Singer/songwriter Pete Yorn [ tickets ] kicks off a round of headlining dates later this month to back his recently released album, "Nightcrawler," and will follow that run with a stint opening for the Dixie Chicks [ tickets ].

Yorn launches the headlining jaunt Oct. 23 in Tucson, and is currently booked to play 16 shows by mid-November. More shows will be added soon, according to his publicist.

After taking a short break, Yorn will then hold down the opening slot for the Dixie Chicks from Nov. 24 through Dec. 5. Details for both outings are included below.

Released in August, "Nightcrawler" debuted at No. 50 on The Billboard 200 chart. The set, which follows 2003's "Day I Forgot," features a guest appearance from Dixie Chicks members Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines on the cut "The Man." Yorn--who first met the Dixie Chicks at an after-Grammy party in New York--co-wrote a track, titled "Baby Hold On," on the Dixie Chicks' latest album, "Taking the Long Way."

Yorn is calling "Nightcrawler" "the final installment in a musical trilogy" that began with his 2001 debut "musicforthemorningafter," and continued on "Day I Forgot," according to Columbia Records.

"The record feels different and it sounds different, but it also feels like a continuation of what I've been doing," Yorn said in a statement. "I feel like it's taking more chances creatively as a whole and at the same time it's just music that I want to make. There are a lot of pop songs on it, but it might not be as pop-y as the last record."