Tom Petty wrote most of the Heartbreakers' songs, but guitarist Mike Campbell's role in the band over the years should not be overlooked. Where, for example, would the song "Breakdown" be without that ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench has announced his first tour dates for 2026. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will launch an eight-city tour on Jan. 15 in New Orleans, with stops in ...

Last weekend in Gainesville played like a homecoming of sorts at the Heartwood Soundstage — for friends and fans of Tom Petty, for Gainesville’s local-music scene, and for live-music lovers who ...

Sandwiched between punk, the first moans of goth and the flagging first wave of New Wave, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers’ track Refugee took a defiant step in reasserting the dominance of guitar rock ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Gainesville’s annual Tom Petty weekend begins on Friday and fans from all over are preparing. Organizers are anticipating thousands of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers fans to ...

For those familiar with This Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 "mockumentary" about a metal band struggling to succeed, you'll likely remember one of the film's funniest scenes in which bassist Derek Smalls ...

How much does it cost to live like Tom Petty? In this case, not a song. The Wall Street Journal reports Petty’s longtime Malibu, California home has sold for $11.2 million. That’s a pretty penny, but ...

Tom Petty’s longtime home in Malibu, Calif.—where the late “Free Fallin’” rocker had a personal music studio—has sold for $11.2 million. The buyer is Stephen Slade Tien, a psychoanalyst and author, ...

Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” struts onto the Hippodrome stage through Nov. 2, bringing its cult-classic mix of rock ’n’ roll, campy horror and outrageous fun to local audiences. Follow ...

The music world is incredibly small, which is how a rock legend most associated with a West Coast band spent his teen years working with and mentoring Tom Petty, who built a musical legacy on his ...

Today marks what would have been the 75th birthday of Gainesville native Tom Petty. The rock singer and songwriter, born on October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, made an indelible impact on both the music ...

Among Tom Petty’s impressively large catalog of hits, one song stands out as a universal anthem of resilience and defiance: “I Won’t Back Down.” More than just a catchy tune, this track from his debut ...