19 September 2023
Newsdesk
Multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band TRAIN is fresh off the heels of an epic summer headline tour that took in nearly 50 U.S. cities, and today, the band announces their long-awaited return to the UK, Europe, and South Africa in 2024. Train’s highly anticipated I Know, It’s Been A Long Time Coming Tour will bring fans across the globe an epic night of music filled with the band’s most iconic hits spanning three decades. The 10-city tour kicks off April 26, 2024 in Manchester, UK, which marks Train’s first UK show in seven years, and will travel through cities in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark before concluding in South Africa on May 11, 2024. The trek also includes Train’s first-ever performance at London’s world-famous Royal Albert Hall on April 30, 2024.
Two-time GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Ilsey will join Train as support on most dates. During her career, Ilsey has collaborated with some of music’s biggest names, contributing to songs by Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, Harry Styles, The 1975, Shawn Mendes, P!nk and many more.
Train frontman Pat Monahan says of the tour: “We are absolutely thrilled to return to the UK for the first time in seven years. Fans over there have supported us throughout our career and we can’t wait to see them all again. And to get the chance to perform at the legendary Royal Albert Hall for the first time is an absolute honour.”
On their recent North American tour, Train played their first show in Alaska and have now officially played in all 50 U.S. states. Train released their critically acclaimed 11th studio album, AM Gold, in May 2022 (which was a BBC Radio 2 Record of the Week) and most recently released a new song "I Know" ft. Tenille Townes and Bryce Vine, which marked Train’s 27th career entry on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart.
Since their formation in 1994, Train has had 14 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100, 13 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, and has sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide. The band’s global hit “Hey, Soul Sister” continues to reach new milestones – it was the #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. The band is comprised of frontman Pat Monahan (lead vocals), Hector Maldonado (bass, vocals), Jerry Becker (keyboards, vocals), Taylor Locke (guitar, vocals), Matt Musty (drums), Sakai Smith (backup vocals), and Nikita Houston (backup vocals).
