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.
Background and development On March 16, 2015, Meghan Trainor announced her second concert tour, MTrain Tour, to support her debut studio album Title (2015). Tour dates were released on the same day, and tickets were released on March 20, 2015. Live Nation Entertainment were announced to be the tour's exclusive promoters, and HP as its sponsor. 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".
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 Chronicles Jenna Noel. "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. "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". 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.
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". 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".
Set list This set list is representative of the show in St. Louis, on July 14, 2015. It is not representative in all of the concerts in the tour.
"Dear Future Husband" "Mr. Almost" "No Good for You" "Title" "Walkashame" "Queen" "Close Your Eyes" "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" "Marvin Gaye" "Bang Dem Sticks" "Bills" "3am" / "I'm Yours" "Better When I'm Dancin'" "What If I" "Lips Are Movin" Encore "Good to Be Alive" "All About That Bass"
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. 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. The tour began on July 14, 2015, with the St. Louis show happening as originally planned. 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.
Shows +List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act(s) Date(2015) City Country Venue Opening act(s) July 14 St. Louis United States The Pageant Charlie Puth 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 Paso Robles Chumash Grandstand Arena July 24 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium July 27 Harrington M&T Bank Grandstand July 29 Troy Troy Fair Grandstand July 31 New York City JBL Live August 2 Columbus Celeste Center August 5 Philadelphia Festival Pier August 6 Boston Leader Bank Pavilion August 8 Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuCanada Saint-Jean Airport Life of DillonOfficial boxscore office data' +List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, attendance and gross revenue Date(2015) City Country Venue Attendance (tickets sold / available) Revenue July 16San AntonioUnited StatesTobin Center for the Performing Arts 2,169 / 2,169$75,900
Canceled shows + List of canceled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation Date(2015) City Country Venue Reason July 7 Lansing United States Common Ground Music FestivalVocal cordhemorrhage August 11 Indianapolis Indiana State Fair August 13 Hamburg Erie County Fair August 15 Nashville Ryman Auditorium August 16 AtlantaThe Tabernacle August 18 Raleigh Ritz August 20 Louisville Freedom Hall August 22 Des Moines Iowa State Fair September 1 Saint Paul Minnesota State Fair September 3 Syracuse New York State Fair September 4 Essex Junction Champlain Valley Exposition September 6 Allentown Great Allentown Fair September 7 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena September 9 Chicago Aragon Ballroom September 11 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit September 13 Atlantic City Borgata
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References
External links Meghan Trainor's official website