NeedToBreathe Driving All Night Over U.S

Once NeedToBreathe wraps up its six-month support stint with Taylor Swift the rock band will return to stages across the U.S. in early 2012 for a major headline tour of its own.

The rock band will have plenty of new material on its setlist thanks to the September release of the group’s fourth album, The Reckoning.

Tonight NeedToBreathe will open for Swift in Charlotte, N.C., at Time Warner Cable Arena. The remaining support dates include shows in Raleigh, N.C. (Nov. 17); Columbia, S.C. (Nov. 18); and New York (Nov. 21-22). The group has also squeezed in a 2011 headline date – Nov. 19 in Charlottesville, Va., at Jefferson Theater.

Photo: Andi Kling

Filene Center At Wolf Trap, Vienna, Va.

The 2012 headline tour begins Feb. 15 in Houston at Warehouse Live – Ballroom. Dates for “The Reckoning Tour” are booked through an April 27 gig in Clemson, S.C., at Littlejohn Coliseum. The trek features special guest Ben Rector.

Fans can catch the band playing Birmingham, Ala. (Feb. 20); Nashville (Feb. 23-24); St. Louis (March 10); Portland, Ore. (March 15); Seattle (March 17); Los Angeles (March 20); Grand Rapids, Mich. (March 26); Minneapolis (March 29-30); Chicago (March 31); Pittsburgh (April 13); New York (April 19); and Washington, D.C. (April 21).

There are also a few Canadian dates on the routing – Vancouver, British Columbia (March 16) and Toronto (April 14).

On Nov. 21 the band will perform The Reckoning track “Drive All Night” on “The Late Show With David Letterman.”

Tickets for the first leg of “The Reckoning Tour” go on sale Friday.

For more information click here for NeedToBreathe’s website.