STEEL TRAIN Joins Yo Gabba Gabba! and fun. Tours!

MUSIC NEWS - New Jersey indie rockers, Steel Train has announced that they will share the stage with the cast of  kid's show Yo Gabba Gabba! on the "Yo Gabba Gabba Live!" tour.  Among the other "Super Music Friends" guests on the tour are Mates of State, Amanda Palmer, Kid Koala, OK Go and many others. 

Steel Train joins an illustrious list of the show's past musical guests that includes Weezer, The Shins, MGMT, The Roots, Chromeo and The Ting Tings.  Yo Gabba Gabba! Tour itinerary is below.  This tour is in addition to their other concert plans ; and a handful of one-off shows, and a full blown tour with fun. that kicks off September 29th.

You can also here the guys on WRXP (NYC rock radio, 101.9fm) this Thursday, August 26 as they perform live on air on Matt Pinfield's morning rock show.  The band will later play an intimate set at the Bowery Electric that night, as special guests at WRXP's Anything Anything showcase.

Steel Train has had a jam-packed year, including the arrival of their self-titled album this past June.  The band completed a massive US tour with Tegan & Sara, appeared at the Coachella and Bamboozle festivals, performed on The Late Show with David Letterman and headlined a highly successful tour of their own.  Along with Steel Train, the band simultaneously released a digital companion album featuring each of the new record's twelve tracks reinterpreted, re-imagined and remixed by a star-studded cast of some of contemporary music's most heralded female artists.  Entitled Terrible Thrills Vol. 1, the companion disc includes covers by Scarlett Johansson, Tegan & Sara, Amanda Palmer, Dirty Projectors' Angel Deradoorian, Holly Miranda and others.

Steel Train 2010 Tour Itinerary-

August

26      Bowery Electric         New York, NY
27      Bethel Woods Center for the Arts   Bethel, NY^
28      Jiffy Lube Live         Bristow, VA^
29      Mann Center             Philadlephia, PA^
31      Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion   Gilford, NH^
September

2      Times Union Center         Albany, NY^
3      Artpark            Lewiston, NY^
15      Ruth Eckerd Hall         Clearwater, FL
16      House of Blues          Lake Buena Vista, FL
17      Park Ave CD             Orlando, FL (in-store)
18      St. Augustine Ampitheatre      St. Augustine, FL
20      House of Blues         New Orleans, LA
29      Higher Ground         Burlington, VT*
30      The Bell House         Brooklyn, NY* (free show)
October

1      World Café Live         Philadelphia, PA*
2      Mr. Small's Theatre         Pittsburgh, PA*
3      Grog Shop            Cleveland, OH*
5      The Basement            Columbus, OH*
6      Brick Street            Oxford, OH*
7      The Intersection         Grand Rapids, MI*
8      The Firebird            St. Louis, MO*
9      House of Blues         Chicago, IL*
10      Varsity Theatre         Minneapolis, MN*
12      People's Court            Des Moines, IA*
13      Blue Moose            Iowa City, IA*
14      The Bottleneck         Lawrence, KS*
15      Fox Theatre            Boulder, CO*
16      Club Sound            Salt Lake City, UT*
21      Media Club            Vancouver, BC*
22      El Corazon            Seattle, WA*
23      Hawthorne Theatre         Portland, OR*
26      Starline            Fresno, CA*
27      Great American Music Hall      San Francisco, CA*
28      Music Box @ Henry Fonda      Los Angeles, CA*
30      The Nile            Mesa, AZ*
November

2   The Cambridge Room @ HOB   Dallas, TX*
4      Stubb's            Austin, TX*
5      Bronze Peacock @ HOB      Houston, TX*
27      Webster Hall            New York, NY*
29        La Sala Rosa               Montreal QC*
30        The Mod Club              Toronto, ON*
December

2          9:30 Club                      Washington, DC*
3          Royale Night Club         Boston, MA*
4          Water Street Music Hall     Rochester, NY*
7          The Orpheum                 Tampa, FL*
8          Culture Club                   Ft. Lauderdale, FL*
9       The Social             Orlando, FL*
11      The Loft                          Atlanta, GA*
13         Paramount Arts Center      Ashland, KY*

^ with Yo Gabba Gabba Live!     * with fun.