Barbra Streisand lines up more shows

Singer Barbra Streisand , who is coming out of retirement this fall to mount her first national tour in more than a decade, has added several new dates to the run.

New to Babs' schedule are October stops in Columbus, OH; Montreal; Toronto; and St. Paul, MN, tickets for all of which go on sale next Monday (8/28). Details are included below.

Since first unveiling her preliminary itinerary in June, Streisand has also tacked on second nights in New York City and Ft. Lauderdale, as well as a stop in Atlantic City, NJ. Tickets for those shows are already on sale.

In addition to regular ticket sales, premium ticket packages are also available, and auctions for tickets to the new Columbus, Toronto and St. Paul shows are underway. More information is available at Ticketmaster.com. (Ticketmaster is LiveDaily's parent company.)

As previously reported, Streisand's tour--which will feature vocal act Il Divo in the opening slot--gets underway Oct. 4 in Philadelphia and wraps up Nov. 20 in Los Angeles. A total of 18 shows are now confirmed; organizers have said that the run will top out at 20 shows.

Streisand, who hasn't mounted a national tour since 1994, and in 2000 held what she said would be her last public performance, said in June that she was returning to stage in order to raise funds for various charitable organizations.

"The increasingly urgent need for private citizen support to combat dangerous climate change, along with education and health issues was the prime reason I decided to tour again," she said in a statement. "This will allow me to direct funds and awareness to causes that I care deeply about."

Organizers expect the tour to "provide millions of dollars to organizations concerned with the environment, education and women's health" via the singer's Streisand Foundation, according to a press release.

Streisand hasn't held a public concert since September of 2000, when she performed two-night stands in Los Angeles and New York, ticket prices for which ranged from $150 to $2,500. The shows were billed as her last public performances.

Prior to the 2000 concerts, Streisand played a lucrative New Year's Eve show in Las Vegas on Dec. 31, 1999 that she claimed would "probably" be her final public performance. Ticket prices ranged from $500 to $2,500, and the show set a single-concert box-office record, taking in nearly $14.7 million, according to concert industry magazine Pollstar. Despite the prices, the MGM Grand said that the shows sold out within five hours, and a New Year's Day performance was added.

Over the course of her lengthy career, Streisand has racked up 50 gold, 30 platinum and 13 multi-platinum albums, and is the only artist to have received an Oscar, Tony, Emmy Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace and Peabody Awards, as well as the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, according to a press release.

Il Divo is the creation of "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell, who conducted a two-year talent search that yielded four singers from four different countries: America's David Miller, France's Sebastien Izambard, Switzerland's Urs Buhler and Spain's Carlos Marin. The group has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide, according to a press release.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
 tour dates and tickets
October 2006
4 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
6 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center (on sale 8/28)
9, 11 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
13 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
15 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre (on sale 8/28)
17 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre (on sale 8/28)
18 - Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
22 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden
24 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center (on sale 8/28)
28, 30 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center

November 2006
2 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
4 - Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall
7 - Chicago, IL - United Center
13 - San Jose. CA - HP Pavilion at San Jose
18 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
20 - Los Angeles, NV - Staples Center

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