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Train will release their first Christmas album exclusively through Amazon Music.
The highly anticipated record, titled 'Christmas in Tahoe', will be available through the ad-free streaming service from November 13 and features original festive tracks as well as covers of songs such as 'Merry Xmas Everybody' and 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas'.
Lead vocalist Pat Monahan explained: "Christmas in Tahoe has been a part of Train's journey that's been in the making for quite some time.
"We couldn't be more excited that Amazon presented us with the opportunity to share the album with millions of Amazon Prime members, and joined us in an amazing relationship to continue to positively change the way people hear new and current music."
The 'Hey, Soul Sister' hitmakers' forthcoming release will be their eighth studio album, following the release of 'Bulletproof Picasso' last year.
Speaking about the new record from the three-time Grammy Award winners, VP of Digital Music for Amazon Steve Boom said: "Our focus is on bringing great music to our customers, and with distinct vocals, a unique sound and a long history of chart-topping hits, there is no doubt customers will love the first-ever Christmas album from Train.
"We're excited to bring the Grammy award-winning band's Christmas inspired album exclusively to Prime Music--we know that Prime members are going to enjoy unlimited listening throughout the festive season."

Adam Lambert wants to perform with Queen at Glastonbury.
The 'Ghost Town' hitmaker has toured the world fronting the rock band since 2011 and now wants to perform with them at the iconic British festival following rumours they are set to headline.
Speaking about the speculation, he said: "I mean why do we even care about the rumours baby? I don't know! That's the first time hearing of it so I don't know.
"If they invited me, yes of course I would."
The 33-year-old star's comments come months after guitarist Brian May hinted they'd been asked by saying the idea had been "put on the table" and said "it would be interesting".
He told BANG Showbiz: "No probably not. Look these things get put on the table, it would be interesting to do Glastonbury if we were an operational unit at the time.
"You see this year Adam's off doing his solo work at the moment so it wouldn't have worked. You only look at things that are possible logistically at the time."
But Adam only has good things to say about the band, which also features drummer Roger Taylor, and always has a "fun" time when he performs with the music stars.
Speaking on tonight's (16.10.15) episode of 'Chatty Man' on Channel 4, he said: "Roger is still a rock star. Roger likes the good drink, he loves his clothing and Brian is sweet and gentle and has humanitarian things he likes to talk about. It's lovely because we take a jet - it spoils me! It's fun because we talk about everything. They're amazing and really cool guys: great sense of humour and great stories that they tell from the past. It's good."

Florence + the Machine and Jamie xx are among nominees for the Mercury Prize 2015.
The full shortlist of 12 nominated albums has been revealed on BBC Radio 6 Music, with Wolf Alice and Benjamin Clementine also receiving nods for their releases.
The prize aims to celebrate the best British albums from the past year, with LPs released between September 9 2014 and September 25 2015 eligible to be shortlisted.
Other albums up for the award include 'Syro' by Aphex Twin, 'Hairless Toys' by Roisin Murphy, 'Shedding Skin' by Ghostpoet and 'Architect' by C Duncan.
Completing the shortlist is ESKA with her eponymous debut, SOAK's 'Before We Forgot How To Dream', Gaz Coombes with 'Matador' and 'Are You Satisfied?' by Slaves.
Speaking about the Mercury Prize, Jamie xx - who won the prize with his band The xx back in 2010 for their debut album 'xx' - said: "It was such a big thing for all of us in The xx before we even got nominated, it was such a great way to discover new music and then when we were nominated the first time it felt very surreal. So yeah, it's wonderful to be nominated again."
Previous nominees Anna Calvi, Nick Mulvey and Corinne Bailey Rae have been involved in the 12-strong judging panel along with a selection of journalists, DJs, broadcasters and festival organisers to decide on the shortlist.
Last year saw Young Fathers' debut album 'Dead!' win the accolade while James Blake, PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys and Suede are among other artists to have won in the award's 23 year history.
The winner of the coveted prize will be announced at a ceremony on November 20 at Broadcasting House's Radio Theatre in London.

