Veteran shock-rocker Alice Cooper [ tickets ] has added a number of stops to the next leg of his US tour, and has also nailed down a handful of Canadian concerts for the fall.

Cooper, who wrapped up his first round of summer shows last weekend, returns to the road Aug. 5, and has penciled in August stops in more than a half-dozen cities, including Las Vegas; Anaheim, CA; El Paso, TX; and Tulsa, OK. Following the late-August conclusion of the US run, he'll take a break before heading to Canada in mid-October. Details are included below.

The roadwork supports Cooper's latest studio set, "Dirty Diamonds," which hit stores last August. In May, he followed that up with "Live at Montreux 2005," a live DVD and CD that capture his performance at last year's Montreux Festival. A complete tracklisting, as well as streaming audio and video clips from the set, are posted at Eagle Rock Entertainment's website.

Cooper's backing band currently features guitarists Kari Kelli and Damon Johnson (Brother Cane), bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Eric Singer (KISS).

Born Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948, Cooper has been cranking out albums since 1969, the year he issued "Pretties for You." He scored his first hit with the cut "Eighteen," featured on 1971's "Love It to Death."

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