The revered rocker and his band will play mostly amphitheatres, rolling the show out May 9 at Corvallis, Ore., for the first of 15 concerts across the West. Stops include Denver, Houston, Dallas, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, San Diego, and a tour-closing two-night stand at The Joint in Las Vegas June 1-2.

The Wallflowers will open all shows through May 21. The support act for the duration of the outing will be announced shortly.

While it might seem that Tom Petty’s glory days are in the rearview mirror (he burst on the scene in 1976 with the hit single “Breakdown”) he and the band have a truly loyal following and remain a great live draw.

Their last full tour in 1999 grossed $26.7 million over 63 dates – one of the 15 top-grossing tours of the year. Their 1995 tour – in support of the acclaimed Wildflowers album – rang up $27.6 million in box office receipts, and ranked No. 7 on Pollstar’s year-end tally.

In between, Petty and the band sold out a 20-show stand at the Fillmore in San Francisco spanning January and February, 1997 – without the benefit of a new album to promote.

In fact, the upcoming tour will mark the Heartbreakers’ first time out in support of its box set, Anthology: Through the Years, which was released last October.