This weekend the 35th season of Saturday Night Live concluded with a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers visit. It was the eighth appearance for the band on the long running NBC comedy show. The first performance for Petty on SNL came in November 1979 during the fifth season of the show. His most recent appearance came nearly a decade ago in April 1999 during an episode hosted by John Goodman. For their latest gig on SNL, Petty and Company unveiled two new tracks off of their forthcoming album “Mojo.” First the band played “I Should Have Known It,” a Zeppelin-flavored rock tune, and then returned in the program later to perform “Jefferson Jericho Blues.” “Mojo” will be released on June 15 to stores.

The starting date for the summer arena tour for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers is being delayed in order to accommodate their upcoming album’s new release date. “Mojo” will be the first new album from the band in eight years. The reshuffling will affect the trek’s first nine dates. Originally the tour was set to kick off in Raleigh, NC on May 6. The rescheduled dates have been moved to the end of the outing’s 26 city trek. The shows will now take place in September as well as early October.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers has announced a long US arena tour to support “Mojo,” the classic rockers’ upcoming release and first studio album in eight years. Tom Petty and company will be kicking off their extended run in Raleigh NC on May 6, and follow the performance up with stops in 36 North American cities. Currently the trek wraps up in Saratoga Springs, NY on August 27.

During some of their forthcoming concerts, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is going to be auctioning off some front row tickets to benefit victims from the Midwestern floods that have hit recently. Petty and crew are in the middle currently of an outing that will resume on July 2 in Chicago. According to a recent press release, the band usually holds back several tickets from the front row from each show and gives them out to fans who are seated in the venue’s back section.

The summer tour of North America for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers has been rolled out. Through late August the band will be visiting festivals, amphitheaters and arenas across the US as well as Canada. The next stop for the trek ,which is already three shows in, will be on June 5th and 6th in Philadelphia for a stand of two nights

In April, Mudcrutch, which features Tom Petty along with two Heartbreaker band members, will be hitting the road to support the first full length album ever for the group. The band features Tom Petty along with Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell from the Heartbreakers as well as original Mudcrutch band members Randall Marsh and Tom Leadon.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be joining John Mayer and The Dave Matthews Band as headliners for the Mile High Music Festivals’ first annual event on July 19-20 in Colorado. The two day festival will be taking place at Outer Fields in Dick’s Sporting Goods Park just outside of Denver.

Nine Inch Nails Jay-Z and Coldplay are three acts that have been tapped by Pemberton Festival organizers as headliners for the three day outdoor musical event to be held in Canada. The festival will be held July 25-27 in a tiny village in British Columbia. A few miles south is Whistler, the more well known resort town of the Pacific Northwest.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers is going to make at least one additional live circuit round after all. The band has announced dates recently for a US summer major tour. Last year, Petty said in an interview that the 2007 dates might be his last. The new tour will be kicking off in Grand Rapids, MI on May 30. Four partial months will be covered and extend through late August for a show outside of Houston.