Tom Petty

Promising Promises and Falling Out Of The Sky: Conversations With Jon McLaughlin and The dBs' Peter Holsapple

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.18.2012

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The Ultimate 4/20 Playlist

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.20.2012

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Leave it Willie Nelson to proclaim "Roll me up and smoke me when I die" at the start of his latest track, "Roll Me Up," featuring famous stoner Snoop ...

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Tom Petty's Stolen Guitars Recovered As Police Arrest The Security Guard

AP | JOHN MONE | Posted 04.18.2012

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CULVER CITY, Calif. -- It was a heartbreaker for Tom Petty and the band when someone stole five of their precious guitars from a soundstage, but it wa...

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Tom Petty's Guitars Stolen

AP | Posted 04.15.2012

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CULVER CITY, Calif. — Five guitars belonging to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been stolen from a Southern California soundstage where the...

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Was Madonna Too Old for the Halftime Show? Or Is This Just a Double Standard?

Juliet Jeske | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Bruce Springteen, Halftime Show, Superbowl, Black Eyed Peas, Old, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Madonna Halftime Show, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Video, Madonna Super Bowl XLVI, Super Bowl XLVI, Super Bowl, Madonna Super Bowl Halftime Show, Madonna Super Bowl, Fifty News

Love her or hate her stagecraft or music, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But calling Madonna "too old" doesn't make a ton of sense, especially since she is a decade younger than most of the men who have gone before her.

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"This Will Be Our Year": An Upbeat Playlist For New Year's Eve

David Wild | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Adele, Neil Diamond, Death Cab for Cutie, The Roots, New Year's Eve, Cee Lo Green, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, New Year's Resolutions, Foo Fighters, Clarence Clemons, Graham Parker, Frank Sinatra, The Black Keys, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Instead of making any promises to myself that I might not live up to, here's my best shot at the ultimate, mostly uplifting playlist for all of our New Year's Eve parties.

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Eagles, Tom Petty To Perform At 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest

AP | By STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Glenn Frey, Eagles, Don Henley, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Fifty News

NEW ORLEANS -- The Eagles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Foo Fighters and John Mayer are among the headliners to perform at next year's New Orlea...

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2012 Jazz Fest Lineup Released!

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 02.13.2012

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NEW ORLEANS — The Eagles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Foo Fighters and John Mayer are among the headliners to perform at next year's New ...

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Tippecanoe and Kid Rock Too

Ben E. Kessler | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Campaign Song, Music, Presidential Campaign, Bill Clinton, Kid Rock, Tom Petty, Campaign Music, Cease and Desist Letter, DC News

It's the same story every election cycle. Republicans start with mainstream choices (from Tom Petty to Katrina and the Waves) until they are reminded that the majority of musical talent of the last half-century disagree with them.

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Rock and Roll Never Forgets: An Interview With Bob Seger

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Risky Business, Glenn Frey, Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Bob Seger and the Last Heard, The Eagles, Phil Spector, Ronnie Spector, The Bob Seger System, The Decibals, Bob Seger, Tom Petty, Entertainment News

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Yellowcard's Audio Exclusive, Chatting With Pegi Young, Van Hunt and Tommy Keene, Plus PopMarket and Girl Talk's Halloween Playlist

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Pegi Young, John Hampton, Alan Ginsberg, Prince, Los Lobos, The Ramones, Tommy Keene, Merle Haggard, Occupy Wall Street, Neil Young, Live Nation, Girl Talk, The Heartbreakers, Danny Whitten, Lincvolt, Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Who, Don Dixon, Robert Pollard, David Bowie, Ben Keith, The Bridge School, Van Hunt, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Mazer, T-Bone Burnett, The Beats, Muddy Waters, Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk, The Stooges, The Keene Brothers, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Roy Thomas Baker, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Es Sullivan, Chuck Berry, Rick James, Pearl Jam, Guided by Voices, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Berlin, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, American Idol, Mathieu Bitton, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Popmarket, Grin, Entertainment News

With Yellowcard's release of the acoustic version of their critically-acclaimed album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes last week, it only proved that Yellowcard is indeed back.

