Stevie's First Tour With The Heartbreakers

[David]

Stevie practically went on the road with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in the summer & fall of 1981.

June 26 San Francisco CA (Cow Palace)
June 28 Los Angeles CA (Forum)
June 29 Los Angeles CA (Forum)
June 30 Los Angeles CA (Forum)
July 27 Philadelphia PA (Spectrum)
July 30 East Rutherford NJ (Meadowlands)
August 7 Boston MA (Boston Garden) (Ledgie Pattie confirmed this)
Sept 6 Sacramento CA (Cal Expo)
Sept 18 Irvine CA (Irvine Meadows)
Sept 19 Irvine CA (Irvine Meadows)
Sept 29 Atlanta GA (Omni)
Sept 30 Savannah GA (Civic Center)
Oct 2 Lakeland FL (Lakeland Civic Center)
Oct 3 Jacksonville FL (Veterans' Memorial Coliseum)
Oct 6 St. Petersburg FL (Bayfront Arena)
Oct 8 Gainesville FL (O’Connell Center) (Wild Thing)

With the exception of "Insider" & "Stop" from the first night in Irvine, "Insider" & "Needles & Pins" from Los Angeles, & "Wild Thing" from Gainesville, where are all the audience recordings from these great guest spots?

[vermicious knid]

That's more dates than her own tour that year! The few dates before Bella Donna was released on July 27th don't seem so out of place, but the September and October dates look silly to me. Gee, you've only just released your very first album at 33 years old. I wouldn't peg the first months afterward as being used for guest spots on someone else's tour. Maybe this was due to the trepidation she had about bearing all the responsibility being the star of the show. No wonder there was tension between her and Frontline Management.

[David]

That's more dates than her own tour that year! The few dates before Bella Donna was released on July 27th don't seem so out of place, but the September and October dates look silly to me. Gee, you've only just released your very first album at 33 years old. I wouldn't peg the first months afterward as being used for guest spots on someone else's tour. Maybe this was due to the trepidation she had about bearing all the responsibility being the star of the show. No wonder there was tension between her and Frontline Management.Good points. I'm trying to remember back ... back ... back ...

She didn't plan the tour until relatively late, right? Radio guys asked her about touring in August/September/October, & she usually said, "Well, maybe. Haven't decided."

Maybe her thinking -- apart from loving Tom & the Boyz -- was that the guest stints gave her the chance to sell "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" & hence her album.

I wish the Heartbreakers fans had some more audio or video of any of these shows.

[fleetwoodtrick]

OMFG, that's what I'd like to know! I'd loovvvvvve to have some audio/video of these. I mean where did the Sometimes It's a Bitch video Petty footage come from!?

[David]

OMFG, that's what I'd like to know! I'd loovvvvvve to have some audio/video of these. I mean where did the Sometimes It's a Bitch video Petty footage come from!?"Insider" & "Stop" from Irvine is on audio tape, & there are lots of photographs from various appearances -- L.A., Lakeland, Jacksonville, etc.

Come on, let's hit up the Heartbreaker fan base for some video.

I'd even love some video from the three appearances Stevie made with the Heartbreakers in 1985: Tempe, Los Angeles, & Tempe again. I saw the Los Angeles thing. It was cool! It was rad! Stevie wore a trench coat, & was fat in a good way.

[Somajoseph]

That's more dates than her own tour that year! The few dates before Bella Donna was released on July 27th don't seem so out of place, but the September and October dates look silly to me. Gee, you've only just released your very first album at 33 years old. I wouldn't peg the first months afterward as being used for guest spots on someone else's tour. Maybe this was due to the trepidation she had about bearing all the responsibility being the star of the show. No wonder there was tension between her and Frontline Management.

It would have been great to see a long tour in support of Bella Donna, but at the time -1981- wasnt Fleetwood Mac in the studio recording Mirage? Also I believe she couldnt put together a band with most of the players because of their schedules.