Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are heading out all over North America this summer. He has tapped the legendary
Joe Cocker, the awesome
Drive By Truckers, and legends
Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
Here are the tour dates:
May 6 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creek (w/Joe Cocker)
May 7 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (w/Joe Cocker)
May 9 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum (w/Joe Cocker)
May 15 Dallas Superpages.com Center (w/Joe Cocker)
May 16 Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (w/Joe Cocker)
May 18 Phoenix US Airways Arena (w/Joe Cocker)
May 22 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 2 San Diego Cricket Wireless Pavilion (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 3 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 5 Oakland Oracle Pavilion (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 8 Vancouver GM Place (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 11 Seattle The Gorge (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 12 Seattle The Gorge (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 15 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 16 Edmonton Rexall Place (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 19 Winnipeg MTS Centre (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 22 St Paul Xcel Energy Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jun 23 Omaha Qwest Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jun 25 Milwaukee Summerfest (w/ZZ Top)****
Jul 10 Indianapolis Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jul 13 Kansas City Sprint Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jul 15 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jul 17 Chicago United Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jul 20 Cleveland Blossom Music Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jul 22 Detroit Palace of Auburn Hills (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jul 24 Pittsburgh First Niagra Pavilion (w/Drive-By Truckers)
Jul 28 New York Madison Square Garden (w/TBD)
Jul 31 Philadelphia Wachovia Center (w/TBD)
Aug 11 Atlanta Philips Arena (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 12 Nashville Sommet Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 14 Darien Lake, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 15 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 17 Hartford Comcast Theater (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 19 Boston Comcast Center (w/My Morning Jacket)
Aug 21 Boston Comcast Center (w/My Morning Jacket)
Aug 24 East Rutherford Izod Center (w/My Morning Jacket)
Aug 25 Toronto Air Canada Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 27 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
I might never go to another
Tom Petty show again and the show I saw of him soured me on the whole
Tom Petty mystique. I saw the
"Tom Petty and Friends" tour. It was my first time seeing the man I enjoyed listening to throughout my youth. The
Allman Brothers were opening the show.
I dislike jam bands. Yes,
Tom Petty is a jam type artist, and I should have expected jams, however it was one of the worst concerts I have been to....and I have seen
Celine Dion.
Celine Dion was more entertaining than
Tom Petty.
Celine knows her audience only really wants to hear the hits. That is what the audience got, two hours of her hits.
Tom Petty however, gave two hours of jam band activity on lesser known songs from his albums and cover versions no one knew.
You had a guitar battle between
Tom and
Derek Trucks.
Allman brothers jumping on stage and jamming. The whole thing was a giant circle jerk for
Tom Petty, while the audience suffered through. I don't want to hear
No Second Thoughts, a song supposed to be 2 minutes, take fifteen minutes. I am a forgiving man. I might see
Tom this time around,provided the federal government gives me money back.