Aerosmith Kicking Off Farewell Tour in September

Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate the rock band's 50-plus years together.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band announced Monday the dates for their farewell tour called “Peace Out” starting Sept. 2 in Philadelphia. The 40-date run of shows, which includes a stop in the band’s hometown of Boston on New Year’s Eve, will end Jan. 26 in Montreal. The Black Crowes will be the opening act.

“I think it’s about time,” guitarist Joe Perry said.

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.

Perry believes the time to say goodbye is now, especially with every founding band member over the age of 70. Tyler, 75, is the oldest in the group.

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

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.”

Over the years, Aerosmith, which formed in 1970, has collected four Grammys. The band broke boundaries intersecting rock and hip-hop with their epic collaboration with Run-DMC for “Walk This Way.”

Aerosmith 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.

“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. 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.

“Be there or beware as we bring all the toys out of the attic. Get ready,” Tyler added.

The band said Kramer decided to not take part in the current dates on the upcoming tour. 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. Drummer John Douglas will continue to play in his place.

Perry called Kramer their brother. The band said his “legendary presence behind the drum kit will be sorely missed.”

Before the 40-date tour wraps, Perry said other cities domestically and internationally could be added.

“It’s the final farewell tour, but I have a feeling it will go on for a while,” he said. “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.”

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5, at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.com.

The full list of tour dates is below:

• Sat Sep 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
• Wed Sep 06 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
• Sat Sep 09 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena    
• Tue Sep 12 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena   
• Fri Sep 15 – Chicago, IL – United Center
• Mon Sep 18 – Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena 
• Thu Sep 21 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
• Sun Sep 24 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
• Wed Sep 27 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
• Wed Oct 11 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena            
• Sat Oct 14 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
• Tue Oct 17 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
• Fri Oct 20 – Sunrise, FL – FLA Live Arena
• Mon Oct 23 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
• Thu Oct 26 – St Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
• Sun Oct 29 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
• Wed Nov 01 – San Antonio, TX - AT&T Arena 
• Sat Nov 04 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
• Tue Nov 07 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
• Fri Nov 10 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
• Mon Nov 13 – St Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
• Thu Nov 16 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center            
• Sun Nov 19 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena   
• Wed Nov 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena
• Sat Nov 25 – Portland, OR – Moda Center           
• Tue Nov 28 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
• Fri Dec 01 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center   
• Mon Dec 04 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center           
• Thu Dec 07 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum  
• Sun Dec 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
• Thu Dec 28 – Newark, NJ - Prudential Center 
• Sun Dec 31 – Boston, MA – TD Garden  
• Thu Jan 04 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Arena        
• Sun Jan 07 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center   
• Wed Jan 10 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
• Sat Jan 13 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
• Tue Jan 16 – Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center 
• Fri Jan 19 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
• Tue Jan 23 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center 
• Fri Jan 26 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre