Aerosmith have postponed their farewell tour for the next 30 days as singer Steven Tyler recovers from a vocal injury sustained on Sept. 9.
In a statement shared on social media by Aerosmith, Tyler says, I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days.
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.
“All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates. Refunds will be available for those unable to attend. Fans with questions regarding refunds are asked to reach out to their point of purchase,” reads a second part of the post.
Six impacted dates have been rescheduled for next year and can be seen below.
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Aerosmith’s farewell tour kicked off on Sept. 2 in Philadelphia with 40 dates in total booked out through late January of 2024. Opening each night is special guest The Black Crowes.
The tour is set to resume its regular schedule on Oct. 11 in Tampa, Florida. Drummer Joey Kramer, however, won’t be featured on this final run.
At the time the tour was announced, Aerosmith shared a joint statement, informing fans, “While Joey 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. Joey’s unmistakable and legendary presence behind the drum kit will be sorely missed.”
Whether due to interpersonal turmoil, the desire to pursue other creative endeavors and/or something else, here are 10 acts who – intentionally or not – announced final tours that, well, weren’t actually final.
Cream – Farewell Tour (1968)
Widely considered the first supergroup, English blues/psych rock trio Cream almost always had a contentious relationship.
So much so, in fact, that they decided to call it quits only two years after forming, with their final tour concluding at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall on November 26, 1968.
Drummer Ginger Baker later criticized the gig, stating: “We knew we were just finishing it off, getting it over with.” Aside from 1969’s Goodbye LP,
that performance truly marked the end of Cream; that is, until they officially reunited for four shows in May 2005 (symbolically enough, at the Royal Albert Hall).
Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tours (1992)
By the early 1990s, Ozzy Osbourne had spent 25 years busting his butt as one of the most eccentric and motivated artists around.
Thus, he decided to make his late 1992 tour for No More Tears – aptly named “No More Tours” – his last live hoorah. Beyond feeling physically and mentally fatigued – both Sharon and Jack Osborne note – he’d been incorrectly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, so he wanted to spend more time with loved ones.
You just can’t keep a good Prince of Darkness down, though, so he returned to the stage with 1995’s “Retirement Sucks Tour” in support of Ozzmosis.
As its name implies, 1998’s Reunion saw the original quartet reunite after 20 years; as such, fans logically expected them to carry on for many more years.
However, Black Sabbath issued the following statement in March 1999: “The invitations are sealed. The table is set. The event of the millennium is being staged once and for all – The Last Supper of Black Sabbath.” Ostensibly, it looked like the heavy metal masters were gearing up for their last live voyage.
Although it was the last time drummer Bill Ward joined them, the rest of the band continued until 2017’s actual disbandment.
