The singer will warm up for the journey with a handful of festival appearances, including the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (March 3), the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April 27) and Stagecoach in Indio, Calif. (May 4).

The first leg of McGraw’s Live Your Voice Tour gets rolling May 9 at Ford Amphitheatre at the State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla., and will hit sheds across the U.S. through early July.

Stops include T.D. Waterhouse Centre in Orlando, Fla. (May 11), Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Charlotte, N.C. (May 16), Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati (May 21), First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre near Chicago (May 24), The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas (June 1), Bank Of America Pavilion in Boston (June 7), Post-Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pa. (June 14), Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix (June 20), Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee (July 3) and Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (July 5).

Additional dates are expected.

Information on ticket availability will be posted at TimMcGraw.com in the coming weeks.