The two hit-making acts are hitting the road together this summer
Today, iconic hitmakers Train and REO Speedwagon have announced they will be joining forces for this summer’s hottest co-headlining tour. The diamond-selling bands will be hitting the road on the Summer Road Trip 2024 Tour, bringing together Train’s critically-acclaimed catalog of global hits with REO Speedwagon’s vast collection of timeless classics for an unforgettable night of music, high energy, and fun that transcends generations. With more than 50 million albums sold worldwide, 32 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100, and 28 albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart between them, fans nationwide will have a chance to witness epic sets from two of the hardest-working, fun-loving, non-stop touring bands as they perform hours of hits featuring chart-topping anthems and timeless fan favorites.
The 44-city tour kicks off on July 8 in Somerset, Wisconsin at Somerset Amphitheater, making stops in Chicago, Toronto, New York, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more before wrapping up on September 11 in Phoenix, Arizona at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre. Joining Train and REO Speedwagon on the road as direct support on all dates is very special guest Yacht Rock Revue.
Check out the full tour routing below.
To celebrate the highly anticipated Summer Road Trip 2024 Tour, Train and REO Speedwagon will take the stage at LA’s famed Whisky a Go Go nightclub on the Sunset Strip this Thursday, February 1 for an intimate sneak preview concert that is not to be missed. Tickets for the show go on sale today at 12 p.m. PT here. Additionally, the bands will be stopping by Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Wednesday, January 31 for a very special collaboration, which marks their first-ever performance together on stage. Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs on ABC at 11:35p/10:35c, and is available next day on Hulu.
“When I was younger I heard a band called REO Speedwagon and fell in love with their numerous, infectious hit songs,” Train frontman Pat Monahan shares. “Years later, I met Kevin Cronin, and thank goodness he’s as great a person as he is a songwriter. This tour won’t just be a great time with great people, but a tour that will have a ton of familiar songs to most generations. I will be wishing I was in the audience as much as I’ll love being on the stage.”
REO Speedwagon’s Cronin adds, “Pat Monahan and I have done several benefit shows over the years, and now we get to take out our bands for a summer full of music and fun. I love the idea of bringing together people of all ages, who share a common love for well-crafted songs and high energy live performances. The REO boys are stoked about this tour.”
Citi is the official card of the Summer Road Trip 2024 Tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Wednesday, January 31 at 10 a.m. local time through Citi Entertainment. For complete presale details visit citientertainment.com.
Fans can gain first access to the artist presales beginning Wednesday, January 31 at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, February 1 at 10 p.m. local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, February 2 at 10 a.m. local time at SaveMeSanFrancisco.com and REOSpeedwagon.com.
The multi-platinum selling rock band REO Speedwagon will take the stage at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas for six nights this year year. The “An Evening of Hi Infidelity…and More” residency will see the storied group perform their entire 1981 watershed LP, Hi Infidelity, from beginning to end, along with a second set of hits and fan favorites.
This spring, REO Speedwagon and Rick Springfield are embarking on a brief co-headlining tour. The trek kicks off on March 20 at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania and wraps up on March 27 at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tickets for all dates are on sale now.
REO Speedwagon’s last album was 2007’s Find Your Way Home. The band’s fifteenth studio effort, it featured the Billboard-charting single, “I Need to Fall.” The record was released through the band’s own label, Speedwagon Recordings. Throughout their, REO Speedwagon have sold over 40 million records worldwide. They’ve released 13 Top 40 hits, including chart-toppers “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “Keep On Loving You.” The crown jewel of their catalog is 1980’s Hi Infidelity, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has since received the rare diamond certification from the RIAA.
Last January, founding keyboardist Neal Doughty announced his retirement from touring with the band after five decades. Longtime frontman Kevin Cronin remains, alongside bassist Bruce Hall, who joined the band in 1977. When Doughty confirmed his retirement from the road, Hall said that he would always be a member of the REO Speedwagon brotherhood, and that the door for him to play with the band again would always be open.
Cronin and Hall tour with guitarist Dave Amato, who joined the group in 1989, and drummer Brian Hitt, who came aboard in 1990.
