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    Amalie Arena

    Tampa, FL

    May 6, 2017

     

    It’s no coincidence Saturday night’s show at Amalie Arena in Tampa was a special night on Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ 40th Anniversary tour.

     

    Just 130 miles from Gainesville, Tampa is the tour’s closest stop to the band’s old stomping grounds in central Florida, meaning the backstage hallways, hospitality suites and catering would be full of family and friends visiting before the show. 

     

    Saturday night’s show in Tampa was the 10th show of the tour, and so the band was well-oiled and raring to go at a venue they are very comfortable in, having played it five times since 1999.

     

    “You Don’t Know How It Feels” got stretched out a bit for an extended jam, and Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench traded Chuck Berry riffs during “Don’t Come Around Here No More.” After an electrifying “Crawling Back to You,” Tom acknowledged how special the night had been.

     

    “It means so much to us to be here with you tonight,” he said, holding his hand over his heart. “We’ve been playing this town for a long, long time, and you’ve kept coming back to see us year after year. We’re so grateful.”

     

    Rockin’ Around With You

    Mary Jane’s Last Dance

    You Don’t Know How It Feels

    Forgotten Man

    You Got Lucky

    I Won’t Back Down

    Free Fallin’

    Walls

    Don’t Come Around Here No More

    It’s Good To Be King

    Crawling Back to You

    Wildflowers

    Learning to Fly

    Yer So Bad

    I Should Have Known It

    Refugee

    Runnin’ Down A Dream

     

    You Wreck Me

    American Girl

     

     

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