Rod Stewart Steps Outside For Summer Tour

Rod Stewart will hit outdoor amphitheatres on his summer North American tour, which will begin July 30 in Pasa Robles, Calif. Bryan Adams will open the first seven dates.Stewart will be making another push behind his 2007 album “Still the Same: Great Rock Classics of Our Time,” which has sold XXX,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.Tickets go on sale Saturday (March 1).

• Here are Rod Stewart’s tour dates:


• July 30: Paso Robles, Calif. (Mid California State Fair)


• Aug. 1: Irvine, Calif. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)


• Aug. 2: Las Vegas (MGM Grand Garden)


• Aug. 5: Chicago (Sears Centre)


• Aug. 6: Clarkston, Mich. (DTE Energy Center)


• Aug. 8: Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)


• Aug. 9: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)


• Aug. 12: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun)


• Aug. 13: Montreal (Bell Centre)


• Aug. 15: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center)


• Aug. 16: Toronto (Molson Amphitheatre)


• Aug. 19: Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach)


• Aug. 20: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)


• Aug. 22-23: Atlantic City, N.J. (Borgata)


• Aug. 24: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion)


• Aug. 27: Atlanta (Verizon at Encore Park)


• Aug. 28: Tampa, Fla. (Ford Amphitheatre)