Reps at Amalie Arena took to Instagram Tuesday morning, with a video of the jumbo screen in Thunder Alley showing the words “peace out” in the style of Aerosmith’s logo, used since 1982’s Rock in a Hard Place. Around the same time, the band behind “Dream On” posted a cryptic message of its own: The logo in black and white logo, with a caption indicating that something will happen at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 1.
Guitarist Joe Perry recently revealed to The Boston Globe that plans to take on a 40-plus-date U.S. tour in the fall were underway, and to be announced before summertime.
He added that it’s unlikely that drummer Joey Kramer—who lost his wife last summer—will return to the kit for this run of shows. His drum tech, John Douglas has been filling in, and will most likely stay in the repertoire throughout the band’s first major run of U.S. shows since 2015.
We don’t have a solid date or ticket prices yet, but we’ll update this post when said details are revealed.
It has been 11 years since Aerosmith’s last performance in town—also at the since-renamed Tampa Bay Times Forum—with support from Cheap Trick, featuring Safety Harbor resident Robin Zander. Steven Tyler’s solo country tour did roll into Ruth Eckerd Hall back in 2016, but with that repressed memory back in mind—and how Perry only seldom performs with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp in the Hollywood Vampires—it’s clear that Tampatown is long overdue for some sweet emotion.
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This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2023.