In a Boston.com Q&A, Tom Petty sideman Campbell talks Boston nights, tours with Dylan, and the Old Boston Garden: “The floor ...

Petty had started out as a bass player, but when he moved to electric the seeds of one of rock’s greatest guitar partnerships ...

Though Petty was in need of a decent electric, the two Heartbreakers quickly landed on a sound that would define their guitar ...

When it comes to defining the classic American rock sound, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers certainly played a part. With tracks like ‘Free Fallin’ or ‘American Girl’, they wrote their fair share of ...

Tom Petty made his reputation for gritty, authentic rock that he conjured with his longtime backing band, The Heartbreakers, while Jeff Lynne trafficked in a kind of orchestral pop with ELO that ...

Featuring guest Jelly Roll and a depiction of the late Tom Petty — the track samples a Petty and the Heartbreakers classic, “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” — the visual also includes Dr. Dre ...

In 1978, Tom Petty was a 27-year-old with a Byrds haircut, a Dylan sneer, and a band that had just started cracking the charts. With the Heartbreakers, he’d already released two albums, and songs like ...

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers had just wrapped their 40th Anniversary tour in Los Angeles last Monday, by all accounts a rip-roaring swan song that Petty himself predicted would probably be their ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers spent their first decade living in each other’s pockets, but their first extended break turned out to be one of their most productive periods. Tom Petty and the ...

The Breakers, a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute band, is gearing up for a performance at The JPT Film & Event Center on Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. This band isn’t just another cover act – they’re all ...