Steven Tyler plans to debut a video for a new solo song on American Idol May 12. We haven't heard the track yet, but count on it being a power ballad tailored to appeal to pop fans that make up the vast majority of A.I. viewers. We will be amazed if the song has any appeal to long-term fans of Aerosmith. On a brighter note, Tyler and the band may still perform on the season finale of Idol - and the early session work on a new Aerosmith album has produced material the other guys in the band say gets back to the kind of stripped-down sound that made the group one of the best bands in the land.
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