Aerosmith Announce Two Comeback Shows at Hollywood Bowl — SkimNews
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- Aerosmith announced two comeback shows at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl on October 29 and November 1 under the banner "California, Dream On: Aerosmith and Friends," with general ticket on-sale starting October 10 and the lineup varying each night.
- The bill features a rotating roster of guests including the Black Crowes, Run-DMC, Heart, Andrew Watt, Billy Idol, Chad Smith, Slash, Duff McKagan, Eric Church, Sammy Hagar, and Tom Morello, with more artists and surprise appearances promised in the weeks ahead.
- The comeback arrives three years after Steven Tyler's larynx injury forced the cancellation of their 40-date "Peace Out" farewell tour — which kicked off in Philadelphia on September 2, 2023 — and a 2024 statement declaring they had "made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision... to retire from the touring stage."
- Since the retirement, Tyler has surfaced for limited performances at Janie's Fund charity shows and Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning farewell in July 2025, singing "without apparent difficulty or strain" each time.
- While officially retired, the rest of the band kept busy: Joe Perry toured with the Joe Perry Project alongside Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, Black Crowes' Chris Robinson, and STP's Robert DeLeo, while bassist Tom Hamilton played with his new band Close Enemies.
- In November 2025, Aerosmith and Yungblud released the collaborative EP "One More Time," with Tyler telling Rolling Stone UK he "fell in love with him, first sight" — "like looking at myself in a mirror."
Why it matters: This is technically a reversal of a retirement the band called permanent in 2024. The all-star, guest-heavy format — with nightly lineups announced at or near showtime — functions as a structural hedge: Aerosmith get a comeback without requiring Tyler to carry two full headline sets alone, while testing whether his voice holds up at scale before committing to more dates.
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