Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

[FunkyMonkey]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers to perform during halftime of Super Bowl

NEW YORK (AP) ? Rock 'n' rollers Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will perform during halftime of the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 at the University of Phoenix Stadium.

The NFL made the announcement Sunday.

The group has sold more than 50 million records since releasing its debut album in 1976. Its hits include "Free Fallin'," "Breakdown," "Refugee," "I Won't Back Down," "Don't Come Around Here No More," "You Don't Know How It Feels," and "Runnin' Down A Dream."

Petty, an 18-time Grammy nominee with one of rock 'n' roll's most distinctive voices, has also done solo work and was a founding member of The Traveling Wilburys, playing alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne.

Recent Super Bowl halftime acts include the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, and Prince. Nearly 140 million TV viewers in the United States watched Prince last year.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-12-02-1890612019_x.htm

[Malcolm]

Awesome...Lets hope they play there hits...I'd love to hear some Free Fallin

[Loaded NightraiN]

Wow Petty at the Super Bowl... I'll def keep the TV tuned in for that one... As long as theres no wardrobe malfunction 

[Chief]

Petty & Heartbreakers Announce New Tour

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jF2CRTbZjUbThH660i3gMMB9abIgD8UCDLD00

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

I HATE the Hollywood Bowl. 

[Chief]

here are all the dates:


TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS announce an upcoming summer tour that will take the band through the U.S. and Canada. All tour tickets, with a few exceptions (see below) will go on sale February 4th.

HIGHWAY COMPANIONS CLUB PRESALE, TICKET PACKAGES
Tickets for the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' 2008 North American Tour go on sale soon, but fans will be able to jump to the front of the line and purchase tickets before the general public.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON TICKET PRESALES AND TICKET PACKAGES

2008 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS TOUR WITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST STEVE WINWOOD

May 30- Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
May 31- The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
June 03- Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
June 05- Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
June 08- Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA
June 10- Post-Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA
June 11- New England Dodge Music Center, Hartford, CT
June 13- TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
June 17- Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
June 18- Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
June 21- Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
June 22- Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
June 25- Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
July 02- United Center, Chicago, IL
July 03- Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
July 08- Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
July 09- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Atlanta, GA ****
July 11- Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
July 12- Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC
July 15- BankAtlantic Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
July 16- St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
July 19- TBD, Denver, CO ****
July 20- Quest Center Omaha, Omaha, NE
July 22- Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
July 23- Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
August 07- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO
August 09- MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB
August 11- Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, AB
August 12- Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB
August 15- The Gorge, George, WA
August 16- The Gorge, George, WA
August 20- Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, AZ ****
August 22- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA
August 23- TBD, San Francisco, CA ****
August 26- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Selma, TX
August 27- American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
August 29- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Woodlands, TX
**** Tickets for these shows on sale TBA.

[Hammy]

No UK when was the last time he came over here?  He never get's much of a mention in this country....

[Chief]

no idea but he needs to play in europe and OZ and japan too i'd say!

[MeanBone]

he's easly one of the best american songwriters.. and that guy knows how to get a wicked guitar sound in a studio.

i think he's the best. he should be giving lessons on how to make good music.

[freedom78]

Tom and the band were pretty good in the Super Bowl tonight.  They're coming to my town in July, and tix are on sale tomorrow morning.  Super stoked!

[Jim Bob]

he looked like its about time for retirement, honestly.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Tom and the band were pretty good in the Super Bowl tonight.  They're coming to my town in July, and tix are on sale tomorrow morning.  Super stoked!

I loved their performance as well!  Loved the Flying V piercing the heart at the beginning!

Also, because of his superb performance, two 15 year olds at the party were singing Free Fallin' the rest of the time and made plans to go to two shows.

[CheapJon]

it was great

[chriskon72]

Tom Petty was great last night at the Bowl. The whole time i was thinking how cool it would be if Axl was there for "Free Fallin"  That would have brought the house down ....

[CheapJon]

Tom Petty was great last night at the Bowl. The whole time i was thinking how cool it would be if Axl was there for "Free Fallin"  That would have brought the house down ....

I thought about that too.. then i thought that it would suck if the crowd would get who it was

[Dr. Blutarsky]

They still rock - great SB performance.

Mike Campbell broke out the doubleneck for free fallin

[Falcon]

he looked like its about time for retirement, honestly.

I'll take that a step further.

They should absolutely retire the whole Super Bowl haftime "concert" in it's entirety.

It's the most most fake, contrived, plastique set up I may have ever witnessed.

[freedom78]

he looked like its about time for retirement, honestly.

I'll take that a step further.

They should absolutely retire the whole Super Bowl haftime "concert" in it's entirety.

It's the most most fake, contrived, plastique set up I may have ever witnessed.

What?  You mean the sudden on-rush of 20-somethings, waving their hands in the air and correctly mouthing one out of every 26 words strikes you as "fake"?

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

he looked like its about time for retirement, honestly.

I'll take that a step further.

They should absolutely retire the whole Super Bowl haftime "concert" in it's entirety.

It's the most most fake, contrived, plastique set up I may have ever witnessed.

So what?  If the fans enjoy it, that's all that matters.

[Falcon]

he looked like its about time for retirement, honestly.

I'll take that a step further.

They should absolutely retire the whole Super Bowl haftime "concert" in it's entirety.

It's the most most fake, contrived, plastique set up I may have ever witnessed.

What?  You mean the sudden on-rush of 20-somethings, waving their hands in the air and correctly mouthing one out of every 26 words strikes you as "fake"?

We have a winner..

So what?  If the fans enjoy it, that's all that matters.

I'm a football fan, I didn't enjoy it..