“But I don’t know how many times we’ll be coming back to the same cities. “It’s the final farewell tour, but I have a feeling it will go on for a while,” he said. The band said his “legendary presence behind the drum kit will be sorely missed.”īefore the 40-date tour wraps, Perry said other cities domestically and internationally could be added. Drummer John Douglas will continue to play in his place. He’s still a part of the group, but the drummer has been on leave to “focus his attention on his family and health” since their Vegas residency last year. The band said Kramer decided to not take part in the current dates on the upcoming tour. “Be there or beware as we bring all the toys out of the attic. His “Pandora’s Box” reference calls out Aerosmith’s 1991 three-disc compilation album that covered the band’s output from the 1970s to the early 1980s. “We’re opening up Pandora’s Box one last time to present our fans with the Peace Out tour,” Tyler said in a statement to The Associated Press. The band broke boundaries intersecting rock and hip-hop with their epic collaboration with Run-DMC for “Walk This Way.”Īerosmith performed the Super Bowl halftime show in 2001 and even had their own theme park attraction in 1999 at Disney World in Florida and later in Paris with the launch of the “Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith” ride. Over the years, Aerosmith, which formed in 1970, has collected four Grammys. Tyler and Perry said the band is looking forward to digging into their lengthy catalog of the group’s rock classics including “Crazy,” “Janie’s Got a Gun” and “Livin’ on the Edge.” It was fun, but (we’re) kind of anxious to get back on the road.“

We did that run in Vegas, which was great. … It’s been a while since we’ve actually done a real tour. “You never know how much longer everybody’s going to be healthy to do this. “It’s kind of a chance to celebrate the 50 years we’ve been out here,” Perry said.

Perry believes the time to say goodbye is now, especially with every founding band member over the age of 70. Perry said the group, with frontman Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer and guitarist Brad Whitford, learned from the staging and production from their recent Las Vegas residency shows. “I think it’s about time,” guitarist Joe Perry said.

City of the Dead by S.D. Perry