Words & Photos by Steve Cerf 

June 20, 2022

Promoting their newly released album, AM Gold, Train began the show with the self-entitled title track, throwing the crowd into a frenzy. The band’s 1999 sensation “Meet Virginia” followed. At this point Founder & front man, Pat Monahan, began hurling the self-titled T-shits into the audience with ONE lucky fan getting an autographed version signed by the entire band taken right off his body. Pat then strutted back and forth from one end of the stage to the other, singing their version of Steve Miller’s “The Joker” while taking dozens of selfies from $1,000+ cell phones thrown onto the stage by their beloved fans. One actually one clipped my shoulder, bounced onto the stage, picked up by Pat who then took a pic of himself then tossed it back. I couldn’t believe it! What a great show! Everyone, including an ever-smiling Monahan, had an incredible evening!

The 21-song setlist consisted of:

1. AM Gold

2. Meet Virginia / The Joker (Steve Miller Band cover)

3. If It's Love

4. Running Back (Trying to Talk to You)

5. Play That Song

6. Bruises

7. Love the One You're With (Stephen Stills cover) (with John Popper)

8. Save Me, San Francisco

9. Turn the Radio Up (with Jewel)

10. Dancing Queen / Listen to the Music (ABBA cover) (with Jewel)

11. It’s Everything

12. Marry Me

13. When I Look to the Sky

14. Calling All Angels

15. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye

16. Cleopatra (with Sofía Reyes) (Duet with recorded video)

17. Hey, Soul Sister / Come and Get Your Love

18. Vacation (Dirty Heads cover)

19. Drive By

20. Dream On (Aerosmith cover)

21. Drops of Jupiter 

My name is Steve Cerf and concert photography is my passion. I got into concert photography after seeing a young Freddy Mercury mesmerize his audience at the Philadelphia Civic Center back in 1977. Since then, I have photographed countless live performances of all kinds. Located in Philadelphia, my ability to experience the show and a performer’s essence and “sweat” is what I incorporate into my images.