Aerosmith has played around Steven Tyler's vocal issues but no longer. They have played their final concerts and announced Friday that they have canceled all remaining concert dates and are officially retired from touring saying Steven Tyler‘s “recovery from his vocal injury is not possible.”
“It has been the honor of our lives to have our music become part of yours,” the group declared in a social media post that reads like a farewell statement.
The group had already been on what was billed as a final outing — the “Peace Out… Farewell Tour” — when their road trips came to a halt after what turned out to be a final gig in Elmont, NY on Sept. 9, 2023. That fateful farewell show came just three dates into that tour, which was supposed to last through February 2024, before the group postponed — and now, finally, canceled — all the remaining dates.
Although their statement does not mention whether there is still hope for Tyler to conquer his problems to a point that would allow for future recordings, the band has already seemed to be long retired from record-making. Their last album, “Music From Another Dimension!,” came out in 2012. Tyler subsequently released one solo album in 2016.
The band’s statement in full: “It was 1970 when a spark of inspiration became Aerosmith. Thanks to you, our Blue Army, that spark caught flame and has been burning for over five decades. Some of you have been with us since the beginning and all of you are the reason we made rock ‘n’ roll history.
“It has been the honor of our lives to have our music become part of yours. In every club, on every massive tour and at moments grand and private you have given us a place in the soundtrack of your lives."
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