Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have announced their 40th Anniversary Tour this summer. Petty had stated earlier he would consider playing his 1995 solo LP Wildflowers in its entirety on the 2017 tour, it appears hes going to be rolling with a tour covering all eras.
“The 40th anniversary kind of got in the way of that,” Petty said to Rolling Stone. “I looked at the tour they booked and it was all big places. The Wildflowers tour will have to be in smaller places because it’s just a lot of quiet and a lot of it is acoustic. It would be wrong to focus on one album for that tour.”
The tour is set stop at Chicago’s Wrigley on June 29th with Chris Stapleton opening with Joe Walsh opening most dates. The tour is set to kick off in Oklahoma in April and wrap up in July in New York City. Other highlights include two nights at Red Rocks and two nights at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY.
Tour Dates
April 20: Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Center*
April 22: Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Arena*
April 23: Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Wireless Arena*
April 25: Nashville, TN @ Bridgesone Arena*
April 27: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena*
April 29: Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
May 2: Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center*
May 5: West Palm Beach, FL @ Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre*
May 6: Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena@State Farm Center*
May 10: Champaign, IL State Farm Center*
May 12: St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center*
May 13: Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center*
May 29: Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
May 30: Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 2: Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center*
June 3: St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center*
June 5: Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena*
June 7: Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center*
June 9: Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena*
June 10: Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
June 12: Cincinnati, OH @ US Bank Arena*
June 14: Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre*
June 16: Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center*
June 17: Hunter, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival
June 29: Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field^
July 1: Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena
July 2: Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC Performing Arts Center
July 5: Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Marcus Amphitheater, Summerfest^
July 6: Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Marcus Amphitheater- Summerfest^
July 14: Toronto, ON @Air Canada Center
July 18: Clarkson, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 20: Boston, MA @ TD Garden
July 23: Washington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
July 26: Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
July 27: Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
* With Joe Walsh
^ With Chris Stapleton
