Aerosmith once decided to play their set list in reverse, then opened a concert with their encore and mistakenly walked off the stage.
There’s a famous story about Aerosmith playing a gig in the ’70s when they came on stage, having decided to reverse their set list.
They played their encore song first and, then, assuming they’d done the entire show, walked off the stage.
As amusing (and perhaps believable, among some quarters) as this tale might be, according to Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry there’s nothing to it:.
Having said that, there was one occasion when we played the same song twice [in the same show] because we’d forgotten we’d already played it.
That might seem funny to some people, but we’re not proud of it.
It was that kind of sh*t that stopped people from coming to our shows. »