Reports: Tyler quits Aerosmith

Steven Tyler has reportedly quit Aerosmith. The 61-year-old frontman is said to have walked out on the ‘Crazy’ rockers after a performance in Abu Dhabi last month and his bandmates have not heard from him since.

Guitarist Joe Perry told the Las Vegas Sun newspaper: “Steven quit as far as I can tell. I don’t know anymore than you do about it. I got off the plane two nights ago. I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band.”

Perry claims Tyler has refused to take his phone calls to let the rest of the band know what’s going on.

He said: “He has had no contact with me or the other band members. He’s notorious for that, that’s one thing I’ve learned to live with. I try to overlook it “Obviously he hasn’t been giving 100% to this thing for a long time. He’s obviously had this planned for a long time. To disregard his brothers to the point where we have to find out about it on the internet. I still care for him as a person, or at least the person I used to know. But things change.”

Perry says the band – who were forced to cancel shows earlier this year after Tyler was taken to hospital after falling ill during one concert – are now looking for a replacement.

He said: “As far as replacing Steve… We’ll probably find somebody else that will sing in those spots where we need a singer and then we’ll be able to move the Aerosmith up a notch, move the vibe up a notch.”