Tom Petty Opening Act

February 8, 2010 12:28 PM

Who opened the Florida leg of the Tom Petty FULL MOON FEVER tour? My Google-fu is failing me!
posted by polexxia to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

I think the Replacements opened on that entire tour, no?
posted by padraigin at 12:33 PM on February 8, 2010

Response by poster: I'm not sure; my mom went, but she doesn't remember, and I actually LOVE the idea of her having seen the replacements, if you want the truth!
posted by polexxia at 12:48 PM on February 8, 2010

This link suggests that The Replacements were the opening act for the "Strange Behavior Tour", starting in July 1989 in Florida. I can't find anything about a "Full Moon Fever" tour, but the timing of this one looks about right.

You can find various confirmation searching for "Tom Petty" with "The Replacements" on Google News, changing date range to 1989 etc.
posted by Perplexity at 1:02 PM on February 8, 2010

I went - it was the Replacements.
posted by toodleydoodley at 1:12 PM on February 8, 2010 [1 favorite]

Is that tour the one with the Del Fuegos and...someone else? There's a tour shirt on sale on EBay, but the picture on Photobucket only has the cities and not the other acts (also, Safari told me it was fullof badness and asked to close the page).

My oldest brother and my big sister took me to a Tom Petty show in Bloomington, Minn. The Georgia Satellites played, too; best early-teens birthday present ever.

Say, can you find your listing here? http://www.lookatstubs.com/bands/tom_petty.htm (Some sort of access required to see the images, but you can still read the text)
posted by wenestvedt at 1:18 PM on February 8, 2010