Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler put scarves on his microphone to ‘hide his pills,’ claims daughter
Steven Tyler was always livin’ on the edge.
The rocker’s daughter opened up about his “extremely wild” past — and revealed why the Aerosmith frontman, 77, always wrapped scarves around his microphone during gigs.
Sisters Mia Tyler, 46, and actress Liv Tyler, 47, reflected on their dad’s days as a rock star during Monday’s episode of Kate and Oliver Hudson’s “Sibling Revelry” podcast.
While discussing her father’s past, Mia claimed she knew why her father accessorized his mikes with beautiful scarves, revealing it wasn’t for the fashion.
“The story of why he has scarves on his microphone is because he liked to hide his pills and whatnot,” Mia alleged on the podcast. “So he could do them live onstage.”
She also claimed scarves weren’t the only place he hid things.
“He would have little pockets sewn so he could be onstage and just take whatever it was that he was [ingesting],” Mia stated.
The Post reached out to Aerosmith’s representative for comment.
The rocker has struggled with substance abuse issues in the past and suffered a drug relapse three years ago after being sober for a decade.
His band disclosed that Steven had “voluntarily” entered a rehab facility in May 2022.
“As many of you know, our beloved brother Steven has worked on his sobriety for many years,” the group, including Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford, said at the time.
“After foot surgery to prepare for the stage and the necessity of pain management during the process, he has recently relapsed and voluntarily entered a treatment program to concentrate on his health and recovery,” the band’s announcement read.
The relapse came as Aerosmith was set to relaunch their residency in Las Vegas, forcing the band to cancel the first set of dates in June and July 2022.
Tyler had previously discussed his drug use.
In 2019, he told Haute Living that while doing drugs gave him a “certain rawness,” they also inhibited his “greatness.”
“All the magic that you thought worked when you were high comes out when you get sober,” the singer shared just months before his relapse. “You realize it was always there, and your fear goes away.”
In September 2023, Tyler suffered vocal cord damage that “led to subsequent bleeding” at an Aerosmith show in New York.
The band once again was forced to postpone live dates, this time on their farewell tour, Peace Out, after learning their frontman’s injury was “more serious than initially thought.”
Tyler never recovered from the vocal cord injury, which pushed Aerosmith to retire from touring in August last year.
“We’ve always wanted to blow your mind when performing,” the band said in a statement. “As you know, Steven’s voice is an instrument like no other. He has spent months tirelessly working on getting his voice to where it was before his injury. We’ve seen him struggling despite having the best medical team by his side.”
“Sadly, it is clear, that a full recovery from his vocal injury is not possible. We have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision — as a band of brothers — to retire from the touring stage,” they said.
The Post exclusively talked to Jack Douglas, the producer of Aerosmith’s 1975 album “Toys in the Attic,” who shared that Steven wrote “Walk This Way” after watching the iconic Mel Brooks film “Young Frankenstein.”
