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“Why are you doing this?”: Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell recalls his conversation with Tom Petty after he’d sent him the songs he’d written for his side project

“Well, if they’re really good, why don’t we do them?” Petty asked him

MusicRadar · Oct 17, 2024

Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party review – 80s solid-rock nostalgia fest is a trip

Fans of the singer’s hits, fluffy mullets (and young Cameron Crowe) are well-served by unseen and remastered footage as this sweet look back ticks all the relevant rock doc boxes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024

“I sold 120 of them because I don’t have room for them anymore”: Mike Campbell says he's quit buying guitars, despite his continuing “obsession”

“At this point,” the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitar-slinger tells GW, “buying them is kind of pathetic”

Guitar World · Oct 2, 2024

"We didn't have a clue what we were doing, but the first playback was one of those moments you never forget": How The Damned took four days and lots of cider to kickstart a revolution

The Sex Pistols may have got all the headlines and The Clash the critical acclaim, but The Damned trumped them all

Louder · Jun 18, 2024

Four chords from classic Tom Petty songs to go into the Great Wide Open with – including a capo trick to sound like a 12-string guitar

The late musician was a master songwriter with a catalogue full of inspiring ideas

MusicRadar · Mar 21, 2024

“He was an immortal badass”: the genius of Tom Petty, by the people who knew him best

Tom Petty’s daughters, ex-bandmates and peers look back on the life of an American legend

Louder · Feb 24, 2024

"Bella Donna had the formula for success: a singer from huge band, a top-notch producer, and a who's who of musicians": Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks

Featuring stellar duets with Tom Petty and Don Henley, Bella Donna established Stevie Nicks as a star in her own right, away from the Fleetwood Mac soap opera

Louder · Jan 15, 2024

The making of Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever: "George Harrison went to the store and bought a ginger root, boiled it and had me stick my head in the pot to get the ginger steam to open up my sinuses. Then I ran in and did the take"

More than 33 years after its release, Tom Petty's solo debut is still making headlines thanks to Grand Theft Autio 6. We dig into the creation of a classic album

MusicRadar · Dec 14, 2023

"It would just have reminded me of being back in Nirvana. It would have been sad, for me personally": Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on why he turned down joining Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty once asked Dave Grohl to become an official Heartbreaker, but the Foo Fighters frontman wasn't keen

Louder · Aug 29, 2023

"Ultimately, they weren’t Rick Wakeman" - Clem Burke and Glen Matlock on the outsider appeal of the original punk bands

Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk

Louder · Jun 29, 2023