Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers have a decades-long legacy of amazing songs, and they’ve already claimed that their forthcoming album Hypnotic Eye will return them to the precise, timeless classic-rock sound that first made them famous. Talking to Rolling Stone, Petty calls the album “a straight hard-rockin’ record,...

Starting just days after the release of Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (with special guest Steve Winwood!) will trek across North America and back. Based on Petty’s set at Hangout last year, this is one classic rock legacy tour worth pouring your paycheck into. To announce this jaunt, the band released a promo [...]

This week The Tonight Show has booked talent from the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, which goes down in Brooklyn Thursday night. Stevie Nicks was Jimmy Fallon’s musical guest tonight; at the Rock Hall event she’ll pay tribute to Linda Rondstadt, who will not be attending because her Parkinson’...

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers will soon release their 13th studio album, titled Hypnotic Eye, according to Rolling Stone. The 11-track collection, which is co-produced by Petty, Mike Campbell, and Ryan Ulyate, is expected this summer on Reprise. RS’ David Fricke calls it Petty’s “return to the concise Sixties-rock...

Stereogum Best New Band honoree Diarrhea Planet teamed with Grammy and Oscar honoree Melissa Etheridge yesterday to cover Tom Petty’s “Refugee” during the Midgetmen’s Texas Jumpstart day party. First, Austin punks the Midgetmen brought out Etheridge, billed simply as “a very special guest.&#8...