MTrain Tour

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MTrain Tour
Tour by Meghan Trainor
MTrain Tour Promotional Poster.png
Associated album Title
Start dateJuly 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)
End dateAugust 8, 2015 (2015-08-08)
Legs1
No. of shows13
Meghan Trainor concert chronology

The MTrain Tour was the second North America headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor to support of her 2015 debut major-label studio album Title . The tour was announced in March 2015, with dates being released at the same time. The show was exclusively promoted by Live Nation Entertainment. The set list featured the majority of the songs from Title. The tour was positively received by critics. The remainder of the tour was canceled on August 11, 2015, because Trainor suffered a vocal cord hemorrhage. As a result, Trainor was able to complete only 13 of the originally scheduled 29 shows.

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Background and development

On March 16, 2015, Meghan Trainor announced her second concert tour, MTrain Tour, to support her debut studio album Title (2015). [1] Tour dates were released on the same day, and tickets were released on March 20, 2015. [1] [2] Live Nation Entertainment were announced to be the tour's exclusive promoters, and HP as its sponsor. [3] [4] [5] The set list included fourteen songs from Title along with a cover of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" and a dance section featuring LunchMoney Lewis' "Bills". [6]

Synopsis

Trainor starts the hour-long concert with a performance of "Dear Future Husband", accompanied by her band, two backup singers and two dancers on stage. Trainor performs acoustic version of “Title” and a mashup of her song "3am" and Mraz's song "I'm Yours" with a ukulele and a guitar. These songs are performed on Trainor's ukulele, which gives them a "new, island vibe" according to The Sun Chronicle's Jenna Noel. [7] "Walkashame" is then performed. At each concert, Trainor calls a person from the audience on-stage to dance with her in front of the crowd. The person is crowned "king" or "queen" using light-up headbands. [7] "Close Your Eyes" and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" precede a performance of "Marvin Gaye" for which Charlie Puth joins Trainor. This is followed by a short dance break to Lewis' song "Bills". [7] Trainor performs her song "Better When I'm Dancin'". The set is finished with "Good to Be Alive" and "All About That Bass" as the encore. [6]

Reception

Jackie Frere of Billboard gave the show at the Hollywood Palladium a rating of four out of five stars. She noted that Trainor gave a good performance despite her then recent vocal cord damage, writing "there was little evidence that Trainor hasn't made a nearly full recovery from her hemorrhage". [6] Writing for The Sun Chronicle, Jenna Noel was positive of the show, and stated that she "had her A-game with her", and displayed "enthusiasm and confidence". [7]

Tour cancellation

Trainor postponed the tour's first two scheduled dates; July 3, 2015, in Atlantic City and July 4, 2015, in Uncasville due to vocal cord hemorrhage to September 13, 2015, and September 7, 2015, respectively. [8] [9] On July 6, 2015, Trainor announced that her doctors wanted her on "complete vocal rest" until her vocal cords healed; this led to the rescheduling of the Detroit and Chicago dates to September 11, 2015, and September 9, 2015, respectively, as well as the cancellation of Trainor's performance at the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing. [9] [10] The tour began on July 14, 2015, with the St. Louis show happening as originally planned. [11] On August 11, 2015, Trainor announced on Instagram that she had suffered another vocal cord hemorrhage, thus canceling the remainder of the tour as well as the dates rescheduled for September. [12] [13] [14]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act(s) [15] [16] [17]
Date
(2015)		CityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
July 14 St. Louis United States The Pageant Charlie Puth [18]
Life of Dillon
July 16 San Antonio Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
July 18 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
July 21 San Francisco SF Masonic Auditorium
July 22 [lower-alpha 1] Paso Robles Chumash Grandstand Arena
July 24 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
July 27 [lower-alpha 2] Harrington M&T Bank Grandstand
July 29 [lower-alpha 3] Troy Troy Fair Grandstand
July 31 New York City JBL Live
August 2 [lower-alpha 4] Columbus Celeste Center
August 5 Philadelphia Festival Pier
August 6 Boston Leader Bank Pavilion
August 8 [lower-alpha 5] [19] Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Canada Saint-Jean Airport Life of Dillon

Official boxscore office data

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, attendance and gross revenue
Date
(2015)		CityCountryVenueAttendance (tickets sold / available)Revenue
July 16 San Antonio United States Tobin Center for the Performing Arts 2,169 / 2,169 [20] $75,900

Canceled shows

List of canceled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date
(2015)		CityCountryVenueReason
July 7 Lansing United States Common Ground Music Festival Vocal cord
hemorrhage [21]
August 11 [lower-alpha 6] Indianapolis Indiana State Fair
August 13 [lower-alpha 7] Hamburg Erie County Fair
August 15 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
August 16 Atlanta The Tabernacle
August 18 Raleigh Ritz
August 20 [lower-alpha 8] Louisville Freedom Hall
August 22 [lower-alpha 9] Des Moines Iowa State Fair
September 1 [lower-alpha 10] Saint Paul Minnesota State Fair
September 3 [lower-alpha 11] Syracuse New York State Fair
September 4 Essex Junction Champlain Valley Exposition
September 6 [lower-alpha 12] Allentown Great Allentown Fair
September 7 [lower-alpha 13] Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
September 9 [lower-alpha 13] Chicago Aragon Ballroom
September 11 [lower-alpha 13] Detroit The Fillmore Detroit
September 13 [lower-alpha 13] Atlantic City Borgata

Notes

  1. ↑ The July 22, 2015, show is part of the California Mid State Fair.
  2. ↑ The July 27, 2015, show is part of the Delaware State Fair.
  3. ↑ The July 29, 2015, show is part of the Troy Fair.
  4. ↑ The August 2, 2015, show is part of the Ohio State Fair.
  5. ↑ The August 8, 2015, show is part of the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu International Balloon Festival.
  6. ↑ The August 11, 2015, show was originally part of the Indiana State Fair.
  7. ↑ The August 13, 2015, show was originally part of the Erie County Fair.
  8. ↑ The August 20, 2015, show was originally part of the Kentucky State Fair.
  9. ↑ The August 22, 2015, show was originally part of the Iowa State Fair.
  10. ↑ The September 1, 2015, show was originally part of the Minnesota State Fair.
  11. ↑ The September 3, 2015, show was originally part of the New York State Fair.
  12. ↑ The September 6, 2015, show was originally part of the Allentown Fair.
  13. 1 2 3 4 All the dates after September 7, 2015, were postponed from their original events to September due to vocal cord hemorrhage.

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