Billy Joel [ tickets ], who last toured in 2003 with fellow piano man Elton John, will head out on his own for a North American run that launches early next year.

So far, only two dates for the outing have surfaced: Jan. 10 in Jacksonville, FL, and March 7 in Philadelphia. Tickets for both dates are scheduled to hit the box office Nov. 19. Details are included below.

The outing will support the forthcoming box set "My Lives," due in stores Nov. 22. The four-disc collection clocks in at more than five hours, and includes demos, live cuts, alternate takes, covers and more, according to Columbia Records.

Also included in the set is "A Voyage on the River of Dreams - Live from The River of Dreams Tour," a live DVD shot in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 18, 1994.

A deluxe booklet packaged with the set will feature in-depth liner notes written by Anthony DeCurtis, track-by-track annotations of the unreleased material and photos from Joel's archives.

Joel personally selected all of the tracks included in the set, according to his label.

"I wanted some more obscure things to be represented on this set," Joel said in a statement. "I said, 'Let's dig into the tapes, the B-sides, the recording sessions and movie songs, things that had never been released officially."

Additional details about the boxed set are posted at Joel's website.