Tom Hamilton

Billy Idol, Joan Jett and Nuno Bettencourt will also perform at the charity event.

Bassist has teamed up with longtime Sheryl Crow and Rod Stewart associates following Aerosmith's retirement from touring.

See what they played!

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton has faced a couple of cancer scares, but thanks to the potentially lifesaving efforts of his doctors, he says he now has a clean bill of health.

Their goal was to maintain a rock audience while making another bid for crossover success.

Aerosmith's bassist feels people didn't give their last album a proper chance.

Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith has been forced to leave the band's current tour due to illness. The bassist has returned to the U.S. to recover.

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is thanking fans for their support as he recovers from a lung infection that's forced him off the road. "I'm under the best of care," Hamilton has tweeted, "and I will provide more information within the next couple of days...

Aerosmith fans have gotten used to really long waits between albums, and all things considered, it doesn't seem terribly likely that the band will get around to following up last year's 'Music from Another Dimension!' anytime soon. Still, that doesn't mean the members of the band aren't at least thinking about what they might do next.

What has it been like experiencing the long, strange journey of Aerosmith? Fans have gotten a glimpse of it thanks to autobiographies from Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer, and there may be even more insights coming from bassist Tom Hamilton.