Aerosmith draws the line.<\/p>\n
\nAerosmith Retires from Touring After Steven Tyler\u2019s Permanent Vocal Cord Damage<\/a><\/strong>
LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Aerosmith says Steven Tyler\u2019s voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the band will no longer tour.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nLast YEAR? My God man, have you ever even heard the band? Tyler’s whole career<\/em> has been nothing but one long vocal injury.<\/p>\n
\nThe iconic band behind hits like \u201cLove in an Elevator\u201d and \u201cLivin\u2019 on the Edge\u201d posted a statement Friday announcing the cancellation of remaining dates on its tour and provided an update on Tyler\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has spent months tirelessly working on getting his voice to where it was before his injury. We\u2019ve seen him struggling despite having the best medical team by his side. Sadly, it is clear, that a full recovery from his vocal injury is not possible,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision \u2014 as a band of brothers \u2014 to retire from the touring stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyler announced he injured his vocal cords in September during a show on its Peace Out: The Farewell Tour. Tyler said in an Instagram statement at the time that the injury caused bleeding but that he hoped the band would be back after postponing a few shows.<\/p>\n
Tyler\u2019s soaring vocals have powered Aerosmith\u2019s massive catalog of hits since its formation in 1970, including \u201cDream On,\u201d \u201cWalk This Way\u201d and \u201cSweet Emotion.\u201d They were near the start of a 40-date farewell tour when Tyler was injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve always wanted to blow your mind when performing. As you know, Steven\u2019s voice is an instrument like no other,\u201d the band said in Friday\u2019s statement to fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been the honor of our lives to have our music become part of yours,\u201d the band said. \u201cIn every club, on every massive tour and at moments grand and private you have given us a place in the soundtrack of your lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I was fortunate enough to see Aerosmith back in my misspent youth around \u201978-’79 or thereabouts, playing at the Old Coliseum I was gassing interminably on<\/a> about the other day. In those days, Tyler and Joe Perry were known as the Toxic Twins, a moniker they earned many times over across their drinking, drugging, and womanizing days. As great as the music they churned out was back then, it must be said that some of Aerosmith\u2019s very best work was achieved in the years after the Twins had kicked their multifarious bad habits, culminating in the chart-topper I once heard called by an Aerosmith documentary narrator \u201cSteven Tyler\u2019s masterpiece,\u201d to wit:<\/p>\n