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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers extend road trip into July

Published May 8, 2001 12:57 PM

By Jon Zahlaway / LiveDaily Senior Writer

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have turned what was originally planned as a brief spring outing into a full-scale U.S. tour with the addition of a second leg of dates that extends into late July. The jaunt kicks off on Wednesday night (5/9) in Oregon.

The tour was initially plotted as a 15-date run of the western U.S. to help the group warm up for subsequent studio sessions. The newly added second leg, which gets underway in late June, focuses on the eastern U.S.

The Wallflowers are slated to open the first eight dates of Petty’s tour, and Steve Earle and the Dukes are set to open the subsequent seven dates. No information on support act(s) for the new dates was available at press time.

Online pre-sales for several of the new dates are set to begin on Wednesday (5/9), Thursday (5/10) and Friday (5/11), according to ArtistDirect's Tom Petty pre-sale web page.

The Heartbreakers' touring lineup will include Mike Campbell (guitar), Benmont Tench (keys), Howie Epstein (bass), Steve Ferrone (drums) and Scott Thurston (guitar, keys).

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' most recent studio album is the April 1999 release "Echo" (Warner Bros.), which debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

May
9 - Corvallis, OR - Gill Coliseum
11 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center
12 - George, WA - The Gorge
15, 16 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks
18 - Woodlands, TX - Woodlands
19 - San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
21 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Center
24, 25 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara County Bowl
27 - Marysville, CA - Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre
28 - Concord, CA - Chronicle Pavilion
30 - San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theatre

June
1, 2 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint (The Hard Rock Hotel)
28 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Waterfront (formerly the E-Center)
30 - Bristow, VA (Washington, D.C.) - Nissan Pavilion at Stoneridge

July
1 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
4 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheatre
5 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Theatre
7 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center For The Performing Arts
10 - Burgettstown, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
12 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
15 - Columbus, OH - Polaris Amphitheatre
17 - Bonner Springs, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre
18 - St. Louis, MO - Riverport Amphitheatre
20 - Tinley Park, IL - Tweeter Center (formerly the World)
21 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center