Steven Tyler Performs Black Eye, White Teeth
One day after Steven Tyler slipped and broke his face in a Paraguay shower, the rocker hit the stage in Asuncion last night sporting two new teeth ... and a gnarly shiner under his right eye.
Tyler's rep claims the singer was dehydrated from food poisoning when he collapsed in his shower Tuesday morning -- smashing his face and knocking out a couple of teeth.
63-year-old Tyler was treated by a local dental surgeon who replaced the chompers -- and judging by the fact that he performed an entire concert without a hitch ... the surgery couldn't have gone better.
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Steven Tyler Two New Teeth After Shower Accident
Steven Tyler's face has some new hardware -- thanks to a Paraguayan dentist, who implanted two teeth in the singer's mouth ... to replace the ones he lost in that nasty hotel shower accident yesterday.
The dentist -- a woman named Maria Bastos -- called into a local radio station today, claiming the singer is "doing splendidly" after the procedure.
As we first reported ... Tyler -- who says he was dehydrated from food poisoning -- collapsed and smacked his face in a hotel shower yesterday, knocking out two teeth.
Aerosmith postponed their concert last night due to the accident -- but we just checked ... and tonight's show is still scheduled to rock on.
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Steven Tyler Food Poisoning to Blame for Shower Accident
Steven Tyler was suffering from dehydration caused by a bout of food poisoning when he collapsed in a Paraguay hotel shower today ... sources connected to Tyler tell TMZ.
Tyler was reportedly treated for injuries to his face ... including loss of teeth ... after the accident occurred.
TMZ spoke with the singer's manager ... who described Tyler's injuries as "minor" and said Steven has already been released from the hospital.
The rep notes that Aerosmith has rescheduled tonight's concert for tomorrow due to the accident -- and says Tyler would like to "sincerely apologize" for any inconvenience this may have caused his fans.
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Steven Tyler Reportedly Injured After Slipping in Hotel Shower
Steven Tyler smashed his face during a "nasty fall" in a hotel shower ... knocking out several teeth ... this according to multiple reports out of Paraguay.
Tyler -- who was scheduled to perform in Paraguay with Aerosmith tonight -- was reportedly rushed to a nearby hospital.
A rep for the venue where the band was supposed to perform tells TMZ ... tonight's concert has been canceled.
No comment so far from Tyler's rep.
Story developing ...
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Michaele Salahi Smooth Backstage Moves With Steven Tyler
Michaele Salahi posed for a suggestive photo, hip-to-hip, with the likes of Steven Tyler -- more than five years before she decided to run off with Journey guitarist Neal Schon.
TMZ obtained the photo taken backstage during an Aerosmith concert in Bristow, Virginia -- and the story behind it is pretty wild.
Tareq Salahi is telling friends he and Michaele (aka "groupie slut") went to the show together without backstage passes -- oh, the horror --but then Michaele mysteriously disappeared for more than an hour.
We're told ... when Yoko Michaele returned she produced the photo with Steven AND an all-access backstage pass for ALL Aerosmith concerts!
We're told Michaele's explanation for the pic, at the time, was ... she and Steven were just seeing who had a flatter stomach. Steven's rep had no comment.
Eat your heart out, Pamela Des Barres.
Steven Tyler Puts Up His Daisy Dukes
Wearing a pair of Haley Reinhart's "American Idol" short shorts, Steven Tyler showed off his 63-year-old smooth legs in Maui on Wednesday.
Dude looks like he's in lady pants.
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Steven Tyler to Aerosmith -- You CAN'T Fire Me!!
Steven Tyler claims he took the gig on "American Idol" to show his Aerosmith bandmates that he wouldn't be "held hostage" by them ... after the band threatened to kick Tyler to the curb.
Tyler dropped a whole series of truth bombs during an interview with Rolling Stone ... in which he explains, "Did I take this job to show the band? F**k, yeah. Not to show them, but that I can't be held hostage anymore. I will be my own hostage. The band can't throw me out."
During the interview, Tyler also reveals he went on a drug binge with Joe Perry a few years ago during an "ill-fated attempt to cut a new album."
Tyler told the mag ... the album never got made because, "Joe was high and he couldn't play ... I couldn't sing, really, because I was snorting everything, and it f**ks up your throat. It was the wrong time."
One more fun fact from the article -- when it came to the "Idol" gig, Tyler was up against The Who legend Roger Daltrey ... but producers passed on Roger because they felt he was "Very formal, his hair was cut, he looked like a regular guy. He had lost that sort of rock & roll charm."
