Bob Seger firms up 'Promise' tour plans

Michigan rocker Bob Seger has added another date and confirmed venues for several others as he looks ahead to the first leg of a fall tour with his Silver Bullet Band, the singer's first extended roadwork since 1996.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has added a second show at the tour's kicking-off point, following his Nov. 8 show in Grand Rapids, MI, with a second show Nov. 12. Sandwiched between those two concerts will be a Nov. 10 home-state appearance in Saginaw, MI.

The singer has also confirmed most venues along the road as he looks to support "Face the Promise," his first studio release in more than 10 years. Seger's current itinerary is listed below.

"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."

The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard album charts, marking his highest-ranking release of any kind in 10 years.

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.

TOUR DATES
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November 2006
8 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
10 - Saginaw, MI - Dow Event Center
12 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
14 - Charleston, WV - Charleston Civic Center
16 - Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center
18 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
20 - Knoxville, TN - Thompson/Boling Arena
25 - Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Arena
28 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
30 - Rosemant, IL - Allstate Arena

December 2006
2 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena
4 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
7 - Atlanta, GA - venue to be announced
9 - Nashville, TN - venue to be announced
12 - Louisville, KY - Freedom Hall
14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena
16 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena

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