Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Tickets On Sale Saturday For Their Colorado Concert

Have you ever seen Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in concert?

This Spring you'll get the chance, they begin their U.S. tour at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado on April 19, 2012.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, January 14, at 10 am through www.tickethorse.com. You could "Win 'em Before You Can Buy 'em" by listening to KING FM. On Friday the 13th when we play a Tom Petty song between 6 am and 6 pm dial 778-8800, if you're caller 10 you win a pair of tickets to the April 19th concert.

Tom Petty's website has also announced the first tour of Europe in 20 years.

The North American tour of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers includes their first ever performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on April 28.

On this tour, the band will also play for the first time in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

During a recent Twitter chat session, Tom Petty tweeted that he loves the U. K. and was very excited to come there in general and wished they were playing more shows. When asked if there was a new Petty album planned, he replied, "Yes there is, but too soon to know details, it's early days."

When asked when was the first time he saw snow? Petty tweeted, "That's a good question, I think on tour in '76 in Boston." He may get another chance to see snow in the Rocky Mountains when his tour comes to Colorado on April 19, 2012.

While you're waiting to get your tickets, you can see the band in concert on their new DVD that came out on January 3 called "Tom Petty Live in Concert" (2005).