What a treat it is to start the day with a new Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tour! Especially with special guest Steve Winwood on the bill! May, June, July and August are the months and cities include Philadelphia, Charlotte, Cincinnati, San Francisco and Minneapolis. And don’t forget to read our special item, Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Hit The Highway, posted earlier today.

Gore Gore Girls travel to Europe in April. Playing mostly clubs, look for the Detroit garage band in places like Zurich, Berlin, Milan and Helsinki.

We have a very extensive U.K. tour for The Automatic. The new dates range from March 28 in Monmouth to April 29 in Cardiff. In between you’ll find ’em in places like Norwich, Portsmouth, Hull, Leeds and Brighton.

During the past couple of hours we also updated the schedules for The BossHoss, The Bellrays, The Dodos, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Chip Hanna Go Jimmy Go Mark Stewart and the Maffia and Bambix.

And the mighty Pollstar.com tour machine lurches on! More new concert data coming up in your Midday Update, scheduled for around 12 noon (PST), from Pollstar.com!