SUPER BOWL HALF TIME SHOW

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers have been announced for the 2008 game. Super Bowl XLII will take place on February 3 in Phoenix, AZ and air on Fox.

Petty and the Heartbreakers took a break from touring after a busy 2006 that included top billing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, but they were busy over the summer cutting a new album—reportedly due out early next year—that will feature a combination of old and new tracks.

Their nearly 40-year journey is the subject of Peter Bogdanovich's new documentary Running Down a Dream, which aired last month on the Sundance Channel.

Petty also currently hosts his own show, Buried Treasure, on XM satellite radio, during which he spins tunes from his personal collection.

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"don't do me like that, don't do me like that..."

Love Petty!! I don't make it a habit to watch the Superbowl BUT I try to catch halftime shows :P~~ Looking forward to this one!!

lol @ Jonee He makes alot of sense by his comments here:

Tom Petty will play the next Super Bowl Halftime show on February 3 in Phoenix, but fans should not expect to see a campy medley of hits nor scantily clad dancers. Petty says that he and his band will most likely keep things as close to their traditional live show as possible. Of course, whenever an artist accepts such a high profile, corporate gig, some fans will begin to throw around the term "sell out." But Petty notes that just because the Super Bowl Halftime show is sponsored by Bridgestone Tires doesn't mean that he is.

"I’m not sponsored by Bridgestone. My deal is with the NFL," he recently told Rolling Stone. "The halftime show is always presented by a sponsor. If I play on The Tonight Show, it’s presented by sponsors. Truthfully, every venue in America has some sort of corporate sponsor above the door or on the wall. It’s not a deal that I made, you know? Don’t worry, I haven’t gone corporate."

As for what songs he might choose to play in the brief set, Petty said, "We are thinking about that. We’ve got a few in mind. I think in a show that big in a place that big you need to play songs they know... You don’t have a great deal of time. I’m trying to figure out how much material I can squeeze into that short space of time. I doubt we’d do a medley. We’ve never done a medley and I can’t picture us doing one. It’s not the kind of band that can remember a medley... I’m just approaching it as a high-energy Rock & Roll show — maybe like it used to be in the 1960s were you come on, do four or five of your best numbers and get off."

Meanwhile, Petty said he is not looking towards another solo album, but rather "the long-overdue Heartbreakers record." The group might play some shows next year, but nothing is set in stone. One thing Petty does know is that he doesn't want to commit to any more long trips on the road.

"I just don’t want to commit that much time to it. I love doing it and I’m sure I’ll do more tours, but I’m not going to do big long ones," he told Rolling Stone. "I have so much I want to do right now. If I’m going to do another Heartbreakers album I need some time to write that and record that and do it the way I want to. It’s just a lot of things I want to do that keep getting put down the line because of these lengthy tours. If you take five months out of the year it really takes a hit, because then it takes you a month to recuperate from it and then there’s just a few months left to work."

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks will get the rare opportunity to sing the national anthem in her hometown minutes before the kickoff to Super Bowl XLII, The Arizona Republic has learned.

I wish Stevie Nicks would come out and sing Stop Draggin' My Heart Around with Tom!!! Is that too much to ask? Lol!

Ooohhhhh now THAT would be awesome! good idea betsy! Her voice was so powerful when I seen her in Chicago that you could hear her a mile away! She's amazing!

that sounds good
Now if I can get the chargers there even better!!!
JK good line up for the super bowl.
I wished i had not missed No Doubt, and in San Diego no less EEERRRRRRRR that was a good super bowl show i heard i saw like seconds of it

Next weekend, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will get the spotlight as halftime entertainment for the Super Bowl. However, in May, Petty and his band will hit the road as they have just announced an extensive, three month tour of North America. The trek begins in Grand Rapids, MI on May 30 and winds up in The Woodlands, TX on August 29. It includes a stop at Madison Square Garden on June 17 and a two-night stand at the Gorge in Washington on August 15 and 16.


Tom Petty 2008 tour dates:

May 30 - Grand Rapids, MI
May 31 - Auburn Hills, MI
June 3 - Toronto
June 5 - Philadelphia
June 8 - Bristow, VA
June 10 - Burgettstown, PA
June 11 - Hartford, CT
June 13 - Boston
June 17 - New York City
June 18 - Newark, NJ
June 21 - Darien Center, NY
June 22 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
June 25 - Los Angeles
July 2 - Chicago
July 3 - Noblesville, IN
July 8 - Cincinnati
July 9 - Alpharetta, GA
July 11 - Charlotte, NC
July 12 - Raleigh, NC
July 15 - Sunrise, FL
July 16 - Tampa, FL
July 19 - Denver
July 20 - Omaha, NE
July 22 - Kansas City, MO
July 23 - Minneapolis
August 7 - Maryland Heights, MO
August 9 - Winnipeg, MB
August 11 - Calgary, AB
August 12 - Edmonton, AB
August 15-16 - Quincy, WA
August 20 - Glendale, AZ
August 23 - San Francisco
August 26 - Selma, TX
August 27 - Dallas
August 29 - The Woodlands, TX

Has anyone ever seen Tom Petty live?? I have always wanted too ... he is on my "to see" list for sure. I am looking forward to seeing this show.

yay ! i heard about this too. ...i thought the Eagles were playin....hey Tom is on soundstage this week ..here anyway...and Miss Stevie is with the Heartbreakers....great show. ...

miss you ANNA. RIP.

Should be a good show and an even better game

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Originally posted by betsyb3:
I wish Stevie Nicks would come out and sing Stop Draggin' My Heart Around with Tom!!! Is that too much to ask? Lol!

shes been hangin w/ him lately. ...

www.nicksfix.com

but now i heard MJ BLIGE and THAT dam MAROON 5 LOL ARE PLAYIN SUPER BOWL ...
LOVE MJB. ...THO.

Yep and I guess Alicia Keys will also be singing at the Pre-Game show.. her voice is amazing

I was bummed Stevie Nicks didn't come out, dang she is from Arizona where the Superbowl was played this year! Tom Petty did a good job, I will say!