He influenced my songwriting, of course. He influenced everybody’s songwriting,' Petty said of the iconic singer-songwriter.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers go hand in hand. His backing band is just as much a part of his iconography as he is. While one might be forgiven for thinking there was a clear hierarchy between ...

Eight years ago, the world lost a rock icon when Tom Petty died at age 66 on Oct. 2, 2017. Petty first rose to prominence in 1976 as the frontman for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with hits like ...

Tom Petty’s estate has posted a tribute to late power-pop singer/songwriter Dwight Twilley on Petty’s social media sites. Twilley died Wednesday, October 18, at age 72. Several days before, he ...

Mike Campbell is ready to shed some light on his complicated friendship with the late Tom Petty. As a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Campbell had a front-row seat to the singer's ...

What does one do when Tom Petty, singer of “I Won’t Back Down,” asks you and your family to stop using his song at campaign rallies because he emphatically does not support the abhorrent bullshit you ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tom Petty may be gone, but he is not forgotten, and his legacy will carry on in song. Florida fans started singing together when the loudspeaker started playing "I Won't Back Down" ...

Tom Petty's substance abuse issues in the 1990s were a battle he had to fight himself. Mike Campbell, who was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the band’s inception in 1976 ...

Tom Petty hosted a fantastic radio show for years called Buried Treasure and we're learning now as fans, the late singer-songwriter also had plenty of undiscovered gems in his own catalog. "[Long ...