Steve Tyler Dishes Details About Accident

Official word about Steve Tyler's condition after his stage accident was slow to surface and ever changing in nature. The story morphed from "shaken up and needed few stitches - tour will continue as scheduled" to "needs rest - will miss one show" to "sorry..... shoulder broken - tour postponed" as word leaked out through various sources included Steve's daughter, Mia, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and other insiders who gradually leaked the full extent of Tyler's injuries to the fans.

Various descriptions have been offered from witnesses and organizers who saw Steve Tyler's fall, and from guitarist Joe Perry who has talked about his experience witnessing Tyler being treated backstage. Of course, there's also the infamous amateur video clip that a fan took Tyler's tumble that's been circulating on YouTube.

But finally the singer himself has released a message to fans giving a first hand account of onstage during the Sturgis, SD performance leading up to the fall.

As previously noted, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler shouldn't have walked this way (i.e. off the stage, see above) resulting in a broken shoulder, among other injuries. But we're happy to hear him talk this way (see below) in a message released to fans, describing the incident at the August 5th show in Sturgis, South Dakota:

"A major thunderstorm had delayed the show for an hour, but after it passed through, the full moon and tens of thousands of my biker buddies were ready to rock! It was one of the best shows we've played in a long time! The band was slammin' and I was lovin' every minute of it!"

"And just as I'm thinking, 'it doesn't get any better than this'... FUSES BLOW! We have an COMPLETE AUDIO SOUND SYSTEM FAILURE! (You can even see one of the amps frying on YouTube.)"

Here's where Steve dishes on his spill!

We were in the middle of "Love In An Elevator," Tyler continues, "and the band slowly realized something was up. Well, I wasn't gonna go hide under the big top and play ROCK STAR and wait for everything to be fixed.

"I wanted to go out to the crowd to continue the show... so, the Train Kept A- Rollin' and I ran out on the cat walk and grabbed my mic to finish the song. I was doing the Tyler shuffle and then I zigged when I should have zagged...AND I slipped, and as I live on the edge...I fell off the edge!

"I landed upside down, and after twenty stitches on the back of my head, and a broken left shoulder, I just want to say that I'm plain grateful that I didn't break my neck! In truth, after thousands of live shows, falling off the edge four times ain't too bad.

"I want to thank all of the fans for your love and support. I also want to thank the Aerosmith crew and the Buffalo Chip staff for taking care of me in a time of need... and the Sturgis Police Department and the Medvac helicopter crew for getting me outta there before I bled to death... and all the doctors and nurses at the Rapid City Hospital for putting my Humpty Dumpty ass back together again.

"And most of all... I want to thank the angel on my shoulder."

Though Steve's on the mend, there has been no official word on rescheduled dates for any of the Aerosmith shows postponed thus far.

Rob Rheubottom