Tom Petty vs Australia

The guys allow a letter to lead them on a journey from Tom Petty and Dylan, all the way back to Ol Blue Eyes (and the time he almost caused an international crisis by not watching his mouth.) Support the show on Patreon See the show on YouTube Visit the show on Instagram Visit the show on Facebook Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!) SHOW NOTES https://www.noise11.com/news/benmont-tench-explains-why-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-never-returned-to-australia-after-the-dylan-tour-of-the-80s-20211018 https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/newspapers/1980s/1980-03-23-sydneysunherald https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/1980/capitol-theatre-sydney-australia-7bd98e20.html Damn the Torpedos tour concert program: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276603584662 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Confessions_Tour https://stevienicks.info/2017/11/04/stevie-nicks-reveals-how-she-almost-got-kicked-out-of-australia/ Knockin On Heaven’s Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkQ8wh1K88o https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/magazines/1980s/1986-03-27-rollingstone#:~:text=By%20the%20second%20Sydney%20show,'%20on%20Heaven's%20Door%22%20finale. https://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=1217756 https://stevienicks.info/1987/10/23/fleetwood-mac-dirty-dancing/ Petty: The Biography: https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Biography-Warren-Zanes/dp/0805099689 Tom Petty: The Life and Music: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Petty-Gillian-G-Gaar/dp/0760392617/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks#Artistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Accents https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/newspapers/1980s/1986-04-12-readingeagle https://themusic.com.au/features/10-times-international-music-stars-clashed-with-australia/UjnoREdGSUg/23-10-25 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110718797 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra https://www.rtbuvic.com.au/clarrie-oshea/ https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/04/18/regrets-he-had-a-few/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_gold_rushes https://www.actu.org.au/history-of-australian-unions/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarrie_O%27Shea