Singer-songwriter Kate Voegele will kick-off her latest headlining tour this evening in front of a hometown crowd at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland. The Cleveland Leader's music writer, Candis Hecking, had a chance to catch up with Kate for a lengthy chat discussing not only tonight's gig, but also her plans to tour Europe amongst other things.

Kate's tour in support of her second album, "A Fine Mess" will kick off tonight in Cleveland. This date was chosen because it will be a special night for Kate, a native of the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village, who will get to perform in front of her friends and family:

"Cleveland has been so good to me from the start, so we just figured it would be kind of fun to start this tour where it all started. So, it's going to be awesome," Voegele said in an interview with the Leader Tuesday night.

Following the Cleveland show, Kate will head to Norfolk, Virginia and a number of other cities across the U.S., winding down her American tour on November 15 in Chicago.

"After the U.S. tour we're going to go to Europe actually at the end of November, which I'm really stoked about because we havne't played over there yet. It's going to be really cool to bring the show overseas and be able to see some of those places.... We're going to do Europe and after that, who knows...probably some touring, some recording, a bunch of different stuff," Kate added.

"A Fine Mess", which was released in May 2009, peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200 charts in the U.S. Her first album, "Don't Look Away", entered the charts at #68 and peaked at #27.

Check back at The Cleveland Leader tomorrow (Thursday), for our complete interview with Kate Voegel, our review of tonight's show, and lots of pictures.

Below are her upcoming U.S. & European tour dates:

Oct 7 2009 8:00P
House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 8 2009 8:00P
The Norva Norfolk, Virginia
Oct 9 2009 8:00P
The Wonderbar Asbury Park, New Jersey
Oct 10 2009 8:00P
Chameleon Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Oct 11 2009 8:00P
Webster Theater Hartford, Connecticut
Oct 12 2009 8:00P
One Tree Hill TV
Oct 13 2009 8:00P
Revolution Hall Albany, New York
Oct 14 2009 8:00P
Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 16 2009 8:00P
Rock N Roll Hotel WASHINGTON, Washington DC
Oct 18 2009 8:00P
Headliners Music Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Oct 19 2009 8:00P
One Tree Hill TV
Oct 20 2009 8:00P
Hi Tone Café Memphis, Tennessee
Oct 21 2009 8:00P
Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom Little Rock, Arkansas
Oct 22 2009 8:00P
Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oct 23 2009 8:00P
White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
Oct 24 2009 8:00P
Buddha Mansion McAllen, Texas
Oct 26 2009 8:00P
Stubb’s Bar B-Q Austin, Texas
Oct 28 2009 8:00P
Take 2 El Paso, Texas
Oct 29 2009 8:00P
Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico
Oct 30 2009 8:00P
Mesa Arts Mesa, Arizona
Nov 1 2009 8:00P
Club Congress Tucson, Arizona
Nov 3 2009 8:00P
B Rider’s Bakersfield, California
Nov 6 2009 8:00P
Grand Sierra Resort Reno, Nevada
Nov 7 2009 8:00P
Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 8 2009 8:00P
Hode’s Half Note Ft. Collins, Colorado
Nov 9 2009 8:00P
Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado
Nov 11 2009 8:00P
Granada Theater Lawrence, Kansas
Nov 12 2009 8:00P
Fubar St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 13 2009 8:00P
The House Café DeKalb, Illinois
Nov 14 2009 8:00P
People’s Court Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 15 2009 8:00P
Park West Chicago, Illinois
Nov 23 2009 8:00P
Luxor Cologne
Nov 24 2009 8:00P
Prinzenbar Hamburg
Nov 25 2009 8:00P
Frannz Club Berlin
Nov 27 2009 8:00P
Nouveau Casino Paris
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
Brotfabrik Frankfurt
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Borderline London
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
Academy 2 Dublin