Fellow rock-and-roll heavyweights Aerosmith [ tickets ] and Motley Crue [ tickets ] have announced plans to join forces for a massive fall tour that will touch down at amphitheaters throughout the US.

Dubbed the "Route of All Evil Tour," the trek gets underway with a cluster of mid-to-late-September shows scattered throughout the Northeast, and about two-dozen concerts are confirmed through late November.

Tickets for a handful of dates go on sale during the coming week, according to organizers. Details are included in the itinerary shown below.

Aerosmith fans who score seats some distance from the stage may find themselves closer to the band than expected, as the Boston-based rock vets plan to hit a stage outfitted with a ramp that will stretch 70 feet into the audience, according to a press release.

The upcoming tour marks Aerosmith's return to the stage after earlier this year canceling the last nine dates of a late-winter jaunt so that frontman Steven Tyler could undergo surgery to fix a vocal ailment. The band is currently working on its follow-up to 2004's "Honkin' on Bobo," an all-blues album. The group's most recent rock set is 2001's "Just Push Play."

Motley Crue reunited in early 2005 to mount what turned out to be one of the most successful arena tours of the year. The run supported "Red, White & Crue," a best-of set that also featured several new cuts. The group is in the early stages of recording a new studio collection with producer Bob Rock, who helmed the band's massively successful 1989 disc, "Dr. Feelgood."