The Super Bowl ad that did not actually get to plug its product, the appearance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, has not generated gangbuster business the day after.
Petty's appearance, like any other musician or actor who showed up to the game, was to get fans to make purchases, in his case concert tickets. Tickets went on sale today about three hours ago in many cities; that fact was never mentioned on air nor in any Petty advertisements. (Nice full page in the New York Times, though).
Clearly, though, fans are either not putting one and one together or they simply don't want to lock in plans for a night in July or August. Petty is selling tickets seven months out to people in Texas and Washington; his first show is May 30 - nearly four months from the on-sale date.
A quick perusal of Ticketmaster offerings nearly three hours into the sale found tickets about half way up in the Hollywood Bowl, far stage right on the second level at Irvine Meadows in Orange County and in the 300 level at Madison Square Garden where the view will be Benmont Tench's side and Steve Ferrone's back. Maybe there are a lot of Giants fans figuring Petty brought the team luck and are therefor scooping up ducats faster than the rest of the country.
Tour opener in Grand Rapids, Mich., had side of the stage seats available and night two, in Auburn Hills outside Detroit, had second level straight back available.

A few friends started debating last week about what might be included in Tom Petty's set  during halftime at the Super Bowl and most of us figured "Running Down a Dream" and "Free Fallin'" were locks until a rumor spread that he's working on  new material.
That certainly threw a wrench into any plans for song pool. Naturally, the discussion turned toward: Is there a Petty album on the horizon that no one knows anything about? Well, right now, no. But there is a tour.
Petty and the Heartbreakers play Sunday in Arizona; tickets for his summer tour go on sale the next day. Steve Winwood will be opening the shows, which start May 30 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Tour dates after the jump

Moms, Dads: If you thought the crying was unbearable when little Samantha or Ashley was told there was no way to get Miley Cyrus concert tickets, well hold on.
Turns out the Jonas Brothers can sell ducats at potentially an even faster rate. In L.A., the Jonas Brothers set a new record for the fastest sell-out in the 36-year history of the Gibson, formerly Universal, Amphitheater. Two minutes. More than 5,000 seats sold.
The band immediately added two more shows and sold every ticket again. And this is in a  town where many parents can tell their kids "I know a guy who knows a guy who can hook us up" and not the Midwest where the Cyrus dust-up originated. 
But if you think that sell out was fast, how about the 203 postings that went up today on StubHub for the Jonas Brothers' Universal shows. Ducats are running from $69.95 apiece to $858 a ticket for four seats in the fourth row.   Face value is $49.50 for the orchestra; $39.50 for the mezzanine. Then there are the 130 listings on eBay, including one that started at one dollar from the private party known as Mr. Best Available Seating. 
Dates for the teens 'n' ticket scalping extravaganza after the jump:

Tickets for Garth Brooks' L.A. concert goes on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday., Expect them to be gone by 9:10.
Brooks will perform a benefit concert on Jan. 26 at Staples Center to raise money for the recent fire victims and for the future of fire fighting in California. 
Tickets priced at $45 - $38.60 plus 1.40 city amusement tax plus a $5 handling charge. Tickets will be sold by phone network and online at www.ticketmaster.com.  There will be a limit of six tickets per person; tickets will not be available at the Staples Center box office.
All ticket sale proceeds will be donated to the “Southern California 2008 Fire Relief Campaign,” a campaign of the McCormick Tribune Foundation. 
Concert sponsor American Express  will donate $20 for each ticket purchased with an American Express card with a guaranteed commitment of $1 million.  The McCormick Foundation has also pledged to match the first $2 million raised at 50 cents on the dollar (up to a $1 million match).AEG has donated the use of Staples Center.

