Tom Petty & The Heatbreakers announce new album 'Hypnotic Eye,' arena tour

Venerable singer-songwriter Tom Petty and his band The Heartbreakers will return this summer with their first new studio album since 2010's Mojo. The band will release Hypnotic Eye on July 29 and will kick off an arena tour a few days later that will run through the fall.

Petty and The Heartbreakers will play the PNC Arena in Raleigh on Thursday, September 18. Steve Winwood will open. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, via the venue box office and Ticketmaster for $32 to $127. Every ticket will include a download of the new album.

Check out a video of the album and tour announcement below that features clips from Hypnotic Eye as well as Petty acting a bit goofy.

ZZ Top to open for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Raleigh, Charlotte

After a bit of rescheduling and uncertainty over the opening band for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' shows in Raleigh and Charlotte, it was announced today that ZZ Top will open for the band in North Carolina as well as for most of the other rescheduled shows.

As an added bonus, there are no service fees for tickets bought to the Raleigh or Charlotte shows through 11:59 p.m. tonight except, oh wait, there's still a $6 facilities fee.

Either way, click through for a full list of tour dates.

Tom Petty postpones first ten dates of tour, Raleigh rescheduled

We have some bad news for everyone looking forward to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers show scheduled for May 6. You're going to have to wait an extra four months. The band has postponed the first ten dates of their upcoming tour due to "a delay in the arrival" of the band's new album Mojo, which is now scheduled to be released on June 15.

The new date for the show at Walnut Creek is Saturday, Sept. 18. The Charlotte show is now on Sunday, Sept. 19. As of now, it's unconfirmed whether Joe Cocker will still open the shows. Check out the updated tour schedule below for the complete changes.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers return to the Triangle

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers with return to Raleigh during their summer tour, announced today.

The band will play Raleigh's Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek on Thursday, May 6, and Charlotte's Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Friday, May. 7. Joe Cocker will open both shows. Check out the full tour schedule below.

Tickets for the Raleigh show will go on sale Monday, March 8, at 10 a.m. here for $35, $75, $99 or $125. Tickets for the Charlotte show go on sale on March 8, at 10 a.m. too here, but tickets will be $41 to $131.