(Press Release) The second leg of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "Highway Companion" U.S. Summer Tour is now confirmed, and will begin on Saturday, July 29 at the Clark County Amphitheatre just outside of Portland, OR (see confirmed dates and venues below). On this second leg, Petty & the Heartbreakers will be joined by special guests the Allman Brothers Band and Trey Anastasio, who is also performing on many first-leg dates. Expect further announcements soon of additional special guests and opening acts that will be on selected dates.As part of their summer tour, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Petty/vocals, guitars, Mike Campbell/guitars, Benmont Tench/keyboards, Ron Blair/bass, Scott Thurston/guitars, harmonica, backing vocals, and Steve Ferrone/drums - will headline the Bonnaroo Festival on Friday, June 16, Rock'n the Rally on August 9, and the Austin City Limits Festival on Sunday, September 17.
Petty is putting the finishing touches on his third solo album, Highway Companion, which is produced by Jeff Lynne with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, and will be released this summer.
Over the past thirty years, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers have sold more than 50-million records and been nominated for 16 Grammy Awards. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the first year they were eligible, and this past December, Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong presented Petty with the Billboard Century Award at the Billboard Music Awards saying, "If you're going to come up and thank god, thank god for Tom Petty." In this 2006 season, Petty reprises his ongoing role as "Lucky" on the long-running Fox animated TV series "King of the Hill," and he is in the middle of the second season of his critically acclaimed XM Satellite Radio Show, "Tom Petty's Buried Treasure."
Confirmed dates for the first and second legs of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "Highway Companion" tour are as follows below. Log onto www.tompetty.com for ticket on-sale and other information.
(FIRST LEG)
JUNE
9 Verizon Amphitheatre, Charlotte, N.C. (w/ Trey Anastasio)
10 Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA (w/ Trey Anastasio)
12 Ntelos Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA (w/ Trey Anastasio)
14 Germain Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH (w/ Trey Anastasio)
16 Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN
17 UMB Bank Pavilion, Louis, MO (w/ Trey Anastasio)
20 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (w/ Trey Anastasio)
21 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA (w/ Trey Anastasio)
23 Verizon Amphitheatre, Indianapolis, IN (w/ Trey Anastasio)
26-27 Xcel Center, St. Paul, MN (w/ Pearl Jam)
29-30 Marcus Amphitheatre, Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI (w/ Pearl Jam)
JULY
2-3 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO (with Pearl Jam)
(SECOND LEG)
JULY
29 Amphitheatre at Clark County, Portland, OR (w/ Trey Anastasio)
30 White River Amphitheatre, Seattle, WA (w/ Trey Anastasio)
AUGUST
1 Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA (w/ Trey Anastasio)
4 Smirnoff Music Center, Dallas, TX (w/ Trey Anastasio)
5 C.W. Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX (w/ Trey Anastasio)
8 DTE Music Center, Detroit, MI
9 Rock'n The Rally, Sturgis, SD
12 New England Dodge Music Center, Hartford, CT (w/ Allman Bros. Band)
13 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (w/ Allman Bros. Band)
15 Darien Lake Six Flags P.A.C., Buffalo, New York (w/ Allman Bros. Band)
16 Post-Gazette Pavilion @ Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA (w/ Allman Bros. Band)
18 Tweeter Center @ the Waterfront, Camden, NJ (w/ Allman Bros. Band)
