Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready teams up with KT Tunstall to cover Tom Petty classic

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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Mike McCready hooks up with KT Tunstall and Thunderpussy’s Leah Julius to cover Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down to “support people standing up for justice and equality”

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has teamed up with Scottish singer, songwriter KT Tunstall and Thunderpussy bassist Leah Julius for a cover of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers’ classic track I Won’t Back Down.

They’ve released a video for the song, with the trio reporting that the chose the track as they felt it “would serve as a loud shout of support to all the people all over the world marching, protesting and standing up for justice and equality.”

The video, which can be watched below, features footage and photographs of demonstrations, marches and protests for a variety of causes, with all proceeds from sales of the single going to Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy Foundation.

The song is now available to buy or stream.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.