The new Tom Petty box set, An American Treasure, comes out on Friday. So on Thursday, the Tom Petty Nation Facebook Group will host listening parties around the U.S., as well as in Canada and Germany.
The DC-area listening party will take place at Dogfish Head Alehouse in Gaithersburg, according to the official Tom Petty website.
The address is 800 W. Diamond Avenue in Gaithersburg. The party starts at 6 p.m.
Yesterday (Tuesday) marked the first anniversary of the final show by Petty and The Heartbreakers, when they brought their 40th anniversary tour to an end at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with a performance of "American Girl." A week later, on October 2nd. Petty was dead at the age of 66.