Entry 499: Train Concert

One of our favorite music groups is Train and we were really excited that they were coming to Kansas City to put on a concert. Lance's dad, Paul, also likes listening to Train and since his birthday was the day before the concert we bought him a ticket and invited him along for his birthday present. As you can tell from our previous post, Julie had a broken toe and wasn't feeling very well but there was no way she was going to miss this concert. We decided that we were going to grab a bite to eat before the show and decided to take Paul to Arthur Bryant's so he could get some authentic Kansas City barbecue. He was a little amazed at how big the portions were.

After we finished dinner it was off to the concert. We had a little but of a traffic jam on the way there, but fortunately Lance knew a detour that got us out of the jam and on our way. When we got to Starlight Theatre the people there were so accommodating. They saw Julie was struggling a little bit, so they gave her a ride from the parking lot to the front entrance and then got her a wheelchair and took her to her seat. We were all amazed at how nice they were. The opening act for Train was Andy Grammer and even though we knew who he was we were amazed at how good he was. He did an awesome set and at one point walked through the crowd while performing. He stopped the row in front of us as you can see.

Andy Grammer got the crowd warmed up and then the second opening act, Mat Kearney, took the stage. We knew quite a few of his songs and he also put on a great performance. He really had a lot of crowd participation.

Then it was time for Train and we were not disappointed. They did all of their hits and even a few covers. As soon as they hit the stage everyone stood the entire time and sang along with all of their hits. I included a few pictures below and a video that we took during the concert (please don't sue us Train). We loved every minute of the show and were not disappointed one bit.