Aerosmith Postpone Farewell Tour Due to Steven Tyler’s Vocal Cord Damage
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Aerosmith have postponed the next month of their “Peace Out” farewell tour due to health concerns by frontman Steven Tyler.
“I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days,” Tyler wrote in a statement released on Monday. “I sustained vocal cord damage during Saturday’s show that led to subsequent bleeding. We’ll need to postpone a few dates so that we can come back and give you the performance you deserve.”
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Shows in Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Raleigh, and Washington, DC have been postponed. New dates have been added to January and February 2024. Previously purchased tickets will be honored at the rescheduled dates, and refunds will be offered for those unable to attend.
Aerosmith announced their final touring bow with special guests The Black Crowes earlier this year, and the jaunt kicked off in Philadelphia on Sept. 2 at Wells Fargo Center and sees the band hitting arenas across North America through January 2024.
The group is marking more than five decades as a band, and they are slated to perform hits from their 50-plus-year run. “It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT! Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get the best show of our lives,” Aerosmith said in a statement.
They also addressed Joey Kramer’s absence from their final tour run. “While Joey Kramer remains a beloved founding member of Aerosmith, he has regrettably made the decision to sit out the currently scheduled touring dates to focus his full attention on his family and health,” the rest of the band said in a statement. “Joey’s unmistakable and legendary presence behind the drum kit will be sorely missed.”
The drummer took a “temporary leave of absence” during their 2022 Las Vegas residency (in 2020, Kramer sued the band for excluding him from joining the band for the Grammys while he recovered from minor injuries, according to the lawsuit).
Beyond their previous legal issues with their founding drummer, singer Steven Tyler is facing a lawsuit, in which he is accused of sexually assaulting a minor in the mid-1970s. In the suit, Julia Misley alleges that Tyler convinced Misley’s mother to grant him guardianship over her when she was 16 years old, which consequently allowed her to live with him and engage in a sexual relationship. She claims they were together from 1973 until about three years later.
The suit referenced Tyler’s memoirs in which the singer recalled that he “almost took a teen bride” and that her parents “signed a paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn’t get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me.” Tyler has denied the claims.
Aerosmith Peace Out Tour Dates
Rescheduled dates are bolded*
Sept. 2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Sept. 6 – Pittsburgh, PA W PPG Paints Arena
Sept. 9 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
Oct. 11 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
Oct. 14 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Oct. 17 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Oct. 20 – Sunrise, FL @ FLA Live Arena
Oct. 23 – Austin, TX @ Moody CenterOct. 26 – St Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
Oct. 29 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Nov. 1 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Arena
Nov. 4 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
Nov. 7 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Nov. 10 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center
Nov. 13 – St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Nov. 16 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
Nov. 19 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Nov. 22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Arena
Nov. 25 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Nov. 28 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Dec. 1 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
Dec. 4 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
Dec. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Kia Forum
Dec. 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
Dec. 28 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Dec. 31 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Jan. 4 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Arena
Jan. 7 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
Jan. 10 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Jan. 13 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena
Jan. 16 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
Jan. 19 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Jan. 23 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
Jan. 26 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Jan. 29 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Feb. 14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Feb. 17 – Washington, DC @ Capitol One Arena
Feb. 21 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Feb. 26 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
Feb. 29 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
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