Barry Manilow [ tickets ] has added a few arena and theater dates to his tour schedule, which continues to revolve primarily around his long-running Vegas residency.

The singer and pop icon has added shows in Los Angeles (10/24) and Sacramento, CA (10/16), as well as two nights (12/17-18) in Rosemont, IL. Meanwhile, his Vegas run continues with three shows beginning this Thursday (8/6), then returns later this month for three additional dates. Details are below.

Manilow's Vegas spectacular, dubbed "Ultimate Manilow: The Hits," is currently in its fifth year. Around three to nine dates are booked every month through December, most on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and tickets range from $96 to $225 plus service charges. The shows, which draw from Manilow's vast catalog of music, are different every night.

In 2006, the acclaimed singer/songwriter/producer started a series of popular music tributes with "Greatest Songs of the Fifties." The latest in the collection, "Greatest Songs of the Eighties," surfaced in November and features versions of chart-topping hits including Journey's "Open Arms," Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Phil Collins' "Against All Odds."

"I've gotta get back to writing my own stuff," the Grammy-winner told AP in a recent interview. "This has been a lot of fun, and it's great that it's always been successful, but I'm done."

Manilow added that the material he's working on for his next effort is more rock-and-roll than anything he's done before.

"If you dig into my earlier albums, you'll see that there are a lot of moments where I try to break the rules and go away from the adult-contemporary world, into some aggressive, guitar-driven songs," he told AP. "I really loved writing them, and I don't think I sound too bad on them."