After his solo concert at New York's Lincoln Center earned rave reviews, Steven Tyler announced he'll be taking the show on the road.
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The "Steven Tyler ... Out on a Limb" tour is described as an up-close-and-personal evening with the Aerosmith front-man in which he shares "real life heartaches, trials and tribulations from his piano upbringing to worldwide fame and life with his band," according to a press release.
The show hits Dallas' Music Hall at Fair Park on August 1; tickets go on sale on May 14 via LiveNation and cost $99.95-$149.95.
Technically, "Out on a Limb" isn't a one-man gig. Tyler has a new "rock 'n' tonk" band from Nashville called Loving Mary, as Billboard notes, which also backs the singer on his upcoming country album.
What exactly can attendees expect from this oh-so-intimate encounter? Here's what the critics said of its May 2 debut:
Entertainment Weekly: "... with the help of his new backing band Love Mary and a stage-wide wall of gorgeous Brett Ratnor-directed visuals, the evening was celebratory, revelatory, and, above all, fun." Full review.
Billboard: "... a show that featured Tyler hamming it up and telling scripted tales about his early years in NYC, his subsequent move to southern New Hampshire, and his eventual success with guitarist Joe Perry and the bad boys of Aerosmith." Full review.
Rolling Stone: "Steven Tyler and Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton wrote 'Janie's Got a Gun' 26 years ago. The song, about a girl's revenge on her sexually abusive father, earned the band its first Grammy in 1991 and remains Aerosmith's most politicized statement to date. The track was an awakening for Tyler, he said onstage at the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center Monday night, to the abuse thousands of children face in the United States. ... Tyler is throwing his celebrity and voice behind the cause with a charity called Janie's Fund. 'Janie's got a gun, and now Janie has a fund,' Tyler said."
