Aerosmith cancels tour and Detroit show, announces "heartbreaking" tour retirement

[WestMichRad]

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2024/08/02/aerosmith-retirement-detroit-little-caesars-arena/74654847007/

In a dramatic finale for one of rock music's mainstays, Aerosmith has ended its five-decade touring career amid lingering vocal issues for front man Steven Tyler.

The Boston rock band announced Friday it will no longer perform live, canceling a farewell tour that was set to start in September with a Jan. 4 stop at Detroit's Little Caesars Arena.

The troubles started last fall: Tyler, now 76, suffered a fractured larynx three shows into the group's Peace Out Tour, forcing postponement of the goodbye run. A rebooted tour itinerary, including the LCA show, was announced several months later.
…
Bummer. Sucks getting old, chapter 1 million+. Not my favorite band by any means, but they certainly left a notable mark on rock music. First band this small town boy ever saw in concert (other than the openers, Kansas), back on their Get Your Wings tour.

[Croney]

1. We've had tickets for two consecutive New Year's Eve concerts.

Last year's was postponed to this year. This year cancelled. We never got to see this band play Boston. Very sad.

[IbogaProject]

2. They were tight in the late 80s

They were tight and had a good sound live, once they were sober. Song writing suffered then, though.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. When You Look Up The Numbers...

...there are conflicts as to the exact sales numbers. I see Aerosmith, Eagles & Metallica as the biggest US bands ever.
Either way, Aerosmith is one of the 3 and the album sales estimates range from 140 to 155 million units. That's amazing.
I feel Steven's pain. My range is 80% of what it used to be, and my falsetto worse than that. We all lose something when we get older, I guess.

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

4. Yeah. Same here. Range is not what is was.