"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Live from Gatorville" airs tonight

January 17, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — SOUNDSTAGE presents “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Live from Gatorville” on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 10 p.m. on WUFT-TV, Channel 5 (Cox Cable Channel 3 in Gainesville). For both Tom Petty fans and Heartbreakers fans alike, “Live from Gatorville” promises to be an emotional and electrifying evening. This is Part-Two, of a two-part presentation.

The band will perform songs from their three-decade career, including rarely played gems, influential covers and songs from Petty’s recent solo album, Highway Companion. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are just getting warmed up at the beginning of the second hour as the barrage of hits keeps coming with “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” “Running Down a Dream” and “You Wreck Me.” Joined again on stage by their special guest Stevie Nicks for several songs, highlights include “Learning to Fly” and the concert closer, “American Girl.”