Tribute Band 'Petty Theft' Coming to the Woodland Opera House, 8//28

The best-loved hits of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers come to the Woodland Opera House stage with Michael Furlong and his band, "Petty Theft" on Saturday, August 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Their extensive repertoire includes rocking oldies, signature ballads and current hits like "Breakdown", "Free Fallin", "Refugee", "American Girl", 'Don't Do Me Like That", "I Need To Know", and "Here Comes My Girl".

Michael Furlong has been an accomplished performing musician for nearly 30 years as a songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist, and producer of his own original music. He has four international records to his credit.
As a solo artist he has performed on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", Showtime, and VH-1. The video for his title track single off of the Atlantic release, "Use It or Lose It", appeared in regular rotation on MTV and the song was charted in Billboard Magazine.

In 1980 after performing throughout the US and Canada Furlong moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where he performed nightclubs and concerts while recording. After he signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records he moved back to California where he was managed by Bruce Cohn, Doobie Brothers & Night Ranger management, and toured to promote his releases.

Furlong played for a short time with heavy metal band "Wild Dogs" before moving on to perform with Rob Hanna's Salute to Rod Stewart in the Reno-Tahoe casino showroom circuit.

In 1991 he began performing "Petty Theft" a Tribute to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, which is now approaching 20 years of entertaining Petty fans.

The Petty Theft band includes Glenn Hicks on drums, percussion, and vocals, Steve Hatley on keyboards and vocals, Wesley Orsolic on lead guitar and vocals, and Dave Clark on bass guitar and vocals.

Reserved seats are $20 for adults and $10 for children age 17 and under. Tickets are available at www.woodlandoperahouse.org or at the box office at 666-9617. Box office hours are Monday through Friday from 10-1 and 2-5. The theatre and box office are located at 340 2nd Street.

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