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Steven Tyler -- Music Video Sans Aerosmith
Steven Tyler has blown up even bigger because of "American Idol" -- and he's making a big move, telling our photog yesterday he's gonna shoot a music video for a new song ... and no Aerosmith.
The music video shoot will go down Monday.
By the way ... Tyler has a memoir called "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?" coming out on May 3.
Aero-who?
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'Idol' Judge Steven Tyler Aerosmith Jealous of Me
Steven Tyler claims his Aerosmith bandmates were "jealous" when he became an "American Idol" judge ... interesting, considering Joe Perry recently slammed Tyler for getting involved with the show.
Tyler explained the band's ongoing beef today after his long-awaited "Idol" unveiling -- but added that when push comes to shove, "I'm sure they're real happy for me."
Sure they are.
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Joe Perry Ninja Attack on 'American Idol'
Joe Perry is continuing to blast his Aerosmith bandmate Steven Tyler over his new "American Idol" gig -- but now, Joe's done dragged the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into the feud.
Perry went off on Tyler during an interview with the Calgary Herald -- saying, "It's his business, but I don't want Aerosmith's name involved with [American Idol]. We have nothing to do with it."
Perry added, "[Idol] is a reality show designed to get people to watch that station and sell advertising ... it's one step above Ninja Turtles."
As for the future of the band, Perry once again threatened to replace Tyler -- saying, "[You've got] four guys that are great together, and if you find the right singer, there's no reason you can't go and entertain people."
For the record -- the Ninja Turtles also used to sing ...
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Steven Tyler -- Fury After Friend Put in Choke Hold
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler was furious last night -- lashing out at a rowdy group of autograph seekers after a shoving match broke out ... and one of Tyler's "guys" was choked out.
The insanity began when Tyler arrived at the Trump Hotel in New York -- and was instantly rushed by the aggressive autograph hounds.
When Tyler's associate began to shove back ... someone reached in from behind and started to choke him out.
Tyler instantly broke up the mess, restored calm ... and then proceeded to lecture the group about standard protocol for autograph seeking.
Tyler and his friend were then escorted into the building by security.
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Aero Assault Perry Shoves Steven Tyler Off Stage
TMZ has obtained video ... showing Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry hip-checking Steven Tyler off the stage and into a crowd at a concert in Toronto last night ... and it didn't look like no accident.
It all went down during a performance of "Love in an Elevator" -- first, Steven playfully bumped Perry ... and then Perry retaliated bumping Tyler right back ... sending him face first into the crowd.
Tyler eventually got up -- with some help from Joe -- and then announced, "It ain't gonna happen again, baby."
As you may have heard -- the band has had some issues lately ... in fact Tyler told us the band "damn near" split earlier this year.
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Steven Tyler on 'Idol' Show Me the Money!
Steven Tyler is playing a little bit of hardball with "American Idol" execs -- saying they better "lay out the bread" if they want him to come on board.
Less than two weeks ago, the Aerosmith singer proclaimed "I'm doing it" when asked if he was gonna be on "Idol." But yesterday in New York, he seemed to be playing coy when asked whether he was going to take the gig.
We smell a negotiation ploy!
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Steven Tyler on 'American Idol' -- 'I'm Doing It!'
Steven Tyler laid to rest the question of whether he's going to be a judge on the next season of "American Idol" -- when the Aerosmith frontman nonchalantly told cameras Saturday night, "I'm doing it ... What do ya think? I'm doing it!"
UPDATE: "Idol" executives are being far more coy than Tyler -- because they told reporters today that "no one has signed a deal on either side of the camera who wasn't on the show last year."
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Steven Tyler: Aerosmith 'Damn Near' Split
Steven Tyler says he's been "married" to Aerosmith for 40 years -- but this past year it almost ended in divorce.
The band is going ahead with a new world tour -- but today at LAX, Tyler finally admitted the obvious and said they were definitely livin' on the edge of a permanent breakup.
Good to see some people can work out their commitment issues.
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Steven Tyler Serenades a Home Depot
Rehabbing rock star Steven Tyler treated a bunch of shoppers at a Home Depot to an impromptu concert this weekend -- by singing two of Aerosmith's biggest hits a cappella over the store's loudspeaker.
TMZ spoke to multiple employees at the H.D. in Rancho Mirage, CA., who tell us Tyler randomly picked up the microphone on Saturday and belted out snippets of "Dude Looks Like a Lady" and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" for all the weekend warriors to enjoy.
And get this: We're also told Tyler took a hit from a helium machine and kept singing Bee Gees style while signing autographs for anyone who asked.
Coolest. Guy. Ever.