Barbra Streisand announces tour dates, album

Barbra Streisand is going on tour this summer.

The singer, 74, will perform in nine cities in August and after the tour, she will release a new album: Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway. No release date was identified. Her summer concerts will include songs from each decade of her hit-making career as well as numbers from the new album, according to her website.

In her latest project, Streisand teams with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars to sing classics from Broadway. Encore is Streisand’s third Broadway album. The superstar released The Broadway Album in 1985 and Back to Broadway in 1993.

Streisand last toured in 2012.

Tickets for her shows will go on sale May 25, and will be available online, via charge-by-phone and venue box offices, according to the singer's website, which advises fans to check local listings for details. The tour is presented by Live Nation Global Touring and S2BN Entertainment. American Express customers will be able to purchase tickets early, starting May 18.

The tour dates include:

Aug. 2                        Los Angeles                        Staples Center

Aug. 4                         San Jose                              SAP Center at San Jose

Aug. 6                         Las Vegas                           T-Mobile Arena

Aug. 9                         Chicago                              United Center

Aug. 11, 13                  Brooklyn                             Barclays Center

Aug. 16                          Boston                                TD Garden

Aug. 18                          Washington, D.C.               Verizon Center

Aug. 20                          Philadelphia                       Wells Fargo Center

Aug. 23                         Toronto                              Air Canada Centre