Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Daryl Hall and John Oates are mounting a four-month concert tour with Train that will feature individual sets by each band, followed by a grand finale in which both will perform side by side.
Whether or not this will result in any live mash-ups of their respective hits — “Drops of Maneater” or “Out of Soul Sister Time,” anyone? — remains to be seen. A yet-to-be-announced opening act will be added to the lineup at a later date.
The tour kicks off May 1 at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center and wraps up Aug. 11 at Seattle’s Key Arena. It includes an Aug. 4 show at San Diego State University’s Viejas Arena.
All dates and cities appear below, along with ticket information.
“This is going to be a tour filled with fun as well as great music,” Hall said in a statement released Monday morning. “I love Train, and have a close relationship with Pat Monahan, going back to our ‘Live From Daryl’s House’ show together.”
Monahan was equally effusive, saying: “I’ve known Daryl Hall and John Oates for a few years now, and — after being their fan my entire life — we now get to tour with them and spend time with legends in the world of music. This will be a career highlight for all of us in Train.”
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. next Monday, Jan. 29, at ticketmaster.com. Tickets for the San Diego show are priced between $49 and $149.50 each, with VIP packages going for (gulp!) $500, plus service charges.
A pre-sale for Citi card holders begins Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Daryl Hall & John Oates and Train 2018 tour dates
Tue May 1 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Fri May 4 San Jose, CA SAP Center
Sun May 6 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
Tue May 8 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
Thu May 10 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Sat May 12 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Wed May 16 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Fri May 18 Chicago, IL United Center
Sun May 20 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
Tue May 22 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Thu May 24 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
Sat May 26 Philadelphia, PA HoagieNation Festival
Tue Jun 5 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Thu Jun 7 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
Sat Jun 9 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
Mon Jun 11 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
Thu Jun 14 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Mon Jun 18 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
Wed Jun 20 Duluth, GA Infinite Energy Center
Fri Jun 22 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
Sun Jun 24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
Tue Jun 26 Orlando, FL Amway Center
Thu Jun 28 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
Sat Jun 30 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Fri Jul 13 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Sun Jul 15 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
Wed Jul 18 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
Fri Jul 20 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Sun Jul 22 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
Tue Jul 24 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Thu Jul 26 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Sat Jul 28 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
Tue Jul 31 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Sat Aug 4 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
Tue Aug 7 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Thu Aug 9 Portland, OR Moda Center
Sat Aug 11 Seattle, WA KeyArena
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