Having infected much of the nation with ”Full Moon Fever” in 1989, rocker Tom Petty is scheduled to return to recording and touring this month with an MCA Records album titled ”Into the Great Wide Open.”
Petty`s ”Full Moon Fever,” his first solo album away from his band, the Heartbreakers, was his most enthusiastically received album ever, selling a surprising 3 million copies. ”Into the Great Wide Open” reunites him with the Heartbreakers. The album is slated for a June 25 release.
Produced by Jeff Lynne-who also produced ”Full Moon Fever”-the album kicks off with the single ”Learning to Fly,” which was released last week.
But the new album isn`t all fans can expect from Petty on June 25. MCA will release digitally remastered versions of his group`s first two albums,
”Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” and ”You`re Gonna Get It,” both of which have been long out of print.
