TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS ANNOUNCE SECOND LEG OF SUMMER

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:

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