Steven Tyler Rejected Led Zeppelin Offer

12/21/2011
. Early in the year we learned the shocking news that Steven Tyler turned down an offer from Led Zeppelin. The story easily became the most surprising music news of 2011: (hennemusic) Aerosmith's Steven Tyler not only jammed with Led Zeppelin following that band's celebrated 2007 reunion, but was asked by Jimmy Page to write a record with them and he turned the offer down.

Tyler dropped the Zeppelin bombshell on Howard Stern's show early Tuesday morning, while making the media rounds in NYC to promote American Idol's launch Wednesday night.

Tyler told Stern, "When I looked Jimmy in the eyes and it came time to...'you wanna write a record with me?' I went, 'No'"

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