Foo Fighters have confirmed the bulk of their first American tour in support of their new album "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," including their first-ever show at Madison Square Garden.
A limited number of premium tickets for some shows will be available through Ticketmaster auctions, proceeds from which will benefit local tree planting through TreeBank. Most shows go on sale Saturday.
The second half of March is filled with Canadian dates, leaving the first part of either March or April  open for West Coast shows. Band is booked Down Under at the end of April.
For the tour, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shiflett will be joined by Pat Smear on guitar, Rami Jaffee on keyboards, Drew Hester on percussion, and Jessy Greene on strings.
Tour dates:
1/16 - Sunrise, Fla. BankAtlantic Center
1/17 - Orlando, Fla. Amway Arena
1/19 - Birmingham, Ala. BJCC Arena
1/20 - Pensacola, Fla. Pensacola Civic Center
1/22 - Houston Toyota Center
1/23 - Dallas American Airlines Center (on sale now)
1/25 - Memphis, Tenn. FedEx Forum (on sale now)
1/26 - Nashville, Tenn. Nashville Municipal Auditorium (on sale now)
1/28 - Fayetteville, Ark. Barnhill Arena
1/29 - Oklahoma City Ford Center
2/18 - Worcester, Mass. DCU Center (on sale now)
2/19 - New York Madison Square Garden
2/21 - Philadelphia Wachovia Spectrum (on sale now)
2/24 - Detroit Joe Louis Arena (on sale now)
2/25 - Chicago Allstate Arena
2/27 - Minneapolis Target Center

When Bruce Springsteen announced the opening of his "Magic" tour, all the dates were laid out with a big TBD in Los Angeles on Oct. 28. The second leg, however, is being released in dribs and drabs. First he announced a St. Paul, Minn., show on March 16. Now comes word that he will play the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on April 7 and Philips Arena in Atlanta on April 25. Tickets for Anaheim show go on sale Saturday.

With no word on what plans Ginger Baker has at the end of February,  Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton will perform Feb. 25, 26 and 28 at Madison Square Garden, their first official concerts together in nearly 39 years.  Tickets are being sold first to American Express cardholders, beginning Nov. 12.
The two musicians worked together in Blind Faith - a "supergroup" featuring two members each of Traffic and Cream - and appeared together at the Chicago Crossroads Guitar Festival in July.
In the decades since Blind Faith's lone release, "Had to Cry Today" has never received its proper due as one of Winwood's finest hours. Meanwhile, the 15 minute "Do What You Like" has moved from horrid space filler to significant jam.
Blind Faith went on one tour. It started July 12, 1969 at Madison Square Garden and ended Aug. 24 in Hawaii.
Winwood and Clapton have not yet discussed the set list for the shows - that will be worked out in upcoming rehearsals.
Winwood's last album was initially recorded for the String Cheese Incident's SCI Fi label and then picked up by Sony Music. His next disc will be released by Sony's Columbia Records  in early 2008.  Clapton recently published his autobiography and a companion CD, "Complete Clapton," was released by Warner Music's Reprise.
Their performance at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago is part of  a 2-disc DVD available Nov. 20 from Rhino Entertainment.

What are the odds Slash can attend a party on a Saturday night and be coherent enough to work a cash register come midnight?
Best Buy will put the guitarist to the test this weekend when he is scheduled to ring up the first customer in line purchasing a copy of Guitar Hero III at the Best Buy in West L.A. No word on whether there is any special discount if the customer can play "What Do You Want to Be" or any other Snakepit classics.
The Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock party at the Pico Boulevard Best Buy will feature DJ sets by Joel Madden of Good Charlotte and a performance by Poison.

Can you still scream "Tin Roof"? How about lowering your body to the floor during the "down, down, down" portion of "Rock Lobster"? Remember when "Private Idaho" referenced only a song and a state of mind and not a crappy movie?
Those days good old days, which actually span from the late '70s to well into the '90s,  are abut to return.
The B-52's will perform material being recorded for their first album in 16 years at a show Nov. 16 at the Roxy in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale Thursday. 

