After announcing earlier this fall plans for a handful of late-2007 shows away from his ongoing residency at the Las Vegas Hilton, Barry Manilow [ tickets ] is mapping an early 2008 outing that will see the veteran crooner touch down in cities throughout the US.

After playing a few previously scheduled December concerts in the East and Midwest, Manilow will return to the road in mid-January to tackle about a dozen shows from coast to coast, dates for which stretch into late February. Details are included below.

Dubbed "Manilow: An Evening of Music and Passion," the upcoming tour is a spinoff of Manilow's ongoing Vegas production, "Manilow: Music and Passion." The singer has about 18 performances left on his 2007 Las Vegas calendar, after which the show will go dark until early March so that he can focus on his traveling show. Details about the Vegas engagements, including ticketing information, is available at Manilow's website.

Manilow's upcoming roadwork follows the September release of his latest album, "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies," which features the singer's take on songs including The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road," Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," Albert Hammond's "It Never Rains in Southern California," and The Carpenters' "(They Long to Be) Close to You," as well as six new acoustic versions of some of Manilow's original hits, including "Mandy," "Copacabana (At the Copa)," "I Write the Songs" and "Looks Like We Made It."

A limited-edition deluxe version of "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies" includes a DVD "in which Barry takes you down memory lane sharing intimiate moments and reflecting on the 1970s," according to the singer's website.