Update: AEROSMITH's Winnipeg Show Postponed

August 6, 2009

After originally stating that AEROSMITH's Friday, August 7 concert in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada would go on after the band's lead singer Steven Tyler suffered injuries in a stage fall Wednesday night in the U.S., promoters now say the show has been postponed, according to the Winnipeg Free Press.

The 61-year-old singer was airlifted to a hospital in Rapid City, S.D., Wednesday after falling off the stage during a concert at the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

"Steven Tyler did get a bit banged up and had to have a few stitches, but all Canadian dates are going on as planned," an initial statement from the band's management said.

Tyler 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.

Tyler was on the stage's catwalk when he fell backward 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."

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