Aerosmith announced their retirement from the stage: these were their three concerts in Colombia

Aerosmith performed a total of three times in Bogotá, before announcing their definitive retirement from the stage in 2024 – credit Colprensa

While Aerosmith was on their farewell Peace Out tour, singer Steven Tyler suffered a fracture in his larynx in September 2023, which forced them to cancel their scheduled dates for that year.

Except for a brief appearance on May 15 in London as a surprise guest of The Black Crowes, the singer did not return to the stage and after months of intense therapy, the Boston band finally announced their definitive retirement from touring on Friday, August 2.

“As you know, Steven’s voice is an instrument like no other. He has spent months working tirelessly to get his voice back to where it was before his injury. We have watched him struggle despite having the best medical team at his side. Sadly, it is clear that a full recovery from his vocal injury is not possible. We have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision as a band of brothers to retire from the stage,” the band said in a statement released on their official accounts.

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Aerosmith announced their definitive retirement from the stage, due to vocalist Steven Tyler’s throat problems – credit @aerosmith/X

Although they were already planning to say goodbye to the stage after more than 50 years of career, excesses, fights between its members and hits that marked generations, the news fell like a bucket of cold water among its fans around the world, who were understanding of the news and thanked Aerosmith for the legacy they left in the history of rock, and in the history of music itself, with more than 150 million records sold and four Grammy Awards – all of them for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocalist.

Of course, Colombia was a country that welcomed their music with open arms, especially during their most successful period, from the late 80s and throughout the 90s. However, the possibility of Aerosmith performing live in Colombia had to wait much longer.

The dream finally came true on May 20, 2010, when they added Colombia to the Latin American leg of the Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour. Due to the expectation, the quintet was received at the Palacio Liévano by the then mayor of Bogotá, Samuel Moreno, and then performed at the Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, in what was one of the concerts of the year.

In 2010, then mayor Samuel Moreno welcomed Aerosmith at the Palacio Liévano prior to their first show in Colombia – credit Colprensa

The repertoire was a review of the greatest hits of his career, with the albums Get A Grip, from 1994, and Toys In The Attic, from 1974, being the most represented in the repertoire. Steven Tyler stood out not only with his vibrant presence on stage, but because throughout the show he wore a traditional sombrero vueltiao with which he dazzled even more the thousands of attendees.

On that occasion, Joe Perry’s guitar solo also stood out, the same one he performed especially for the Guitar Hero video game. The closing song on that occasion was Train Kept A Rollin’, a cover of the song composed by Tiny Bradshaw and made popular by The Yardbirds in the 60s.

Aerosmith’s second show in Colombia, in 2011, was the only one in which they performed “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” – credit Colprensa

Just a year later, on November 3, 2011, Aerosmith returned to Colombia with a new tour, the Back On the Road Tour. Once again in Simón Bolívar Park, this time the repertoire included songs that were not played in the first concert, such as Mama Kin (the song that closed that presentation), Amazing, or the only interpretation of I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing, in what was perhaps the band’s most complete show in the country.

Aerosmith’s third and final concert in Colombia was part of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble Tour on September 29, 2016. Once again, Simón Bolívar Park was the venue chosen by the Americans for what would end up being their last concert in the country.

Although it was the shortest of the three (they played a total of 17 songs), some new features in the repertoire stood out, such as the presence of Dude (Looks Like A Lady), Same Old Song And Dance, or their version of Come Together by The Beatles.

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith at the band’s last concert in Colombia – credit Colprensa