More Tragically Hip tickets go on sale Tuesday

The Tragically Hip says more tickets for their highly-anticipated tourwill be released on Tuesday after the popular Canadian band revampedthe show's design to allow for additional seating.

There will be a two-ticket limit, and tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. local time in cities across the country.

• Tragically Hip singerGordDowniehas terminal cancer
• Tragically Hip fans fuming after tickets sell out in less than a minute

The announcement comes after "overwhelming demand" for the band's Man Machine Poem tour whennews broke that lead singer Gord Downie has terminal cancer.

Many fans hoping to grabtickets to thefarewell tour were by turnsdisappointed and frustrated, with tickets selling out quickly then appearing minutes later at a massive markup on resale sites.

The Hip are scheduled to play in the following cities on the following dates:

• Victoria: July 22
• Vancouver: July 24 and July 26
• Edmonton: July 28and July 30
• Calgary: Aug. 1 and Aug. 3
• Winnipeg: Aug. 5
• London, Ont.: Aug. 8
• Toronto: Aug. 10, Aug. 12 and Aug. 14
• Hamilton: Aug. 16
• Ottawa: Aug. 18
• Kingston: Aug. 20

Downie was diagnosed withan aggressive, incurable form of cancer called glioblastomain December and has since undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

"Since then, obviously, he's endured a lot of difficult times, and he has been fighting hard,"the band said in their letter to fans."In privacy along with his family, and through all of this, we've been standing by him."

The official release of the band'sMan Machine Poemalbum happens on Friday.