With their big halftime Super Bowl show fast approaching, Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers have announced the full schedule for their summer tour.
Former Traffic leader Steve Winwood will open all dates, making this a pretty cool double bill. Good news: You'll have your pick of area places to see them. The Petty/Winwood tour will touch down at Pittsburgh's Post Gazette Pavilion on Tuesday, June 10; at Darien Lake Theme Park in Darien Center, N.Y. on Saturday, June 21; and at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on June 22.
For more details, visit www.tompetty.com.
Country star Vince Gill will play Chautauqua Institution on Aug. 22. Gill is up for a Best Album Grammy (and Best County Album) for his ambitious and prodigious four-CD set, "These Days." Grammy Awards will be televised on Feb. 10. Looks like they'll go on unscathed, now that the Writers Guild has said it will not picket the awards. That means top stars -- movie and musical ones -- can appear without antagonizing anyone.
Portishead will play California's mammoth Coachella Valleyl Music & Arts festival in April. "Third," their first CD in 11 years will arrive April 14.
The massive alternative festival features one surprising rock star from the past -- Roger Waters -- but also Kraftwerk, who seldom tour, along with Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, the Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket, and Rilo Kiley, among others.
A few other reunited acts at Coachella are also scheduled to appear, including the Verve, Love & Rockets, and the Breeders.
Reminder: Erie Broadway Series presents "Chicago" tonight at 7:30 at the Warner Theatre. Early deadlines will prevent a review from appearing in Friday's Times-News but we will post one online. Look for it Friday in the Showcase Theatre section.

