Watch Aerosmith kick off farewell tour with Fleetwood Mac cover and first performance of ‘Adam’s Apple’ in five years

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Aerosmith kicked off their US farewell tour with their first performance of ‘Adam’s Apple’ in five years, and a cover of a classic Fleetwood Mac track.

Check out footage of the show and the full setlist below.The rock veterans announced details of their ‘Peace Out’ farewell tour back in May when they told fans that the upcoming tour would be their last and, although “it’s not goodbye”, it is “peace out” to their days on the road.

This came over 50 years after they formed.Now, Steven Tyler and co. have kickstarted their long-awaited set of final tour dates with a show at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday (September 2), and thrown some surprises into the setlist, as well as fan-favourites.The band started their 18-song setlist with the hit ‘Back In The Saddle’, taken from their fourth album ‘Rocks’, followed by ‘Love In An Elevator’.

From there, they also broke out into renditions of ‘Cryin’’ and ‘Janie’s Got A Gun’, before surprising fans by playing their 1975 track ‘Adam’s Apple’ – the first time the song has been played live since 2018.Another highlight of the Philadelphia show came in the latter half of the set, when the rock heavyweights delivered a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Stop Messin’ Around’ to fans, with guitarist Joe Perry taking the lead on vocals.From there, Aerosmith delivered back-to-back classic tracks to close out the set, ending with performances of ‘Toys In the Attic’, ‘Dream On’ and ‘Walk This Way’.