Showing posts with label Tour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tour. Show all posts
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Tom Petty has retro plans for summer
He’s celebrating 30 years on the road with old friends, old songs and a film in the works.
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
The Associated Press
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are marking 30 years of touring this summer on a special trip that will have guests like Stevie Nicks and Pearl Jam, a batch of old Heartbreakers songs going back to the first album and a filmmaker.
“It’s not the most creative place as far as writing,” he said of the road. “And I think if you do take some time away, you come back with a much better band and a lot more enthusiasm for it.
“But I don’t get tired. We’re in such a nice position right now, things have gone so well. I have people approach me on the streets and say, ‘Thanks for writing the soundtrack to my life.’ I can’t tell you how good that makes me feel as a songwriter.”
The filmmaker is Peter Bogdanovich, who is doing a documentary on the band. He’s taping this tour as well as looking at past footage that he’ll piece together for a movie.
“We’ve given him a lot more access than we’ve ever given anyone,” Petty said. “He does follow us around with cameras, interviewing us, talking to lots of people. He’s spent a great deal of time going through footage of the last 30 years. So we have high hopes for the movie.”
“I don’t want it from my point of view ... sometimes we’re miked all day and it’s a little nerve-racking, but I’m really glad that somebody of that caliber wants to get this story down, because it is quite a story, and I think it deserves to be archived.”
Petty is also doing some sidework as a DJ for XM Satellite radio, where he plays vintage rock.
“The nice thing that I didn’t really count about it is so many young people write in and tell us that they had no knowledge of this music at all, and are getting turned on to things. I had a girl write in who never heard of Chuck Berry. And she was in her teens and was thanking me for discovering Chuck.”
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
The Associated Press
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are marking 30 years of touring this summer on a special trip that will have guests like Stevie Nicks and Pearl Jam, a batch of old Heartbreakers songs going back to the first album and a filmmaker.
“It’s not the most creative place as far as writing,” he said of the road. “And I think if you do take some time away, you come back with a much better band and a lot more enthusiasm for it.
“But I don’t get tired. We’re in such a nice position right now, things have gone so well. I have people approach me on the streets and say, ‘Thanks for writing the soundtrack to my life.’ I can’t tell you how good that makes me feel as a songwriter.”
The filmmaker is Peter Bogdanovich, who is doing a documentary on the band. He’s taping this tour as well as looking at past footage that he’ll piece together for a movie.
“We’ve given him a lot more access than we’ve ever given anyone,” Petty said. “He does follow us around with cameras, interviewing us, talking to lots of people. He’s spent a great deal of time going through footage of the last 30 years. So we have high hopes for the movie.”
“I don’t want it from my point of view ... sometimes we’re miked all day and it’s a little nerve-racking, but I’m really glad that somebody of that caliber wants to get this story down, because it is quite a story, and I think it deserves to be archived.”
Petty is also doing some sidework as a DJ for XM Satellite radio, where he plays vintage rock.
“The nice thing that I didn’t really count about it is so many young people write in and tell us that they had no knowledge of this music at all, and are getting turned on to things. I had a girl write in who never heard of Chuck Berry. And she was in her teens and was thanking me for discovering Chuck.”
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Tour News
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be touring this summer. The final schedule will not be available until next week at which time you will be notified. Meanwhile we want you to be the first to know that the tour which celebrates the bands 30th anniversary and will start on June 9, will include some dates with some very special friends and opening acts.
For example we can confirm that Pearl Jam will be on two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers shows in St Paul at the Excel Arena on June 26 and 27 and also two shows in Denver at the Pepsi Center on July 2 and 3.
There will be more shows with Pearl Jam and other exciting announcements will follow. Presales and other special opportunities for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fans will be available so please stay tuned and keep checking gonegator.com for details.
You have probably read that a new Tom Petty album will be released this summer. Although there is no official release date confirmed yet, Highway Companion will be released in July.
WOOHOO!
For example we can confirm that Pearl Jam will be on two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers shows in St Paul at the Excel Arena on June 26 and 27 and also two shows in Denver at the Pepsi Center on July 2 and 3.
There will be more shows with Pearl Jam and other exciting announcements will follow. Presales and other special opportunities for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fans will be available so please stay tuned and keep checking gonegator.com for details.
You have probably read that a new Tom Petty album will be released this summer. Although there is no official release date confirmed yet, Highway Companion will be released in July.
WOOHOO!
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