7wxko9 to enter! pic.twitter.com/Jf4EBfWk6w

— Aerosmith (@Aerosmith) July 27, 2022

Aerosmith Shares Never-Before Seen Concert Footage

As part of the band's 50th anniversary celebration, Aerosmith is sharing never-before-seen concert footage over the next few weeks. The band is dipping into their vaults to share these treasures - and fans can view the shows for free. The release lineup of footage is as follows:

Schedule (all livestreams at 12pm PT/3pm ET/8pm BST):

- July 29: Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 (Draw The Line Tour)

- August 5: Live From The Capital Centre, Landover, MD, 1989 (Pump Tour)

- August 12: Live From The Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA 1993 (Get A Grip Tour)

- August 19: Live From Comerica Park, Detroit, MI 2003 (Rocksimus Maximus Tour)

- August 26: Live From Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, 2016 (Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble Tour)

ANNOUNCING: 50 YEARS LIVE! FROM THE AEROSMITH VAULTS - Watch never-before-seen concert footage over five consecutive weeks, starting July 29th. Tune in each week to https://t.co/Gvt1XirvII for a rare and previously-unreleased archival concert film, spanning #Aerosmith50YearsLive pic.twitter.com/pE9HUgKH9c

— Aerosmith (@Aerosmith) July 22, 2022

Sunday's Best: Week 28, 2022

Here we are in mid-July. I can't believe how fast summer is zipping by... the best season of them all!

This is a great clip I stumbled upon: a professional opera singer discovers Aerosmith and Steven Tyler and critiques a live performance of "Crazy." It's adorable seeing her discover Tyler's vocal range and also refers to the song as "early in their career." I hope she looked into them further and found the 70s treasure trove of Aerosmith bliss! This is a fun watch and our Sunday's Best for this week.

A Great, Lazy Summer Day Song

I've just been lounging around and ignoring the fact that I need to vacuum basically every floor in the house. I started thinking about underrated summer songs and then I realized Aerosmith has a big one! Their track "Girls of Summer" really does hit with that warm weather, party vibe.

"The Girls of Summer" came out in 2002 as a new track to promote O Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits. My parents gave me the CD for Christmas that year. Eric and I got married in early December of that year, so getting the album was a way to bridge my younger days with my new, full-on adult life. I can't believe the song is 20 years old. Then again, I can't believe I'll be celebrating that many years of marriage soon, too!

Aerosmith Announces Another Anniversary Concert

Celebrating their 50th anniversary, Aerosmith has announced another show as part of the fun. The band will play Bangor, Maine. Apparently, the city has been trying to get Aerosmith for a decade. The show is September 4th at the Maine Savings Amphitheater. Tickets go on sale Friday. No doubt this will sellout. So many east coast fans do not want to travel all the way to Las Vegas for the residency. This is a good second choice.

NEW SHOW ADDED!!! Aerosmith will continue the celebration of their 50th anniversary with a concert at the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor Maine on September 4th 2022!

For pre-sale & on-sale info, full list of dates and more visit: https://t.co/rsuutHrYmY pic.twitter.com/6rxNsb0tDN

— Aerosmith (@Aerosmith) April 26, 2022

My Happy Place In A 3 Minute Video Clip From 1989

Ah, the MTV Video Music Awards 1989. The zenith of that awards show and the music we love. Motley Crue presented the award for "Best Metal Music Video."

Note 1989 was the first year for the category. Vince Neil looked so good back then!

The nominees for the first ever Best Metal Music Video: Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Guns n' Roses, Metallica.

Guns n' Roses won for their "Sweet Child O' Mine" video. Duff McKagan and Steven Adler showed up to accept the award. Happiness ensues!

The awards show also featured the final live performance of guitarist Steve Clark with Def Leppard. He died in early 1991. My beloved George Michael won the Video Vanguard Award.

Madonna presents George Michael his big award. The footage is so old, Madonna and her backup dancers are smoking on stage as part of a planned "bit" - I'm sure that wouldn't be allowed these days!

The thing about this particular awards show was that it was so fun... and memorable. Like, everyone was talking about the show at school the next day. We all taped it (for real, on VHS!) and watched it back again and again. I am not exaggerating when I say I still think back to this particular awards show pretty regularly. It was just that good. The next year was hard to beat, too. The 1990 VMAs featured Madonna doing the best live performance of "Vogue" ever - and Motley Crue did "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" and Aerosmith did "Love In An Elevator." Just freaking great stuff.

Here's Madonna at the 1989 VMAs with an equally awesome performance:

Aerosmith Announce New Las Vegas Residency Dates

This one came from the "holy shit" file for me this morning. I was not expecting this! Aerosmith announced a new tranche of dates for their "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency. I had tickets for this back in 2019 but it was just not meant to be. Too many tragedies made the trip impossible. I was going with Eric of course and two friends. One of those friends died unexpectedly and the other had a massive accident, requiring surgery and months of rehab. So I sold the tickets and put the residency out of my mind.

This residency is happening at the Park MGM Dolby Theatre - and is part of Aerosmith's 50th anniversary celebrations. Tickets go on sale March 31.

Who knows if I will be able to make this work. I already have a big vacation on the books for October which will eat both time away from work and a lot of money. Then there is football and marathon season, both of which I have committed dates. That isn't to even begin speaking of ticket costs and the outrageous price of flights now. But we will see. More than anything, I am happy to see Aerosmith announcing live shows again. I was beginning to think they were done forever.

The show dates are:

June 2022: 17, 20, 23, 26, 29
July 2022: 2, 5, 8
September 2022: 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29
October 2022: 2, 5
November 2022: 19, 23, 26, 29
December 2022: 2, 5, 8, 11

Aerosmith are BACK IN THE SADDLE and heading to Las Vegas as part of the continued celebrations around our 50th anniversary! Like never before in Dolby Atmos at Dolby Live - @parkmgm

Tickets on sale Thursday March 31st at 10am PT

For more info visit: https://t.co/rsuutHrYmY pic.twitter.com/Tl4Rj12Zs3

— Aerosmith (@Aerosmith) March 23, 2022