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WATCH: Scorsese Turns Lens On 'Quietest Beatle' In HBO Documentary

Posted 12.04.2011

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Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese decided to turn the lens on the Beatle's "quietest member" in a documentary called "George Harrison: Li...

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"Wall Street Shuffle": An Uplifting Playlist for the Highs and Lows

David Wild | Posted 10.12.2011

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These are strange times -- on Wall Street and off. One minute you're up, the next you're feeling Standard & Poor's. Here are some songs to help us all through life's highs and lows -- and keep us all out of the emotional abyss.

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Sing, America, Sing

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 08.31.2011

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Why don't we sing in America? Why don't we have awesome drinking songs? Or sports songs? Why is our "go to" chanting U.S.A.? I feel like our capabilities far exceed these three letters.

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Tom Petty To Michele Bachmann: Stop Playing 'American Girl'

Posted 08.28.2011

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Renowned rocker Tom Petty hit Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann with a cease-and-desist letter Monday following the congresswoman's d...

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Dog Ears Music: Volume 177

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 07.27.2011

This week, we feature music by Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, James Taylor, Moby, and more.

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Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams and Conversations with Matt Nathanson, Roger McGuinn and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Odetta, Michelle Phillips, Terry Melcher, Aerosmith, Bono, The Beach Boys, Easy Rider, John Mayer, Apple, The Troubadour, Dave Carroll, Elvis Costello, Solar Power, The Byrds, Lucinda Williams, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Nicks, Chris Hillman, Kiss, The Englert Theatre, Black Swan, Tom Petty, Elvis Presley, Jennifer Nettles, The Incredible Submarine Band, The Mamas & the Papas, Martin Guitar, U2, Rolling Stone, Gram Parsons, Joni Mitchell, Clive Davis, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Dave Stewart, Pete Seeger, Kristian Bush, Ted Mack, Harry Chapin, Joan Baez, Rob Cavallo, The Beatles, Bo Diddley, The Weavers, Glen Ballard, David Crosby, Van Halen, Jim Dixon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, My Chemical Romance, Jason McGerr, Matt Nathanson, Jacques Levy, Gerard Way, Bob Dylan, Iron Maiden, Mikey Way, Shari Lewis, George Michael, Arthur Godfrey, Death Cab for Cutie, The Chipmunks, Randy Newman, Def Leppard, Gene Clark, John Phillips, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

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HuffPost Exclusive: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Don't Pull Me Over" Music Video

Adria Petty | Posted 05.25.2011

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Giving Thanks to Paul, Ringo & the Long and Winding Road

David Wild | Posted 10.05.2011

This Thanksgiving I want to send all my loving to two people -- no, not my kids, or even my wife, though they're pretty fab too -- but rather two men who I think we should all be thankful to still have in our lives.

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"The Rising" : An Uplifting Playlist for All the Miners in Chile

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

As a rule, songs about miners haven't generally been as upbeat as the news we are watching now on CNN. So here's a largely uplifting playlist for all the miners in Chile, and all the people who love them.

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Lighting Up and Lifting Off The Ground: Conversations With Shawn Mullins and Chely Wright

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scrubs, Court Yard Hounds, Prince, Shawn Millins, Paul Simon, Matthew Shepard, Glsen, Star Search, John Prine, Matthew Sweet, John Hiatt, Josiah Leming, Conway Twitty, Glen Phillips, Til Tuesday, The Thorns, Marshall Altman, Steve Forbert, Party of Five, Daughtry, Aimee Mann, Dawson's Creek, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Faith in America, Shawn Colvin, Steve Buckingham, Stephen King, Chuck Cannon, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Bob Dylan, Chely Wright, Entertainment Weekly, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Nanci Griffith, Who Killed the Electric Car?, Max Gomez, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt, Warren Beatty, Lyle Lovett, Russell Carter, Jakob Dylan, Patty Griffin, Joni Mitchell, Jeffrey Dahmer, Greg Latterman, Bill Hicks, American Idol, The Bluebloods, Jon Brion, James Taylor, Joe Don, Electric Cars, Entertainment News

The Thorns absolutely has been my radar since it was first issued. Now, he's been the songwriter's songwriter for a long time: care to go into some of the Shawn Mullins story?

