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potus43
Saw him 2 years ago found him surprisingly boring/bland
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RollingFreak
Been meaning to see him for years and finally will be this June. Definitely see what you mean about the bland thing. Not that I think he'll be like that, but his shows are pretty similar tour to tour. Its why I've never jumped. Cause he'll always reliably be there and this just happens to be the year I don't have another big concert to see so he'll be it. But yeah, a show I only plan to see once. He's in that Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, AC/DC on and on list of people that play pretty much the same thing each time and once is usually enough. For all the grief the Stones get, including from myself, I do think they are kinda in that category but play enough different stuff tour to tour to justify a second or third show for a casual fan. You'll probably hear about 10 songs different, which you probably won't with Petty and Mac, etc.
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Hairball
I saw them opening for, and then backing Bob Dylan at the L.A. Forum back in 1986.
Never bothered to see Tom Petty again, but have seen Dylan many times since.
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Hairball
I saw them opening for, and then backing Bob Dylan at the L.A. Forum back in 1986.
Never bothered to see Tom Petty again, but have seen Dylan many times since.
Funny I was at that show and that's when I decided I would see Petty many times again (and have B4), but never see Dylan again, he was just Awful!
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Hairball
I saw them opening for, and then backing Bob Dylan at the L.A. Forum back in 1986.
Never bothered to see Tom Petty again, but have seen Dylan many times since.
Funny I was at that show and that's when I decided I would see Petty many times again (and have B4), but never see Dylan again, he was just Awful!
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Hairball
I saw them opening for, and then backing Bob Dylan at the L.A. Forum back in 1986.
Never bothered to see Tom Petty again, but have seen Dylan many times since.
Funny I was at that show and that's when I decided I would see Petty many times again (and have B4), but never see Dylan again, he was just Awful!
Different strokes for different folks!
I think this was around the time Tom Petty started to try and sing and write like Dylan.
Next thing you know, they both become part of the Traveling Wilburys. I always found it odd that Petty was in that band - he seemed a bit out of his league.
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Kurt
They used to be an absolute cooker of a live band, but something seemed to change a few years back...
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Silver Dagger
Is there any film of his amazing tour c.1991 when he had a "magic tree" in the middle of the stage?
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johnnythunders
Reports from Tom Petty Nation (their version of iorr.org) are promising but thus far not enough of the early stuff for me.
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Jah Paul
When I last saw TP in 2014, I hadn't seen him in about ten years...so for me everything was pretty fresh, including eight songs I'd never heard live before. In checking out the opening night setlist, there are eight songs different from 2014, including a few I haven't heard for years...so I wouldn't be disappointed if I wanted to see him this time around.
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Jah Paul
When I last saw TP in 2014, I hadn't seen him in about ten years...so for me everything was pretty fresh, including eight songs I'd never heard live before. In checking out the opening night setlist, there are eight songs different from 2014, including a few I haven't heard for years...so I wouldn't be disappointed if I wanted to see him this time around.
Out of curiosity wondering why you would choose not to see him again. Maybe too soon? Or maybe you're still on the fence about seeing him again? Or maybe seeing him once every 10 years is enough?
If it were a band or artist I admired and/or loved (Stones and Dylan for example), I would jump at the chance of seeing them after a two year period. That said, there are other bands/artists whose music I like that seeing them just once probably would have been enough (Paul McCartney and The Eagles for example).
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wonderboy
Great back in the day, I think he lost quite a bit when drummer Stan Lynch left.