Aerosmith is saying 'peace out' after 50 years on 40-date final tour without Joey Kramer
Time to "Get a Grip." Aerosmith is saying goodbye to the road.
The Beantown rockers will spend their 50th anniversary circling North America with a final Peace Out run of 40 dates, starting Sept. 2 in Philadelphia and wrapping next year on Jan. 26 in Montreal.
They'll play a last sayonara to their Boston hometown on New Year’s Eve amid other shows set for arenas in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Nashville, New York and other cities.
The Black Crowes will join Aerosmith for the full slate of concerts, which will celebrate the band’s five decades of music.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time on May 5 via ticketmaster.com. Several VIP packages including premium seating and a photo op with the band will also be available.
To mark the occasion, the venerable rock gods created a playful dig at some of their peers who have made announcements of a final tour an Olympic sport with a “breaking news” farewell YouTube video featuring Eminem, Slash, Dolly Parton, Bill Burr, Ringo Starr and other entertainment stars expressing their disbelief that this really is farewell.
At the end of the clip, inimitable frontman Steven Tyler peers into the camera and pronounces, “And if you think we’re joking … dream on.”
The elastic-limbed Tyler will be joined by fellow Toxic Twin Joe Perry on guitar, as well as bassist Tom Hamilton and guitarist Brad Whitford. Drummer Joey Kramer, who sat out Aerosmith’s recent round of Deuces Are Wild residency shows in Las Vegas, is also opting to skip this last goodbye.
“While Joey Kramer 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,” the band said in a statement.
Last year, Aerosmith postponed its Las Vegas shows when Tyler, who turned 75 in March, voluntarily checked himself into rehab in May after a drug relapse. The singer has also been the topic of a sexual assault lawsuit from a relationship with a 16-year-old girl in the 1970s. Tyler has denied the accusations.
Over Aerosmith’s 50-year career, the band rollicked through grimy blues-dusted rock with “Same Old Song and Dance,” “Sweet Emotion” and definitive power ballad “Dream On” in their first decade; the ‘80s watched them literally knock down the wall between rock and rap in a pioneering remake of “Walk This Way” with Run-D.M.C., followed by a slew of MTV hits (“Angel,” “Rag Doll,” “Love in an Elevator,” “Janie’s Got a Gun”); while the ‘90s maintained their resurgent popularity with “Livin’ on the Edge,” “Cryin’” and the polarizing Diane Warren-written mega-ballad, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
Aerosmith entered this century with a continued presence on rock radio (“Jaded,” “Just Push Play,” “Legendary Child”), while retaining their status as one of rock ‘n’ roll’s premiere live acts.
Where is Aerosmith playing on its final tour?
Sept. 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Sept. 6 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
Sept. 9 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena
Sept. 12 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
Sept. 15 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Sept. 18 – Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
Sept. 21 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Sept. 24 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
Sept. 27 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
Oct. 11 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
Oct. 14 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Oct. 17 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Oct. 20 – Sunrise, FL – FLA Live Arena
Oct. 23 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
Oct. 26 – St Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Oct. 29 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Nov. 1 – San Antonio, TX - AT&T Arena
Nov. 4 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
Nov. 7 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Nov. 10 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
Nov. 13 – St Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Nov. 16 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
Nov. 19 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Nov. 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena
Nov. 25 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
Nov. 28 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Dec. 1 - San Francisco, CA - Chase Center
Dec. 4 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center
Dec. 7 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum
Dec. 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
Dec. 28 – Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
Dec. 31 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Jan. 4 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Arena
Jan. 7 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
Jan. 10 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Jan. 13 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
Jan. 16 – Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center
Jan. 19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Jan. 23 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
Jan. 26 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Bye, bye, bye
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Aerosmith tour dates: Band to play 40 concerts in "Peace Out' farewell
