With the ink still drying on the itinerary for a soon-to-launch, late-summer tour with his band, Bruce Hornsby [ tickets ] has rolled out plans for a fall solo outing.

The 17-date solo trek--which will feature the veteran singer/songwriter on piano--kicks off at the beginning of October. Details are included below.

Also shown below are the dates for Hornsby's late-summer tour with his band, which gets underway tomorrow night (8/9) in Atlanta and is currently scheduled to wrap up in mid-September.

The roadwork backs Hornsby's recently released career retrospective, "Intersections 1985-2005," which arrived in stores late last month. The five-disc box set marks the 20th anniversary of Hornsby's breakthrough debut, "The Way It Is." The collection comprises four audio discs that house 53 tracks, 26 of which are previously unreleased on CD, and one DVD, which features 23 video clips, 21 of which are previously unreleased on DVD, according to a press release.

Fans who purchase a ticket to Hornsby's solo-piano tour will receive a free copy of the box set on the night of the show, according to a press release.

"Intersections" is a mix of original album tracks and live performances of songs that were culled from every one of his studio albums, the most recent of which is 2004's "Halcyon Days." Guests featured on the set include The Grateful Dead, Branford Marsalis, Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny and Shawn Colvin.

Hornsby and his band, The Range, rose to fame in the mid-'80s thanks to their work on "The Way It Is." The triple-platinum set spawned three Top 20 hits, including the No. 1 title track, and earned the group the Grammy award for Best New Artist.

The nine albums Hornsby has released to date have sold a combined total of more than 10 million copies worldwide, according to Columbia.

Hornsby and his current band, dubbed The Noisemakers, will appear on tonight's (8/8) edition of NPR's "Talk of the Nation," a national news-talk call-in program. The group will perform live and answer listeners' questions, according to Hornsby's website.