R&B artist Maxwell [ tickets ] resurfaces for his first live shows in six years this fall with a run of dates ahead of his planned "Black Summers' Night" trilogy.

The singer, who hasn't performed since supporting his last studio album, 2001's chart-topping "Now," has lined up a 24-city trek kicking off Oct. 8 in Boston. The outing, which runs through late November, also features dates in New York City (10/9), Chicago (10/18) and Los Angeles (11/1). The complete itinerary is listed below.

Maxwell described the tour in a press statement as a "pre-party tour celebration" for the forthcoming "Black Summers' Night," a trilogy of studio albums that the artist expects to release over the next three years. The first installment, titled "Black," is due out sometime this year on Columbia, and streaming audio of the first track from the set, "Pretty Wings," can be heard at Maxwell's MySpace page.

"Maxwell's still working with Sade's band, his tried-and-true team," Columbia exec Kyambo "Hip-Hop" Joshua told Billboard last year. "He took some time off and now he's ready."

The singer's previous album, "Now," has sold more than 1.7 copies in the US alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.