The full list of nominated albums for the Mercury Prize 2015:
Aphex Twin - 'Syro'
Wolf Alice - 'My Love Is Cool'
Roisin Murphy - 'Hairless Toys'
C Duncan - 'Architect'
ESKA - 'Eska'
Florence + the Machine - 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'
Ghostpoet - 'Shedding Skin'
Benjamin Clementine - 'At Least For Now'
Jamie xx - 'In Colour'
SOAK - 'Before We Forgot How To Dream'
Gaz Coombes - 'Matador'
Slaves - 'Are You Satisfied?'

Take That have unveiled their new single 'Hey Boy'.
The three-piece group - featuring Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen - have debuted their brand new single, available now, which is the first new track to be taken from the 2015 edition of their hit album 'III', out on November 20.
The 80s-infused track has been produced by Greg Kurstin who is famed for working with Katy Perry, Lily Allen and Ellie Goulding and it will receive its first live performance tonight (16.10.15) when they sing on the first episode of the new series of 'TFI'.
Tweeting about the track and performance, Gary wrote: "Up and out ! Big day in TT world ! Very excited for you all to hear our new music (sic)."
As well as hits 'Get Ready For It' and 'These Days', the repackaged version of their album features three other new songs and is packaged together with a live DVD of a show from their recent tour, which ended earlier this week in Milan.
Meanwhile the positive reaction to their new single isn't the only good news for the band, as Howard revealed in August he is going to become a dad for the third time.
Announcing the news on Twitter, he wrote: "I have some amazing news to share with you all..... Katie and I are having a baby! so proud of my beautiful wife and can't wait for the newest member of our family to arrive. (sic)"
He later added: "Thankyou for all your wonderful messages. The baby is due early jan. Boy or girl? Guesses on a postcard plse (sic)."

Ellie Goulding doesn't "compare" herself to pal Taylor Swift.
The pair have forged a friendship in recent years with Ellie even appearing in the singer's star-studded 'Bad Blood' music video, but she insists she doesn't think of her as competition and just appreciates her talents.
She explained: "I don't compare myself to Taylor. She's on such an incredible level.
"She's excelled in pop music and is very talented.
"She's got a beautiful outlook on life and a beautiful attitude and I honestly think that kindness goes such a long way in whatever you do in any field. She's genuine.
"We get on as we both have the same sense of humour and laughing through things is the best thing you can have."
Meanwhile, the 'On My Mind' singer is currently gearing up to release her third studio album 'Delirium' which she teased is a "big pop record" which she created with one of Taylor's producers Max Martin as well as a handful of other stellar hitmakers.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I wanted this album to take me to another place and part of it was accidental. I didn't know how this album was going to end up sounding in the very beginning and as soon as I made six or seven songs it was shaping up and I thought, 'OK this is going to be a big pop record.'
"I was only meant to write one song with Max then we got on so well we were like, 'Sod it, let's just make some more songs together.'"

Taylor Swift says making up with Kanye West is a career highlight.
The 25-year-old star was interrupted by the rapper at the MTV VMAs in 2009 after winning the Best Video award as he believed Beyonce should have won and she's admitted the moment had a huge impact on her at the time.
She explained: "When the crowd started booing, I thought they were booing because they also believed I didn't deserve the award.
"That's where the hurt came from. I went backstage and cried, and then I had to stop crying and perform five minutes later."
"I just told myself I had to perform, and I tried to convince myself that maybe this wasn't that big of a deal. But that was the most happenstance thing to ever happen in my career."
However, Kanye faced a backlash over the incident and years later they have been able to put it behind them, which is something the 'Bad Blood' hitmaker is thrilled with because it means they've managed to overcome the event.
She told GQ magazine: "And to now be in a place where Kanye and I respect each other-that's one of my favourite things that has happened in my career."

