Bryan Adams takes acoustic trek into winter

Bryan Adams will return to the road later this week for a North American theater tour that runs through year's end.

The 17-date excursion gets off to a slow start with one performance Friday (9/4) in Edmonton, followed by a three-week hiatus. The Canadian singer/songwriter will then climb aboard the tour bus for a more consistent schedule of shows beginning Sept. 26 in Denver. The outing wraps up along the East Coast with a Dec. 10 appearance in New Brunswick, NJ. Details are below.

Adams most recently released "11," his aptly titled 11th studio set, which hit shelves exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retailers last year. The musician followed the release with an "11 Days, 11 Cities" acoustic tour of Europe, as well a late-year solo-acoustic run throughout the US.

Earlier this summer, Adams was rewarded for his contributions to both music and philanthropic initiatives with a Canadian postage stamp bearing his image.

"I never thought about it," Adams said of this recognition in a recent interview with SoundSpike. "I got a message from a friend of mine saying, 'Congratulations getting on a stamp, but I'm not sure I'll be too keen about licking the back side of it.'"