Garth Brooks pledged to do a single show in Kansas City, Mo., as a thank you to Wal-Mart for lining his coffers   with the repackaging of his catalog. Show, at KC's  brand new Sprint Center where a Miley Cyrus concert on-sale turned into political grandstanding, went on sale Saturday. One hour, 58 minutes later, Brooks had sold out nine shows. Tickets were $32.50.
The immediate aftermarket reveals only 147 tickets being posted on Stubhub with one clown believing a pair on the floor is worth $10,000. Another site has ducats running from $101 up to a little over a grand. The same site has 254 listings of between two and seven tickets for the Cyrus show, most of them priced right about $200 apiece. Show at Staples Center in Los Angeles has some ridiculous offers, including a single seat in a third-level suite for nearly 10 grand.

On Sale Today
Social Distortion House Of Blues Sunset Strip, Dec. 28, 29, 30

On Sale Saturday
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, Los Angeles Sports Arena, Oct. 29
Velvet Revolver /  Alice In Chains, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Oct. 26
Paramore / The Starting Line / The Almost, Wiltern, Nov.14
M.I.A.,  Wiltern, Nov. 9

Believing that there will be no meltdowns on the road on the East Coast and that the Van Halen brothers,Valerie Bertinelli's kid and DLR make it back West, tickets go on sale Monday for their shows at Staples Center (Nov. 20) and Honda Center (Dec. 18).

While the White Stripes have canceled their U.S. tour which included a Sept. 19 date at the Forum, other shows in Southern California are going on sale.

On Sale Now
John Prine, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Oct. 8
Emmylou Harris, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Oct. 10

Pre-Sale Friday
KIIS-FM Homecoming Concert featuring Gwen Stefani / Fabolous / Nicole Scherzinger / Lloyd / Sean Kingston / Timbaland, Honda Center,  Oct. 27

On Sale Friday
Glassjaw, Avalon, Oct. 28
Avenged Sevenfold, Wiltern, Oct. 29
Hanson, Avalon, Nov. 6

On Sale Saturday
Travis / Maximo Park, Wiltern, Nov. 21
Ne-Yo, Wiltern, Oct. 7
Dropkick Murphys, Wiltern, Nov. 2

House of Blues will take a bath at the bar on Monday: Corbin Bleu, the star of Disney's  two "High School Musicals" and the film "Catch That Kid," is booked to perform at the Sunset Strip club. He has no other dates scheduled.  Showtime is 7 p.m.Tickets are 30 bucks and on sale now.

On sales don't begin until Saturday for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's tour, but the scalpers are already out in force, even offering specific seats. StubHub has plenty listed -- up to $4,400 at the Garden and a mere $530 in Albany - and one site that Pollstar found is listing tickets for sale at Staples Center. Thing is, Springsteen has yet to announce where he will play in Los Angeles. (The date is Oct.28). 

On Sale Now
Los Lobos  (Garfield High School benefit concert), Gibson Amphitheater, Oct. 14

On sale Thursday
Say Anything / Hello Goodbye, Wiltern, Nov. 18, 19
Say Anything / Hello Goodbye, Grove Of Anaheim, Nov. 20

On sale Friday
PJ Harvey, Orpheum Theatre,  Oct. 15
The Pipettes, Avalon, Oct. 25
Coheed & Cambria, Wiltern, Nov. 11

On sale Saturday
Morrissey, Hollywood Palladium, Oct. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13.
Rooney & Polyphonic Spree, Grove Of Anaheim, Oct. 30
Ween, Wiltern, Nov. 8
Evanescence / Sick Puppies, Greek Theater, Nov. 10
The Misfits, House of Blues, Nov. 13
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Wiltern - 11/24.  On Sale 9/8 10am. 
As I Lay Dying @ Wiltern - 11/28.  On Sale 9/8 @ 10am. 
Decemberists @ Wiltern - 11/29 + 11/30.  On Sale 9/8 10am. 
John Butler Trio /  Brett Dennen, Orpheum Theatre, Dec. 1

Meanwhile, the Pet Shop Boys have cancelled their Sept. 27 performance at the Hollywood Bowl due to “logistical issues.” Concert will not be rescheduled.

