Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesSteven Tyler says he’s “really concerned” about his Aerosmith bandmate, guitarist Joe Perry, following Perry’s collapse earlier this week.
Tyler tells Billboard that he tried reaching out to Perry, but hasn’t had much luck contacting him. Tyler says, “It’s starting to scare me a little bit” regarding Perry, who collapsed during a concert by his side project Hollywood Vampires in Brooklyn on Sunday and was hospitalized.
Tyler explains, “I know they’re putting out nothing, but he’s recovering, he’s really good, he fainted, exhaustion. But I know my brother. He’s just about the only other guy that’s as passionate about his art as I am. He’s always asking me to do three, four [Aerosmith] shows in a row, and I can’t. I’ll blow my voice out. I know how to maintain my career, my health, and Joe’s passionate. I don’t think he knows how to.”
Perry is also scheduled to hit the road with Aerosmith in South America starting September 29, but that’s not a concern for Tyler right now. He emphasizes, “I don’t give a s*** about the band. I want Joe to live.”
Tyler adds, “I’m really concerned and worried right now that I’m not getting any news. I’m a little bummed out, and that scares me. I don’t know whether it’s heat prostration or whether he’s been working himself too hard or getting off on wrong things passionately. I don’t know what it is, but I know that nobody’s talking to me. I can only tell you that Joe’s my brother and I love him so much.”
Perry’s rep recently released a statement saying Perry would “rejoin his fellow Vampires on stage again soon.”
Tyler’s first solo album, the country release We’re All Somebody from Somewhere, is out today.
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