Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Stevie Nicks at the Garden

[UnwindedDreams]

I had 2 seats in 64 Row G, which turned out to be fourth row because 64 started at D. These seats were probably better than floor. It was the first level up from the floor and they were so close that you could see the sweat rolling down Petty's face and everybody's faces. On to the show:

Listen To Her Heart-Petty and the boys tuned their guitars and started the show with this...you could hear the crowd singingover him

You Don't Know How It Feels-Petty says it's great to be back in the City after two years. The crowd really loved this one...Petty was really gettinginto it:drumming it out and holding his head down at the mic.

I Won't Back Down-Another crowd sing along especially in the line,"Hey Baby...there ain't no easy way out."

Free Fallin-INCREDIBLE...I just wish Stevie could have sang with him on this one.

Saving Grace-New song from Highway Companion...I heard it on an NBA Finals commercial...It's very Southern bluesy like an Allman Bros song...I like it...

I'm A Man-Nice rendition but I like the slower Bo Diddley one better. People start screaming STEVIE!!!

Oh Well-AWESOME...He was great with the maraccas. He was standing on one foot sliding across the stage shaking them

Handle With Care-It was pretty cool to hear a Wilbury's song but I wasn't crazy about it.

Band intros and will you please welcome STEVIE NICKS!!! :crowdgoescrazy:

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around-WOW!!! Stevie was kicking her leg up revealing the beautiful suede boots...great vocals and dance moves.

Crowd still crazy over Stevie

I Need to Know-ROCKED!!! More kicks and tambo rocking.

Stevie left and acoustic set came...

Melinda and Square One-Tom introduced them as songs he was very close to...

And now the moment we've been waiting for for 25 years:

Insider-Beautiful, beautiful duet and vocals...Stevie sounded angelic...Ifelt like I was in heaven listening to her on that one.

Learning to Fly-A great sing along with Petty and the crowd...Stevie also did a great job on backround vocals.

Don't Come Around Here No More-Tom and Stevie really rocked out at the end of this song. Between Petty rocking his guitar and Stevie banging her head and tambo, it was all amazing.

Refugee-Loved it...every single moment of it. It was probably one of the best songs of the night. A great rocker for Petty and the crowd.

Running Down A Dream-Another great rocker...Great guitar solos. Petty walked right to my section.

Petty and the boys say goodbye and I lit my lighter and opened my cellphone.

You Wreck Me-AWESOME!!!AWESOME!!!AWESOME!!! It was so great...such a great encore.

Mystic Eyes-Honestly, I was singing along to it but I rather would have heard Gloria OH WELL!!!

American Girl-I screamed Stevie and waved and she looked at me and smiled. She looked great with her famous pants outfit on and one hand with the glove and one with her tambo. Petty asked us to make the loudestnoise he's ever heard at Madison Square garden tonight...we did. American Girl was awesome. Tom let Stevie have a little tambo solo where kicked her leg up. AWESOME!!!

Petty said that he would see us soon and they had their final bows and left us with memories of a magical night...Love you Stevie!!!

[skcin]

Sweet! Thanks for the review!

[UnwindedDreams]

No prob...Awesome show Paula...go see them up in Buffalo...even without Stevie...

[DavidMn]

SOunds like you had a great time!

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

SOunds like you had a great time!

Oh yeah!!!

[Angel69]

The man and his band were on fire last night at the Garden. I have been a fan of his since 1978 and have seen him numerous times. The sound of his voice last night was much better than the Bonaroo (sp?) show. They rocked the songs especially Oh Well. I have always had a soft spot for Listen To Her Heart and always like when they play it live. Every song was perfection. Stop Draggin needs this band because they seem to know that the song needs a certain kind of sound which they achieve tenfold, that Heartbreakers sound. Benmont is one of the best keyboard players the world is ever gonna see/hear. As for Stevie how high was she singing last night!!!!! Insider was of a different universe, the vocals were sweet and exquisite. She kicked the **** out of I need To Know and then took it to church. A SUPERB performance.

[Rickypt]

Thanks for the review! This is one show I want to remember and will treasure. I will write with comments, but haven't slept in 48 hours with the traveling.

Loved seeing Stevie so happy and energetic.

Only bad part was a bunch of people in front of me taking a beer break when Stevie came on and then talked during Insider. But they appreciated my love for her.

[golden braid]

Thanks for reviewing. I'm so jealous of all you guys who got to see Stevie and Tom together but at least everyone's been supplying great pics, audio, and videos so I can feel what it was like to have been there.

[Rickypt]

I don't have much to add to Unwinded's great review.

Except to say that my first concert was in September, 1981, and it was Tom Petty and the HB's "Hard Promises" tour. The rumor was that Stevie would join him at this show (Arizona State University in Tempe), so I begged my parents to take me. My mom relented. Stevie did not show.

So, having a second shot at that experience 25 years later was one of those special moments where life feels just little more magical than usual.

I thought TP and the Heartbreakers put on a phenomenal performance, with a pace that (with the exception of a couple of rocking songs and the Stevie set) went from the mid-tempo songs to the ballads to a crescendo of full-on rockers starting with the second half of DCAHNM until the last note of American Girl.

Except for some Stevie-dislikers in front of me, the crowd was great. I always have to have The Obligatory Dancing Girl Who Has To Wave Her Arms In My Face right next to me, but it was all good.

Highlights for me:

-- First moments of Listen To Her Heart. A great opener and you could feel the love from the crowd.
-- I Won't Back Down--I usually don't like crowd sing-alongs, but this was fun.
--Learning To Fly--acoustic and really captured the beauty of the song
--Every moment Stevie was on stage
--Looking around the arena towards the end and seeing thousands of people standing and rocking out.

I would rather have heard two other TP songs like The Waiting instead of the covers, but overall this show was AWESOME.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Thanks for the review! This is one show I want to remember and will treasure. I will write with comments, but haven't slept in 48 hours with the traveling.

Loved seeing Stevie so happy and energetic.

Only bad part was a bunch of people in front of me taking a beer break when Stevie came on and then talked during Insider. But they appreciated my love for her.

Glad you had a good time!

[nightbird89]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Glad you had a good time!

Thanx for the review. Sounds lyk an awsum show!

[MacMan]

Some really great photos on the nicksfix from the NYC show

http://www.nicksfix.com/photos_tom_petty_tour_2006.htm