Train, Barenaked Ladies bring summer tour to Tampa next week

A promotional photo of the rock band Train, featuring lead singer Pat Monahan and his four bandmates smiling together on a wooden pier. They are dressed in casual black jackets and shirts. In the background, a wide, calm lake stretches toward a majestic range of blue mountains under a bright, partly cloudy sky. Credit: Photo by Skylar Watkins

Let it roll, because Train is celebrating Drops of Jupiter’s silver anniversary with a summer tour, and its second stop at Tampa’s Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre.

March marked the 25th anniversary of Pat Monahan and friends’ breakthrough second album and its smash hit of a devastating title track. And while there’s no telling whether the whole record will be played cover-to-cover on this 36-date anniversary tour (not to mention that Monahan is the only original member of Train left in the band), a press release promises nothing short of a career retrospective.

The band’s new album, Mad Dog in the Fog, drops next month, with record production luminary Butch Walker—who has the likes of Taylor Swift and Weezer on his resume—as Train’s full-time lead guitarist.

Canadian four-piece Barenaked Ladies, which usually headlines its own “Last Summer On Earth” tour, also shares the bill. Frontman Ed Robertson and his posse will celebrate the 35th anniversary of their debut album Gordon next year, but their sound is as fresh and sunny as ever, as proven on their latest release, 2023’s In Flight.

And before that, singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, a.k.a. Mr. “Come On Get Higher,” kicks everything off at the old Gary amphitheater.

Tickets to see Train play Tampa’s Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Friday, July 10 are still available and start at $27.50.

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