Tom Petty realized he was going about writing a song for Stevie Nicks all wrong. So, he decided to trade her tracks instead.

The show was a gesture of defiance and victory from an artist who had survived and succeeded in a male-dominated industry ...

NEW YORK -- Given the leather jacket and sneer Tom Petty wore on the cover of his 1976 debut, many people assumed he was one of those cheeky punks bent on tearing down the walls of rock 'n' roll. He ...

Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty's Epic '80s Performance Is a Rock and Roll ‘Fever Dream’ originally appeared on Parade. From Bruce Springsteen to Joni Mitchell to Johnny Cash and beyond, Bob ...

Image by Takahiro Kyono from Tokyo, Japan - Tom Petty & Steve Ferrone, CC BY 2.0 As we prepare for The Tom Petty 6th annual tribute show at Skipper’s Smokehouse on October 4th, let’s dive into the ...

Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as "Free Fallin,'" "Refugee" and ...

In the "The Simpsons" episode "How I Spend My Strummer Vacation" (November 10, 2002), Homer (Dan Castellaneta) is caught on camera, drunkenly confessing that having a family never allowed him to ...

Tom Petty hosted a fantastic radio show for years called Buried Treasure and we're learning now as fans, the late singer-songwriter also had plenty of undiscovered gems in his own catalog. "[Long ...