Surfer-turned-songwriter Jack Johnson and soft rockers Train are the latest two acts added to the summer 2026 lineup at the new Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee.

Tickets for Johnson’s July 12 concert and Train’s Aug. 9 stop both go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Citi cardholders have a presale for Johnson through the end of the day Tuesday and for Train from 10 a.m. Tuesday through 10 p.m. Thursday.

The son of surfer Jeff Johnson, Jack Johnson picked up the sport at the age of five. By 17, he was competing professionally, but a surfing accident led to more than 100 stitches in his forehead and the end of his brief pro career. He went on to study film at the University of California, Santa Barbara, but ended up pursuing a career in music.

After spending the mid-’90s playing the college circuit with his band Soil, Johnson’s break came when he wrote and contributed vocals to G. Love’s 1999 song “Rodeo Clowns.” It earned enough attention for Johnson to record his solo debut album, 2001’s “Brushfire Fairytales.” He widened his audience that year as the opening act for Ben Harper.

Johnson’s laid-back indie folk style and constant touring earned him a faithful following and also helped pave the way for the likes of Ed Sheeran and Mumford and Sons. His first four albums each went platinum and he’s landed in the Top 10 nearly 20 times on the Billboard adult alternative singles chart.

While he played the late Rivers Edge Amphitheatre in Somerset numerous times in the ’00s, Johnson hasn’t performed in the metro since 2013, largely because he prefers to play outdoor venues.

Train, meanwhile, is a frequent visitor to the region, with last summer’s spot at the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival following shows at Somerset Amphitheater, Surly Brewing Festival Field, Treasure Island Casino, the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand, Basilica Block Party and the former Xcel Energy Center.

Vocalist Pat Monahan formed Train in 1994. After failing to land a record deal, the band self-financed their debut album in 1998 and managed to score a hit with “Meet Virginia.” That single, and national tours opening for Barenaked Ladies, Hootie and the Blowfish and Counting Crows helped convince Columbia to sign the band. (Barenaked Ladies are opening for Train’s 2026 tour alongside Matt Nathanson.)

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“Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me),” the first single from Train’s sophomore album of the same name, was a massive success here and abroad and continues to be played on local radio stations and in grocery stores to this day. It also paved the way for future hits “Hey, Soul Sister,” “Marry Me,” “Drive By” and “Play That Song.”

Monahan remains the sole original member of the band, which recently added Butch Walker to the lineup on lead guitar and backing vocals. Known for his time in Marvelous 3 and his solo work, Walker is also a prolific producer who has worked with a long line of acts including Train, Taylor Swift, Pink, Fall Out Boy, Katy Perry, Green Day and Weezer.

Not to be confused with Mystic Lake Casino’s own amphitheater, Mystic Lake Amphitheater is a new outdoor amphitheater with a capacity of 19,000 that’s set to open in the spring. Last month, grown-up boy band 5 Seconds of Summer and metal legends Iron Maiden were the first two shows announced for the venue.

There is little doubt that Filip Gustavsson is at the top of the Wild’s goaltender tandem after signing a five-year, $34 million contract extension in October. But after struggling last season, in the NHL and AHL, backup Jesper Wallstedt has played well in his five starts.

Wallstedt, in fact, improved to 3-0-2 after backstopping the Wild’s 2-0 victory over Calgary on Sunday in the second of his first consecutive starts of the season. His 2.51 goals-against average and .909 save percentage are better than Gustavsson’s (3.19, .896), but that’s a little deceiving.

When the Wild played a heavyweight, Gustavsson got the call. Calgary, in fact, is the worst team in the NHL right now by four points, and Wallstedt’s five opponents are all ranked eighth or lower in their conference — the Flames, Islanders, Sharks, Flyers and Kings.

It was a cunning move for coach John Hynes to give Gustavsson an extra break with the Flames in town. Still, Wallstedt, the 20th overall pick in the 2021 draft, was terrific on Sunday while earning his second career shutout.

The Sharks, led by 2024 top pick Macklin Celebrini, are tied with Minnesota for 10th in the West.

“It’s a lot of confidence from getting back-to-back starts,” he said after stopping all 35 of the Flames’ shots on goal at Grand Casino Arena. “Obviously, that means a lot. I knew it was a big opportunity to go out there and obviously try to make a difference.”

Hynes said Sunday that Gustavsson was in line to start Tuesday against San Jose in St. Paul. He has started 12 of the Wild’s 17 games this season.

