Justgot off the phone with... Tony Dimitriades

I was nervous and excited at the same time. Look for an announcement at tompetty.com regarding the tour.

The Tweeter Center show WILL happen. When tickets will go on sale exactly is another question.

This is a crazy business that I'm in love with. She's bitten me more than a few times, but I still keep coming back for more!

Some of you know, but there are SO many people involved in planning a tour. If one thing changes in one town, like a scheduling conflict, it can have a domino effect on the WHOLE tour! I understand this and Tony knows it. I only post information when I can verify it.

The Boston show will happen and look for lots more cities to be announced, just be patient. The WI show and the Atlanta show are festivals and probably the only ones on this tour.
Summerfest is different because it would be IN Marcus Amphitheatre... there are seats involved.

Tour Dates
Confirmed Show Dates & Venues(MORE to come & subject to change!)

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

Tom Petty Responds to Accusations

STUDIO CITY, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/11/2004 -- Tom Petty responded to the recent suit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against him and KLOS-FM disc jockey Jim Ladd over Petty's composition, "The Last DJ," by vigorously denying the accusations in the suit.

Tony Dimitriades, Petty's longtime manager, says, "The lawsuit, which does not even allege that the songs have the same or similar words or music, will be strongly defended. The allegation that Tom Petty and Jim Ladd somehow conspired to rob the plaintiff of a business opportunity is both ludicrous and insulting."

Tom Petty, long seen as one of the key standard bearers of integrity in the music business, not only believes the suit is completely without merit, but also stretches the limits of credulity. He says, "My song, 'The Last DJ,' was written completely without any outside influence. It is a wholly original composition. Claiming that Jim Ladd ever gave me another piece of music or discussed the plaintiff or his song with me in any way whatsoever is a total falsehood. Nothing of the kind ever happened. I write my own music, and if I collaborate with anyone, I always share the credit. It's been that way since I began writing thirty years ago, and it will always be that way. That's the way I work.

"To this date, I have never heard the recording the lawsuit claims influenced my song. The plaintiff is accusing me of stealing. I do not take kindly to such accusations, as the plaintiff and his attorney-for-hire will find out."