Tom Petty Charts A New Bestselling Album Nearly A Decade After His Passing

Tom Petty’s Live at Paradise Rock Club, 1978 debuts on two Billboard charts as the late rocker's latest live set becomes an instant bestseller.
NPR

Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Watch Never-Before-Seen Clip of Tom Petty at the Fillmore in 1997

Previously unseen footage of Tom Petty has been made available ahead of the release of the expansive Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Live at the Fillmore (1997) box set. You can watch the eight-minute ...
American Songwriter

Tom Petty and Tupac Resurrected From the Dead in Snoop Dogg’s Mind-Bending Music Video for “Last Dance With Mary Jane”

The music video for Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Jelly Roll’s 2025 track, “Last Dance with Mary Jane,” begins with the unthinkable: Snoop Dogg sitting in a doctor’s office (where the practicing physician ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Tom Petty Refused to Release Some of His Best Songs

Tom Petty's songwriting output could make any artist or band quite jealous. But for all of the things that did make it to the radio, many compositions just sat on the shelf. Then there were the tracks ...
Yahoo

Tom Petty’s Death, 8 Years Later: Inside the Singer's Final Days and Painful Injury That Quietly Affected Him

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 ...
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Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks duet became their biggest hit ever

The song brought two rock icons together.
Rolling Stone

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ ‘Long After Dark’ Gets Deluxe Reissue With Unreleased Songs

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Long After Dark will get the deluxe treatment this fall with a new reissue that pairs the original 1982 album with an additional disc of unreleased music from the era.
The Cheat Sheet

Tom Petty Kept a Treasured Note From Johnny Cash for Years

Petty surrounded himself with a number of powerful people in the music industry. His daughter Adria believed that this increased his confidence. “I know that Leon Russel was very generous to my dad ...
American Songwriter

Countdown Clock Posted on Tom Petty’s Website Teases “Something Really Special” Will Be Announced

Tom Petty’s official website and social media pages are teasing an impending announcement regarding a mysterious project that, according to an online message, promises to be “something really special.
The Cheat Sheet

Tom Petty’s Bandmates Were Irritated With Him Over a Stevie Nicks Song on Their Album

In 1981, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks released duets with one another on their respective albums. Nicks had long wanted Petty to write her a song and, to her delight, he wrote two duets for them. Petty ...