Tom Petty

Tom Petty Receives Posthumous Doctorate

by Music-News.com

Tom Petty has been posthumously honoured with a Doctor of Music degree from the University of Florida.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Tom Leadon Of Mudcrutch Dies At Age 70

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Leadon, the guitarist for Tom Petty’s original band Mudcrutch, and the brother of Eagles’ former guitarist Bernie Leadon, has died at the age of 70.

Tagged as: 10s, 70s, Bernie Leadon, Eagles, Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell, Mudcrutch, rock, Tom Leadon, Tom Petty, USA

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Tom Petty Estate Files Cease and Desist Against Election Denier Kari Lake

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty Estate Files Cease and Desist Against Election Denier Kari Lake

Tagged as: 70s, Arizona, Kari Lake, politics, rock, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Listen To Tom Petty Cover JJ Cale’s Call Me The Breeze

by Paul Cashmere

A brand new Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers live album ‘Live At The Fillmore 1997’ is coming on 25 November and Tom performing JJ Cale’s ‘Call Me The Breeze’ has been released as a teaser.

Tagged as: 90s, Live At The Fillmore 1997, rock, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Wolfgang Van Halen Slams Producers of Eddie Van Halen Autopsy Show

by Paul Cashmere

Wolfgang Van Halen has slammed into the producers of the upcoming television episode of ‘Autopsy: The Last Hours Of …” about his father Eddie Van Halen.

Tagged as: Amy Winehouse, Autopsy The Last Hours of, David Bowie, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, George Harrison, George Michael, James Brown, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Karen Carpenter, Lou Reed, Michael Jackson, Michel Hutchence, Prince, Tom Petty, Van Halen, Whitney Houston, Wolfgang Van Halen

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Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Drummer Stan Lynch Joins The Dirty Knobs For Remainder of Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Stan Lynch, the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, will fill in for Mike Campbell’s The Dirty Knobs tour.

Tagged as: 20s, 70s, 80s, Mike Campbell, rock, Stan Lynch, The Dirty Knobs, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Mike Campbell Activates Dirty Knobs With A Slice of Heartbreakers

by Paul Cashmere

>Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs are a touring thing. The former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist is taking the Dirty Knobs on the road for a North American tour and there is a healthy amount of Heartbreakers in the setlist.

Tagged as: 20s, 70s, 80s, blues, Dirty Knobs, Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Mike Campbell Previews Dirty Knobs Album With Margo Price Duet

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Campbell has released another song from The Dirty Knobs. ‘State of Mind’ features ‘State of Mind’.

Tagged as: 20s, blues, Margo Price, Mike Campbell, rock, The Dirty Knobs, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty

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Ian Hunter Joins Mike Campbell For the Second Dirty Knobs Album

by Paul Cashmere

Mott The Hoople legend Ian Hunter is a special guest on the second album for Tom Petty & The Heartbreaks’ Mike Campbell’s second album from The Dirty Knobs ‘External Combustion’.

Tagged as: 20s, blues, Ian Hunter, Mike Campbell, Mott The Hoople, rock, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Opens Up About Working With Bob Dylan

by Paul Cashmere

Benmont Tench, a co-founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, first met Bob Dylan in 1981 when he was invited to play keyboards on Dylan’s ‘Shot of Love’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, Benmont Tench, Bob Dylan, rock, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Benmont Tench Explains Why Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Never Returned To Australia After the Dylan Tour of the 80s

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers only tour Australia twice, once in 1980 and then again in 1986 with Bob Dylan.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Benmont Tench, rock, Somewhere You Feel Free, The Making of Wildflowers, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, USA

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‘Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free’ To Screen Worldwide In Cinemas

by Paul Cashmere

The Tom Petty documentary on the making of his album ‘Wildflowers’ ‘Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free’ will screen in cinemas around the world in October.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Somewhere You Feel Free, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Stevie Nicks’ Solo Debut ‘Bella Donna’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

The first Stevie Nicks solo album ‘Bella Donna’ was released on 27 July, 1981. It has just turned 40.