The new Gotham concert venue, Terminal 5, which  promoter the Bowery Presents is running,has announced shows through Dec.1
The 3,000-capacity theater at 610 W.56th St. (between 11th and 12th) will present:

OCTOBER
11: The National with St. Vincent
19: M.I.A. (sold out)
20: Justice (sold out)
22: Justice with Midnight Juggernauts(tickets on sale Friday at noon)
23-24: The Shins with Vetiver

NOVEMBER
1-2: The Decemberists with Laura Veirs & Saltbreakers
(on sale Friday at noon)
3: Gogol Bordello
4: Band of Horses
10: John Butler Trio with Ian Ball of Gomez (on sale Saturday at noon)
17: Against Me! (on sale Friday at noon)
21: The Hold Steady / Art Brut with 1990s (on sale Friday at noon)
23: State Radio with The Beautiful Girls
30: Ween

DECEMBER
1: Ween

On Sale Wednesday
The Hives, Avalon, Nov. 7

On Sale Friday
Cold War Kids, Wiltern, Nov. 23

On Sale Saturday
Jesus and Mary Chain / Soulsavers Featuring Mark Lanegan / Evan Dando, Wiltern, Oct. 23
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Piers Faccini, Orpheum Theatre, Nov. 8 & 9
Girl Frenzy (Sheryl Crow, Avril Lavigne, Fiona Apple, Colbie Caillat, Sara Bareilles,  Antigone Rising), Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Oct. 27
Go Fest 2007 (Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Keith Anderson, Jason Michael Carroll,  Joanna Cotton), Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Oct. 13
Blonde Redhead, Wiltern, Oct. 25
Minus the Bear, Avalon, Nov. 3
The Hold Steady, Wiltern, Nov. 7

On Sale Now
Cat Power, Avalon, Sept. 21

On Sale Friday
Tony Bennett, Santa Barbara Bowl, Sept. 30

On Sale Saturday
The Sounds, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Sept. 17

On Sale Monday
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Sept. 29

The Eagles and Dixie Chicks have added four nights to their stand opening the Nokia Theater in the L.A. Live complex. Besides the already announced Oct. 18 and 20 dates, the two bands will perform on Oct. 21, 24, 26 and 27. Tickets are already on sale.

ON SALE FRIDAY
Motion City Soundtrack, Wiltern, Dec.4 Chiodos, Avalon Hollywood, Nov. 1

ON SALE SATURDAY
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Orpheum Theatre, Nov. 8 Blue October, Greek Theater, Oct. 26 Regina Spektor, Wiltern, Oct. 30
The Shins, Greek Theater, Oct. 7

ON SALE MONDAY
The Eagles/Dixie Chicks, Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Oct.18 and 20

ON SALE FRIDAY

The Go! Team, Echoplex, Oct. 21
Rogue Wave, El Rey, Oct. 11
Sage Francis, Silent Movie Theatre, Aug. 31

ON SALE SATURDAY

Bryan Adams/George Thorogood, Gibson Amphitheatre, Oct. 4
Metric, Henry Fonda, October 5
Black Crowes, Orpheum Theatre, Oct. 7
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mayan Theater, Aug. 22
Rascal Flatts, Hyundai Pavilion, Sept. 15
Dinosaur Jr./Band of Horses, Wiltern, Sept. 8
Arctic Monkeys/The Coral, Hollywood Palladium, Sept. 25

Tickets for Vegoose go on sale Saturday at the festval's website.
Current lineup for the Las Vegas fest at Sam Boyd Stadium & Star Nursery Field on Oct.  27  and 28 is:

