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Aerosmith, one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most famous bands, has announced it will retire from touring after learning frontman Steven Tyler’s voice will never fully recovery. The Massachusetts-based band canceled its farewell tour. “It was 1970 when a spark of inspiration became Aerosmith. Thanks to you, our Blue Army, that spark caught flame and has been burning for over five decades. Some of you have been with us since the beginning and all of you are the reason we made rock ‘n’ roll history. It has been the honor of our lives to have our music become part of yours. In every club, on every massive tour and at moments grand and private you have given us a place in the soundtrack of your lives,” the band wrote in a statement. “We’ve always wanted to blow your mind when performing. 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. We are grateful beyond words for everyone who was pumped to get on the road with us one last time. Grateful to our expert crew, our incredible team and the thousands of talented people who’ve made our historic runs possible. A final thank you to you – the best fans on planet Earth. Play our music loud, now and always. Dream On. You’ve made our dreams come true,” it added. It was 1970 when a spark of inspiration became Aerosmith. Thanks to you, our Blue Army, that spark caught flame and has been burning for over five decades. Some of you have been with us since the beginning and all of you are the reason we made rock ‘n’ roll history. It has been… pic.twitter.com/og43Q8Lwbt — Aerosmith (@Aerosmith) August 2, 2024 NBC News reports: Aerosmith, one of rock’s top-selling acts, announced the end of its touring days Friday, saying that lead singer Steven Tyler’s vocal injury has proven to be enduring and that he’ll never fully recover. The band launched its “Peace Out: The Farewell Tour” in May 2023 but postponed dates after just a few shows, when Tyler suffered an injured larynx. The band said in a statement Friday that Tyler has spent months working to get his voice back to how it had been. BREAKING: @Aerosmith Officially Retire From Touring + Cancel Farewell – See Statement https://t.co/Uv2zcE8wX1https://t.co/Uv2zcE8wX1 — Loudwire (@Loudwire) August 2, 2024 AEROSMITH Retire Effective Immediately, Cancel All Tour Dates #aerosmith https://t.co/VclkBveMqE pic.twitter.com/P4aBMX6jwA — LOADED RADIO (@loadedradio) August 2, 2024 Per CBS News: Tyler sustained the vocal injury during a concert last September and initially said he wouldn’t be able to sing for the next 30 days. But Aerosmith later had to announce that the tour would have to be put on hold because the injury was “more serious than initially thought.” The band was supposed to resume their farewell tour on Sept. 20 in Pittsburgh with stops after that in Philadelphia, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and New York. They were also set to perform a “hometown show” last New Year’s Eve at Boston’s TD Garden to ring in the new year before it was cancelled due to Tyler’s injury.

Oil giant Chevron announced it will move its headquarters from California to Texas. The corporation intends to relocate from San Ramon to Houston before the end of the year. According to CBS News, the corporation has “often been at odds with California state regulators and politicians over fossil fuels and climate change.” “The company expects all corporate functions to migrate to Houston over the next five years,” Chevron said, according to Fox Business. “Positions in support of the company’s California operations will remain in San Ramon,” it added. BREAKING: Chevron plans to move its headquarters from California to Texas due to "excessive regulation" and “clashes with authorities” that made California "closed for business." pic.twitter.com/kvMeaauT3H — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 2, 2024 BREAKING: Chevron to move headquarters out of Bay Area to Texas https://t.co/isOiKluESa pic.twitter.com/OdR57o86Xh — KRON4 News (@kron4news) August 2, 2024 Per Fox Business: Chevron said about 2,000 of its employees work in San Ramon at the moment and 7,000 are located in Houston. CEO Mike Wirth and Vice Chairman Mark Nelson will make the move to Houston prior to headquarters relocation becoming official Jan. 1 to “co-locate with other senior leaders and enable better collaboration and engagement with executives, employees, and business partners,” according to the company. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated Chevron’s decision to relocate. “Texas is your true home,” he posted on X. “Drill baby drill.” The Houston mayor’s office said on X that the move is “Great for Houston!” Contributing to the company’s move is likely California’s lawsuit filed last year against five big oil companies, including Chevron, and an industry trade group over climate change. The state has also been leaning more into renewable energy policies. WELCOME HOME Chevron! Texas is your true home. Drill baby drill. Chevron, in Snub to California, to Move Its Headquarters to Houston.https://t.co/KCMWoTKphY — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) August 2, 2024 Chevron is the latest corporation to relocate from California. Elon Musk recently announced he would move X and SpaceX outside of California due to legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. “This is the final straw. Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas,” Elon Musk said. “I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children,” he added. I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024 “And ? HQ will move to Austin,” Musk said. “Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building,” he added. Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024 CBS News reports: Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said the company differs from California on energy policy and regulation, leading it to depart from its California home of more than 140 years “We believe California has a number of policies that raise costs, that hurt consumers, that discourage investment and ultimately we think that’s not good for the economy in California and for consumers,” Wirth told the Wall Street Journal. Chevron has operated its headquarters from San Ramon, about 34 miles east of San Francisco in Contra Costa County, since 2002. It moved to the East Bay from its previous headquarters in San Francisco, where it had been located since 1879 with the incorporation of the Pacific Coast Oil Company. Chevron will now be headquartered in Houston, where it already has several thousand employees. In 2022, Chevron sold its sprawling San Ramon campus and began moving workers to its Houston offices, saying at the time it would keep its headquarters in California. The company issued a statement today saying the headquarters relocation would be completed before the end of 2024, “to co-locate with other senior leaders and enable better collaboration and engagement with executives, employees, and business partners.”

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Former President Donald Trump said late on Friday that he agreed to a debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, who hours earlier had secured enough delegate votes to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, but they did not seem to agree on a host. The latest clash between candidates began with a post to Truth Social. Trump said he would be willing to go head-to-head with Harris on Fox News while indicating he would no longer participate in the ABC News debate on September 10 because he agreed to face-off against President Joe Biden, not Harris, and separately filed in March a defamation lawsuit against the network and its anchor George Stephanopoulos – who was not slated to be a moderator. “I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest,” Trump said. RELATED: Trump Shares Backstory On Agreeing To CNN Debate Moderated By ‘Fake Tapper’ “The FoxNews Debate will be held in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at a site in an area to be determined,” he added. “The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party – BUT WITH A FULL ARENA AUDIENCE!….” In May, Trump and Biden had both agreed to the ABC debate in September. Trump also said he accepted a Fox News debate against Biden scheduled for October, though Biden’s campaign signaled that the president was not willing to do a third event. Harris accepted three possible dates to debate Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), when she was part of Biden’s ticket. However, Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 weeks after a fumbling performance in a CNN debate against Trump without an audience led to a revolt within the Democratic Party. Biden then quickly endorsed Harris to be his successor. WATCH BEN SHAPIRO’S ‘SCAMALA: KAMALA HARRIS UNMASKED’ ON DAILYWIRE+ What followed was a war of words in which Trump noted that he did not agree to debate Harris, only Biden. Harris said Trump appeared to be “backpedaling” and insisted that she was “ready” to face him on the debate stage. Trump’s campaign then said finalizing a debate with Harris “would be inappropriate … because Democrats very well could still change their minds.” But Harris never faced a challenger and clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination on Friday. Harris’ campaign released a statement on Saturday, alluding to a Truth Social post from March in which Trump said he was calling for debates “ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE!” At the time, Biden was still in the race. The statement claimed that Trump was “running scared,” though it didn’t acknowledge that the race had fundamentally changed following Biden’s exit and Harris’ takeover. Harris also taunted Trump in a post to X. Trump shot back in another post to Truth Social. “Kamala Harris doesn’t have the mental capacity to do a REAL Debate against me, scheduled for September 4th in Pennsylvania,” Trump said. “She’s afraid to do it because there is no way she can justify her Corrupt and Open Borders, the Environmental Destruction of our Country, the Afghanistan Embarrassment, Runaway Inflation, Terrible Economy, High Interest Rates and Taxes, and her years long fight to stop the words, ‘Merry Christmas.'” He continued, “I’ll see her on September 4th or, I won’t see her at all. She is acknowledged to be the Worst Vice President in History, which works very nicely against the Worst President, Crooked Joe Biden. The combination of these two Low IQ individuals have destroyed our Country, but we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” The Daily Wire reached out to ABC News and Fox News seeking comment.