The Latest Breaking News from Mike Campbell

America’s budget, the bond market and the national debt at 250: Gradually, then suddenly

America’s debt is rising by the trillion. Congress is still refusing to face the bill.

Fortune · Oct 4

Country star steps in for Tom Petty as Heartbreakers play first show since legend’s death

Petty’s daughter accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of her father at the Americana Honors and Awards

The Independent UK · Sep 17

The Heartbreakers reunite for first performance since Tom Petty’s death with Chris Stapleton in tow

The Heartbreakers returned to the stage for the first time since Tom Petty’s death, reuniting at the Americana Honors and Awards to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

BANG Premier · Sep 17

“I miss my brother… But I’d always had it in the back of my mind that if the Heartbreakers ever retired, I would make this my purpose”: Mike Campbell on finding a new life in The Dirty Knobs, and why we should listen to what our guitars are telling us

With a title track inspired by Brian Wilson, Mission of Mercy is the sound of Campbell piecing his heart – and ours – back together again

Guitar World · Jul 2

“Jeff said, ‘That’s a really good riff but there’s one chord too many.’ So I cut it back a chord and then – just to amuse Jeff, honestly – I sang that first verse”: How Tom Petty created his most famous song – with a little help from Jeff Lynne

“Jeff said, ‘That’s a really good riff but there’s one chord too many.’ So I cut it back a chord and then – just to amuse Jeff, honestly – I sang that first verse”: How Tom Petty created his most famous song – with a little help from Jeff Lynne

MusicRadar · Jun 22

“It’s like Shangri-La. It’s an oasis for guitar players”: You can now watch the Norman’s Rare Guitars documentary online for free

Featuring all-star interviews and crazy stories, the film charts the rise of Norman Harris’ legendary store and the vintage guitar market boom

Guitar World · Jun 19

“I didn’t like it, but Tom said, ‘No, it’s great. Now you’ve got to double it’”: Mike Campbell on the riff he wanted to ditch – but Tom Petty made him double down

Campbell was forced to get creative to make a Heartbreakers classic

Guitar World · Jun 18

“It was just in my closet, and one day I pulled it out, turned it on, and thought, ‘Wow… this is a sound that I’ve been missing’”: How Mike Campbell ended up reconnecting with a classic piece of Heartbreakers gear

Turns out, the missing piece of his ideal tone was closer than he thought...

Guitar World · May 14

"They refused it and told me, either change the beat, change the tempo, take the talking out, take the whistling out, or we won't release it”: How Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo had to fight to release their 1983 classic

Love Is a Battlefield introduced the Linn Drum into mainstream rock

MusicRadar · Apr 4

“A prototype given to George Harrison was prominently featured in the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, inspiring insatiable lust for the electric 12”: How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar

Introduced in 1964, the jangle of the 12-string Ricky inspired generations of players, with the likes of TomPetty, Mike Campbell and Johnny Marr all making it their own

Guitar World · Mar 22