Rod Stewart sets summer tour

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rod Stewart will kick off a North American tour at a state fair in the central California city of Paso Robles on July 30. The veteran crooner will wrap the 18-city trek in Tampa on August 28.

"I couldn't be more excited," Stewart said in a statement. "Eighteen of my favorite cities and I don't intend to disappoint any of my fans -- at least not the paying ones."

Tickets go on sale Saturday. Bryan Adams will open the first seven dates.

Stewart will be promoting his 2007 album "Still the Same: Great Rock Classics of Our Time," which has sold 710,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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