Train announces 2012 summer tour, coming to Raleigh

Pop rockers Train just released their sixth full-length album California 37 on Tuesday and now they've announced a big summer/fall tour in support of it.

The band will play the Raleigh Amphitheater on Friday, July 27. Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney will open. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 28 via the big ticket outlets and will be available at the Progress Energy Center box office starting on Monday, April 30.

Check out the music video for "Drive By, " the first single from below.

John Mayer & Train announce summer dates, coming to Raleigh

Foot-in-mouth crooner John Mayer has just announced a big summer tour and will be taking Train out for some of the ride. The tour will kick off at Charlotte's Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Friday, July 16 before making it's way the next night, Saturday, July 17, to the amphitheatre at Walnut Creek in Raleigh.

Ticket info for the shows is not yet available, but we'll keep you posted. Tickets for the Raleigh show will go on sale on Friday, April 23 at 10 a.m. here for $63.50 to $30. Check out the full tour schedule below.

Both Mayer and Train were in area recently. Mayer was at the Greensboro Coliseum on March 15 and Train played the Carolina Theatre in Durham on March 10. It's certainly a sign that the concert industry in this part of the state is starting to get a lot more attention from promoters and artists (or at least their booking agents).

Butch Walker to open for Train in Durham? Yep.

Yes it's true. Butch Walker will be opening for the band Train, for some reason, on most of their upcoming March dates. The tour is making a stop at the Carolina Theatre in Durham on Wednesday, March 10. Tickets for the show are already on sale here for $35. Check out the full list of tour dates below.

The super-producer and troubadour has a brand new album titled I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart coming out on February 23 performed by him and his latest band called The Black Widows. Two songs from the album, "Trash Day" and "She Likes Hair Bands," are available now on iTunes.

Butch will likely return later in 2010 to play his usual venue of choice in the Triangle, Lincoln Theatre. We'll certainly keep you posted on new developments. Check out photos and a review of his March 2009 show at Lincoln Theatre here.