Tagged as: 80s, Bella Donna, Don Henley, Jimmy Iovine, rock, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, USA

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Marty Stuart Debuts Tom Petty’s Fault Lines Cover Song

by Noise11.com

Tom Petty ‘Fault Lines’ is the latest chapter in the slow burn of releases leading up to Marty Stuart’s ‘Songs I Sing In The Dark’ album.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, country, Fault Lines, Marty Stuart, Nick Kontonicolas, Tom Petty, USA

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Lucinda Williams Reveals She Suffered A Stroke

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Country star Lucinda Williams has confirmed that in November 2020 she suffered a stroke.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, country, Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty, USA

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Gibson Reveals the Tom Petty Guitar

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Gibson has announced the creation of a Tom Petty guitar, the SJ-200 Wildflower acoustic.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Gibson, rock, Tom Petty, USA, Wildflower

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Dave Grohl Was Offered Heartbreakers Gig After Nirvana And Before Foo Fighters

by Music-News.com

Dave Grohl turned down the chance to become Tom Petty’s drummer because he couldn’t stomach returning to the stage so soon after Kurt Cobain’s death.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, rock, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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American Psycho Author Bret Easton Ellis Preps Icehouse and Split Enz for New Book and Movie

by Paul Cashmere

American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis is working on his next book ‘Melrose 1981 LA’ and imagining the music that would be playing from the era that may be included in a future movie soundtrack.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Amrican Psycho, author, book, Bret Easton Ellis, Fleetwood Mac, Icehouse, Split Enz, Tom Petty, USA

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Clock On With Bruce Springsteen and Mary J. Blige

by Paul Cashmere

President elect Joe Biden and Vice-President elect Kamala Harris chose the songs of Bruce Springsteen and Mary J. Blige to clock on to their new job as Leaders of the Free World for the next four years.

Tagged as: Bruce Springsteen, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mary J. Blige, politics, Tom Petty, USA

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Mike Campbell Recruits Jeff Garlin For ‘Fuck That Guy’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ star Jeff Garlin is in ‘Fuck That Guy’, the new video for Mick Campbell’s The Dirty Knobs.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Curb Your Enthusiam, Jeff Garlin, Mike Cmapbell, rock, The Dirty Knobs, Tom Petty, USA

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Tom Petty’s Solo Album ‘Wildflowers’ Expanded with ‘All The Rest’

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty’s 1994 solo album ‘Wildflowers’ will become ‘Wildflowers & All The Rest’ in October.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Tom Petty, USA, Wildflowers, Wildflowers & The Rest

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Tom Petty Home Recording of ‘You Don’t Know How It Feels’

by Paul Cashmere

A newly released version of a home recording of Tom Petty’s ‘You Don’t Know How It Feels’ has been released.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Carl Wilson, Heartbreakers, Ringo Starr, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Tom Petty Estate Issues Cease and Desist To Trump Campaign

by Paul Cashmere

The Estate of Tom Petty has issued a Cease and Desist order against the Trump campaign after Petty’s song ‘I Won’t Back Down’ was used without authorization at Trump’s Tulsa rally.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Donald Trump, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Mike Campbell Offers Up A Series Of Facebook Videos For Your Please

by Paul Cashmere

Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, casual Fleetwood Maccer and now Dirty Knob Mike Campbell is offering up a stack of homemade videos for your entertainment pleasure.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Dirty Knobs, Fleetwood Mac, Mike Campbell, rock, Tom Petty

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Mike Campbell Postpones The Dirty Knobs Album Because Of Health Issue

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty guitarist, songwriter and now The Dirty Knobs frontman Mike Campbell has delayed the release of The Dirty Knobs album ‘Wreckless Abandon’ and associated tour due to an emergency health issue.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Bob Dylan, Mike Campbell, rock, The Dirty Knobs, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Mike Campbell On Being In The Presence of Bob Dylan

by Paul Cashmere

Former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and now Dirty Knobs frontman Mike Campbell has recalled his time with Bob Dylan for Noise11.com.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Bob Dylan, Mike Campbell, rock, The Dirty Knobs, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Former Heartbreaker Mike Campbell Presents The Dirty Knobs For 2020

by Paul Cashmere

Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell will be concentrating on his own band The Dirty Knobs in 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Mike Campbell, Mudcrutch, rock, The Dirty Knobs, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Universal Says Tom Petty Masters Were Not Destroyed In Fire

by Music-News.com

Universal Music Group chiefs have denied Tom Petty, Tupac Shakur, and Steve Earle’s master recordings burned in a 2008 fire on the Universal Studios backlot.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Memo Music Hall has the Bob Dylan and Tom Petty Show This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan and Tom Petty toured the world together in 1986. The tour played Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne on 20, 21 and 22 February 1986.

Tagged as: Australia, Bob Dylan, DYLANesque, Jeff Jenkins, Memo Music Hall, rock, Tom Petty

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Cardi B ridiculed for thanking the late Tom Petty for sending her flowers

by Music-News.com

Cardi B was mocked by fans on Monday (11Feb19) after accidentally thanking late singer Tom Petty for a bunch of flowers she received after her Grammys win.

Tagged as: 10s, Cardi B, pop, Tom Petty, USA

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