I felt I have to take off on my own, see what all this adds up to.”. 2020 Fall Fun Fest Now his family and music mates have finished the job. Tom Petty and his band the Heartbreakers perform at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Aug.14, 2005, in Irvine, Calif. Tom Petty appears on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios on Oct. 1, 2003, in Burbank, Calif. Tom Petty performs onstage at The 2003 Radio Music Awards at the Aladdin Casino Resort Oct. 27, 2003, in Las Vegas. He released his first solo album, 'Full Moon Fever,' in 1989. Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP. He had been battling "unbearable" pain from a hip fracture, his wife, Dana, and daughter, Adria, said in a statement in January 2018 upon the Los Angeles County coroner's office finding. And exit longtime drummer Stan Lynch, who would depart from the band after initially playing on some songs considered for "Wildflowers," as well as "Mary Jane's Last Dance," a new song for the 1993 greatest hits collection that secured Petty's move from MCA Records to Warner Bros. (The hits set has sold more than 12 million copies.). It was a project he wouldn't finish before his death in October 2017 at the age of 66, shortly after the Heartbreakers finished its 40th Anniversary tour. UPCOMING SHOWS. Petty plays to a sold out crowd in March 7, 1999, at the Fillmore. Petty was looking for a fresh approach after two albums with Lynne. Tom Petty speaks onstage during the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 47th Annual Induction and Awards at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 9, 2016, in New York City. There was also friction amid his band as he began writing during a break following the tour supporting "Into the Great Wide Open," the Heartbreakers album released in 1991 and produced by Jeff Lynne. Oscar winner Helen Mirren claps along to one of the performances. MIDFLORDIA Event Center Petty was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame on June 9, 2016. The lustrous, and previously unreleased, "Something Could Happen," recorded with the Heartbreakers in early "Wildflowers" sessions leads off the second disc, "All the Rest.". On Friday, enjoy live music from “The Wildflowers,” a Tom Petty tribute band, beer and wine available for purchase at food trucks while celebrating fall in Port St. Lucie. He's played in venues and festivals around the world, including Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, as seen here in 2006. Tom Petty tribute band The Wildflowers are an international tribute act performing all across North America and beyond. And after the album came out in 1994, Ferrone became a permanent band member. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers perform as part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on Sept. 17, 2006, in Austin, Texas. House of Blues Myrtle Beach, House of Blues Orlando, Atlantis Casino Reno, Workplay Birmingham, Madlife Woodstock, Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, The Wharf Orange Beach, Iron City Birmingham, Daytona Beach Bandshell, The Fillmore Silver Spring-DC, and Gilley’s Dallas, and St. John’s Arts & Culture Center Newfoundland, among many others. I’m still grieving. Here, he performs on the main stage at the AmsterJam concert on Aug. 19, 2006. Despite the success, Petty feared stagnation. Matt Shultz of Cage the Elephant apparently believes that you can't put on a rock show without at least one performer in leather pants. Petty, seen at KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Sept. 17, 2017. "That was in his mind for sure.". ", At times, it was difficult to listen to old material, Campbell said. The extra space allows Petty to stretch out and breathe, to spend as much time strumming sun-kissed folk tunes as he does rambling through ramshackle rockers and heavy-footed blues.