Boston Globe, MA
August 15, 2008

Relax, all you Aerosmith acolytes, the band is heading back to the studio in October and will hit the road next spring. In the meantime, drummer Joey Kramer is staying busy with bluesman James Montgomery, playing dates as the Kramer/Montgomery Band. “James has been around as long as we have, and we’ve always talked about playing together,” Kramer told us. “He had a few dates and wondered if I’d be into it. I said, ‘Sure.’ ” The gigs are Sept. 12 at the Roxy and Sept. 13 at the Academy of Music in Northampton. (Tickets go on sale today via TicketWeb.) There’ll be special guests at both shows, including guitarist J. Geils, harpist James Cotton, the Rolling Stones’ Uptown Horns, and Ernie Boch Jr.’s band, the Automatics, with former Boston members Sib Hashian and Barry Goudreau. “It’s basically blues,” Kramer said. “But we’ll do a few Aerosmith tunes, too.”

Aero Force One
August 15, 2008

So by now you’ve probably heard about the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Rocks the Hard Rock summer tour? Well, on Monday, August 25th, things kick into high gear with the championship of the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Rocks the Hard Rock summer tour landing in Boston. The four finalists from across the 15 tour markets will compete in a Guitar Hero: Aerosmith showdown at the Boston For Africa VIP gala at the Hard Rock Cafe Boston. And if you didn’t know – Steven Tyler will personally award the Grand Prize winner of the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith competition his custom-designed Guitar Hero: Aerosmith / Hard Rock Cafe Red Wing motorcycle. Additionally, Activision will provide a $50,000 charitable contribution to Boston For Africa, LLC.

And guess what? Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer will rock the house with an all-star performance for the contestants and a host of Boston-area celebrities and sports heroes will also be in attendance. What would make this even better? How about having YOU attend?!? That’s right. AF1 has got a pair of tickets for one lucky winner. All you gotta do to enter to win is send an email to Contests@aeroforceone.com with the subject line “Guitar Hero; Aerosmith Rocks the Hard Rock” along with your name, age, address, email address and phone numbers where you can best be reached. Entries are due by 12pm EDT on Wednesday, August 20th and a winner will be notified by 12pm EDT on Thursday, August 21, 2008. You must be 21 years of age or older to enter the event at the Hard Rock Café and you must supply your own transportation there and back.

Sound like a kick-ass event? Well, whatcha waitin’ for? Send in your email today!

Good Luck!
The AF1 Crew

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