steven tyler spent the majority of his time with aerosmith dealing with drug and alcohol addiction
on august 15 tyler appeared with aerosmith on nbcs today show to announce a residency in las vegas called deuces are wild a reference to both las vegas casino gambling and their 1994 single of the same name
however despite the rumors of him leaving the band tyler joined the joe perry project onstage on november 10 2009 at the fillmore new york at irving plaza and tyler and perry performed the aerosmith single walk this way together