OS ANGELES, Calif., April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAMMY award winning recording artists Maroon 5 and GRAMMY award winning multiplatinum band TRAIN have announced plans for a full-scale North American summer tour. Kicking off onJuly 22nd, the outing will encompass over 40 dates before wrapping in Houston, TX this September (full routing below). This tour will be an evening of music that will include over 20 charted hit songs from the two bands who have sold over 22 million records worldwide. The tour will notably make a California stop at the Hollywood Bowl, which will mark the first time both bands have headlined a show at that venue. Tickets for select dates on their 2011 North American tour will start to go on sale to the public Friday, April 29th. Special fan packages will also be offered by both bands via their websites. Gavin DeGraw is confirmed as the opening act on the tour's first leg with Matt Nathanson set to join the outing as the show opener on the second leg starting on August 28th.
Multiplatinum band TRAIN has made its mark on music history with their GRAMMY Award winning song "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" and chart-topping singles "Meet Virginia" and "Calling All Angels." TRAIN earned their third GRAMMY earlier this year for worldwide smash "Hey Soul Sister" from its current release Save Me, San Francisco. "Hey Soul Sister" was the biggest selling single of 2010 and hit #1 at radio in the US and in 15 countries abroad. TRAIN hit #1 again with "If It's Love" and the current single "Marry Me" from Save Me, San Francisco has reached platinum status as well. In addition to taking the sales and radio worlds by storm, TRAIN has been all over television. They have performed on the American Music Awards, the Grammy Nomination Concert, Crossroads, The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Monday Night Football, A&E Private Sessions, America's Got Talent, The View, Dancing With The Stars, Live With Regis and Kelly, Ellen DeGeneres Show, Lopez Tonight and more.
Capturing their first of three GRAMMY Awards as "Best New Artist" of 2005 and going on to sell more than 15 million albums worldwide, Maroon 5 won over fans and critics alike with their hybrid rock/R&B sound. The band recently released their third studio album, Hands All Over, which was produced by studio legend Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Met by critical praise, with Rolling Stone stating it's their "brightest sounding and poppiest album yet," the album notched a #2 debut on the Billboard Top 200 Albums' chart. Earlier this year, Maroon 5 received a GRAMMY Award nomination for "Misery," the debut single offHands All Over, in the category of "Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals." The nod marks the group's seventh GRAMMY nomination overall and 4th in that category. Most recently, Maroon 5 has made waves with the release of their third single "Never Gonna Leave This Bed," which is currently blazing up the Hot AC and Top 40 charts. Maroon 5's releases have gone gold and platinum in over 35 countries around the world, including Hands All Over, which was certified gold by the RIAA in December 2010. In addition, frontman Adam Levine has joined the lineup of coaches for NBC's highly anticipated new series The Voice that will premiere on Tuesday, April 26 (9-11 p.m. ET).
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