Steven Tyler surprised Joe Perry on stage last night (10 November) to tell him - and a NYC concert audience - that he was not leaving Aerosmith.

"I just want New York to know, I am not leaving Aerosmith," Tyler told the crowd at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza.

Then, turning to Joe Perry, who was appearing with his band The Joe Perry Project, Tyler said, "Joe Perry, you are a man of many colors. But I, motherfucker, am the rainbow!" (Check out the video below.)

And with that, the band broke into the Aerosmith classic Walk This Way. Joe Perry Project singer Hagen graciously stepped back for Tyler to handle lead vocals, although he soon joined in on the choruses and call-and-response parts.

It was only two days ago that MusicRadar reported on what seemed like a definite split in the Aerosmith camp, with Joe Perry saying, "Steven quit as far as I can tell" and that the band would "probably find somebody else that will sing."

The tale of this veteran group keeps getting weirder. If they could just put half of their recent drama into the lyrics of a new record...now, there's a thought!

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Robbie Williams has confirmed that he has already joined Take That in the studio to record new songs.

The singer joined his old band on stage at the London Royal Albert Hall for a Children In Need gig on Thursday (November 12), and now he has confirmed that rumours about studio sessions are true.

"Oh sod it, we've been in and the songs are absolutely amazing," he said in a BBC Radio 2 interview set for broadcast on Christmas Day. He claimed that the songs sound "incredibly great".

Williams did not reveal any kind of release plan for the new material.

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Mick Jones Carbon/Silicon have announced they are giving away their latest album.

Called 'The Carbon Bubble', the album was made available after midnight (November 14), with the cover artwork and booklet also going up on the band's website for fans to download.

This isn't the first time the former Clash man and his band have given away their music, with three albums and seven EPs having all been uploaded onto their site since 2006.

To download the album and for more information please visit CarbonSiliconInc.com.

The tracklisting for 'The Carbon Bubble' is as follows:

'Fresh Start'
'What's Up Doc?'
'Reach For The Sky'
'The Best Man'
'Unbeliebable Pain'
'Make It Alright'
'PartyWorld'
'Shadow'
'Don't Taser Me Bro!'
'That's As Good As It Gets'
'DisUnited Kingdom'
'Believe Or Leave'

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Southern rock icons LYNYRD SKYNYRD have announced a UK run for next March.

The resurgent seven-piece released their Roadrunner/Loud & Proud debut, 'God & Guns’, to critical acclaim on 28th September. Backed with strong radio support and great reviews in the UK, the album’s first week sale was a colossal 997% up on the previous album’s first week figure! Lynyrd Skynyrd are definitely back with a vengeance!

'God & Guns’ was recorded in Nashville in late 2008 and early '09, with the project being interrupted - but, tellingly, not ended - by the deaths of founding member/keyboardist Billy Powell and longtime bassist Ean Evans earlier this year. Yet, the band rock on and are bringing their uniquely American sound to these shores in March.

Dates rack up as follows:

Thu 4th March – BIRMINGHAM LG Arena
Fri 5th March – CARDIFF International Arena
Sat 6th March – LONDON HMV Hammersmith Apollo
Mon 8th March – MANCHESTER Apollo
Tue 9th March – GLASGOW Clyde Auditorium

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New York’s Great White Way is about to turn a shade of green. According to Playbill, Green Day’s American Idiot musical, which wraps up its San Francisco run on November 15th, will make the leap to Broadway. “There is a Broadway future for the show, but at this time no dates or theater are confirmed,” the show’s spokesman Michael Hartman said.

Meet the cast of the American Idiot musical.

The intention to move the Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s smash hit to New York was revealed November 9th, when a casting notice seeking performers for the Broadway staging of the show was made public. The notice gave no details as to when production on the Broadway American Idiot will begin, or what actors will carry over from the Berkeley Repertory run. The musical premiered in September and was eventually extended five additional weeks past its original run, making it the top-grossing show in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s history, Playbill writes.

Go backstage with Green Day: exclusive tour photos.

Actor John Gallagher Jr., who plays the lead role Johnny in Idiot, also confirmed the news when he tweeted, “The idiots are coming to New York! Just waiting on when and where.” Gallagher didn’t state whether he would be joining the cast out east, however. As Rolling Stone previously reported, the American Idiot musical was the brainchild of both Green Day and director Michael Mayer, who previously won a Tony Award for his work on Spring Awakening along with Idiot’s producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman. Mayer will also serve as director of the Broadway run.

Between the American Idiot musical and U2’s Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, 2010 is shaping up to be a rocking year on Broadway.

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After a bout of negative reviews, Britney Spears has spoken out over the lip-synch controversy that ignited in Australia following her first two Circus tour concerts Down Under, the BBC reports. “I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show,” Spears said yesterday in a statement. “Some reporters have said they love it and some don’t. I came to Australia for my fans.”

Check out photos from Britney’s Circus Tour here.

As Rolling Stone previously reported, the Aussie press claimed that concertgoers at Spears’ first two Circus shows in Perth began vacating the venue only a few songs into Spears’ set when it became apparent the singer was, in fact, miming her songs. Spears was also criticized for what reviewers deemed as a lack of engagement with the crowd, only once talking to the audience to tell them how beautiful Australia was. The controversy was amplified when the fair trade minister of New South Wales proposed marking Circus tour tickets with a disclaimer saying the show is mimed and pre-recorded.

Considering Spears’ lip-synching has been widely reported since the Circus tour kicked off in New Orleans on March 3rd, it’s surprising that Aussie fans expected the pop diva to sing. (Rolling Stone’s review of her New York show also makes note of the lip-synching.) “It’s been all over the Internet for nine months,” said Spear’s tour promotor, Paul Dainty. “This show is about an incredible spectacle, which it is.”

After a four-day break that included a fun day of shopping — “Got a lot of my Christmas presents. Melbourne is beautiful,” Spears tweeted Monday — this controversial Circus tour will resume tonight with the first of three concerts in Melbourne.

Source RollingStone