The front man for Aerosmith will walk this way early next year for a good cause.

Steven Tyler, whose ear-piercing voice and huge lips have been the rock band's trademark for nearly four decades, will stage a multimedia solo presentation Jan. 23 at the Capitol Center for the Arts.

Tickets, priced from $75 to $200, go on sale Friday starting at 11 a.m., with the expensive seats to include a pre-show gathering and chance to meet Tyler.

Entitled "Dream On, An Intimate Evening with Steven Tyler," the rocker and Sunapee home owner will sing two songs and play piano. He'll also conduct a half-hour question-and-answer session, show concert footage, relay stories of life on the road and discuss his struggles with addiction.

Proceeds will benefit programs for substance abuse treatment and child abuse prevention, both of which come under the jurisdiction of Child and Family Services.

The Capitol Center holds 1,300 people, and officials expect tickets to go fast.

"We chose the Capitol Center because it's an intimate setting yet it's large enough," said Kat Strange, communications director for Child and Family Services. "We would be surprised if we didn't sell out. The buzz on this show, and we're just getting the word out now, is tremendous."

Strange said Jim Roach of JJR productions secured the deal to bring Tyler here. JJR books shows in the Concerts for the Cause series, a primary fundraiser for Child and Family Services. Next year marks the 25th anniversary of the program.

"We were trying to think what we could do to pull out all the stops to celebrate our anniversary in a big way," Strange said. "(Roach) happened to call me at the same time to give me a heads up about this tour being put together. It was kismet. It was just kismet."

Aerosmith played at the Capitol Center on June 22, 1984, but the show hardly made headlines. Band members were experiencing serious substance abuse problems after a collection of hits through the 1970s.

But band members, including Tyler, later completed drug rehabilitation, and Aerosmith returned to the forefront of the rock scene through the '90s and into this century.

More recently, Aerosmith embarked on a summer tour this year that ended when Tyler fell off the stage while performing at a motorcycle rally last August in South Dakota.

Tyler broke his left shoulder and received 20 stitches in his head, and speculation surfaced that he might have returned to his drinking and drugging ways.

Joe Perry, the band's lead guitarist, was miffed over the cancellation of the tour. "I haven't talked to him in over five weeks," Perry said in a published report.

Tyler, speaking to Rolling Stone in late August, denied the drug rumors and said he was sober when he fell off the stage. And in three months, he'll raise money for substance abuse treatment.

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