(Scoop ) GRAMMY Award-winning band Train is rolling back out to launch their "Save Me, San Francisco Tour" on October 20th in Seattle, Washington, in support of the October 27th release of their new Columbia Records' album, Save Me, San Francisco. The 28-city concert tour runs through December 11th, and features special guest Uncle Kracker.Save Me, San Francisco is the multi-platinum-selling band's fifth studio album and marks the restoration of Train's original line-up - vocalist Pat Monahan, guitarist Jimmy Stafford and drummer Scott Underwood.
Produced by Martin Terefe (Jason Mraz, James Morrison, KT Tunstall), Save Me, San Francisco is the band's first album since 2003's My Private Nation. The band will compliment their new tour with TV appearances on CBS Saturday Morning on November 11th and NBC's Today Show on November 13th.
The new album's hit single, "Hey, Soul Sister," has just been released and is now available for purchase on iTunes. The track is currently at #8 on the AAA Radio charts as well as #20 on the Hot Adult Contemporary charts, and is receiving 5.7 million weekly audience impressions on 111 terrestrial stations overall. "Hey, Soul Sister," is also getting upwards of 300,000 plays on the band's MySpace site (www.myspace.com/train), and will be featured on upcoming episodes of NBC's smash drama Medium as well as commercials for ABC's hit show Ugly Betty. The new video for "Hey, Soul Sister" has just premiered online at VH1.com, and will be featured on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown beginning October 10th.
Save Me, San Francisco 2009 Tour Dates:
10/20 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre*
10/21 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/23 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
10/24 Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre
10/25 Anaheim, CA House of Blues Anaheim
10/26 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues Sunset Strip
10/29 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot*
10/30 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
11/1 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
11/2 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
11/3 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/4 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
11/5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
11/7 Erie, PA Warner Theatre
11/8 Washington DC 930 Club*
11/9 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/10 New York, NY Webster Hall
11/11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
11/13 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live!
11/14 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
11/15 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte
11/17 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
11/18 Orlando, FL House of Blues
11/20 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
11/21 Austin, TX LaZona Rosa
11/22 Houston, TX House of Blues
11/23 Dallas, TX House of Blues
12/11 San Diego, CA House of Blues
*Concerts not ticketed by Ticketmaster (see below).
Tickets for the October 20th concert in Seattle are available at The Moore Theatre Box Office and Ticketing Kiosks, through Tickets.com and by phone at 877-STG-4TIX. Tickets for the October 29th Salt Lake City concert at The Depot are at all Smith's Tix locations (1-800-888-TIXX, 467-TIXX) and smithstix.com. Tickets for the November 8th concert in Washington DC are available at the 930 Club Box Office and through Tickets.com.
All other concerts are available at all Ticketmaster locations, via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000, Ticketmaster Express at 866-448-7849 (automated only self service line) or online at Ticketmaster.com.
Train is offering fan VIP packages. Visit the band's newly re-launched Web site, www.trainline.com, for more information.
