Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"We made videos before they were videos," he once said.

Songwriter took direct inspiration from the man charged with guarding his life.

He says an invitation to tour as the Heartbreakers’ drummer would have made him “sad.”

It wasn't the first or last time the famed rock duo shared the stage.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, have announced the first dates of their 40th Anniversary Tour, which includes a stop at DTE Energy Music Theatre on Tuesday, July 18. The primarily U.S. tour will begin on April 20, 2017 in Oklahoma City and continues throughout the summer with more dates, including on the west coast, still to be announced...

At a recent Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert, Steve Winwood, who has been opening for the band on their current tour, joined the band to play a few classics!

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers new studio album “Hypnotic Eye”will be coming out on July 29th and the tour for the album will be stopping at DTE. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers bring their Hypnotic Eye tour with very special guest Steve Winwood to DTE Energy Music Theatre on Sunday, August 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Let’s set the "Carl Coffey Rock and Roll Wayback Machine" to this week in 1977. "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" debut album bearing the band’s name finally enters the album charts after being released in the autumn of 1976. The LP peaked at #55.

Didn't I just do a story about someone taking stuff from a rock & roll celebrity? Oh yeah, it was Alice Cooper. Now add Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to the list of recent crime victims.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Eagles are among those  slated for next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.