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Kramer had sustained a "minor injury" to his shoulder, keeping him from performing with the band at its "Deuces Are Wild" residency in Las Vegas. Technically, the root of the lawsuit starts in April 2019. But the controversy around the decision goes back more than just a couple of days. Kramer will not be joining the band, after the judge's ruling on the lawsuit that Kramer filed last Friday. Then, on Sunday, the band is set to perform at the televised Grammys ceremony. The decision comes down after Kramer filed a suit against the band, alleging that Aerosmith was unfairly excluding him from rejoining the band following a recovery period for a "minor injury" early in 2019.Īerosmith is due to perform twice this weekend: once at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala this Friday, where the band will be bestowed with the honor. In addition to Grammys weekend, the group is scheduled to perform its "Deuces are Wild" residency at the MGM Resort in Las Vegas through June. Kramer is not currently involved in the residency.Just days before Aerosmith is set to perform for Grammys festivities this weekend, a Massachusetts judge has ruled that drummer Joey Kramer will not be permitted to join the band for its live shows.
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"I hope our fans can understand that all I’m trying to do is get back to playing with the band that they love – and that’s Aerosmith with all five original members," he added. "The greatest magic and success of Aerosmith happens when all the band’s founding members are together in the house."Īerosmith's reps didn't immediately return USA TODAY's request for comment. Kramer, who says he's been trying to rejoin Aeromsith since last fall, called the entire ordeal "insulting and upsetting." Kramer from joining the band for the once-in-a-lifetime events of MusiCares and the 2020 Grammy Awards, or the upcoming Residency,” according to the lawsuit, alleging Kramer didn’t have enough “energy” in his audition recordings. "On January 15, 2020, and for the first time in the band’s 50-year-course of conduct, the other members voted to prohibit Mr. Kramer's efforts, however, were not rewarded. More: Aerosmith to be honored as MusiCares’ 2020 Person of the Year
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I am being deprived of the opportunity to be recognized along with my peers, for our collective, lifetime contributions to the music industry. The drummer continued: "This is not about money. "To be removed from my rightful place on stage to celebrate our success – a success that acknowledges my own life’s work, is just plain wrong." "Being prohibited from playing with a band that I have given 50 years of my life to supporting, is beyond devastating," Kramer said in a statement to USA TODAY. Original Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer is suing his former band for shutting him out just days ahead of the group's scheduled performance at the Grammy Awards.Īerosmith will be honored Friday as the 2020 Person of the Year for MusiCares, the Recording Academy's charity for musicians in critical financial need, and will return to the Grammys stage Sunday in honor of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band's 50th anniversary.īut Kramer claims the band – whose other founding members are Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford – won't let him participate. Watch Video: Grammys 2020 drama: Aerosmith drummer's lawsuit, Academy CEO shakeup