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Sting performs onstage during a concert at Eventim Apollo on October 26, 2025 in London, England. Guitarist Jeff Beck (L) and bassist Tal Wilkenfeld perform with Steven Tyler at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena September 24, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
How Tal Wilkenfeld taught Sting the correct way to play an Aerosmith classic

By Nick Wells Published

Sting was performing alongside Steven Tyler and Jeff Beck at the MGM Grand when Wilkenfeld intervened

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Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith perform live on stage at the Wells Fargo Center on September 02, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joe Perry leaves the door open for an Aerosmith reunion – and he’s not the only band member who’s keen

By Matt Owen Published

The guitar hero is the latest Aerosmith member to hint at a final send-off at some point in the future

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Aerosmith performing on stage
Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton gives update on frontman Steven Tyler’s health

By Janelle Borg Published

Hamilton doesn't rule out Aerosmith returning back to the live circuit despite Tyler's recent voice problems

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That time Tom Hamilton ended up playing bass for Thin Lizzy

By Phil Weller Published

The bassist handled Phil Lynott’s parts during a 2016/17 anniversary tour – a gig he got after meeting members of the new-look lineup at a Motörhead concert

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Tom Hamilton plays bass onstage with Steven Tyler
Tom Hamilton reflects on Aerosmith’s past challenges – and why they still have a future

By Andrew Daly Published

Still finding inspiration, he explains how close the band came to missing out on Sweet Emotion, his near-grudge over Janie’s Got a Gun, why he was glad Joe Perry quit and the development of his video screen bass

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Musician Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith performs on the Sunset Cliffs Stage during the 2016 KAABOO Del Mar at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on September 17, 2016 in Del Mar, California
Aerosmith may have retired from touring, but bassist Tom Hamilton says it might not be the end for the band

By Matt Owen Published

The US rock icons announced they'd be retiring from the road following Steven Tyler's vocal injury

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Tom Hamilton and Steve Tyler of Aerosmith
“The smallest element can be the basis of a cool riff. That’s pretty much how I wrote Sweet Emotion”: Tom Hamilton reveals the inspiration behind one of the most iconic bass riffs in rock

By Nick Wells Published

How Sweet Emotion, from Aerosmith’s Toys in the Attic, was inspired by Jeff Beck’s Rough and Ready

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Tom Hamilton of Aersosmith performs onstage during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 22, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tom Hamilton: "I thought, I'll be damned if I'm going to play eighth-notes on the root all my life!"

By Karl Coryat Published

Aerosmith’s long-serving bassist reflects on becoming a "music-book junkie", channeling John Paul Jones and "smoking a bowl" before writing Sweet Emotion

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(from left to right) Tom Hamilton, Darryl Jones and Pete Best
Rolling Stone Darryl Jones, Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton (and an actual Beatle) to lead next Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp in New York

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Yup, a rhythm section comprising 'fifth Beatle' Pete Best on drums, with Jones and Hamilton on bass, is just the thing for playing Stones, Aerosmith and Beatles classics onstage in NYC

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‘Aerosmith Rocks Donington’: Bassist Tom Hamilton Talks New Film/DVD, Gear and Memorable Moments

By James Wood Published

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