The Tom Petty concert last night was fantastic!! I took a ton of pictures and this is the only one that was decent. Most of them look like this:

I did get a pretty good video of "Free Fallin'" while the drunk idiots in front of us disappeared for a few minutes.

So remember the drunk dude from the Iron Maiden story? These morons in front of us were likely his relatives.

I don't know how well you can see them, but they are 4 40-somethings (2 girls [1 blonde, 1 brunette], 2 guys [white shirt dude and other dude]), who were totally drunk, totally obnoxious, and a few thin layers of clothing from just having sex in front of everyone in our section. From our best judgment being a mere few feet away from their antics, our best assessment of the situation is that the two dudes had been macking on these girls for a while and invited them to see Tom Petty as a way to finally get them in bed. The girls seemed totally cool with this plan and were high fiving each other has their dancing got raunchier. White shirted dude (who was like 8 feet tall and had a huge head) and blonde girl were doing a lot of goofy dancing and bumping. Other dude and brunette girl was doing a lot of dirty dancing and making out. I said to Kevin at one point that it would have been cheaper for them to have gone to a club if they wanted to dance so much because they seemed to pay no attention to the show. Just before the encore, the girls started smoking pot, and then white shirt dude vanished and never returned. Then things got real interesting. The brunette girl stopped dancing and was curled in the fetal position in her seat and her dude seemed much less into her. The blonde girl kept drunk dancing by herself, eventually realized that her friend was looking like death and asked her if she was ok. Brunette girl waved her off, and then put her head between her legs and started puking on her feet. The dude who had been totally all over her responded to her puking by standing up, starting to dance for a moment like he was really into the music, stepping aside, and then leaving. Now possibly he was a nice guy looking to get his potential hook up some medical attention or a bottle of water. But our group's agreement was that the dude decided to cut his losses and flee. Fortunately the show ended a few minutes later and we quickly exited as the blonde girl tried to use her iPhone as a flashlight while trying to read an LIRR schedule.

But aside from all that drama and hilarity, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers rocked the house. They played a ton of their greatest hits like American Girl, Runnin' Down a Dream, Free Fallin', Last Dance with Mary Jane, Learning to Fly, and so many more. They also played 5 songs off their new CD, which is really good with a nice bluesy vibe.

And thus ends the concert season for us. Here's hoping that Iron Maiden and Tom Petty both come around to MSG in July 2012 (since we've now seen both in July 2008 and 2010).