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Meat Loaf adds stops to his farewell world tour
Theatrical rocker Meat Loaf will say goodbye to extensive road trips with a 15-month world tour that opens in California this June and is so far scheduled to visit more than 30 North American cities.
The singer-actor will play concert dates in the U.S. through September before traveling to Europe, Australia and Asia. Additional treks through Europe and North America will follow before the tour concludes.
Cyndi Lauper and Kasim Sulton will split opening act duties; details can be found in the itinerary below.
Meat Loaf's publicist told the Associated Press earlier this year that the artist plans to devote more time to his acting career. Among the movies he has appeared in are "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Fight Club" and "Crazy in Alabama."
Though a U.S. release date hasn't been announced, Meat Loaf's first new studio album since 1995's platinum-certified "Welcome to the Neighborhood" has been issued in Europe and Australia. Titled "Couldn't Have Said It Better," the new album features contributions from Diane Warren, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx and Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin. It was produced by Peter Mokran, who has mixed and/or engineered albums from 'NSync, Christina Aguilera and R. Kelly.
Meat Loaf's 1977 release, "Bat Out of Hell," has sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S., according to the Recording Industry of America, which ranks the album at No. 24 on its all-time sales list.
