Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
How a drum machine confused the hell out of Bob Dylan when he tried to write a hit single in the mid '80s

By Paul Brannigan Published

After seeing how Mike Campbell's input revitalised Don Henley, Bob Dylan fancied a slice of the action, but was thwarted by a uncooperative drum machine

Biographies
Tom Petty posing for a photograph smoking a cigarette
How Tom Petty took on the record industry and won with Damn The Torpedoes

By Max Bell Published

The story behind Tom Petty’s classic 1979 album Damn The Torpedoes and its follow-up Hard Promises

Albums
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition) cover art
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Long After Dark, perhaps as it was always meant to be

By Philip Wilding Published

A remastered Tom Petty classic, with previously unreleased and extra tracks

Albums
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers studio portrait
An expanded, deluxe edition of Tom Petty's Long After Dark is on the way

By Fraser Lewry Published

Watch a newly remastered performance video of the Heartbreakers' fan favourite Straight Into Darkness

Albums
A posed studio portrait on Tom Petty in 1977
“He was an immortal badass”: the genius of Tom Petty, by the people who knew him best

By Dave Everley Published

Tom Petty’s daughters, ex-bandmates and peers look back on the life of an American legend

Interviews
GTA VI advertising illustration
The first GTA 6 trailer has launched - and Tom Petty is all over it

By Fraser Lewry Published

Love Is A Long Road by the late Tom Petty soundtracks the launch trailer for the eagerly awaited Grand Theft Auto VI action-adventure game

Bands & Artists
Dave Grohl and Tom Petty
"It would just have reminded me of being back in Nirvana. It would have been sad, for me personally": Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on why he turned down joining Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

By Liz Scarlett Published

Tom Petty once asked Dave Grohl to become an official Heartbreaker, but the Foo Fighters frontman wasn't keen

Bands & Artists
Tom Petty onstage at the Fillmore in 1997
Previously unseen footage of Tom Petty's legendary Fillmore residency released

By Fraser Lewry Published

The footage was shot during Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ 20-night residency at San Francisco's iconic Fillmore venue in 1997

Bands & Artists
Tom Petty onstage at the Fillmore in 1997
Unseen footage of Tom Petty's famed 20-night run at the Fillmore released

By Fraser Lewry Published

Highlights from Tom Petty's 1997 residency at the Fillmore in San Francisco are being released across four physical formats next month

Bands & Artists
Juliette Lewis and the artwork for Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedos
Why I ❤️ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, by Juliette Lewis

By Henry Yates Last updated

"If someone couldn’t see the greatness of Tom Petty as a songwriter, I’d just think they were not playing with a full deck" - Juliette Lewis

Bands & Artists
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