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The yet-to-titled upcoming album by American rock band Aerosmith is set to come out during June 2012. It is their first album in eight years and their first with original songs in eleven years.

Background
Aerosmith commenced recording their fifteenth studio album on Armed Forces Day 2006. Tyler and Perry performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra for their annual July 4 concert on the Esplanade in 2006, a milestone as it was the first major event or performance since Steven Tyler's throat surgery. Around this time, the band also announced that they would embark on the Route of All Evil Tour with Mötley Crüe in late 2006. On August 24, 2006 it was announced that Tom Hamilton was undergoing treatment for throat cancer. In order to make a full recovery, he sat out much of the Route of All Evil Tour until he was well again. Former Joe Perry Project bassist David Hull substituted for Hamilton until his return.

On October 17, 2006, the compilation album Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith was released. The album contained previous hits with the addition of two new songs, "Devil's Got a New Disguise" and "Sedona Sunrise", which were older outtakes re-recorded for the album. "Devil's Got a New Disguise" peaked at number 15 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. . The album was intended to fulfill Aerosmith's contract with Sony and tide fans over until the band's new studio album was released.

On November 1, 2007, the band entered the studio to work on the final studio album of their current contract with Sony. At the time, it was believed that the album would include both re-recorded tracks left off previous albums as well as brand new material. In an interview, guitarist Joe Perry revealed that in addition to creating a new album, the band was working closely with the makers of the Guitar Hero series to develop Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, a video game dedicated to the band's music. The game was released on June 29, 2008 and contains many of their most popular songs. Steven Tyler announced on VH1 Classic Radio on September 4, 2008 that Aerosmith intends to enter the studio at the end of September 2008 to complete the band's 15th studio album. It will be the band's first album of original material since 2001's Just Push Play. Tyler also confirmed that the band plans to begin a new U.S. tour in June 2009, in support of the as-yet-untitled album. This tour was supposed to be preceded by a concert in Venezuela on February 1, 2009. However, on January 15, 2009, Tyler said the band would be unable to play the gig because of a second knee injury of guitarist Joe Perry. In mid-February 2009, it was announced that the album would be produced by the famed Brendan O’Brien and that the album would likely be recorded live, like their earlier records. Although the band had hoped to finish the album before the tour started in June 2009, Perry said that the group "realized there wasn't any chance of getting [the album] finished before we hit the road for the summer." The tour featured ZZ Top as the opening act for most of the tour.

Tyler pulled out of a planned South American tour at the end of 2009 and seemed intent on pursuing solo projects, including his autobiography Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?. Tyler told Classic Rock magazine, "I don’t know what I'm doing yet, but it's definitely going to be something Steven Tyler: working on the brand of myself – Brand Tyler." Meanwhile, guitarist Joe Perry toured the United States at the end of 2009, and Japan and the UK early in 2010.

In November 2009, Joe Perry stated that Tyler had not been in contact with the band and could be on the verge of quitting Aerosmith. Perry stated that the rest of the group was "looking for a new singer to work with." It had also been reported that singer Lenny Kravitz had been approached for Steven Tyler's position, which he then declined.

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. According to sources at the event, Tyler assured the crowd that he was "not quitting Aerosmith".

On December 22, People magazine reported that Tyler had entered a rehabilitation facility to manage his addiction to painkillers, brought on by injuries to his knees, legs, and feet, that resulted from years of performing. In his statement, Tyler said he is grateful for the support he is receiving, is committed to getting things taken care of, and is eager to get back on stage and in the recording studio with his bandmates.

On January 20, 2010, Perry confirmed the band were about to audition for a new singer to replace Tyler. Perry said that Tyler's surgery to his legs would "take him out of the picture" for up to a year and a half, and in the meantime, the rest of the band wanted to continue performing. Perry also said that the band would be willing to continue working with Tyler in the future if the singer wanted to. In response, Tyler's attorney sent the band and its manager a "cease and desist" letter and threatened further legal action against both if the band did not discontinue this effort to replace Tyler.

