Tom Petty may belong to a long line of American rockers that includes Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp. But as the guitarist told former Musician editor Bill Flanagan, he saw himself ...

America turns 250 this year. That’s not exactly breaking news, but 2026 also marks a momentous anniversary for American music — the 50th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It might seem ...

For Tom Petty, the '80s began on complicated ground. Just before the new decade started, a significant conflict was struck up when Petty lost his publishing rights as the result of his original label, ...