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Riot Fests & Bloody Wars: Conversations with Less Than Jake and Christopher King, Plus KT Tunstall's Video Exclusive Pt. 2

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Less Than Jake, Wilhelm Scream, Robert Crumb, A Loss for Words, Fueled by Ramen, The Ramones, Blacklist Royals, Christopher King, The Beach Boys, The Dopamines, Fiddlin' John Carson, The Beatles, AT&T, The Have Nots, Coley Jones, The Beastie Boys, Panic! At the Disco, Paper and Plastick, Social Distortion, Cingular, Jimmy Eat World, Slayer, Paramore, Metallica, Tom Petty, Facebook, Tom Whalley, Bad Religion, Hellmouth, The Red Fox Chasers, Verizon, Fall Out Boy, Make Do and Mend, Frank Sinatra, All Quiet on the Western Front, New Found Glory, American Idol, Bruce Springsteen, Yellowcard, Entertainment News

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Dog Ears Music: Born in October Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Jackson Browne (& David Lindley), Daryl Hall (& John Oates), Mahalia Jackson, John Mellencamp, Cliff Richard, Thelonious Monk, Paul Simon, Dizzy Gillespie, Danielle Evin, Sean Lennon, Music, Tom Petty, Sting (the Police), Richard Hell (& the Voidoids), Vladimir Horowitz, Ivory Joe Hunter, Gwen Stefani (No Doubt), mp3s, John Lennon, Donny Hathaway, Phil Ramone, Franz Liszt (Performed by Claudio Arrau), Groucho Marx, Lenny Bruce, Dog Ears, Booker Ervin, Entertainment News

This week we feature music by Paul Simon, Gwen Stefani, Sting, Hall & Oates, John Lennon, and more.

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From No Chocolate Cake to a Reckoning: Conversations with Gin Blossoms, Luke Doucet, and Tony Lunn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Chocolate Cake: Conversations With Gin Blossoms, Robert Crumb, High School Reunion, A&M Records, Sarah McLachlan, And Tony Lunn Tony Lunn, Sarah Palin, South by Southwest, Hot Hot Heat, Marc Cohn, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sloan, Judy Collins, Crowded House, The Odds, Marshall Crenshaw, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Capitol Records, Hurricane Katrina, Cheap Trick, President Clinton, Rick Parker, All We Are Saying, Cubbie Bear, Switchfoot, Columbia Records, Pat Pattison, Eddie Money, David Anderle, Tom Petty, Rosanna Arquette, Tom DeSavia, Merle Travis, Christine O'donnell, Darrell Scott, Grammy Award, The Rembrandts, Styx, Peter Case, Scott Johnson, Benny & Joon, Paul Simon, David Collier, Danny Wilde, John Hiatt, Janis Joplin, Andrew Scott, Gas Giants, Luke Doucet, Kelly Ryan, Chris Murphy, Chet Atkins, Control, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Steve Seskin, Bill Leen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elektra Records, Jethro Tull, Harvey Pekar, Simon & Garfunkel, Robin Wilson, The Shoes, Arif Mardin, Geffen Records, Kruu-Fm, The Jerk, Train, Craig Northey, Virgin Records, Gin Blossoms, Anton Corbijn, Badfinger, Jess Valenzuela, Shubas, Anberlin, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News

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The Gaslight Anthem and Memories of Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts

John Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

The Gaslight Anthem burst onto the scene with fists pumping and hearts on their sleeve, both paying homage to the rock heroes before them and working steadily to take their place among them.

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