Country legend Kris Kristofferson has covered Tom Petty's classic 'I Won't Back Down' as promo for a new show on the History Channel, Texas Rising

Kris Kristofferson wrote “Sunday Morning Comin’ Down” for Johnny Cash and played Whistler in Blade. He is one of American music’s great living badasses, and he’s contributed a new cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” the the soundtrack of Texas Rising, ...

Singer has previously agreed to pay royalties to Tom Petty

Tom Petty has released a statement about the recent decision to add him and Jeff Lynne to the songwriting credits of Sam Smith's Grammy nominated track 'Stay With Me' because of its similarity to Petty's hit 'I Won't Back Down.'

Sam Smith has been having a rough time of it this month, and part of the reason is that “Stay With Me,” Smith’s breakout hit from last year, turns out to be a little too close for comfort to Tom Petty’s 1989 song “I Won’t Back Down.” Earlier this week, the news came out that [...