Rage Against The Machine / Daft Punk / Iggy & the Stooges performing the album "Fun House" / Muse / The Shins / Cypress Hill / Queens of the Stone Age / Public Enemy / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Umphrey's McGee / Thievery Corporation / STS9 / Ghostface Killah & The Rhythm Roots Allstars / Blonde Redhead / Gogol Bordello / U.N.K.L.E. / Ghostland Observatory / Pharoah Monch / Battles

VEGOOSE AT NIGHT:
Thievery Corporation
Oct 26th
House of Blues

Umphrey's McGee
Oct 27th
House of Blues

Michael Franti & Spearhead
Oct 27
The Joint ­ Hard Rock

STS9
Oct 28
House of Blues

The Shins
Oct 28
The Joint ­ Hard Rock

ON SALE THURSDAY
Guster, Avalon, Sept. 15

ON SALE FRIDAY
Sinead O’Connor, Orpheum Theater, Sept. 18
Fifth annual Art Laboe Show starring Amanda Perez, Blue Magic, Honey Cone, Barbara Lynn, Temprees,  Al Wilson,
Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen, Sept. 8
Of Montreal / Grand Buffet / MGMT, Avalon, Nov. 9 

ON SALE SATURDAY
Aly & AJ, House Of Blues, Sept. 8
Jaguares, House Of Blues,  Sept. 20 and 21
Muse / Juliette & the Licks, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Sept. 21
Young Jeezy, House Of Blues, Oct. 1 and 3

Lucinda Williams is joining the trend of devoting a concert to a single album, except that she has loaded up pratically the entire catalog.
Williams will play five nights at L.A.'s El Rey and follow it up with five in New York, two at Irving Plaza and  three shows at Manhattan’s Town Hall
Each show will be dedicated to a single album followed by a set of music from her latest disc "West."
The albums she'll be performing are: her 1988 self-titled disc, "Sweet Old World," "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road," "Essence" and "World Without Tears."
Williams will perform the albums in reverse chronological order; first night in each city, therefore, gets "World Without Tears."
Williams will play the El Rey Sept. 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10; Irving Plaza on Sept. 29 and 30, and Town Hall on Oct. 2, 3 and 4. Tickets for the shows go on sale Saturday.

Concerts go in sale this week in Los Angeles:

ON SALE THURSDAY
Brand New / Thrice,  Wiltern, Nov. 3, 4 And 5

ON SALE FRIDAY

Of Montreal / Grand Buffet Management, Avalon, Nov. 8

ON SALE  SATURDAY

Mandy Moore & Paula Cole, House of Blues,  Aug. 23

Screamfest 2007 Featuring T.I., Yung Joc, T-Pain And Lloyd, Sept. 1 & 2

Common, Wiltern, Sept. 7

Scorpions, Gibson Amphitheatre, Sept. 15

Peter Bjorn & John /  The Clientele, The Wiltern, Sept. 17

Michael McDonald / Patti Austin / Marc Antoine / Poncho Sanchez, Greek Theatre, Sept. 28

India.Arie / Ottmar Liebert / Philippe Saisse Trio, Greek Theatre, Sept. 29

They Might Be Giants,  Avalon, Oct. 3

Zucchero, House of Blues,  Oct. 15

The Cure, Santa Barbara Bowl, Oct. 11

Maroon 5 / The Hives / Phantom Planet, Staples Center Nov. 8

There will be no Sanjaya wigs or fauxhawks for sale on the current "American Idol" tour. But for 10 bucks, the fan who forgets to make a sign before leaving the house can get equipped with paper and markers at the show.
The "paper fan marker set" is one of 34 items that Brothers Entertainment Merchandising is offering on the current "Idol" tour. It stops Monday at Staples Center.
Highest -priced item is a $50 blue zip hoodie with the words "07 American Idols Live" printed over the image of a guitar. (Do any of the 10 finalists in the show even play?)
Five dollars will get you an 8X10, a magnet or a glowstick, but fans of Haley Scarnato and Chris Sligh may be disappointed when they find no T-shirts honoring their personal Idols. Only Jordin and Blake are on the T's being sold.