Peace Out: The Farewell Tour

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Peace Out: The Farewell Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
Peace Out, The Farewell Tour poster.png
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Start dateSeptember 2, 2023 (2023-09-02)
End dateFebruary 26, 2025 (2025-02-26)
Legs2
No. of shows43
Aerosmith concert chronology

Peace Out: The Farewell Tour is the ongoing final concert tour by American rock band Aerosmith. The tour began on September 2, 2023, in Philadelphia and is set to conclude on February 26, 2025 in Buffalo, New York. The Black Crowes are the opening act for the tour. [1]

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Background

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!" [2] 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." [3] 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, [4] but further postponed their tour to 2024 after Tyler's vocal injury was found to be worse than initially thought. [5] [6] [7]

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 will begin in Pittsburgh on September 20, 2024. [8]

Show synopsis

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. [9]

Critical reception

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." [9] 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." [10]

Opening act

Set list

This set list is from the September 2, 2023, show in Philadelphia. It may not represent all dates throughout the tour. [11]

  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

List of 2023 concerts [2]
DateCityCountryVenue
September 2, 2023 Philadelphia United States Wells Fargo Center
September 6, 2023 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
September 9, 2023 Elmont UBS Arena
List of 2024 concerts [8]
DateCityCountryVenue
September 20, 2024PittsburghUnited StatesPPG Paints Arena
September 23, 2024PhiladelphiaWells 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
List of 2025 concerts [8]
DateCityCountryVenue
January 4, 2025 Detroit United States 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

Postponed dates

DateCityCountryVenueReason
North America [2] [5] [6] [7]
TBATampaUnited StatesAmalie ArenaSteven Tyler's vocal injury
AtlantaState Farm Arena
CharlotteSpectrum Center
SunriseAmerant Bank Arena
AustinMoody Center
St. LouisEnterprise Center
IndianapolisGainbridge Fieldhouse
San AntonioFrost Bank Center
TulsaBOK Center
DallasAmerican Airlines Center
OmahaCHI Health Center
Saint PaulXcel Energy Center
Kansas CityT-Mobile Center
DenverBall Arena
Salt Lake City Vivint Arena
PortlandModa Center
SeattleClimate Pledge Arena
San FranciscoChase Center
San JoseSAP Center
InglewoodKia Forum
PhoenixFootprint Center
NewarkPrudential Center
BostonTD Garden
CincinnatiHeritage Bank Center
LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center
NashvilleBridgestone Arena
KnoxvilleThompson-Boling Arena
BuffaloKeyBank Center
New York CityMadison Square Garden
ColumbusSchottenstein Center
MontrealCanadaBell Centre
DetroitUnited StatesLittle Caesars Arena
ChicagoUnited Center
Washington, D.C.Capital One Arena
TorontoCanadaScotiabank Arena
RaleighUnited StatesPNC Arena
ClevelandRocket Mortgage FieldHouse

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