Rocker JOE PERRY has dismissed reports AEROSMITH are on the verge of splitting up, insisting the band is planning to reconvene after "a breather" next year (10).
The guitarist sparked fears the group was in trouble after revealing he and frontman Steven Tyler hadn't spoken for a month last week (ends18Sep09).
But he insists there are no plans to split.
He says, "Aerosmith is taking a breather," adding he knows the silence between himself and Tyler won't last for long: "Whether it's him calling me or me calling him, it will happen." And Perry hopes the rockers still have quite a future ahead of them: "Maybe we have three more records in us. Maybe we have five." Aerosmith will regroup for shows in Hawaii next month (Oct09) - it will be the band's first concerts since an injury to Tyler forced them to scrap a summer (09) tour. Tyler shattered his collarbone when he fell from the stage at a concert in South Dakota at the beginning of August (09).
Perry has also confirmed the band will perform at a Formula One race meeting in the United Arab Emirates on 1 November (09).
He states, "We're getting our visas together and the papers drawn up and everything."