Vanessa Carlton kicks off her first-ever headlining tour on October 20th in Boston. The dates comes in support of Carlton's debut, Be Not Nobody, which yielded her breakthrough single "A Thousand Miles."

Just a few dates into the tour, Carlton will take two days to perform at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit shows on October 26th and 27th at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Carlton is the only female on a bill that features Ryan Adams, James Taylor, the Foo Fighters, Thom Yorke and Young.

Vanessa Carlton tour dates:

10/20: Boston, Paradise Rock Club
10/21: New York, Irving Plaza
10/24: Macomb, IL, University of Western Illinois
10/25: Liberty, MO, William Jewell College
10/28: Saint Louis, Mississippi Nights
10/29: Chicago, Park West
10/30: Minneapolis, Fine Line Music Cafe
11/1: Englewood, CO, Gothic Theater
11/2: Salt Lake City, Bricks
11/3: Boise, ID, The Big Easy
11/5: Vancouver, BC, Vogue Theater
11/6: Seattle, Showbox
11/7: Portland, OR, Roseland Theater
11/9: San Francisco, Slim's
11/10: San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
11/11: Los Angeles, House of Blues
11/13: San Diego, Canes
11/14: Tempe, AZ, Nita's Hideaway
11/15: Albuquerque, NM, Sunshine Theater
11/17: Tulsa, OK, Curly's
11/18: Dallas, Trees
11/20: Austin, La Zona Rosa
11/21: Houston, Numbers
11/22: New Orleans, House of Blues
11/23: Atlanta, 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, D.C., 9:30 Club
12/7: Alfred, NY, Alfred University
12/9: Philadelphia, Theater of Living Arts
12/10: Pittsburgh, PA, Metropol
12/11: Detroit, St. Andrews Hall
12/13: Toronto, Phoenix Concert Theater
12/14: Rochester, NY, Water Street Music Hall

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(October 16, 2002)