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First time for old-time rockers
Amy Harris
The Daily Telegraph
April 19, 2013 12:00AM
THEY ruled the music world during the 1970s and 80s but surprisingly yesterday's gathering of headliners from this weekend's Stone Music Festival at ANZ Stadium was a first-time meeting for some of the assembled rock royalty.
"We loved Van Halen in the beginning but they got so big so fast that we offset each other on tour and we never saw them," said Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, who was joined on the panel by his band, plus Van Halen's David Lee Roth and Billy Joel.
"Then Billy is my idol because he has been around for ever and every time I turn the radio on I hear him.
"So I'm a big fan. But I haven't seem them all in forever so it's an honour to speak to them backstage."
Joel and Lee Roth, meanwhile, had never met prior to yesterday's press conference.
"But I must have watched Billy Joel close a stadium maybe a dozen of times," Lee Roth said. And a good rock'n'roll press conference wouldn't be complete with a dash of "rock star ego" - in this case courtesy of Steven Tyler, who was provided his own personal mirror, side stage, to allow the Aerosmith frontman access to his reflection at all times.
Perhaps appealing to his famously fastidious grooming habits, Tyler fielded a question of how he kept his hair looking so, well, pretty.
"Talk to it late at night when you're looking in the mirror," he deadpanned
"(I) just love mine and I love girls with long hair and I think it goes hand in hand with rock and roll."
Despite the star power , it is rumoured this weekend's event, also featuring Jimmy Barnes, The Choirboys and Richie Ramone among others - has sold just 2000 tickets for Sunday's session, although a rep said it was more like 15,000.
Amy Harris
The Daily Telegraph
April 19, 2013 12:00AM
THEY ruled the music world during the 1970s and 80s but surprisingly yesterday's gathering of headliners from this weekend's Stone Music Festival at ANZ Stadium was a first-time meeting for some of the assembled rock royalty.
"We loved Van Halen in the beginning but they got so big so fast that we offset each other on tour and we never saw them," said Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, who was joined on the panel by his band, plus Van Halen's David Lee Roth and Billy Joel.
"Then Billy is my idol because he has been around for ever and every time I turn the radio on I hear him.
"So I'm a big fan. But I haven't seem them all in forever so it's an honour to speak to them backstage."
Joel and Lee Roth, meanwhile, had never met prior to yesterday's press conference.
"But I must have watched Billy Joel close a stadium maybe a dozen of times," Lee Roth said. And a good rock'n'roll press conference wouldn't be complete with a dash of "rock star ego" - in this case courtesy of Steven Tyler, who was provided his own personal mirror, side stage, to allow the Aerosmith frontman access to his reflection at all times.
Perhaps appealing to his famously fastidious grooming habits, Tyler fielded a question of how he kept his hair looking so, well, pretty.
"Talk to it late at night when you're looking in the mirror," he deadpanned
"(I) just love mine and I love girls with long hair and I think it goes hand in hand with rock and roll."
Despite the star power , it is rumoured this weekend's event, also featuring Jimmy Barnes, The Choirboys and Richie Ramone among others - has sold just 2000 tickets for Sunday's session, although a rep said it was more like 15,000.
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