Tom Petty was a rock legend. But for all his success, fame, and popularity, he had his ups and downs, both personally and professionally, before his final performance in 2017.

The late Tom Petty is featured in the new video for Snoop Dogg’s song “Last Dance with Mary Jane,” which reimagines Petty’s ...

Tom Petty has his own way of making records, but he knew that things started to change when working on some of his classics.

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Spread out your blanket or lawn chair on the spacious Carriage House Lawn and enjoy classic hits from Three Sheets to the Wind, America’s favorite Yacht Rock band, and a rocking tribute to Tom Petty ...

Milwaukee loves its classic rockers — Tom Petty, perhaps, most of all. The 66-year-old, who died Monday in Los Angeles, headlined the Summerfest amphitheater, originally named the Marcus ...

Rebecca Sapp/Getty; Stephen Lovekin/Getty Tom Petty's substance abuse issues in the 1990s were a battle he had to fight himself. Mike Campbell, who was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Hea ...

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks collaborated on the 1981 songs "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider" Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

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 ...

“Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers leaned into the ... I love that he thought the whole world would understand that reference to ‘Beach Blanket Bingo’ — and, like, we’re still trying ...

But Petty didn’t just lead a band called The Heartbreakers. They were Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Petty’s name was already on every album he’d ever released, so casual listeners would be ...