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Tom Petty 2012 tour poster

Tom Petty 2012 tour poster

Tom Petty Rules Out Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere on December 16, 2011

in Live,News

Tom Petty has confirmed Australia is not in his immediate touring plans for 2012.

Tom Petty 2012 tour poster

Tom Petty 2012 tour poster

Petty confirmed Australia was off the touring map in a Twitter post to Australian @Wilberforce55.

When asked, “Tom, Why don’t you ever come to Australia. Saw you backing Dylan 25 years ago. Nothing since (flew to NY to see you in 2008)”, Tom replied “we only work three months every two years, we’ve decided this year 2 focus on Europe, maybe down the road Aus”.

Petty took to Twitter yesterday to talk to fans directly about his upcoming tour. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will perform in the USA, Europe and Great Britain only on this tour.

Dates are:

April 19: 1st Bank Center, Broomfield, CO
April 21: Verizon Arena, Little Rock, AR
April 24: Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM
April 26: INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS
April 28: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
April 29: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
May 1: Germain Arena, Estero, FL
May 3: Amway Center, Orlando, FL
May 5: Frank Irwin Center, Austin, TX
June 3: Mile One Centre, St. John’s, NL
June 7: 02 Arena, Dublin, IR
June 8: The Marquee, Cork, IR
June 10: 02 World, Hamburg, GER
June 12: Open Air, Horsens, DK
June 14: The Globe, Stockholm, SWE
June 15: Norwegian Wood Festival, Oslo, NOR
June 22: Isle of Wight Festival, UK
June 24: Hallenstadion, Zurich, SWI
June 25: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, GER
June 27: Grand Rex, Paris, FR
June 29: Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, IT
June 30: SAP Arena, Mannheim, GER

With three months of work every two years, Tom Petty fans in Australia should not expect any news of an Aussie tour until at least 2014.

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