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Aerosmith To Play Final Concert in Tampa

The hints were less than subtle last week. Signs with the Aerosmith logo and the words “Peace Out” were seen at Amalie Arena. Now we have the details. Aerosmith’s farewell…

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Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith perform at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis on June 13, 2013 in New York City.

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The hints were less than subtle last week. Signs with the Aerosmith logo and the words "Peace Out" were seen at Amalie Arena. Now we have the details. Aerosmith's farewell "Peace Out" tour will run from September into 2024. There will be a tour stop at Tampa at Amalie Arena on October 11, 2023.

Tickets for Aerosmith's last Tampa concert will go on sale Friday (May 5) at 10am through Ticketmaster. No word on ticket prices yet. I'm told there will be NO ticket presales for this show. The Black Crowes will open the show.

Joe Perry in a recent interview said Joey Kramer is still a part of Aerosmith, but fans shouldn't expect to see him on this tour. Perry said Kramer has been "beating himself up" for the last 50 years and will be unlikely to be able to tour.

Pollstar, a tour industry publication, has released a list of the artists who have sold the most concert tickets since 1980. On that list are some of rock's most iconic acts.

Topping the concert ticket sales list was U2 with over 26 million tickets sold. Pollstar noted of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group's humble early days, "U2’s first show recorded in the archives was a performance for 1,440 patrons at Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on Nov. 29, 1981, during the band’s “October” tour supporting their second studio album. It was the fourth headlining trek in the group’s touring history and ran for about one year, wrapping in August 1982."

A number of major rock acts are scattered throughout the top 2o of the massive 150 artist ranking. Among them are Bon Jovi, the Eagles, Metallica, Paul McCartney and more.

Scroll below and see which acts made the top 20 of Pollstar's Top Touring Artists list along with their total touring grosses.

20. Ed Sheeran

Tickets sold: 11,865,380

19. Tim McGraw

Tickets sold: 12,266,482

18. George Strait

Tickets sold: 12,287,930

17. Coldplay

Tickets sold: 12,532,987

16. Neil Diamond

Tickets sold: 12,948,499

15. Rod Stewart

Tickets sold: 13,173,925

14. Jimmy Buffett

Tickets sold: 13,297,669

13. Aerosmith

Tickets sold: 13,336,974

12. Phish

Tickets sold: 13,501,959

11. Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Tickets sold: 15,276,864

10. Grateful Dead

Tickets sold: 15,549,243

9. Kenny Chesney

Tickets sold: 16,410,448

8. Billy Joel

Tickets sold: 16,973,102

7. Bon Jovi

Tickets sold: 17,750,044

6. Metallica

Tickets sold: 19,468,173

5. Elton John

Tickets sold: 19,756,467

4. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Tickets sold: 20,845,687

3. The Rolling Stones

Tickets sold: 22,137,799

2. Dave Matthews Band

Tickets sold: 23,279,056

1. U2

Tickets sold: 26,178,043

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