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Tom Petty Estate Opens The Wildflowers Vault With Unseen ‘Crawling Back To You’ Footage

by Noise11.com

The Tom Petty estate has marked the 30th anniversary of Wildflowers by releasing a treasure for fans – newly unearthed rehearsal footage set to the haunting ballad “Crawling Back To You.”

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

On This Day In Music History 16 August

by Noise11.com

Here are the key events in Music on August 16:

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The Speaker Wars photo Michelle Ganeles

The Speaker Wars Release Their Debut Album With Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Legend Stan Lynch

by Paul Cashmere

For anyone who has ever loved a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers album, the timing in the bands early days belong to the legendary Stan Lynch. Stan turned 70 a few weeks ago and last week was part of a new band with a sound as true to The Heartbreakers as you would ever find, The Speaker Wars.

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The Speaker Wars

The Speaker Wars Premiere Another New Song ‘The Forgiveness Tree’

by Paul Cashmere

The Speaker Wars have released a third song ahead of the release of their self-titled album on 30 May 2025. Check out ‘The Forgiveness Tree’.

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The Speaker Wars

Stan Lynch Recalls Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Backing Bob Dylan In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

In 1986 Bob Dylan toured Australia with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers as his backing band.

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The Speaker Wars

Former Heartbreakers Drummer Stan Lynch Preps Debut Album With The Speaker Wars

by Paul Cashmere

Stan Lynch, the founding member and drummer of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, has a new band called The Speaker Wars.

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Tom Petty Long After Dark

Tom Petty Estate Share New Music Video for ‘Never Be You’

by Paul Cashmere

The estate of the late Tom Petty has released a music video for the previously unreleased ‘Never Be You’ from the newly expanded ‘Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition)’.

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Cameron Crowe and Tom Petty

Tom Petty’s Long Lost 1983 ‘Heartbreakers Beach Party’ Movie To Screen In Cinemas

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty’s long lost movie ‘Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party’ will screen in cinemas worldwide on 17 and 20 October, marking what would have been Tom’s 74th birthday.

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Tom Petty Long After Dark

Tom Petty ‘Long After Dark’ To Be Expanded

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers fifth album ‘Long After Dark’ is getting the expanded treatment. A video of ‘Straight Into Darkness’ from a French TV show has been used against Record Plant 1982 footage as a preview to the release.

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Stevie Nicks ADOTG at Rochford Winery on Saturday 18 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Stevie Nicks Will Pay Tribute To Tom Petty and Christine McVie At London Show

by Music-News.com

Stevie Nicks will perform musical tributes to Tom Petty and Christine McVie at her BST Hyde Park show this Friday (12.07.24).

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Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs Vagabonds Virgins and Misfits

Mike Campbell Has New Dirty Knobs Album On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Campbell has a third Dirty Knobs album on the way he is calling ‘Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits’.

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Dolly Parton Southern Accents

Hear Dolly Parton Cover Tom Petty’s ‘Southern Accents’

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton has covered Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ‘Southern Accents’ for the Tom Petty tribute album ‘Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty’.

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Marty Stuart Covers Tom Petty for ‘Petty Country’ Tribute

by Paul Cashmere

Marty Stuart is one of 20 artists paying tribute to Tom Petty on the upcoming ‘Petty Country’ tribute album.

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Tom Petty and Rick Rubin from Somewhere You Feel Free photo supplied by Trafalgar

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.

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Tom Leadon and Mike Campbell photo from Mike Campbell Facebook page

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.

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Tom Petty An American Treasure

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

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Tom Petty Live At The Fillmore 1997

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.

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Eddie Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen of Van Halen perform on stage during 2013 STONE Music Festival at ANZ Stadium on April 20, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.

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.

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Mike Campbell

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.

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Mike Campbell

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.

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Mike Campbell

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’.

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The Dirty Knobs External Combustion

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’.

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Bob Dylan Shot of Love

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.

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Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free

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.

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Tom Petty and Rick Rubin from Somewhere You Feel Free photo supplied by Trafalgar

‘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.

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Stevie Nicks Bella Donna

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.

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Tom Petty and Marty Stuart

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.

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Lucinda Williams, SXSW 2011 - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

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.

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Tom Petty Gibson guitar

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.

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Dave Grohl Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

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.

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