Formed in 1967, signed in 1971, and fronted by iconic vocalist Kevin Cronin since 1972, REO Speedwagon’s unrelenting drive, as well as non-stop touring and recording jump-started the burgeoning rock movement in the Midwest. Platinum albums and radio staples soon followed, setting the stage for the release of the band’s explosive Hi Infidelity in 1980, which contained the massive hit singles “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On the Run.” That landmark album spent 15 weeks in the No. 1 slot and has since earned the RIAA’s coveted 10x Diamond Award for surpassing sales of 10 million units in the United States.
From 1977 to 1989, REO Speedwagon released nine consecutive albums all certified Platinum or higher. Today, REO Speedwagon has sold more than 40 million albums around the globe, and Cronin and bandmates Bruce Hall (bass), Dave Amato (guitar), and Bryan Hitt (drums) are still electrifying audiences worldwide in concert with hits and fan-favorites such as “Ridin’ The Storm Out,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” “Time For Me To Fly,” “Roll With The Changes,” “Keep On Loving You,” “Take It On the Run,” and many, many more.
Train is a multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band from San Francisco that has had 14 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and 13 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. Train’s climb to the top began in 1994, as the original 5-member band tenaciously built a loyal hometown following, leading up to their debut self-titled album released by Columbia in 1998. The tumbling wordplay of “Meet Virginia” gave them their first unlikely radio hit, and 2001’s Drops of Jupiter broke them to multi-platinum status thanks to the double-GRAMMY-winning title song that spent 10 months in the Top 40, has been certified RIAA 7x platinum, and earned the 2001 GRAMMY Award for Best Rock Song. The group won another GRAMMY in 2011 for their global hit “Hey, Soul Sister” from their multi-platinum album Save Me, San Francisco (2009), which was the No.1 best-selling smash and most downloaded single of 2010, achieved RIAA Diamond status in 2021 and now 11x platinum, and in 2022 surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.
Train has sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide, with multiple platinum/gold citations, including three GRAMMY Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, and dozens of other honors. They’ve had 24 Top 10 songs across the Billboard charts and six Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart including Drops of Jupiter (2001), My Private Nation (2003), California 37 (2012), Bulletproof Picasso(2014), For Me, It’s You (2016), and a girl a bottle a boat (2017). Train released their critically acclaimed 11th studio album, AM Gold, in May 2022 and most recently released a new song “I Know” ft. Tenille Townes and Bryce Vine, which marked their 27th career entry on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart.
Train frontman, Pat Monahan, partakes in other ventures outside of music, including his award-winning wine portfolio, Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co, which was created in 2011 and has sold over 10 million bottles and won over 100 medals. Proceeds from his wine business support Family House, a San Francisco charity that supports families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Monahan has appeared on television and in film with credits that include the 2021 Hallmark Channel original movie, Christmas in Tahoe, inspired by Train’s album of the same name, which he executive produced and starred, Dr. Ken, 90210, CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., The Voice, American Idol, and The Bachelor.
Monday, July 8 – Somerset, WI – Somerset Amphitheater
Wednesday, July 10 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Thursday, July 11 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^*
Friday, July 12 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
Saturday, July 13 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Monday, July 15 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
Tuesday, July 16 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 17 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre ^
Friday, July 19 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark ^
Saturday, July 20 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Sunday, July 21 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Tuesday, July 23 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC
Wednesday, July 24 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Friday, July 26 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Saturday, July 27 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Sunday, July 28 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion ^
Wednesday, July 31 – Syracuse, NY – Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview
Thursday, August 1 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Saturday, August 3 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
Sunday, August 4 – Mansfield, MA – The Xfinity Center
Tuesday, August 6 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Wednesday, August 7 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Friday, August 9 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park
Saturday, August 10 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Sunday, August 11 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion ^
Friday, August 16 – Pelham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre ^
Saturday, August 17 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Sunday, August 18 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater
Tuesday, August 20 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Wednesday, August 21 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Thursday, August 22 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place ^
Friday, August 23 – Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater
Sunday, August 25 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Monday, August 26 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
Wednesday, August 28 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre*
Thursday, August 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Amphitheatre
Saturday, August 31 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
Sunday, September 1 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Wednesday, September 4 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Friday, September 6 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
Saturday, September 7 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sunday, September 8 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum
Tuesday, September 10 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Wednesday, September 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
^No REO Speedwagon
*Not a Live Nation Date