While announcing the Cocked, Locked, and Ready to Rock Tour in 2009, Tyler and Perry said that the next item on the agenda was a new Aerosmith album, the group's first since 2004's Honkin' on Bobo. The group did some recording with producer Brendan O'Brien in 2008 but halted because of Tyler's health problems. On November 5, 2010, Brad Whitford said the recording sessions will probably be in Los Angeles, where American Idol is headquartered, and a world tour would follow.

In a November 2010 interview reported at NME.com, drummer Joey Kramer confirmed that the band had every intention to finish and release their long-delayed album in 2011, stating, "Really, at this point in time, the only thing that's going to stop us is if someone out-and-out dies. Other than that, we've already been through what we've been through and stood the test of time. What else is there?" On January 18, 2011, Tyler declared that "Joe (Perry) has got some licks and I've got a bunch of songs that I've written for solo and/or Aerosmith" and the band would start prepping the album that week. On March 20, 2011, Aerosmith announced a new greatest hits album, Tough Love: Best Of The Ballads, to be released on May 10, 2011. On May 14, 2011, the band announced a tour of Latin America in the fall of 2011. In June, Joe Perry announced that the band is going to meet at the recording studio to produce the next album of the band in July. On August 30, it was announced that the new album will be released around May 2012. The album will be produced by Jack Douglas, who produced four albums for the band in the 1970s. Aerosmith began their fall tour of Latin America and Japan on October 22 in Lima, Peru. As part of the tour, the band performed in Paraguay, Panama, and Ecuador for the first time in their careers. Their show in Asuncion, Paraguay was postponed a day, after lead singer Steven Tyler sustained facial injuries after falling in his hotel room shower, due to a bout of food poisoning that dehydrated him and caused him to faint.

On March 26, 2012, Aerosmith announced a summer tour with Cheap Trick entitled the "Global Warming Tour". The tour will begin June 16 in Minneapolis and will take the bands to 21 locations across North America through August 8th.

Recorded tracks

 * "The Last GoodBye" (written by Desmond Child and Steven Tyler)
 * "Oxygen" (reworked as a Tyler solo single (It) Feels So Good)
 * "Love Gives" (alternate title of "Love Lives")
 * "Bobbing for Piranha" (tentative track titles reported on Rolling Stone June 2011)
 * "Asphalt" (tentative track titles reported on Rolling Stone June 2011)
 * "Legendary Child" (tentative track titles reported on Rolling Stone June 2011)
 * "Mamma Mia" (aka MOTHER OF MINE, MY MOTHER, written by Tyler and Frost for CALABRESI NERO)
 * "In Your Eyes" (aka SEXY LIL BODY, written for Steven)
 * "What Could Have Been Love" (new M. Frederiksen/R. Irwin ballad, demo vocals recorded 07/15/06)
 * "Weekends Were Made for Mich" (by Steve Karmen)
 * "Sweet Due" (Tyler/Perry with Terry Steven Lewis and James Samuel Harris)
 * "Ain't It True" (Frederiksen/Hudson/Tyler/Perry)
 * "Jake" (Bird/Supa/Tyler)
 * "Sepulveda Shuffl" (Tyler, Perry)
 * "Throws of Emotion" (Supa/Tyler - reworked 'Heart of Passion'?)
 * "It Ain't Easy"
 * "Run Rudolph Run" (Chuck Berry cover, free internet download recorded by Joe Perry and Paul Santo in 2008)
 * "Innocent Man" (confirmed re-recorded and re-worked with Mark Hudson's help)
 * "Joe Perry Guitar Battle" (recorded for the "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" video game in December 2007)
 * "Wake Field With Dreams" (as seen on the whiteboard in the studio in a Tom Hamilton video of 02-27-2009)
 * "Big Groove" (working title, reported by Joe Perry May 12, 2009 in a AOL interview)
 * "MeltDown" (confirmed reworked by Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer on a WZLX June 3, 2009 interview)

Personnel

 * Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards
 * Tom Hamilton – bass
 * Joey Kramer – drums, percussion
 * Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals
 * Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar