The latest edition of the annual Tom Petty Weekend tribute gathering is scheduled to take place October 10 to October 13 in the late rock legend’s hometown of Gainesville, Florida. The three-day event ...

This October, fellow musicians Jeff Slate and Jake Thistle will headline Tom Petty Weekend in the late rocker’s hometown, Gainesville, Florida, playing Petty’s classic album Wildflowers in full (and ...

Tom Petty’s official website and social media pages are teasing an impending announcement regarding a mysterious project that, according to an online message, promises to be “something really special.

"Waiting is the hardest part," Tom Petty sang in one of his decades-long series of hits, but fans of the late musician's songs don't have to wait to hear his music played live yet again as tribute ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shawn Murphy was only a month into his retirement as a journalism professor when he made his first "Tom Petty pilgrimage" to ...

Shawn Murphy was only a month into his retirement as a journalism professor when he made his first “Tom Petty pilgrimage” to Gainesville this past January. Not owning a smartphone, Murphy, 58, spent ...