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Peace Out: The Farewell Tour

Peace Out: The Farewell Tour was the final concert tour by American rock band Aerosmith. The tour began on September 2, 2023, in Philadelphia and was set to conclude on February 26, 2025 in Buffalo, New York. However, it was postponed and suspended after three shows due to Steven Tyler suffered vocal cord damage. Unable to recover, on August 2, 2024, Aerosmith announced that would cease touring effective immediately, cancelling the remainder of the tour.[1] The Black Crowes were the opening act for the tour.[2]

Peace Out: The Farewell Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Start dateSeptember 2, 2023 (2023-09-02)
End dateSeptember 9, 2023 (2023-09-09)
Legs1
No. of shows3
Aerosmith concert chronology

Background

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On May 1, 2023, Aerosmith announced the farewell tour on Instagram stating, "PEACE OUT! After 50 years, 10 world tours, and playing for over 100 million fans… It's time for one last go!"[3] A video announcement about the tour was also made featuring celebrities such as Terry Crews, Ringo Starr, Eminem, Kelly Clarkson, Slash, Bill Burr, Dolly Parton and others all in disbelief about the farewell tour. Joey Kramer will not be a part of this tour to "focus his full attention on his family and health."[4] The band initially postponed several shows on their tour on September 11, 2023, after Tyler suffered vocal cord damage and received doctors' orders not to sing for at least 30 days,[5] but further postponed their tour to 2024 after Tyler's vocal injury was found to be worse than initially thought.[6][7][8]

On April 10, 2024, the band announced 39 all-new dates for the tour. The Black Crowes are set to return as the tour's opening act, and the tour was scheduled to begin in Pittsburgh on September 20, 2024.[9] On August 2, 2024 the tour was canceled and the band announced their immediate retirement from touring due to Tyler being unable to recover from his vocal cord injury.[10][11]

Show synopsis

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The stage is in the shape of an A with "flanked inflatable wings", and also features ramps and walkways. The show begins with "Back in the Saddle" and finishes with "Walk This Way". During, "Toys in the Attic", they recreated the Toys in the Attic album cover by releasing inflatable toys from the ceiling. The show is two hours long.[12]

Critical reception

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Shaun Brady of The Philadelphia Inquirer attended the opening show in Philadelphia and said, "Aerosmith's major strength is their ability to make such a grand-scale performance feel like a raw and raucous club date. Even after however many thousands of performances, the boys from Boston never came off as jaundiced professionals, their chemistry forever loose and sleazy, the cracks and tatters showing in Tyler's voice adding to the alluringly rough edges."[12] Writing for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Mike Palm wrote, "If Wednesday night's concert was truly Aerosmith's last show in Pittsburgh, the veteran rockers from Boston went out with a blast — of music and confetti."[13]

Set list

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This set list is from the September 2, 2023, show in Philadelphia, and is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.[14]

  1. "Back in the Saddle"
  2. "Love in an Elevator"
  3. "Cryin'"
  4. "Janie's Got a Gun"
  5. "Adam's Apple"
  6. "Livin' on the Edge"
  7. "No More No More"
  8. "Rag Doll"
  9. "Hangman Jury"
  10. "Seasons of Wither"
  11. "Movin' Out"
  12. "Stop Messin' Round" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  13. "Rats in the Cellar"
  14. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
  15. "Sweet Emotion"
  16. "Toys in the Attic"
    Encore
  17. "Dream On"
  18. "Walk This Way"

Tour dates

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List of 2023 concerts[3]
Date City Country Venue Opening act
September 2, 2023 Philadelphia United States Wells Fargo Center The Black Crowes
September 6, 2023 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
September 9, 2023 Elmont UBS Arena

Cancelled dates

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List of cancelled concerts[9]
Date City Country Venue
September 20, 2024 Pittsburgh United States PPG Paints Arena
September 23, 2024 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
September 26, 2024 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
September 29, 2024 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
October 2, 2024 Charlotte Spectrum Center
October 5, 2024 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena
October 8, 2024 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
October 11, 2024 Atlanta State Farm Arena
October 14, 2024 St. Louis Enterprise Center
October 17, 2024 Cincinnati Heritage Bank Center
October 20, 2024 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
October 31, 2024 Phoenix Footprint Center
November 3, 2024 San Antonio Frost Bank Center
November 6, 2024 Austin Moody Center
November 9, 2024 Dallas American Airlines Center
November 12, 2024 Tulsa BOK Center
November 15, 2024 Omaha CHI Health Center
November 18, 2024 Denver Ball Arena
November 21, 2024 Portland Moda Center
November 24, 2024 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
November 27, 2024 Salt Lake City Delta Center
November 30, 2024 San Francisco Chase Center
December 4, 2024 San Jose SAP Center
December 7, 2024 Inglewood Kia Forum
December 28, 2024 Newark Prudential Center
December 31, 2024 Boston TD Garden
January 4, 2025 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
January 7, 2025 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena
January 10, 2025 Montreal Bell Centre
January 13, 2025 Columbus United States Schottenstein Center
January 16, 2025 Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse
January 19, 2025 Chicago United Center
January 22, 2025 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
January 25, 2025 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
February 11, 2025 Orlando Kia Center
February 14, 2025 Tampa Amalie Arena
February 17, 2025 Sunrise Amerant Bank Arena
February 20, 2025 Raleigh PNC Arena
February 23, 2025 New York City Madison Square Garden
February 26, 2025 Buffalo KeyBank Center

Personnel

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Aerosmith
Additional musicians
  • Buck Johnson – keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Douglas – drums

References

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  1. ^ "Aerosmith Announces Retirement From Touring, Saying Steven Tyler's 'Recovery From His Vocal Injury Is Not Possible'". Variety. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Aerosmith Announces 'Peace Out' Final Tour With Special Guests The Black Crowes". Blabbermouth.net. May 1, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Greg (May 1, 2023). "Aerosmith To Launch Farewell Tour In September". Deadline. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Legaspi, Althea (May 1, 2023). "Aerosmith to 'Peace Out' With Farewell Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "Aerosmith Postpone Toronto Show Due To Steven Tyler's Vocal Cord Damage". Exclaim!. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Truitt, Brian (September 29, 2023). "Aerosmith postpones farewell tour to next year due to Steven Tyler's fractured larynx". USA Today.
  7. ^ Daly, Rhian (September 29, 2023). "Aerosmith postpone all 'Peace Out' farewell tour dates until 2024". NME. NME Networks.
  8. ^ Aerosmith [@aerosmith] (September 29, 2023). "To our fans: Unfortunately, Steven's vocal injury is more serious than initially thought" – via Instagram.
  9. ^ a b Greene, Andy (10 April 2024). "Aerosmith Announce Rescheduled Dates for 'Peace Out' Farewell Tour". Rolling Stone. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Aerosmith Announces Retirement From Touring, Saying Steven Tyler's 'Recovery From His Vocal Injury Is Not Possible'". Variety Magazine.com. August 2, 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b Brady, Shaun (September 3, 2023). "Aerosmith bids an unsentimental farewell to Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center". The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  13. ^ Palm, Mike (September 7, 2023). "Aerosmith triumphantly bids farewell to Pittsburgh on Peace Out tour". Trib Live. Trib Total Media. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  14. ^ "Aerosmith Peace Out: See the setlist for the iconic band's farewell tour". USA Today. September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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