Aerosmith farewell tour includes Buffalo show; tickets go on sale Friday

Aerosmith is hitting the road for the last time, and if you think they’re stopping in Rochester, dream on. (Sorry.)

On Monday, the legendary rock outfit announced dates for a farewell tour called Peace Out to mark 50-plus years. The 40-date run of shows starts Sept. 2 in Philadelphia and wraps up Jan. 26, 2024, in Montreal.

The closest Aersosmith will get to the Flower City is with a 7 p.m. show Tuesday, Jan. 16, at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 5, at Ticketmaster.com. Prices have not been announced.

Guitarist Joe Perry said other cities could be added before the tour ends.

“It’s the final farewell tour, but I have a feeling it will go on for a while,” he told the Associated Press. “But I don’t know how many times we’ll be coming back to the same cities. It could very possibly be the last time.”

Perry believes that the time to say goodbye is now, as every founding band member is over the age of 70. At 75, front man Steven Tyler is the oldest.

The band’s first decade produced such enduring singles as “Sweet Emotion” and “Dream On.” The ’80s saw a remake of “Walk This Way” with Run-D.M.C., followed by a slew of MTV hits (“Angel,” “Rag Doll,” “Love in an Elevator” and “Janie’s Got a Gun”). The ’90s brought “Livin’ on the Edge,” “Cryin’” and mega-ballad “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from the “Armageddon” soundtrack.

Aerosmith entered this century with a continued presence on rock radio (“Jaded,” “Just Push Play” and “Legendary Child”), while retaining their status as one of rock and roll’s premiere live acts.

The last time they played Rochester was in 1998 at the Community War Memorial, by which point they had achieved rock veteran status.

During the mid-1980s, while staging a comeback after a period of turmoil, the band used the House of Guitars as a backdrop for a Rolling Stone magazine photo shoot.

Last year, the group postponed its Las Vegas shows when Tyler voluntarily checked himself into rehab 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. He has denied the accusations.

Includes reporting by the Associated Press and USA Today.

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