Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were a successful and influential band for decades, so, naturally, a few documentaries have been made about the group. Fans who miss thir music can check out films ...
For almost 50 years, guitarist Mike Campbell was Tom Petty’s most trusted collaborator and confidante. In his 2025 memoir, ...
It’s 1976 and Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Ron Blair, Stan Lynch, and Benmont Tench are making their official live debut as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at a little club in West Palm Beach Florida ...
Until the recent publication of his memoir Heartbreaker, Mike Campbell, who is best known as the founding lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, didn’t set out to write a book. When he was ...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released 13 albums over four decades, starting with their 1976 self-titled début. Petty, rightfully, holds rank in the American songbook beside Bob Dylan and Bruce ...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers belong to a special class of artists, a class comprised of those few acts that have sustained decades-long careers despite the restlessness of popular music’s audience.
Fans of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers—or of 1980s rock music culture in general—have a gift coming their way. For two nights (October 17 and October 20) a lost treasure called Heartbreakers Beach ...
One aspect of Tom Petty’s music that comes into sharper focus in a comprehensive new collection is how consistently he kept the long view in mind. That’s clear in any number of the 38 tracks chosen ...
It’s blindingly obvious to say that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers were one of the all-time great American bands, but that statement is beyond question not only because of Petty’s deeply human and ...
The musician details to PEOPLE his life and career as a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, as told in his new autobiography Until the recent publication of his memoir Heartbreaker, Mike ...