Tom Petty held a deep love for music. Music in the 1980s did not appeal to Tom Petty. The artist did think that Prince was producing inventive music. Petty worked as a musician for the majority of his ...
NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs on the main stage on day 2 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 22, 2012 in Newport, Isle of ...
Tom Petty dedicated his life to making music at a professional level, but, somewhat surprisingly, he preferred working with inexpensive speakers. He had access to high-level equipment, but he thought ...
A great musician can stand on their own. But when you combine two or more great musicians, the end result is something even more iconic. Some of music’s finest efforts have been made through ...
A 1982 profile helmed by music journalist-turned-filmmaker Cameron Crowe about Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers has in 2025 resurfaced from obscurity to stream on Paramount+. Well, maybe not obscurity: ...
Eight years ago, the world lost a rock icon when Tom Petty died at age 66 on Oct. 2, 2017. Petty first rose to prominence in 1976 as the frontman for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with hits like ...
More often than not, rock star deaths don’t come as an utter surprise. Whether the result of a fast-living lifestyle, longtime health issues, or just old age, when a musician shuffles off this mortal ...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released “Refugee” in 1980 as the second single from their album Damn the Torpedoes and it peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Petty and Mike Campbell co-wrote ...
The future of theater and theater education looks bright and bountiful as Taylor Petty guides Making Light student creators toward a magical production of "Mary Poppins Jr.," which runs through Jan.