John Newman met Calvin Harris at a supermarket.
The 'Love Me Again' hitmaker - who collaborated with the Scottish DJ on the hit single 'Blame' - has revealed the first time the pair met was at a supermarket where Calvin was popping in to buy some sweet treats.
Asked how he got to collaborate with him, John said: "I met him when he was going to Tesco to buy flapjacks and a bird had s**t on his car and from there we became mates and made this tune together.
"'Blame' was the first idea that I had and it was amazing.
"I remember touring at the time and sending the track back and forth."
The 25-year-old singer - who has also worked with Rudimental, Idris Elba and Charlie Wilson - says the reason he and Calvin get on so well is because they're not afraid to tell each other how it is.
John told The Sun newspaper: "We are both very honest people, him being from Scotland and me from Yorkshire and we don't hid our opinions about things.
"When I was making the record out in America he was the guy who was giving me honest feedback about the record, what worked and what didn't work.
"It was really good to have him there because despite all of that s**t that gets thrown up around him, the guy is really very humble and a just lovely, genuine person."
John's new album 'Revolve' is out now.

Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran each have two tracks nominated for Song of the Year at the BMI Awards.
The two Brits lead the way in the category, which will see Sam's hits 'Stay With Me' and Disclosure collaboration 'Latch' compete against Ed Sheeran's 'Sing' and 'Don't'.
Other songs up for the coveted prize include Clean Bandit's 'Rather Be', Rixton's 'Me and My Broken Heart', Coldplay's 'Sky Full Of Stars', Nico & Vinz's 'Am I Wrong', Tove Lo's 'Habits (Stay High)' and Iggy Azalea's collaboration with Charli XCX, 'Fancy'.
Ed was previously nominated in 2014 for his work on Taylor Swift's 'Everything Has Changed' but was pipped to the post by Daft Punk's chart topping hit 'Get Lucky'.
The category aims to celebrate excellence in European artists and songwriters in breaking the US market, meaning only the most popular songs on US TV and radio are shortlisted.
Previous winners include Adele who won in 2012 for 'Rolling In The Deep', while 2013's winners were Swedish writing duo Jörgen Elofsson and Ali Tamposi who penned Kelly Clarkson's 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)'.
The gala ceremony - which will take place on Monday (19.10.15) - will also honour internationally-celebrated songwriter Graham Gouldman as a BMI Icon, having created hits for a string of artists including The Yardbirds and The Hollies.

The full shortlist of tracks nominated for Song of the Year:
'Am I Wrong' - Nico & Vinz
'Don't' - Ed Sheeran
'Fancy' - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
'Habits (Stay High)' - Tove Lo
'Latch' - Disclosure feat. Sam Smith
'Me And My Broken Heart' - Rixton
'Rather Be' - Clean Bandit
'Sing' - Ed Sheeran
'Sky Full Of Stars' - Coldplay
'Stay With Me' - Sam Smith

Disclosure, Mark Ronson and Katy B will appear at AMP Lost And Found 2016.
The second annual festival will feature a headline DJ set from the 'Omen' hitmakers alongside founder Annie Mac, while the 'Uptown Funk' producer and fiery-haired singer will also appear at the event in Malta.
Speaking about the event, Annie gushed: "I've been doing parties for ten years now.
"I have welcomed a huge range of fascinating electronic artists from Jamie XX to Kelis to Four Tet, Major Lazer to Jessie Ware to Danny Brown, the list goes on and on and it all leads to this. AMP Lost and Found encapsulates everything up to this date."
Other acts confirmed to appear at the festival - which runs from March 31 until April 3 2016 - include Groove Armada, Eats Everything, Julio Bashmore and Hannah Wants alongside a range of other DJs and dance stars.
And teasing what festival-goers can expect, Annie explained: "Like everything team AMP has done before, the festival is designed to showcase the heavyweight acts next to the brand new, providing an interesting mix of music with something for everyone to connect with. Disclosure will make their Malta debut for AMP Lost & Found 2016, alongside the legendary DJ EZ - who will return after causing quite a storm with his set last year. Dance-floor favourites Seth Troxler, Eats Everything and Martinez Brothers are also billed and Mark Ronson playing B2B with Hudson Mohawke will be unmissable - whilst Stormzy, Logan Sama, Lady Leshurr and Charlie Sloth will be flying the flag for the hip hop and grime spectrum of the festival."