Alice Cooper and Cheap Trick team for summer tour

Fans of '70s-era rock can look forward to a double dose when Alice Cooper and Cheap Trick join forces for a late-summer run through North America.

The veteran rockers have lined up a co-headlining trek that kicks off Aug. 20 in Cincinnati and is so far scheduled to run through mid-September. Aside from their joint venture, both artists also have some of their own headlining dates lined up. The itineraries are included below.

Tickets for a number of shows are on sale now. Hard-core Cooper fans can purchase premium-ticket packages for most dates; details are available at Cooper's website.

The outing follows the Aug. 2 release of Cooper's new studio album, "Dirty Diamonds," which follows 2003's "Eyes of Alice Cooper." Cover art for the new set is posted at Cooper's website.

Cooper--born Vincent Damon Furnier--has been cranking out albums since 1969, the year he issued "Pretties for You." He scored his first hit with the cut "Eighteen," featured on 1971's "Love It to Death."

Cheap Trick's most recent studio collection is 2003's "Special One." The group has reportedly finished recording a follow-up set, but no release date has been announced.

Formed in the early '70s, Cheap Trick--vocalist Robin Zander, guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson and drummer Bun E. Carlos--released its self-titled debut album in 1977. Two years later, the group scored a Top 10 hit with the cut "I Want You to Want Me," featured on 1979's "Live at Budokan." That album remains the band's most commercially successful release.