New Tom Petty LP + Summer Tour

Tickets for the tour go on sale March 8; new album, Mojo, due in the spring. Ticket buyers will get free MP3 download of the album plus more goodies.

By Blurt Staff

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers today announced their 2010 North American tour and the upcoming release of Mojo, their first studio album in eight years, set for release on Reprise Records this spring.  The tour kicks off May 6th in Raleigh, NC, and tickets go on sale beginning Monday, March 8 at LiveNation.com.

 
Special guest artists on the tour will include a mix of appearances by My Morning Jacket, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joe Cocker, ZZ Top, and Drive-By Truckers.

 
All 2010 Tour tickets purchased online will include an MP3 download of every track on Mojo. It will work like this: once fans purchase tickets online they will receive an email with codes entitling them to download two tracks from Mojo ("First Flash Of Freedom" and "Good Enough.") Then, on the release date of the album, currently slated for this spring, ticket buyers will be sent a download of the entire album.

Also included with every online ticket purchase, to be delivered at the end of the 2010 tour, will be a selection of live tracks recorded during the tour.

 
"Good Enough" from the new album is now available for streaming at the revamped TOMPETTY.com.  

Last year, of course, brought the massive Live Anthology boxed set - you can read about it at BLURT right here: "That Southern Accent."
 

 
Tour Dates:

May 06            Raleigh                     Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creek (w/Joe Cocker)
May 07            Charlotte                   Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (w/Joe Cocker)
May 09            Tampa                       St. Pete Times Forum (w/Joe Cocker)               
May 15            Dallas                        Superpages.com Center (w/Joe Cocker)
May 16            Houston                    Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (w/Joe Cocker)
May 18            Phoenix                     US Airways Arena (w/Joe Cocker)              
May 22            Los Angeles              Hollywood Bowl (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 02             San Diego                 Cricket Wireless Pavilion (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 03             Irvine                         Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 05             Oakland                     Oracle Pavilion (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 08             Vancouver                 GM Place (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 11             Seattle                       The Gorge (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 12             Seattle                       The Gorge (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 15             Calgary                      Pengrowth Saddledome (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 16             Edmonton                  Rexall Place (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 19             Winnipeg                   MTS Centre (w/Joe Cocker)
Jun 22             St Paul                      Xcel Energy Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jun 23             Omaha                      Qwest Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jun 25             Milwaukee                 Summerfest (w/ZZ Top)****                       
Jul 10             Indianapolis               Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jul 13             Kansas City               Sprint Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jul 15             Cincinnati                   Riverbend Music Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
 Jul 17            Chicago                     United Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jul 20             Cleveland                   Blossom Music Center (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jul 22             Detroit                        Palace of Auburn Hills (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jul 24             Pittsburgh                  First Niagra Pavilion (w/Drive-By Truckers)           
Jul 28             New York                   Madison Square Garden (w/TBD)                         
Jul 31             Philadelphia               Wachovia Center (w/TBD)           
Aug 11           Atlanta                        Philips Arena (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 12           Nashville                    Sommet Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 14           Darien Lake, NY        Darien Lake Performing Arts Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 15           Bristow                      Jiffy Lube Live (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 17           Hartford                     Comcast Theater (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 19           Boston                       Comcast Center (w/My Morning Jacket)           
Aug 21           Boston                       Comcast Center (w/My Morning Jacket)             
Aug 24           East Rutherford         IZOD Center (w/My Morning Jacket)
Aug 25           Toronto                      Air Canada Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Aug 27           Saratoga Springs      Saratoga Performing Arts Center (w/Crosby, Stills and Nash)

 
***Summerfest show in Milwaukee, WI onsale March 6

Additional tour/ticket details plus Highway Companions Fan Club info: www.tompetty.com

[Photo Credit: Blossom Berkofsky]