MARHABA DUBAI!
*READ IMPORTANT UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST
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That’s how Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler started their last night’s incredible concert in Dubai: MARHABA DUBAI!
It was really cool hearing Steven Tyler speaking in Arabic, even if it was just one word, still it’s cool! And that’s how Steven Tyler looked like last night. Frankly, I thought he looked and sounded extraordinary, considering he’s 59 years old and was recently treated from Hepatitis C.
The concert was amazing! The band’s overall performance was superb! It was so great to the point where me and my buddies (who thought they were more into hip-hop) would’ve seriously considered flying to Bangalore, India, to attend their concert there, if only it wasn’t so soon (on the June 2nd).
It took us a while to get there, but there were 20 thousand more than 40 thousand other people heading to the same venue, so a 45 minutes drive wasn’t really that bad. Everything was very well organized, and everyone thought the organizers did a really great job: the parking was easy, the entrance and exit smooth, save for the catering and the bars, which was disastrous, but that was the catering service’s fault and not the organizers’s. I missed my favorite song ’Dream On’ because I had to wait for 30 minutes to get ONE lousy drink from the bars outside. Unlike most of Arab singers (Amr Diab, Ragheb Alameh and others) who have no problem leaving their crowd waiting for hours to go on stage (Once we waited two F’n hours for Amr Diab to show up. Never attended any of his concerts again.), Aerosmith showed up just in time. However, we all thought the concert was short, but I guess that’s because we couldn’t get enough of them, and two hours wasn’t much.
The band played their greatest hits along with some really mind-blowing solos performed by the one-and-only, Joe “FUCKING” Perry. Steven Tyler sounded GREAT and even pulled on a couple of harmonica performances that totally rocked the crowd!
The crowds went insane to the tune of “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” and sang along with the band.
The crowd also went hysterical to the sounds of Dude Looks Like a Lady, Jaded, What it Takes, Cryin’, Dream On, I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, and some other brilliant songs.
Cryin’
Joe Perry’s solos weren’t the only solos that bewildering solo performances, Steven Tyler also pulled a couple of amazing harmonica solos that totally rocked the crowd! Listen to the harmonica on Cryin’ that I managed to catch on video.
Steven Tyler singing ’What it Takes’
The BEST part of the concert was when Steven Tyler walked back on stage with a belly dancer! And started belly dancing with her … That was totally unexpected and simply wonderful!
Jaded
Vegas of the East
The band also enjoyed their stay in what Steven Tyler described during a press conference held a day before the concert as “Vegas of the East”.
“It’s beautiful, it’s insane … Yesterday I was out riding camels, last night I was eating camels … and smoking a few”, jokingly said Steven Tyler. Here is footage of the press conference held on the 30th of May.
Thank you Aerosmith for passing by and having a Middle Eastern country on your world tour. And here is the final credits Steven Tyler gave to his band, with emphasis on Joe “FUCKIN” Perry.
UPDATE: My post was the first to be featured on The Official Aerosmith Fan Club Website: is that really cool or what?
mabrook ya basha 3ogbal ma yjeek wala etsamee aerosmith:)
benseer ensamaeek aboo … aboo smith
walak Nimir!! wain ghatasit ya zalameh? Welcome back man!
abo smith a7san min hadeek el tanyeh, LOL!
esma3 keef el neswan bel 7afleh esme3et eshee fa’7er men el a’7er
hala hala 3aja2tolna el dinya near the country club…nas work late w nas enoy their time..its dubai
nice blog by the way
enjoying
damn it man. i was in the toilet when i heard the arabic drums but no one told me there was a belly dancer :mad:, but over all it was great i enjoyed every second of it, except the drinks which were hot but who cares
Looks like fun! Nice videos too! Thanks for sharing.
One thing though, could you like even hear them sing with that tone deaf dude singing in the background? unless…hold on …
… it isn’t you is it? 
he he he
7aki *lol* that is what I though!!:)
looks like u had a great time…my favourite song is “i dont want to miss”, i have not heard it in a while..bas that guy 7aki was talking about ruined it for me! unless it was u..then great voice:)
yo, memories!!!
man el niswan ensa, that would need a post, no actually a blog by itself, LOL!
thanks Arab Lady! Glad you liked my blog! and sorry you were working during the show, it was really amazing!
walak da7noon! you were there too? tayyib zammir man! do you know I just heard that there were more than 40 thousand people at the concert, there were more tickets sold at the black market too! … man, ra7at 3alaik el belly dancer! w ana ra7at 3alay Dream On, my favorite song EVER! I hope someone would be kind enough to post that
NO 7aki it wasn’t me, I sound even better than Steve Tyler himself
… I was the guy who kept yelling at my friend “ikhras mishan allah!”, LOL … 3an jad 6arashni yifda7 3ardo! I really think Aerosmith cut it short cuz of him, he was louder than them! .. lol .. glad you liked ‘em 7aki!
check my response on 7aki’s comment! NO IT WAS NOT ME hada el nashaz! lol … and YES … the crowd really went ballistic on ‘I don’t wanna miss a thing’ … they all sang along and stuff … it was amazing … and a once in a lifetime opportunity! I mean I really don’t think they’ll ever sing in the Middle east ever again … so I’m glad I got to go the party
memories, true that! but lots of it is new stuff too, where else in the world would you see Steven Tyler belly dancing LIVE? lol!
Can’t EVEN imagine him belly dancing!
beeeeb, walla it was last minute decision, i bought the ticket at the door, was lucky to find someone with an extra ticket, mesh moshkele el belly dancer fe kter menha
bas “dream on” was great man ra7 3aleek nos 3omrak 
that is cool! (the update i mean!)
hey nice vids thx a lot for uploading them. i had better view though but didnt have a camcorder on me and the belly dancer gig was stunning
Yeah I loved it
awww, what a pity! but the videos aren’t that bad, but the quality gets really reduced after uploading them. and yes, the belly dancer was great!
Thanx a lot for this post, Tyler rocks, his daughter was also so damn hot, this family is talanted in different ways
YA ALLAH SHU JA3BALI CONCERT
.. I LOVE AEROSMITH, shiklo kan raheeb 
.. don’t wanna miss a thing is great.. one day i should see him live.
no hareega, his daughter IS HOT, not “was” hot
Yes tala it was really amazing, especially if you’re an Aerosmith fan. Their performance was superb! … hope you’ll get to see them live one day
VERY gOOd