The singer-songwriter played a hand in routing the trek, “personally [structuring] this tour around some of the most historic theatres and venues in the country.”

The tour begins Oct. 12 with a gig at Metropolis in Montreal. Additional Canadian dates include Massey Hall in Toronto (Oct. 13) and Orpheum in Vancouver (Oct. 28).

Stevens’ first 2010 U.S. dates are booked, appropriately enough, in Michigan and Illinois, a nod to his 2003 album Michigan and 2005 release Illinois.

Along with the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Michigan (Oct. 14) and Chicago Theatre (Oct. 15), additional shows include McFarlin Memorial Auditorium in Dallas (Oct. 20), The Wiltern in Los Angeles (Oct. 23), Paramount Theatre in Denver (Nov. 2) and Orpheum Theatre in Boston (Nov. 11).

The trek wraps up with two performances Nov. 14-15 at Beacon Theatre in New York.

A select number of pre-sale tickets featuring  “exclusive seating in each of the venues” go on sale tomorrow, Aug. 10 at 1 p.m. EDT.

Once the pre-sale tickets sell out, the remaining tickets will be sold through the venues beginning Friday, Aug. 13.

To deter scalpers, tickets are limited to four per person. The first 20 rows of seats are will call only.

Stevens’ most recent release is 2009’s The BQE, named after the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) freeway that connects Brooklyn and Queens.

After being commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music to write a symphony about the city, Stevens developed a live show featuring an original film about the freeway and accompanied by an orchestra performing a live soundtrack.

“It inspires loathing, resentment, anger,” Stevens told the Guardian about the BQE freeway, calling his mixed-medium project “a willful romance with an object of scorn.”

Stevens is signed to Asthmatic Kitty, a label he runs with his former stepfather, Lowell Brams. 

For more information, click here for Asthmatic Kitty’s website.