Like Eaglesmith, Monroe proclaims "I Like Trains"
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Like Eaglesmith, Monroe proclaims "I Like Trains"

Friday, March 29, 2024 – Ashley Monroe released a reinvented version of Fred Eaglesmith's "I Like Trains," her first release of new music this year.

This is Monroe's follow-up to her late 2023 single "Over Everything."

Monroe has also announced her first Nashville headlining show since 2015 at Eastside Bowl on April 23 alongside her close friends and collaborators Shelby Lynne, Brendan Benson, Meg McCree and Ben Chapman. Monroe will also head to the UK this September to support Little Big Town on their "Friends of Mine" tour.

Monroe said, "From the time I heard Fred Eaglesmith's songs years ago, I was hooked. This has always been one of my favorite songs of his. Something deep inside of me feels haunted when I sing it. I recorded this sitting on the front porch of a cabin in the Smokies, and let all the critters sing it with me."

Over the past two years, Monroe has been writing and collaborating, most recently appearing on Ben Chapman's single "Is It Ever Really Gone" and co-writing Miranda Lambert and Leon Bridges' "If You Were Mine." Her last full-length release was her 2021 album Rosegold."

Tour dates are:
April 23 – Nashville, TN – Eastside Bowl – Ashley Monroe & Friends
May 31 – Gardnerville, NV – Back Country Festival 2024
Sept. 10 – Manchester, UK – The Bridgewater Hall #
Sept. 11 – Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon #
Sept. 12 – Cambridge, UK – Cambridge Corn Exchange #
Sept. 14 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – O2 City Hall Newcastle #
Sept. 16 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo #
Sept. 17 – Birmingham, UK – Symphony Hall #
Sept. 19 – Glasgow, UK – SEC Armadillo #
# - supporting Little Big Town


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