[STCrowley]

I like to think that I come here mainly to answer questions, but, well. . . I've stumped myself. I understand reported speech normally (I'm really a native speaker), but I had a question about using it in conjunction with 'I read' and 'I heard.'

For example: if I hear on the radio that my favorite singer will be performing in my hometown, I could say both (I think):

• I heard that he will be performing here
• I heard that he would be performing here.

Is this right? To my ear, the first sentence sounds like I believe he'll be performing. The second sentence sounds--again, to me--like I heard it, but I don't believe it.

Does anybody else have the same understanding of this?