From the Kentucky Exposition Center:

Louisville, KY (April 28, 2010) – The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers show with special guest Joe Cocker scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, in Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center is canceled. The show was unable to be rescheduled after postponing it to accommodate the delayed release of the band’s latest album, Mojo.

If you’re holding tickets for this show, keep your tickets handy and give us a call at 1-866-353-5167 so we can work out your refund.

Fans of Natalie Merchant have been waiting a long time for the velvet-voiced songwriter to come back on an American tour, and that wait is almost over! Natalie’s upcoming double album, “Leave Your Sleep,” was inspired by poems read to her infant daughter, and contains poems from many authors put to Natalie’s own melodies. As Natalie explained to the New York Times, “In my mind, I had all these visions of projects I wanted to do and things I wanted to make, but I couldn’t leave my chair, and I had my hands full. So I just put a tape recorder next to the chair where I was nursing, and I would start singing into it, and that’s where the first songs came from. I didn’t really have time to focus on writing lyrics.”

Her first album since 2003, “Leave Your Sleep” is an album about poetry, and an album about childhood. It’s also a collaboration with other poets and writers, as well as 130 musical artists, according to Natalie, including Medeski, Martin & Wood and members of the New York Philharmonic.

Natalie’s tour, currently in Europe, will come to the US in July and will progress along the east coast and throughout the country through the beginning of September. Tickets to her shows can be found here, so don’t miss your chance to see her live!