* "Welcome to the show. I'm Tom Petty and of course these are the Heartbreakers…"
* In Reno, NV, Tom Petty picked up a bra which had been tossed on stage, saying, "This looks like a
big one," then
put it on and modeled it; he did it again with a black strapless number in Pittsburgh, PA;
* "Learning To Fly" was dedicated to Jerry Garcia in Salt Lake City, UT;
* Acting as his "guitar roadie" on stage in Columbia, MD, and Pittsburgh, PA, Mike Campbell's daughter, Brie, handed him his treasured guitars;
* Tom
kicked his guitar and let it swing loosely from his neck during "Mary Jane's Last Dance," then knocked the microphone down and
smashed his guitar around at the end of "Honeybee";
* Scott Thurston sang beautiful harmony with Tom on "A Higher Place";
* Tom sat cross-legged on the stage, setting the tone with an untamed version of "Refugee."
Just like the old days;
* In Tupelo, MS, birthplace of Elvis Presley, the crowd screamed wildly when Tom sang,
"She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis….;"
* Steve Ferrone and Tom
waltzed around the stage at the end of several shows;
* While the band played "'Round and 'Round" Tom demonstrated his version of Chuck Berry's "duck walk";
* Checking out the equipment before the show in Hartford, CT, were Howie Epstein and his dog, Dingo;
* With his long blond hair flying, Tom showed off his
"head-banging" technique during the hard-driving endings of "It's Good To Be King," "Drivin' Down to Georgia" and "Refugee";
* Although his guitar strap came undone during "Honey Bee" in Pittsburgh, PA, Tom was unfazed while Bugs brought him a new guitar. The strap of Mike's red Gretsch guitar came undone in Huntsville, AL … Mike sailed smoothly through the song, leaning the guitar on the
floor of the stage;
* Electrifying the crowd with his pink Fender Jaguar, Mike ripped into "Diamond Head" adding, among others, parts of "Secret Agent Man," "James Bond," "Exodus," "Breakdown," "You Got Lucky," a touch of Nirvana's "Come As You Are" and a
lot of Mike Campbell;
* Hauntingly beautiful lighting effects silhouetted Tom from above at the end of "Breakdown;"
* In Jackson, MS, an amused Tom Petty announced, "Steve Ferrone on drums broke a bass drum
three songs into the show … let's hear it for Steve!"
* "You Don't Know How It Feels," "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "It's Good To Be King" were highlighted by Mike and Tom's passionate guitar leads;
* During "Drivin' Down to Georgia" Tom pulled petals off a rose ("Won't last long, wintertime'll get 'em");
* Mike strolled off the stage examining a bright pink bra tossed to the band in Cleveland, OH;
* In Pittsburgh, PA, Tom referred to Ben's many collaborations with other artists. "If you look through your record collection, I'll bet you can plan on at least two of 'em — my favorite piano player, Benmont Tench!" He also referred to Ben as "the man who actually started the Heartbreakers a long time ago;"
* Tom rocked into "Lonely Weekends," "Runnin' Down a Dream," "Drivin' Down To Georgia," and "American Girl," bouncing his left leg
Elvis-style (Cathy B. really liked that…
;
* A
wild, raucous rendition of "Gloria" was added to the encore;
* Tom excitedly announced, "We've got a new album coming out in November … it's got
6 CDs," then launched into a
killer version of "Come On Down To My House;"
* Steve Winstead (Mike's guitar technician), joking around, vacuumed in front of the stage
during Pete Droge's act … so … Pete introduced him to the crowd in New Orleans, LA;
* Dressed as a rather
large bee, lighting technician Bruce Heard floated down from the rigging and danced to "Honeybee" while hovering above the band during the last show in New Orleans, LA
(Gotta watch those lighting guys … maybe you've been high up in the rigging a little too long, Bruce …
* All the bras that had been tossed on stage during the tour were hung up on the stage lights so they would fly up and down as the lights moved in New Orleans;
* Joining in with the weird and whimsical spirit of the "last night," Mike Campbell came out on stage wearing a
wrestling mask during "Honeybee" in New Orleans;
* "… Till we see you again, God bless you all …"
Then on a radio recording of one of the 1997 Fillmore shows he tells the radio listeners that everyone is naked.
