Train and REO Speedwagon Launch ‘Summer Road Trip’ 2024 Tour of Hits and Singalongs
A tour pairing such as this might suggest high-energy nights of passionate singalongs, fans coming together to sing the catalog of hits that both headlining acts have — and that’s the case, based on this first show.
At the Somerset Amphitheatre in Wisconsin on Monday night, for example, Pat Monahan and his colleagues in Train touched on all the hits (“Meet Virginia,” “Calling All Angels,” “Hey, Soul Sister,” “Drive By,” “Play That Song” and “Drops of Jupiter” among them), while also adding in some other surprises for fans:
50 Ways to Say Goodbye
If It’s Love
Get to Me
Save Me, San Francisco
Meet Virginia
Long Yellow Dress
Play That Song
Parachute
Angel in Blue Jeans
Marry Me
Seven Bridges Road (Steve Young cover)
Bruises (Duet with Sedona Rose)
Lose Control (Teddy Swims cover)
Calling All Angels
Hey, Soul Sister
Drive By
Drops of Jupiter
Kevin Cronin and REO Speedwagon, meanwhile, hit the expected notes as well, with No. 1 hits “Keep On Loving You” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling” highlighting their 12-song set:
Don’t Let Him Go
Take It on the Run
Keep Pushin’
Live Every Moment
Tough Guys
I Wish You Were There
Can’t Fight This Feeling
Son of a Poor Man
Time for Me to Fly
Ridin’ the Storm Out
Encore
Keep On Loving You
Roll With the Changes
The tour continues for the next several weeks — here’s how Monahan and Cronin hyped the tour back when it was first detailed:
Monahan:
“When I was younger I heard a band called REO Speedwagon and fell in love with their numerous, infectious hit songs. 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.”
Cronin:
“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.”
Summer Road Trip 2024 Tour Dates:
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 The Kia Forum
Tuesday, September 10 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Wednesday, September 11 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
