Steve Miller Band Shocks Fans With Decision To Cancel Their 2025 Tour, Just One Month Before It Was Supposed To Start

81-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller and his namesake band canceled their entire tour one month before kickoff. (Photo Credits: Tim Mosenfelder / WireImage / Getty Images & Steve Miller Band / Facebook)
On Wednesday (July 16), the Steve Miller Band announced the cancellation of their 2025 tour. This news shocked fans, as the announcement came one month before the trek was scheduled to start.

The Steve Miller Band, fronted by Steve Miller, originated in San Francisco in 1966. In the decades that followed, the band released a series of now-iconic songs, including “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Abracadabra,” and “The Joker.”

These songs were (and continue to be) incredibly influential. Their influence was recognized in a considerable way when Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

While primarily known as a rock band, the Steve Miller Band does share ties to country music. The Country Music Hall of Fame details how the group came to Tennessee in 1970 to record their album Number 5, which featured legendary session musicians Charlie McCoy and Buddy Spicher.

The band has remained active as recording and touring performers through the years. Their 2025 tour was supposed to begin on August 15 in Bethel, New York. According to Variety, it included 31 stops, with its final show scheduled for November 8 in Anaheim, California.
An early tour poster for the Steve Miller Band’s 2025 tour, which has since been canceled. (Photo Credit: Steve Miller Band / Facebook)
But the trek was canceled before it ever began.

“Dear Steve Miller Band fans,” the band started a statement they shared on their official social media pages. “You make music with your instincts. You live life by your instincts. Always trust your instincts…The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates.”

Band Blames The Weather For The Cancellation

The Steve Miller Band at least didn’t leave fans asking “Why?” after they announced the cancellation of their 2025 tour. They explained their reason, blaming it on the weather.

“The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires make these risks for you our audience, the band and the crew unacceptable. So …You can blame it on the weather… The tour is cancelled.”

The group doesn’t know where or when they’ll tour again, but they hope to see their fans in the future. “Wishing you all Peace, Love and Happiness. Please take care of each other,” they said.

The band’s announcement follows a string of devastating weather events in the United States. Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast in September, wildfires torched the Los Angeles area in January, and catastrophic July floods in Texas have left the state reeling.

Still, many of the Steve Miller Band’s fans did not support their decision to cancel their tour. Their announcement received mixed responses on Facebook, including the following comments:

“Love you, Steve, but something else is going on. You just don’t cancel the show, unless it’s an outdoor show and there’s lightning of course there are some instances but to cancel a whole tour somethings [sic] up.”

“I think he’s smart – he is considering not just himself, but his band, his crew, and the audience, his fans. None of us is getting any younger.”

“All these things have always existed. To blame it on the weather sounds a little suspect.”

“Better stay in bed everyday, something bad might happen otherwise…too risky.”

“Dude’s 81. Cut him some slack.”

“Steve is old, he wants to stay home. I get it, I want to stay home too.”

“‘The show must go on’, unless it’s a little warm outside, or a chance of rain and/or dust.”

“I saw Steve and the band last year in St. Augustine at the Amphitheater. There was a monsoon rain storm that night. It was a real hassle parking and getting to and from the stage area. I fully understand what Steve is saying here. He’ll be back, hopefully when the weather is better.”

Read the Steve Miller Band’s statement about their canceled tour below.