With special guest Allen Stone; coming to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, August 11th
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 9, 2018) – Today, after an iconic 20+ years of music, Grammy – winning multi – platinum selling band, Train, officially releases their highly anticipated Greatest Hits album and simultaneously announces a legendary summer tour with co – headliners and Grammy – nominated rockers, the Goo Goo Dolls. The tour will feature special guest Allen Stone and hit over 39 stops across North America, set to perform at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, August 11th at 7:00pm. Fans will have a chance to witness Train’s extensive and critically – acclaimed catalog of hits over the last two decades.
Tickets are $59.00, $49.00 and $39.00 and go on sale Friday, November 16th at Noon through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to Ticketmaster.com or call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, November 17th, subject to availability.
Train’s Greatest Hits album and epic nationwide tour will celebrate 20 years of beloved music and hits. The album pulls together 16 fan – favorites like “Drops of Jupiter,” “Calling All Angels,” and “Hey Soul Sister.”
Train’s self – titled debut album, released in 1998 was the start of their now accomplished career – the tumbling wordplay of “Meet Virginia” gave them their first unlikely radio hit and 2001’s “Drops Of Jupiter” broke them to multi – platinum status thanks to the double Grammy award – winning title song that spent 10 months in the Top 40, and earned the “Best Rock Song” Grammy Award. The group won another Grammy award in 2011 for their global hit “Hey Soul Sister,” the #1 best – selling smash and most downloaded single of 2010, from their multi – platinum album Save Me, San Francisco. Next was 2012’s California 37, which launched the double – platinum hit “Drive By” reaching the Top 10 in over a dozen countries.
Train has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, more than 30 million tracks, 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 with multiple platinum/gold citations, including 3 Grammy awards, 2 Billboard Music Awards and dozens of other honors. They’ve gone on to receive eight Grammy nominations and has had 12 albums on the Billboard 200 album chart with their 2014 Bulletproof Picasso reaching No. 4 in 2012 and 2017’s a girl a bottle a boat debuting at No. 8. Outside of music, Train partake in other ventures outside of music with their Drops of Jupiter wine portfolio. Proceeds from the wine support Family House, a San Francisco charity that supports families of children with cancer and other life – threatening illnesses. Train’s 2016 project, Does Led Zeppelin II, a cover album in tribute of their favorite band saw 100% of the band’s proceeds going to Family House.
Goo Goo Dolls uphold an unbreakable connection to countless fans. Their influence has been fortified by a catalog replete with the unforgettable smashes “Name,” “Iris” and “Slide,” which were all included in the top 25 of Billboard’s “Top 100 Pop Songs 1992 – 2012” chart, as well as numerous other hits such as “Black Balloon,” “So Alive” and many more. To date, they’ve sold 12 million albums worldwide, earned four Grammy award nominations and made history by notching 14 Top 10 hits at Hot AC – “the most of any artist in history.” Notably, “Iris” dominated the Hot 100 Pop Chart at #1 for 18 straight weeks. Among 11 full – length records, A Boy Named Goo [1995] went double – platinum, Dizzy Up The Girl went quadruple – platinum, and Gutterflower [2002] and Let Love In [2006] both went gold as Something for the Rest of Us [2010] and Magnetic [2013] bowed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200. 2016’s Boxes attracted the praise of People and Huffington Post as Noisey, Consequence of Sound, and more featured them. In 2017, the You Should Be Happy EP spawned another anthem in the form of “Use Me,” which quickly generated 3 million – plus Spotify streams. Their music has been covered by everyone from Taylor Swift to Leona Lewis. Additionally, they’ve performed for millions at sold out shows around the world. That connection grows stronger in 2018 with the 20th anniversary tour celebrating Dizzy Up The Girl. Goo Goo Dolls will be releasing their brand new live album The Audience is That Way (The Rest of the Show) [Live], Vol. 2 on November 23rd. The band is currently in the studio working on their 12th studio album.
Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Today. It has won “Casino of The Year” at the Country Music Awards in 2008 & 2010 and in 2013, was voted “Arena Of The Year” at the G2E Global Gaming Conference in Las Vegas. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.” Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.