By CARSON WALKER, Associated Press Writer Carson Walker, Associated Press Writer – 27 mins ago
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, known for dancing with microphone stands adorned with scarves, was airlifted to a hospital early Thursday after falling from the stage during a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Tyler, 61, fell while entertaining the crowd by dancing around after the sound system failed during the song "Love in an Elevator," said Mike Sanborn, spokesman for the Buffalo Chip Campground, which hosted the outdoor concert.

Ed Aurand, a security supervisor at the campground who saw the fall, said Tyler stepped backward off the stage's catwalk.

"He does a lot of dancing on the stage and he does a lot of stuff with his mike stand. He put his stand down and twirled around and stepped backwards off the stage," Sanborn said.

Halfway through the performance, Tyler fell onto a couple of fans in the middle of what was a record crowd, Sanborn said. Security rushed to help him and the crowd cheered when Tyler got back up.

"He was good natured about it," Sanborn said. "He was in good spirits when he got in the helicopter. He was talking and joking with the physician."

"It was an unfortunate end to an extraordinary evening," he said.

Tyler suffered minor head and neck injuries and a shoulder injury, but it wasn't immediately clear how serious that was, Sanborn said.

After he fell, which was halfway through the performance, Tyler was eventually taken backstage, Sanborn said. Around 12:15 a.m., Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry came out to tell the audience Tyler was being taken to the hospital and that the show would not go on.

A physician at the concert venue attended to Tyler and the frontman was flown to Rapid City Regional Hospital, the only major hospital in the region, Sanborn said.

Jennifer Horton, the hospital's vice president of public relations and marketing, said early Thursday that Tyler wasn't in the hospital directory. Under the privacy laws, that means the person is either not there or chose not to be included in the directory, according to the hospital's Web site.

Tyler attended Sturgis last year to promote his Dirico Motorcycles line and was back this year to do that again and play at the Buffalo Chip.

Fans were disappointed the concert was cut short but hoped Tyler wasn't seriously hurt.

Lance Yellow Robe, who said he was 8 eight feet from the stage when Tyler fell off, told the Rapid City Journal "you could kind of see it coming because he was dancing all over the stage.

"I hope he's OK," Yellow Robe said. "I could care less about the concert being canceled."

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 6^th, 2009 at 9:22am:




alledgedly he's sober............

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 6^th, 2009 at 9:25am:




dude?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcklIVkphxA

mojoman wrote on Aug 6^th, 2009 at 11:52am:


Upper deck looks like the stones last tour.

I think Keith got tazed at a few shows.   

Nellcote wrote on Aug 6^th, 2009 at 1:24pm:



I'll keep that in mind when I visit the PROM in a few weeks.

Whitford, Hamilton, Tyler x2 - Aerosmith has more guys on the DL than the Mets...

video of the idiot

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa

Bono fell off the stage at RFK at a U2 show a while back and broke his arm.   

I shall not comment on his sobriety or the lack thereof.

Paranoid Android wrote on Aug 6^th, 2009 at 5:29pm:



dude looks like a lady

There was also Alice Cooper who fell of the stage in '75, but he continued performing.

On June 23rd '75, Alice Cooper's tour was thrown into doubt after Alice fell off the stage during his show in Vancouver, Canada, in which he broke six ribs and suffered a concussion. The accident occurred after the opening number, "Welcome To My Nightmare", as Alice chased the Nightmares into a huge toy box. The box tipped over, tossing Alice on his head and into the security barriers. He was treated in the dressing room, returned to the stage wrapped in bandages, but was able to perform only several numbers before ending the shortened show to the cheers of the 17,000 strong crowd. He was then driven to hospital, where he received 15 stitches to his head. Against the doctor's advice, he appeared in Edmonton three days later warning the crowd he wasn't fit enough to put on an entire show. Thirty-five minutes into the gig he collapsed after experiencing breathing trouble. Ticket refunds were offered, although no one was reported to have asked for one.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Aug 7^th, 2009 at 2:24pm:

At this point they might well quit while they're behind.

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hmmm....He did jump on Mick's back in '81 causing them both to fall. Is that what you're talking about?