Idol will be joined by Cheap Trick for the run, as well as The Angels and Choirboys at various stops. The trip marks Idol's first concert tour of Australia since 2002 and his first of New Zealand since 1987.

Idol will release his first new album in almost a decade, "Kings & Queens Of The Underground", on October 21. He's also just published his self-written memoir, "Dancing With Myself."