Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury. He kicks off his 2010 tour with his band The Heartbreakers at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion in Raleigh on May 6th and wraps it up at the Saratoga Performing arts Center on August 27th.