Brian Mansfield

USA TODAY

Initial response to Queen + Adam Lambert's upcoming North American tour has been so strong, the band has added five additional dates.

Three new cities — Boston; East Rutherford, N.J.; and Atlantic City — will get shows on the group's first North American tour in eight years. Second dates have been added for Uncasville, Conn., and Toronto. The tour will now end July 28 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.

Tickets for the newly added dates will go on sale Saturday at 9 a.m. local time via Live Nation.

Queen announced the tour with the former American Idol runner-up as frontman on March 6. The 24-date tour will begin June 19 at Chicago's United Center.

A full list of tour dates follow:

June

19 - United Center, Chicago

21 - MTS Centre, Winnipeg

23 - Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon

24 - Rexall Place, Edmonton

26 - Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta

28 - Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, B.C.

July

1 - SAP Center, San Jose, Calif.

3 - The Forum, Los Angeles

5-6 - The Joint, Las Vegas

9 - Toyota Center, Houston

10 - American Airlines Center, Dallas

12 - The Palace at Auburn Hills, Detroit

13 - Air Canada Centre, Toronto

14 - Bell Centre, Montreal

16 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

17 - Madison Square Garden, New York

19 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

20 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Washington, D.C.

22 - TD Garden, Boston, Mass.

23 - Izod Center, East Rutherford, N.J.

25 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

26 - Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.

28 - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ont.