LONDON: Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has left the band, but they hope to continue with a new frontman, guitarist Joe Perry is reported as saying.

“Steven quit as far as I can tell,” Perry told the Las Vegas Sun newspaper, basing his information on an interview Tyler gave to Classic Rock magazine. In the article, the singer said he planned to pursue a solo career, but stopped short of saying he had quit.

Perry later admitted on Twitter that he and Tyler had not spoken for months. “The frontman hasn’t called me in months. Last time I phoned him, he hung up on me,” he said. “In the meantime Aerosmith is positively looking for a new singer to work with,” he added. “You just can’t take 40 years of experience and throw it in the bin ‘Sabbatical’,” he said.

The band’s troubles began in August when Tyler fell off stage, breaking his left shoulder, at a gig in South Dakota. The rest of the tour was cancelled after doctors told him he needed time to recuperate from his fall. However, they regrouped last week to play a show at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.