Cher [ tickets ], who launched what she claims is her final tour well over two years ago, has added a new batch of North American dates to her schedule.

The singer/actress recently confirmed nearly a dozen additional U.S. shows for November and December, including three stops in Texas. Details are in the itinerary below.

Cher's farewell tour opened in June of 2002, and the run was initially scheduled to visit fewer than 50 North American cities. She so far has played about 250 shows in North America.

At her performances, concertgoers can expect to hear songs culled from throughout Cher's four-decade-long career, and to see the singer make multiple costume changes.

The tour is expected to end with a series of international dates in 2005, concluding with a March 11 show in Brisbane, Australia.

"My Australian shows will be very emotional because that's where it will end," she said in a statement issued earlier this summer. "I think the reason I've kept going, and agreed to more dates, is because it will be really sad to finally say goodbye."

Last year, Cher issued "Cher Live: The Farewell Tour," a DVD that features 18 songs recorded during her Nov. 8, 2002 concert in Miami. A simultaneously released audio CD that houses the same 18 tracks has sold more than 2 million copies, according to a press release.

Meanwhile, the DVD "The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection" was issued in June. The 60-minute disc spotlights 15 video clips, including "Believe," "If I Could Turn Back Time" and "Love Can Build a Bridge" (with Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton).

Cher, who celebrated her 58th birthday in May, first rose to fame in the mid-'60s with partner and then-spouse Sonny Bono. A solo career followed that went through several cycles of prominent commercial success.