






Tom Petty at Oxford in '80 — when new wave met academia and the roof nearly came off.
On March 24th, 1980, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performed for BBCTV Rock Goes to College, at Oxford Polytechnic.
Acting
Petty's magnetic, loose-limbed stage presence at peak 'Refugee' era.
Sound
The Heartbreakers locked in, raw and unpolished — Campbell's guitar cuts like a threat.
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