Aerosmith’s farewell tour is over before it even restarted. All dates, including a Jan. 22 stop at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center, have been canceled.

In a social media post Friday, the band said that Steven Tyler’s vocal problems — that had already led to the tour’s postponement — are to blame for the decision.

“(Steven) has spent months tirelessly working on getting his voice to where it was before his injury,” read the post. “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.”

Fans who purchased tickets directly from Ticketmaster will be refunded within 14 to 21 days.

Aerosmith announced their final tour in May 2023. The tour kicked off Sept. 2 in Philadelphia, but Tyler hurt his vocal cords on the third night of the tour, a Sept. 9 concert in New York, which led to the group postponing a half dozen dates. After Tyler took an extended break from singing, his doctors found further damage, which ultimately led to the tour’s cancellation.

Formed in Boston in 1970, Aerosmith scored a series of hits that remain radio staples to this day, including “Sweet Emotion,” “Walk This Way” and “Dream On.” But by the 1980s, drug addiction and clashing personalities nearly led to the end of the group. After several members went through rehab, Aerosmith made a stunning comeback, becoming MTV darlings and selling even more records the second time around.

Over the past dozen years, Aerosmith’s future has been shaky. Flamboyant frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry have publicly feuded over Tyler’s stint as a judge on “American Idol” and his failed attempt to launch a solo country career with 2016’s “We’re All Somebody from Somewhere.”

In 2015, band members began publicly discussing a final tour and a 2017 European outing was billed as their farewell. More recently, Aerosmith played an extended Las Vegas residency as well as the first Twin Cities Summer Jam in 2019.

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