Both acts recently paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne during a joint performance at the MTV Video Music Awards
At the MTV Video Music Awards last Sunday, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Nuno Bettencourt, and Yungblud joined forces to pay tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne. The supergroup stormed the stage at UBS Arena in Long Island, New York – the very venue where Aerosmith played their final show before having to cancel the remainder of their Peace Out World Tour. Yungblud and Nuno Bettencourt kicked things off with Ozzy’s signature song “Crazy Train,” followed by “Changes” which Yungblud crushed in July at Back to the Beginning – Black Sabbath and Ozzy’s final show. Also joining them was Black Sabbath and Ozzy keyboardist Adam Wakeman.
Rewatch the unforgettable performance HERE.
After the performance, both Aerosmith and Yungblud shared a brief clip of Steven Tyler and Yungblud embracing, with Steven saying cheekily, “We got a secret!”
Now, the “secret” has been revealed. Aerosmith and Yungblud have announced a collaborative new single, “My Only Angel.” The song was born out of their joint recent joint performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last Sunday. The song is currently available for streaming pre-save.
Listen to a short preview of the song below now.
Reportedly, Aerosmith and Yungblud have a total of five new songs in the bag. The aforementioned “My Only Angel” is arriving first, with four more tracks allegedly following. There’s no word yet if they will be stand-alone singles, or if both acts are going to release a collaborative five-track EP.
Steven Tyler also performed at Back to the Beginning earlier this summer. It has been great to see him back on stage performing again. In May of 2023, Aerosmith announced their Peace Out Tour – a final 40-date trek across North America. While the tour kicked off to rave reviews and praise from fans, frontman Steven Tyler sustained a fractured larynx during the band’s performance at UBS Arena on September 9, 2023, just three shows into the band’s lengthy grand finale. After postponing the the bulk of their final run, Aerosmith finally confirmed their rescheduled Peace Out Tour dates for 2024. As it turns out, Tyler’s recovery has taken longer than expected. Finally, back on August 2, 2024, Aerosmith completely canceled the rescheduled shows and retired from the road.
Aerosmith guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford reunited this summer for a string of dates under the Joe Perry Project moniker. The new band also feature Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes on vocals, Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz, and Aerosmith touring member Buck Johnson on keyboards.
Yungblud is currently in the midst of a U.S. tour in support of his new album IDOLS which arrived on June 20 via Locomotion/Capitol Records. It is the first installment of a double album. The alt-rock sensation, whose last two albums went to number one in the UK and broke into the Billboard top 100, has a back catalog that has accumulated an astonishing 6 billion streams globally.
The new 13-track IDOLS is Yungblud’s most ambitious yet. Making sure of no distractions, he headed to a location just outside of where he grew up in the north of England with producer Matt Schwartz at the helm, Bob Bradley on additional production, and guitarist Adam Warrington. On IDOLS, Yungblud explores the theme of hero-worship; how we look to others for validation, often putting others’ lives on a pedestal at the expense of the richness of our own experiences. Yungblud says, “We turn to others for an identity before turning to ourselves. Self-belief, self-reclamation, self-evolution and change. As we grow up, we lose our belief in magic and mystery. We begin to rationalize everything; our cage walls build up.” He added, “We compare ourselves to 15 different people before we’ve even had our breakfast.”
Aerosmith have 12 multi-platinum certified albums under their belt. To date, the band has garnered four GRAMMY® Awards, six American Music Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. In 1999, Walt Disney World launched the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, the band’s very own theme park attraction. In 2001, they performed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Throughout a career that spans over five decades, the rock ‘n’ roll legends have sold over 150 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling American rock act of all time. Their music has transcended generations, and while they’ve been selling records since 1973, they band has just achieved a monumental modern-day milestone.
