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 ...
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 ...
Tom Petty battled with record companies throughout on a few different occasions in his career. On his 2002 album The Last DJ, he took on pretty much the entire music industry, and fans and critics ...