The Aerosmith train has stopped a-runnin’.

The group announced on its official X account that it won’t return to touring, citing vocalist Steven Tyler‘s injured vocals and inability to recover.

“We’ve always wanted to blow your mind when performing,” the band wrote. “As you know, Steven’s voice is an instrument like no other. He has spent months tirelessly working on getting his voice to where it was before his injury. We’ve 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. We have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision — as a band of brothers — to retire from the touring stage.”

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The group already announced it was on its farewell tour. The Peace Out” Tour abruptly was postponed in September because of Tyler’s ongoing vocal cord and larynx problems. The band later canceled all of its 2023 concerts, and in April it scheduled the tour to resume this September.

Tyler’s doctor said last year that Tyler, “in addition to the damage to his vocal cords, fractured his larynx, which requires ongoing care. He is receiving the best medical treatment available to ensure his recovery is swift, but given the nature of a fracture, he is being told patience is essential.”

Aerosmith has been among rock’s most enduring acts since busting out of Boston in the early 1970s. It lineup of Tyler, guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer has remained mostly intact, with a few scattered departures and returns. The group has released 15 studio albums, all but three of which have gone platinum. Its 1980 Greatesst Hits set has sold more than 12 million copies in the U.S. alone.

After hitting a rough patch from about 1979-85, the group had a remarkable artistic and commercial comeback. Along the way, it enjoyed a cross-genre success with Run-D.M.C.’s remake of “Walk This Way,” which featured Tyler and Perry and whose video played heavily on MTV.

Aerosmith’s big resurgence began with the 1987 album Permanent Vacation, followed by 1989’s Pump, which produced three Top 10 pop hits. The group scored its only two No. 1 albums with Get a Grip (1993) and Nine Lives (1997) and topped the Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks with the Diane Warren-penned “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from the film Armageddon in 1998.

Among its most famous tracks are “Dream On,” “Same Old Song and Dance,” the original “Walk This Way,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Back in the Saddle,” “Draw the Line,” “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” “Angel,” “Rag Doll,” “Love in an Elevator,” “Janie’s Got a Gun,” “Livin’ on the Edge” and “Crazy.”

Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.