Six years after winning the third season of “American Idol,” R&B singer Fantasia Barrino is mounting her first headlining tour to promote her recent album “Back to Me.”

The 30-date itinerary opens with a November 4 concert at Landmark Theater in Richmond, VA, and closes with a New Year’s Day performance at Fox Theatre in St. Louis, MO. The early part of the tour includes concerts on November 7 at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, MD, and November 24 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

A two-week scheduling gap follows Fantasia’s planned December 12 concert at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, GA. The tour will resume December 27 at Beacon Theatre in New York, NY, before moving on to a couple other major East Coast markets for concerts on December 28 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, and December 30 at Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, IL.

Ticket presales begin today, September 30, while the initial round of public onsales starts tomorrow, October 1, in select cities. Ticket prices in most markets will start around the $47 mark and range up to $75, according to Ticketmaster.com, though prices start at $55 in Baltimore and go as high as $87 in Atlanta.

Fellow R&B artists Eric Benet and Kandi Burruss will serve as special guests on the Back to Me Tour. More details are available on Fantasia’s official Web site.

Fantasia’s 30-date tour announcement comes on the heels of a turbulent summer for the recording artist. She grabbed the headlines first with an affair scandal and then with news of a suicide attempt in early August.

But the season ended on a high-note for the young singer, whose August 24 release “Back to Me” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The second season of her reality TV show “Fantasia for Real” premiered on September 19.

Fantasia itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)

November 4 Richmond, VA Landmark Theater
November 5 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall
November 6 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
November 7 Baltimore, MD Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
November 10 Savannah, GA Johnny Mercer Theatre
November 11 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
November 12 Tampa, FL David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
November 13 Jacksonville, FL Moran Theater
November 14 Miami, FL James L. Knight Center
November 17 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
November 18 Greensboro, NC War Memorial Auditorium
November 19 Columbia, SC Township Auditorium
November 20 Birmingham, AL BJCC Concert Hall
November 24 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
November 26 San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall
November 27 Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre
December 2 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
December 3 Southaven, MS Desoto Civic Center
December 4 New Orleans, LA Lakefront Arena
December 5 Houston, TX Reliant Arena @ Reliant Park
December 8 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre
December 9 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace Theatre
December 10 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
December 11 Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center for the Arts
December 12 Augusta, GA William B. Bell Auditorium
December 27 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
December 28 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
December 29 Cleveland, OH State Theatre
December 30 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
January 1 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre