Bob Seger [ tickets ] has added a slew of new dates to the first leg of his upcoming national tour with his Silver Bullet Band, the singer's first extended roadwork since 1996.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who announced the tour last week during an appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman," has now confirmed 16 cities on the first leg of his outing as he looks to support "Face the Promise," the singer's first studio release in more than 10 years.

The new dates follow the performer's previously announced Nov. 8 launch in Grand Rapids, MI, the first of two shows in his home state of Michigan before the caravan storms through the middle and southern parts of the country.

"Face the Promise," which hit stores Sept. 12, is Seger's first studio effort since 1995's "It's a Mystery." The interval between the two discs is the longest in the 61-year-old singer's career. The new album's initial single is titled "Wait For Me."

"It's a pretty high-energy rock record," Seger recently told USA Today. "I would say it's more rock 'n' roll than usual. I wrote a lot of songs, a lot of songs. I probably recorded about 30, but the best songs happened to be more rock-leaning"

Seger--a 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee--began his recording career almost 40 years ago, when he released "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" with his then-current band, The Bob Seger System. He went on to record more than a dozen albums, most with his longtime group, The Silver Bullet Band, and has notched lifetime album sales of nearly 50 million.

Seger's 1994 "Greatest Hits" compilation has sold more than 7 million copies to date, and has remained on the Billboard Pop Catalog charts for an unbroken 600-week run.