FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/LATHUM NELSON/MARIE REMELIUS/ LIBBY HENRY
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS ANNOUNCE
SECOND LEG OF SUMMER TOUR
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS have announced a second leg of summer tour dates June 27-July 21 throughout the East and Midwest. These new dates follow the instant box office success of the previously announced May 9-June 2 concerts in the Western United States, Southwest and the Pacific Coast.
The second leg will take PETTY and his bandmates–MIKE CAMPBELL (guitars), HOWIE EPSTEIN (bass, vocals) and BENMONT TENCH (keyboards) with longtime associates SCOTT THURSTON (guitars, harmonica) and drummerSTEVE FERRONE–through 15 cities, beginning in Scranton, Pennsylvania and wrapping up in Indianapolis. Fans can purchase tickets for these shows online at tompetty.com.
Last week (May 4, 2001), PETTY told USA Today’s Edna Gundersen that he’s been writing songs for a new release, but is taking time off to tour “because I just feel like playing. This group is so good, it’s a crime not to take them out.” PETTYalso revealed that the set list, in addition to hits and rarities, will consist of “songs we haven’t played in 10 or 15 years, popular songs that we laid down…I’m going to play whatever I feel like and whatever makes the best show.”
The Wallflowers will open the first run of dates through May 21 in Dallas, to be replaced by Steve Earle and The Dukes for the remainder of the first leg, ending June 2 in Las Vegas. An opening act will soon be named for the second leg.
The dates are as follows:
DATE | CITY | VENUE |
FIRST LEG | ||
Wed 5/9 | Corvallis, OR | Gill Coliseum |
Fri 5/11 | Boise, ID | Idaho Center |
Sat 5/12 | George, WA | The Gorge |
Tue 5/15 | Denver, CO | Red Rocks |
Wed 5/16 | Denver, CO | Red Rocks |
Fri 5/18 | Houston, TX | Woodlands |
Sat 5/19 | San Antonio, TX | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
Mon 5/21 | Dallas, TX | Smirnoff Music Center |
Thu 5/24 | Santa Barbara, CA | County Bowl |
Fri 5/25 | Santa Barbara, CA | County Bowl |
Sun 5/27 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento Valley Amphitheater |
Mon 5/28 | Concord, CA | Chronicle Pavilion |
Wed 5/30 | San Diego, CA | Open Air Theatre |
Fri 6/1 | Las Vegas | The Joint |
Sat 6/2 | Las Vegas | The Joint |
SECOND LEG | ||
Fri 6/27 | Scranton, PA | Coors Light Amphitheater |
Thu 6/28 | Philadelphia, PA | Camden Tweeter Waterfront |
Sat 6/30 | Washington, DC | Nissan Pavilion at Stoneridge |
Sun 7/1 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center |
Wed 7/4 | Milwaukee, WI | Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheater |
Thu 7/5 | Long Island, NY | Jones Beach Theatre |
Sat 7/7 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
Sun 7/8 | Boston, MA | Tweeter Center for Performing Arts |
Tue 7/10 | Pittsburgh, PA | Post Gazette Pavilion |
Thu 7/12 | Clarkston, MI | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
Sun 7/15 | Columbus, OH | Polaris Amphitheater |
Tue 7/17 | Kansas City, MO | Sandstone Amphitheater |
Wed 7/18 | St. Louis, MO | Riverport Amphitheater |
Fri 7/20 | Chicago, IL | Tweeter Center |
Sat 7/21 | Indianapolis, IN | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
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