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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers began their five-night Beacon Theatre run (pics, setlist)

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers @ Beacon Theatre, 5/20/2013
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Petty doesn’t play a supercharged oldies revue like the Rolling Stones. Nor does he distort his catalogue into willfully eccentric renditions that separate “true” fans from mere pretenders, a la Bob Dylan. (Don’t get me wrong: I love this about Dylan.) Petty doesn’t perform for three and a half hours, like Bruce Springsteen, and he doesn’t rely on expensive bells and whistles, like pretty much everyone else.

Monday night, at least, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers satisfied themselves with a tight, confident, two-hour set that featured a handful of hits, a few well-chosen covers and lots of deep album cuts. (You can check out the complete set list at the bottom of this post.) His band has been playing together for more than 30 years — he was only half-kidding when he introduced drummer Steve Ferrone, who joined in 1994, as “the new guy” — and they couldn’t be more in sync. Lead guitarist Mike Campbell shreds aplenty, and keyboardist Benmont Tench unleashed a solo during “Melinda” (a staple of the band’s live set that has never made its way onto an album) that ranged from Jerry Lee Lewis to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. But that was the extent of the fireworks. – [Huffington Post]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers kicked off their five-night run at NYC’s Beacon Theatre last night (5/20) and pictures from that are in this post, as is the setlist which included songs from throughout his nearly 40-year, hit-filled career. Did you go last night? Anyone going to all five nights?

Tom Petty plays Beacon Theatre again tonight which, like the rest of his run, is sold out. More pictures from last night are below.

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SETLIST: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers @ Beacon Theatre, 5/20/2013
So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (The Byrds)
Love Is a Long Road
I Won’t Back Down
Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It)
Cabin Down Below
Good Enough
I’m Not Your Stepping Stone
A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)
Billy The Kid
Tweeter and the Monkey Man (Traveling Wilburys)
Rebels
To Find A Friend
Angel Dream
Willin’ (Little Feat cover)
Melinda
I Should Have Known It
Refugee
Runnin’ Down a Dream

Encore:
You Wreck Me
Carol (Chuck Berry)
American Girl