THEY ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO GAINESVILLE!! WE DID IT AND TOM PETTY IS RETURNING FOR THE BIG ANNIVERSARY SHOW!!
November 13, 2015
Final supporters
Let's bring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Gainesville for the band's 40th anniversary!
The band, with special guest Stevie Nicks, performed at the O’Connell Center on the University of Florida campus in September 2006 to celebrate its 30-year anniversary. Petty is from Gainesville and, in the early 1970s, played with his band Mudcrutch at Dub’s Steer Room, which was demolished in 2014, and Mudcrutch Farm on Northwest 45th Avenue.
The band moved to California in 1974 and reformed as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1976, the year their eponymous debut album and its hits “American Girl” and “Breakdown” grabbed the nation’s attention. Subsequent albums in the band’s decades-long career generated several more timeless songs: “Refugee,” “Don’t Do Me Like That,” “Here Comes My Girl,” “The Waiting,” “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Free Fallin’,” “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” and “Learning to Fly.”
Petty declined to play Gator Growl in 2014, but let’s show him that we really, really want him here in Gainesville in 2016 for the Heartbreakers’ 40th anniversary.
Please sign the petition to show your support for UF’s Student Government Productions sealing the deal with the Heartbreakers!
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October 29, 2015
THE MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY EXPLODING RIGHT NOW!! I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TOM PETTY BACK HOME IN GAINESVILLE FOR THIS HUGE ANNIVERSARY!!
Reached 100 supporters
October 29, 2015
52 Comments
I attended TP's last concert in Gville and would love to spread the word to get him and the Heartbreakers back.
will be perfect timing with a little 45 min set of Mudcrutch..then the Heartbreakers!!
Great time in 2006, let's do it again Tom. You might break me as I would probably need to take the older grandkids. C'mon, at least one more time, back down south
Grew up with Tom, went to HS with him. Neighbor of my grandparents. Hung out at Lipham's Music Store in Gainesville back in the 60's.
I was SGP Chairman and promoted Mudcrutch in at least 50 Concerts! Let's do this!
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THEY ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO GAINESVILLE!! WE DID IT AND TOM PETTY IS RETURNING FOR THE BIG ANNIVERSARY SHOW!!
November 13, 2015
Final supporters
Let's bring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Gainesville for the band's 40th anniversary!
The band, with special guest Stevie Nicks, performed at the O’Connell Center on the University of Florida campus in September 2006 to celebrate its 30-year anniversary. Petty is from Gainesville and, in the early 1970s, played with his band Mudcrutch at Dub’s Steer Room, which was demolished in 2014, and Mudcrutch Farm on Northwest 45th Avenue.
The band moved to California in 1974 and reformed as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1976, the year their eponymous debut album and its hits “American Girl” and “Breakdown” grabbed the nation’s attention. Subsequent albums in the band’s decades-long career generated several more timeless songs: “Refugee,” “Don’t Do Me Like That,” “Here Comes My Girl,” “The Waiting,” “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Free Fallin’,” “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” and “Learning to Fly.”
Petty declined to play Gator Growl in 2014, but let’s show him that we really, really want him here in Gainesville in 2016 for the Heartbreakers’ 40th anniversary.
Please sign the petition to show your support for UF’s Student Government Productions sealing the deal with the Heartbreakers!
Updates
October 29, 2015
THE MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY EXPLODING RIGHT NOW!! I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TOM PETTY BACK HOME IN GAINESVILLE FOR THIS HUGE ANNIVERSARY!!
Reached 100 supporters
October 29, 2015
52 Comments
Grew up in NE Gainesville near Tom . Would ask him to please do this for all the NE loyal Fans,
I attended TP's last concert in Gville and would love to spread the word to get him and the Heartbreakers back.
will be perfect timing with a little 45 min set of Mudcrutch..then the Heartbreakers!!
Great time in 2006, let's do it again Tom. You might break me as I would probably need to take the older grandkids. C'mon, at least one more time, back down south
Grew up with Tom, went to HS with him. Neighbor of my grandparents. Hung out at Lipham's Music Store in Gainesville back in the 60's.
I was SGP Chairman and promoted Mudcrutch in at least 50 Concerts! Let's do this!
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Grew up in NE Gainesville near Tom . Would ask him to please do this for all the NE loyal Fans,