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Briefly: Aerosmith, Erick Sermon, Reba McEntire

plus: Radio's most spun. Timbaland to focus on producing.

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Because frontman Steven Tyler fell ill, Aerosmith canceled its performances in Pittsburgh on Saturday (10/27) and in Toronto on Monday (10/29). There are no plans to reschedule the shows. The tour is expected to resume in Montreal on Wednesday (10/31).

The band has also canceled a Nov. 2 show in Columbus, Ohio, and has replaced it with a show on the same date in Dayton, Ohio.

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Rapper Erick Sermon , in his first statement since he was hospitalized for what were initially described as serious injuries, told MTV that he suffered the injuries in a car accident. When Sermon was first hospitalized, a J Records spokesperson said that Sermon suffered broken bones and internal bleeding in the accident. Police later said that his injuries resulted from a fall, and were investigating the incident as a possible suicide attempt.

Sermon told MTV that he did not attempt suicide, and that the only injury he suffered was a broken arm.

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Reba McEntire has been added to the list of performers for the 35th Annual CMA Awards, which take place on Nov. 7.

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Radio's most played songs for the week ending Oct. 29, according to Broadcast Data Systems:

Pop: Alicia Keys, "Fallin'"
Rock: Nickelback, "How You Remind Me"
Alternative: Nickelback, "How You Remind Me"
Country: Tim McGraw, "Angry All the Time"

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Timbaland told Billboard that the sophomore set from Timbaland and Magoo, titled "Indecent Proposal," (due on Nov. 20) will be his last as a recording artist. He plans to focus on producing. "I just didn't have the control that I wanted [with the new album]," he reportedly said. "I wasn't able to oversee things the way I would have liked to in terms of release dates, etc."