STEVE MILLER BAND just pulled the ultimate “abracadabra” move – poof! All 2025 tour dates vanished. Hard to blame them, honestly – have you *seen* the weather lately?
RIP to what would’ve been a 31-show U.S. rampage kicking off August 15 in Bethel, New York, and wrapping November 8 in sunny Anaheim, California. Pour one out for the cancelled gigs, from crunchy granola towns to… well, Disneyland-adjacent parking lots.
On Wednesday (July 16), Captain “Space Cowboy” himself dropped this cryptic Instagram sermon: “Dear Steve Miller Band fans, You make music with your instincts. You live your life by your instincts. Always trust your instincts…
“The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates.
“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.
“Don’t know where, don’t know when… We hope to see you all again.
“Wishing you all Peace, Love and Happiness.
“Please take care of each other.
“Steve, The Band and the Crew”.
Look, Steve Miller isn’t just a dude – he’s a 50-year-old rock UFO still farming streams like a Spotify sorcerer. Fun fact: His parents were jazz nerds tight with Les Paul (yes, *the* guitar god, who was basically Steve’s weird uncle teaching him licks). By 12, Steve was jamming with blues legends like Muddy Waters – who probably gifted him that iconic hat. His “Greatest Hits” album? Oh, just sold 15 million copies. Casual.
You’ve drunkenly karaoke’d “The Joker” (fun fact: that song’s been in more horror movies than you’d expect). “Fly Like An Eagle” is now preserved in the Library of Congress, right next to the Declaration of Independence, probably. Dude’s in every Hall of Fame except maybe the Hockey Hall of Fame, but give him time. Oh, and last year? His resurrected “Abracadabra” hit #1 again because Eminem sampled it. Classic rock never dies – it just gets interpolated.
Dear Steve Miller Band fans,
You make music with your instincts
You live your life by your instincts
Always trust…
Posted by Steve Miller Band on Wednesday, July 16, 2025
TL;DR: Floods + wildfires > guitar solos. We’re still kinda salty Mother Nature threw a tantrum during “Swingtown” season. Stay tuned for whenever Steve rediscovers his inner “Jet Airliner” pilot.
