MOSCOW, September 12 Frontman of the famous American rock band Aerosmith Stephen Tyler announced the postponement of six concerts of his farewell tour due to his health problems.
Earlier in May, the band announced a farewell tour, which began on September 2 in Philadelphia and was scheduled to end on January 26, 2024 in Montreal, Canada. The band's guitarist Joe Perry told The Associated Press that the tour is «kind of a chance to celebrate the band's fiftieth anniversary.» According to him, it is unknown how long all the band members will be “healthy” for such a tour. Each founding member of the group is over 70 years old.
«It is with a broken heart that I have received strict doctor's orders not to sing for the next thirty days. During Saturday's performance, I injured my vocal cords, which resulted in subsequent bleeding. We will have to reschedule several shows,» Tyler said in a statement on the band's account page. social network X (formerly Twitter).
He noted that the group has rescheduled six concerts for January and February 2024. The rescheduled shows will take place in Detroit on January 29, in Chicago on February 14, in Washington on February 17, in Toronto on February 21, in Raleigh on February 26 and in Cleveland on February 29. It is noted that all previously purchased tickets will be valid, and those who cannot attend the concerts on the new dates will be able to get their money back.
In May 2022, Aerosmith canceled concerts due to Steven Tyler's relapse into drug use. As noted by NBC News, Tyler spoke openly about addiction and in 2019 he said that colleagues and management persuaded him to seek help in the fight against drug addiction in 1988.
Aerosmith was formed by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. The group has 15 studio albums to its credit. Aerosmith has long surpassed other American bands in terms of the number of gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums, and they also received four Grammy Awards. In 2001, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.