One of the best-selling bands in rock, Aerosmith, declared on Friday that its tour would come to a stop due to lead singer Steven Tyler’s vocal injury, which has shown to be permanent. Tyler will never fully recover.
After just a few performances, the band announced the cancellation of their “Peace Out: The Farewell Tour” due to Tyler’s laryngeal injury.
Tyler has been trying to restore his voice to its previous quality for months, the band revealed in a statement released on Friday.
“Even with the best medical staff at his side, we’ve watched him struggle. Regretfully, it is evident that he will not be able to fully recover from his vocal injury “. “We, as a brotherly band, have decided to retire from the traveling stage due to painful and challenging circumstances.”
It’s unclear if Aerosmith’s tour will come to an end, along with live performances. Other well-known performers have raised anticipation for their final tour by selling out, only to return to concert halls.
Aerosmith, who had tried to finish their most recent tour and reschedule it for later this year, doesn’t seem to be in that situation. Before Friday’s announcement, performances were finally rescheduled for this September.
The tour’s final performance took place in Elmont, New York, on September 9, 2023. 2012 saw the release of Aerosmith’s most recent album.
The band said that without Tyler’s remarkable, frequently gruff voice, it would be challenging to recreate its distinctive sound.
It stated in its announcement that “Steven’s voice is an instrument like no other.”
Billboard reports that Aerosmith has sold over 150 million records. Of their tracks, 28 have made it to the Billboard Top 100, with one pegged at the top, the 1998 soundtrack smash “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from “Armageddon.”
The band’s self-titled debut and the popular song “Dream On” helped establish the band’s music as a mainstay of FM radio. Aerosmith teamed up with Run-DMC, the hip-hop powerhouse, in 1986 to release a rap version of their 1975 hit song “Walk This Way,” which won over some new fans while turning off some of the originals.
The band is ranked No. 31 on Pollstar’s “Top Touring Artists of the Pollstar Era” chart, which is based on gross ticket sales between July 7, 1980, and July 1, 2022. Pollstar is a concert industry newspaper. It stated that Aerosmith’s gross draw for that period is $603 million.
“We have no words to express our gratitude to everyone who was eager to travel with us one more time,” the band stated on Friday. “Our dreams have come true because of you.”