“Gus has been playing a lot.” Hynes said after Sunday’s morning skate. “So, give him a little bit of time to work with (goalie coach) Freddy (Chabot) here and get him ready for Tuesday.”

That’s heavy

Yakov Trenin retained his hold on the NHL’s hits lead with four in Sunday’s victory over the Flames, giving him 76. Linemate Marcus Foligno had two, moving him into eighth place with 55.

The Wild are the only NHL team with two players among the top 10 in hits.

“There’s heavy hockey in this league, and heavy hockey on this team still, and it’s a big factor,” Foligno said.

Briefly

Kirill Kaprizov’s empty-netter on Sunday was his 10th goal, four behind first-place Colorado center Nathan MacKinnon. Kaprizov is tied for sixth with 22 points, seven behind league leader MacKinnon.

St. Paul police asked for the public’s help Monday after a man was shot and wounded during a carjacking.

Officers responded to the Payne-Phalen area just before 10:45 a.m. Friday. A 43-year-old man was shot in the leg during a carjacking in the 800 block of Forest Street.

“We’re happy to say that the victim is recovering from his injury,” said Alyssa Arcand, a St. Paul police spokeswoman, on Monday. “Investigators canvassed the area and spoke with witnesses. They’ve been working hard to find any leads or suspects in this case.”

The victim reported he didn’t know his attacker, and he didn’t get a description because he was struggling with the person, Arcand said.

Another shooting was reported about 15 minutes later, in St. Paul’s Summit-University area, and police believe it was unrelated, Arcand said. A 44-year-old man arrived at Regions Hospital just before 11 a.m. Friday with a gunshot wound to his ankle.

He said he’d been shot near Marion Street and Aurora Avenue in the Summit-University area. The circumstances remain under investigation and no one was under arrest as of Monday afternoon.

Police are asking anyone with tips on the Forest Street shooting to call Sgt. Nichole Sipes at 651-266-5760.

“Any piece of information, big or small, can help us find those responsible for this violent crime,” Arcand said.

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At a hearing before the Supreme Court last week, a majority of the justices thankfully expressed real skepticism over Donald Trump’s bizarre and clearly illegal effort to utilize an emergency economic powers provision that doesn’t even mention tariffs to institute random tariff rates on pretty much every country in the world, shaking the foundations of the global economy while stripping Congress of its revenue-raising powers.

Is there any congressional authority that Trump and his acolytes won’t want to take for themselves? We know that the answer is no, so the next most important question is: How many of these powers will the legislative body itself and the courts permit Trump to snatch away? He’ll take whatever he can get, but the whole point of our system of three coequal branches is that any one branch cannot just choose to expand its authority, whatever the reason and circumstance.

What Trump is trying to do is to justify why this usurpation is good for the country. It’s not. His wild tariffs have sown economic chaos across the globe, undermined confidence in American markets, raised prices on consumers and threatened entire industries. But even if it were, that’s not really the point; presidents do not get to help themselves to the other branches’ powers as delineated under the Constitution just because they think they can justify it on practical terms.

Solicitor General John Sauer keeps calling the circumstances a “trade deficit emergency,“ but what is the emergency, exactly? Neither he nor anyone else in the executive branch has ever really tried to enunciate what exactly is so harmful to the American public about having nations from which we — and it’s important to remember, this is we cumulatively, including corporations, small businesses and individual American consumers making their own financial decisions — import more than export to.

The implication of this argument is that the ideal position for the United States is to either have a perfectly equal trade relationship or a trade surplus with every other country on the face of the Earth, which is insane and entirely economically unnecessary.

Let’s just lay it out plainly: We are having this discussion because Trump, for whatever reason, has become fixated on the idea that we cannot tolerate trade deficits for reasons that are frankly inscrutable and have no nexus to economic or geopolitical realities.

Everyone from his cabinet to Justice Department attorneys to his subservient GOP leadership in Congress has to pretend that this makes sense, but we certainly do not, and neither do the justices of the Supreme Court. Several lower court judges have already come to the conclusion that this is obviously unlawful, and you really don’t have to even be a lawyer to land in the same place.

Whatever ideological hang-ups have led the Supreme Court in recent years to do away with precedent and make disastrous decisions on the scope of executive power, the right to an abortion and gun regulation, among other things, we imagine that they can at least understand the implications of allowing a president to reorient entire aspects of the global economy on a whim while wrenching away the power of taxation from Congress.

Trump is already talking about how to do an end-run around their decision, which should illustrate just how little he cares about complying with the law.

— The New York Daily News