Bad Company's Paul Rodgers Schedules Canadian, U.S. Tour Dates

Larry MaranoPaul Rodgers is gearing up to launch his first solo tour of his adopted home country, Canada, since 1997.  The founding Free and Bad Company singer's trek kicks off on September 8 in Belleville and is mapped out through a September 27 show in Calgary.  Opening all of the blues rocker's Canadian dates will be Bachman & Turner, which features Bachman-Turner Overdrive leaders Randy Bachman and Fred Turner.

Rodgers also has a pair of U.S. gigs on his itinerary -- a September 17 performance in Clark, New Jersey, and an October 8 appearance in Mesa, Arizona.

Here are all of Paul Rodgers' scheduled tour dates:

9/8 -- Belleville, Canada, Empire Square
9/10 -- Toronto, Canada, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
9/17 -- Clark, NJ, Union County Music Fest
9/24 -- Winnipeg, Canada, MTS Centre
9/26 -- Edmonton, Canada, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
9/27 -- Calgary, Canada, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
10/8 -- Mesa, AZ, Chester's Harley-Davidson

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