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Tom Petty, His show at the Gardens last night seemed to sputter from beginning to end, Peter Goddard reports
Tom Petty, His show at the Gardens last night seemed to sputter from beginning to end, Peter Goddard reports

Tom Petty, His show at the Gardens last night seemed to sputter from beginning to end, Peter Goddard reports

Date7/22/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tom Petty, His show at the Gardens last night seemed to sputter from beginning to end, Peter Goddard reports. His albums are selling in the millions but you'd never know it by the size of the audience.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0073544F
Tom Petty, His show at the Gardens last night seemed to sputter from beginning to end, Peter Goddard reports
Tom Petty, His show at the Gardens last night seemed to sputter from beginning to end, Peter Goddard reports
7/22/1981
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9/22/1991
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4/2/1980
The man who sets the tone in and outside rock, David Bowie last night played to a capacity audience at Maple Leaf Gardens and Star rock critic Peter Goddard says the show was a hit
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5/1/1978
Brian Johnson: AC/DC's new lead singer screamed his way through the London -based band's hits at Maple Leaf Gardens last night, Peter Goddard says
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9/5/1977
Tim Curry at O'Keefe Centre last night: He was working only one level, Peter Goddard reports
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7/22/1979
Looking trim but also looking all of his 36 years, Paul Anka last night seemed intimidated at first in cool vastness of Maple Leaf Gardens. But he eve(...)
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10/19/1976
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The duets of Michel Legrand and Laury Shelley in the Forum last night seemed distant, says Star staff writer Peter Goddard
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