Steven Tyler definitely knows how to close a show.
Aerosmith took the stage to close out the 2018 Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Monday, following Post Malone’s performance of “Rockstar” with 21 Savage.
Malone began the song backstage, before emerging (guitar in hand) in front of the screaming crowd at Radio City Music Hall — where Tyler and his band were waiting. The unlikely pairing came together for a high-energy rendition of Aerosmith’s “Dream On.”
There were stunning displays of fire, Joe Perry shoving his guitar through an amp, and Post Malone in a happy face suit — almost enough to distract us from the awkward transition from Madonna’s Aretha Franklin tribute to Camila Cabello’s Video of the Year win to this.
