While most people her age are sweating what they're going to do when they finish college, 22-year-old Vanessa Carlton knows exactly what the future holds: her first headlining tour.

The next two months will be anything but ordinary for the piano-loving singer as she takes center stage on a North American tour that kicks off on October 20 at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. The trek is slated to wrap on December 14 with a show at the Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, New York.

In between, Carlton will travel from coast-to-coast, with a two-day stint as the only female (and youngest) artist on the bill for this year's Bridge School Benefit concerts (October 26-27), organized by Neil Young (see "Foos, Thom Yorke, Vanessa Carlton To Play Bridge School").

Carlton is in the midst of filming the video for "Pretty Baby," the third single from her platinum-selling debut, Be Not Nobody.

Vanessa Carlton tour dates, according to Interscope Records:

  • 10/20 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
  • 10/21 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
  • 10/24 - Macomb, IL @ University of Western Illinois
  • 10/25 - Liberty, MO @ William Jewell College
  • 10/26 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit)
  • 10/27 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit)
  • 10/28 - Saint Louis, MO @ Mississippi Nights
  • 10/29 - Chicago, IL @ Park West
  • 10/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
  • 11/1 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
  • 11/2 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Bricks
  • 11/3 - Boise, ID @ The Big Easy
  • 11/5 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
  • 11/6 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
  • 11/7 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
  • 11/9 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
  • 11/10 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
  • 11/11 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
  • 11/13 - San Diego, CA @ Canes
  • 11/14 - Tempe, AZ @ Nita's Hideaway
  • 11/15 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
  • 11/17 - Tulsa, OK @ Curly's
  • 11/18 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
  • 11/20 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
  • 11/21 - Houston, TX @ Numbers
  • 11/22 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
  • 11/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Eleven 50
  • 11/25 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
  • 11/26 - Pompano Beach, FL @ Broward County Fair
  • 11/27 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
  • 12/2 - Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm
  • 12/3 - Norfolk, VA @ Norva
  • 12/5 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
  • 12/7 - Alfred, NY @ Alfred University
  • 12/9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
  • 12/10 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Metropol
  • 12/11 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
  • 12/13 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
  • 12/14 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall