B.B. King has pushed plans to undergo double cataract surgery to the fall in order to fulfill his many touring commitments. So instead of canceling dates in order to accommodate the procedure in June, a spokesperson for his management company says it will take place in October.

The switch means the 78-year-old blues great will be able to perform his annual homecoming show June 11 in Indianola, Miss. He'll also be able to make a June 6 appearance at Eric Clapton's all-star Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas.

King is in the midst of a U.S. tour that will next take him to Columbus, Ga., on Sunday (April 25) and wrap May 2 in Northampton, Mass. A European tour will kick off May 18 in Moscow and run through a May 30 festival appearance in Denmark.

The Indianola and Dallas shows will be followed by another European tour. Finally, he'll be able to undergo the cataract surgery upon the completion of his annual North American B.B. King Blues Festival tour, which is due to kick off at the end of July, according to his management.

Here are B.B. King's confirmed tour dates:

April 25: Columbus, Ga. (Bill Heard Theater @ RiverCenter)
April 27: Rochester, N.Y. (Auditorium Theatre)
April 28: York, Pa. (Strand-Capitol Theatre)
April 29: Verona, N.Y. (Turning Stone Casino)
April 30: Hampton Beach, N.H. (Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom)
May 1: Providence, R.I. (Lupo's At The Strand)
May 2: Northampton, Mass. (Calvin Theater)
May 18: Moscow (Kremlin Palace)
May 22, 24: Stockholm (Stockholm Concert Hall)
May 26: Helsinki (Ice Hall)
May 27: Malmo, Sweden (Baltiska Hallen)
May 28: Frederiksberg, Denmark (KB Hallen)
May 29: Aarhus, Denmark (Aarhus Arena)
May 30: Jelling, Denmark (Festival)
June 6: Dallas (Cotton Bowl; Crossroads Guitar Festival)
June 9: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Frederik Meijer Gardens)
June 19-20: New York (B.B. King's Blues Club)
June 23: Valencia, Spain (Festival De Jazz)
June 25: San Javier, Spain (Arena)
June 26: Granada, Spain (Festival)
June 28: Leon, Spain (Julio Marti)
June 29: Madrid (Festival International)
July 1: Zaragoza, Spain (Arena)
July 2: Barcelona, Spain (Festival De Jazz De Barcelona)
July 4-5: Montreux, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival)
July 7: Milan (Auditorium)
July 8: Genoa, Italy (Palemare)
July 9: Perugia, Italy (Arena)
July 10: Bologna, Italy (Park Arena)
July 13: Frankfurt (Ballsporthalle)
July 14: Stuttgart, Germany (Freilichtbuhne Killesberg)
July 16: Straubing, Germany (Jazz An Der Donau)
July 17: Singen, Germany (Hohentwiel Festival)
July 18: Augsburg, Germany (Schwabenhalle)
July 19: Zurich (Live at Sunset)