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.
Mike Campbell was the glue of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, meaning the song he was proudest of held some major gravitas ...
Mike Campbell was always more than just the deeply gifted guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — songs from “Refugee” to “You Wreck Me,” not to mention Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer,” began ...
Tom Petty had a pedigree of writing strong songs, but none of the Heartbreakers saw the appeal in creating this B-side.
What is the song about? What musical legend wrote it along with Petty and Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell? And how did it get Petty into some hot water with comedy legend Eddie Murphy? Let’s ...
This is one of Tom Petty’s most well-known songs, and certainly one of his greatest songs of all time. It’s a track that manages to fuse so many different types of rock music into a single anthemic ...
Image by Takahiro Kyono from Tokyo, Japan - Tom Petty & Steve Ferrone, CC BY 2.0 As we prepare for The Tom Petty 6th annual tribute show at Skipper’s Smokehouse on October 4th, let’s dive into the ...
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 ...
'Heartbreaker' promises to detail the guitarist-songwriter's transformation from a "poor kid from Jacksonville" to a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Legendary guitarist, songwriter and producer Mike ...