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THE music of rock and roll legend Tom Petty is coming to town with Learning to Fly: A Celebration of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers<\/em> to hit The Capital stage this month.<\/p>\n

The show rolls into Bendigo following a sell-out debut performance in Melbourne in January and includes a band and collection of talented singers.<\/p>\n

One of those singers, Rebecca Barnard, said the stage is full of musicians paying tribute to Petty and his friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are five singers in the show, and we all sing about three songs each,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also sing backing vocals on each other’s songs as well. Most Tom Petty songs you’ll notice have got a harmony somewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also get to perform the duet Stop Dragging My Heart Around<\/em> with Nick Barker. So, I become Stevie Nicks, which is really fun. I don’t dress up or anything, but I do kind of channel her voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barnard was the force behind 90s indie-pop act Rebecca’s Empire and said the idea of a Tom Petty show had long been floating around for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cDan Lethbridge who is kind of the musical director and I have known each other for years,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had always thought someone should do a Tom Petty show.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot a tribute band as such, but this is more about honouring the songs of Tom Petty, you know and doing them as close to as well as he can.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne day Dan rang me and said, \u2018We’re going to do it. Are you in?\u2019 and I said, \u2018Bloody oath I\u2019m in\u2019. and he got a great band together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barnard said the audience is in for a fun show that features a lot of talent honouring Petty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crowd can expect an incredible band of really top-shelf musicians,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are replicating his songs but with different singers. So, you know, it’s interesting having females singing his songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know this sounds like a hard sell, but it’s a feel-good show full of nostalgia for when great music was being made.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, people love it, and the band loves it. The band loves doing it, which really comes across.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show is set for Sunday, 21 May at 4pm with tickets on sale now at gotix.com.au<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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