As expected, The Rolling Stones [ tickets ] today (7/25) announced plans for a fall tour that will see the legendary rockers play stadiums throughout the US and Canada.

In keeping with rumors that surfaced last week, the band will launch the run with a Sept. 20 concert at the Boston-area's Gillette Stadium, and a total of 17 gigs--a handful of which are set in arenas--are mapped out through mid-November.

Ninety-percent of the ticket inventory will be priced at $89 for the stadium shows and $99 for the arena shows, according to organizers, and a "limited number of Gold Circle seats" will be available as well. There will be a 12-ticket limit per person, and students with a valid student ID will receive $20 off.

Tickets for the tour's kick-off date, as well as stops in New York; Chicago; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Regina, Saskatchewan, will go on sale to the general public beginning July 31, and members of the Stones' official fan club will have access to a pre-sale and special VIP ticket packages for those shows beginning July 26. More information is available at the group's website.

"We're very excited about coming back to the US and Canada," frontman Mick Jagger said in a statement. "Most of the shows are going to be on the big stadium stage with fans in the balconies behind us. We're going to play many cities we didn't get to before and also return to some of our favorite places."

Jagger said fans can expect the group to shuffle the set list throughout the tour.

"There is plenty of time for rehearsals and to be able to make some set changes--we'll have a variety of material ready so we can keep it fresh," he said.

Jagger also addressed guitarist Keith Richards' recent head injury and subsequent surgery.

"Keith's fine, his head's better, he's playing well and enjoying himself so we're all looking forward to this leg of the tour."

Richards, 62, was hurt in late April when he either fell out of a palm tree while attempting to obtain a coconut, or fell from a personal watercraft, according to various press reports. The guitarist suffered a mild concussion and later underwent surgery to relieve pressure inside his skull, a procedure the band's publicist termed a "complete success."

"I thought we left too soon you know, so that's the reason we're coming back," Richards added. "I'm really happy that we got some more gigs in America and Canada. I'm feeling great and can't wait to get there."

The Stones continue to tour behind last year's "A Bigger Bang," the group's first new studio set since 1997's "Bridges to Babylon." The disc debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 album chart.

Concert-industry magazine Pollstar ranked the first North American leg of the Stones' "A Bigger Bang" outing as the second-highest-grossing tour of the first half of 2006. According to the magazine, the Stones took in $52.5 million, second only to Madonna's $54.3 million take.

The 2005 edition of the Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour was the year's top-grossing outing, according to Pollstar. The group pulled down $162 million over the course of only 42 shows thanks to an average ticket price of about $134.