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Back in the day I drove the Nova 90 miles an hour to Atlanta to catch Tom Petty’s Southern Accents Tour - and not to overstate it - it changed my life. To this day that was one of the best concerts I have ever seen - The Del Fugeos, Georgia Satellites, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers all rocked the roots rock and gave me a different perspective about music.

When Tom did that shaking and screaming thing in the middle of breakdown and the crowd sand along with a song that was well over a decade old at the time it gave me chill bumps, and Petty’s rant about the bikers in the audience before Spike was some of the best on stage banter I ever heard.

Well that was then, this is now, and Mr. Petty is doing it again, but this time The Heartbreakers will be joined by Pearl Jam, some shows with special guest Trey Anastasio, and others with the Allman Brothers Band. Not too bad, huh?

As part of their summer tour, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will headline the Bonnaroo Festival on Friday, June 16, and the Austin City Limits Festival on Sunday, September 17.

Petty is putting the finishing touches on his third solo album, “Highway Companion,” which is produced by Jeff Lynne with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, and will be released this summer.

You can listen to the first track from the upcoming album here.