Train Tickets

Short Biography
TRAIN
TOURING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IN 2011

The Frontier Touring Company and Roundhouse Entertainment are thrilled to announce the return of
Grammy Award winning TRAIN this January and February for headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and
Auckland in support of their latest album, Save Me San Francisco. Ryan Meeking will support Train for all
Australian theatre shows. Train will also be making an exciting appearance as special guests for INXS at
2011's a day on the green which will travel to NSW, QLD, WA, SA and VIC.

Formed in 1994 in San Francisco and taking inspiration from their serene Californian surroundings, Train...

Short Biography
TRAIN
TOURING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IN 2011

The Frontier Touring Company and Roundhouse Entertainment are thrilled to announce the return of
Grammy Award winning TRAIN this January and February for headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and
Auckland in support of their latest album, Save Me San Francisco. Ryan Meeking will support Train for all
Australian theatre shows. Train will also be making an exciting appearance as special guests for INXS at
2011's a day on the green which will travel to NSW, QLD, WA, SA and VIC.

Formed in 1994 in San Francisco and taking inspiration from their serene Californian surroundings, Train
have a more than impressive back catalogue of hits and heart warming tunes to perform - their live act is
emotive and exciting with an intimate feel that leaves audiences smiling.

The band, comprised of Pat Monahan (vocals), Jimmy Stafford (guitar) and Scott Underwood (drums) will
perform songs from their latest offering Save Me San Francisco which includes the Number One hit single
‘Hey, Soul Sister' and the unforgettable ‘If It's Love' as well as tracks from their much loved and Grammy
Award Nominated album Drops of Jupiter.

‘Hey, Soul Sister' has become Train's most popular song to date; on the ARIA Chart it held the #1 position for
four weeks and reached the #2 spot in New Zealand's RIANZ chart. Incredibly ‘Hey, Soul Sister' also
reached #1 in sixteen other countries.

Catch Train as they embark on a tour that will celebrate the blues and folk-infused rock that made the band
famous. As front man Monahan explains, the album is "about love in every way you can think about it."
Critics agree that Train have rediscovered their past and created something that captures the essence of the
band's early days.

"With Save Me, San Francisco, Train is finally ‘back on track': it is easily their best release since their
masterpiece, Drops of Jupiter." Rock and Roll Report
Frontier Members pre -sale commences 2pm AEDT, Thursday 4 November and concludes at 2pm AEDT,
Friday 5 November 2010. General (AUS & NZ) on sale from 9am local time, Monday 8 November 2010.TRAIN
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In-depth Biography
Train was inescapable during the turn of the 21st century, when songs like "Calling All Angels" and "Drops of Jupiter" made the San Francisco residents some of America's most popular balladeers. Although formed during the glory days of post-grunge, the group found more success in the pop/rock world, where Train straddled the line between adult contemporary and family-friendly alternative rock. The hits began drying up after 2003, but Train continued releasing material throughout the rest of the decade and even returned to the charts in 2010, when the single "Hey, Soul Sister" became a surprise Top 10 hit.

Following the dissolution of his Led Zeppelin cover band, singer Pat Monahan left his hometown of Erie, PA, in late 1993. He resettled in California and crossed paths with Rob Hotchkiss, the former frontman of a Los Angeles group named the Apostles. The two formed their own duo and began playing local coffeehouse shows, eventually expanding the group to a trio with the addition of former Apostles guitarist Jim Stafford. Bassist Charlie Colin and drummer Scott Underwood also climbed aboard, thus solidifying Train's lineup in 1994.

Over the course of several years, Train developed a sizable audience in the San Francisco area. The band also toured the country, opening shows for the likes of Barenaked Ladies and Counting Crows while drumming up enough money to record an album. Although few labels showed interest at first, Train eventually attracted the interest of Columbia Records, who signed the band to one of its smaller labels -- Aware Records -- and issued the self-financed debut record Train in 1998. "Meet Virginia" became a Top 40 hit one year later, but the band truly hit its stride in 2001, when Drops of Jupiter became a multi-platinum success thanks to its titular single. The song remained in the Top 40 for nearly 40 weeks, while the album itself sold more than three million copies.

My Private Nation followed in 2003 and went platinum, largely due to the successful single "Calling All Angels." Although the album didn't yield any more Top 40 hits, three of its songs fared well on the adult contemporary charts, a sign that Train had traded its alternative rock roots for an older fan base. For Me, It's You followed in 2006, but sales proved to be the lowest of Train's career. Accordingly, Monahan briefly turned his focus inward, releasing a solo album in 2007 and briefly touring behind it. He returned to the fold shortly thereafter, though, and Train issued its fifth album, Save Me, San Francisco, in 2009. The album helped rejuvenate Train's career, with "Hey, Soul Sister" peaking at number three on the Billboard 100. In 2012 the band released its sixth studio album, California 37. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi