Yesterday I posted the story of Aerosmith Joey Kramer's contentions against his band outlined in a lawsuit filed against the other members, stemming from Kramer's absence behind the kit during most of the band's Vegas run. Aerosmith has formally responding by sending this message to People Magazine:
"Joey Kramer is our brother; his wellbeing is of paramount importance to us. However he has not been emotionally and physically able to perform with the band, by his own admission, for the last 6 months. We have missed him and have encouraged him to rejoin us to play many times but apparently he has not felt ready to do so.
Joey has now waited until the last moment to accept our invitation, when we unfortunately have no time for necessary rehearsals during Grammys week. We would be doing a disservice to him, to ourselves and to our fans to have him play without adequate time to prepare and rehearse. Compounding this, he chose to file a lawsuit on the Friday night of the holiday weekend preceding the Grammys with total disregard for what is our limited window to prepare to perform these important events. Given his decisions he is unfortunately unable to perform but of course we have invited him to be with us for both the Grammys and our MusiCares honor. We are bonded together by much more than our time on stage."
Aerosmith is scheduled to perform and also be honored as the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year for charity efforts, especially Steven Tyler's Janie's House Shelters for Abused Women. The Grammys air this Sunday night January 26 at 8pm on CBS.