Tom Petty/Black Crows Tourdates::

[Earth_First]

3/23/5 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ON TOUR THIS SUMMER
Good News! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ON TOUR THIS SUMMER

The band will be touring the States this summer beginning June 8th in Ft. Myers, Florida, with Special Guests - The Black Crowes. Check back here for Presale info, On Sale info, Ticket Prices, and more cities as they are added.

Confirmed Show Dates & Venues … so far

tompetty.com

Wed-Jun-08-05 Ft Meyers, FL TECO Arena
Fri-Jun-10-05 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Sat-Jun-11-05 Atlanta, GA Music Midtown
Tue-Jun-14-05 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wed-Jun-15-05 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Fri-Jun-17-05 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Waterfront
Sat-Jun-18-05 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Tue-Jun-21-05 Wantagh, NY Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
Wed-Jun-22-05 Holmdel, NJ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
Fri-Jun-24-05 Hartford, CT Meadows Music Theatre (ctnow.com)
Sat-Jun-25-05 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Tue-Jun-28-05 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
Thu-Jun-30-05 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Theater
Fri-Jul-01-05 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater - Summerfest
Wed-Jul-13-05 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre
Fri-Jul-15-05 Tinley Park, IL (Chicago) Tweeter Center
Sat-Jul-16-05 Caddot, WI Rockfest
Wed-Jul-20-05 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Thu-Jul-21-05 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center - Indy
Wed-Jul-27-05 Columbia, MD Merryweather Post Pavilion
Sat-Jul-30-05 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Fri-Aug-26-05 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre

[Freebird12004]

1. Concerts at SPAC

in Saratoga Springs, NY are really great!:yourock:

[Earth_First]

2. SPAC really is a great venue...

where else can you stroll around a venue with so many trees? Granted the sight lines from the lawn are terrible if you are beyond the first 50 yards, but hey.

[Freebird12004]

3. Us old hippies like it

Parking isn't a problem - if you go early and enjoy a picnic first :beer: :toast:

:hippie: Then relax on a blanket under those beautiful trees and enjoy the wonderful sounds.

[Earth_First]

5. "picnic" eh?

We used to call it pre-gaming for the show ;-)

Phish '95

[Freebird12004]

6. You could hear a cork pop across the parking lot...

but what the heck! We enjoyed one helluva a concert. We expected rain and went anyway. The last 1/2 of the concert was rather wet, we didn't mind. It was a warm summer's night *sigh*.

[Lavender Brown]

4. For music, the lawn tickets are great

For the ballet, not so much! :)

[Freebird12004]

7. You're right about both Lavender Brown.

It's wonderful that the Ballet is still in Saratoga.

[ucmike]

8. cool. tom petty on xm satellite

plays his personal selections from his record collection once a week for an hour. tells stories, compares artists, lots of variety, lots of lost classics, talks in that cool southern drawl.

tom petty, great american artist who is no longer good looking enough for mainstream music.

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. Alright, goddamn it where's the NW dates?

Labor day weekend, Tom?

Hell, play Bumbershoot, that would kick ass.

See this tour, by all means if you get a chance. Petty & the Heartbreakers are at their best when they don't have an album to promote and are just playing for the sake of playing. Last time they did a tour like that (2000 or 2001 ?) it was a great mix of music. Lots of older stuff, blues covers, country songs. Jam band approach without all the extended 30 minute solos.