That having been said, the show was a bit hit or miss. The nTelos Pavilion was trashed by Hurricane Isabel in 2003, and apparantly they haven't quite worked out all the reconstruction bugs yet. The sound was muddy, and the band had numerous techinical difficlutlies. And although the place went wild when an enthusiastic Stevie came out, her voice was affected, I suspect, by the cool, rainy night, so after "I Need to Know", she motioned to Tom that her throat was bothering her, shook her head, then exited the stage for a couple of songs.

Finally, she came back out for "Insider'" nodding and smiling to Tom that she was OK. I was thrilled because I have never seen "Insider" live, although it is one of my favorite Tom Petty songs of all time!

At one point, Stevie approached the mike and said that although she would never do this "on Tom's stage", she just had to tell everyone how excited she was to be on the road with Tom and sharing the experience with the band.

"Don't Come Around Here No More" was another fantastic highlight, not only because the song's climax was just freakin' eye-popping, but because Stevie totally lost her mind, swirling and jittering about the stage in her white cape!

I've seen Stevie dozens of times, and Tom Petty four or five times, but never together, and wasn't about to miss two of rock's greatest acts together! That, combined with the rumor that this is Tom's last tour, should be enough to get all you fans out to the show!