Guardian Music — The musician, 49, on playing the piano at two and a half, rage and big earsI was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. According to my mother, I just started playing with both hands. I got into the Peabody Conservatory for Music ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Petty Fest is returning to NYC this year on October 24 at Webster Hall for "A Night To Celebrate Tom Petty." Many of the usual suspects are lined up for this one, like Nicole Atkins, Jesse Malin, Sammy James... more info

ContactMusic — Tom Petty was delighted to hear his rock anthem I WonT Back Down played at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday 05Sep12 insisting the honour gave him chills The singersongwriters 1989 track was blasted as U S... more info

Topix — Favorite ACL Fest memory: Easy. Tom Petty headlining in 2006. It started pouring rain and Tom Petty had to come off stage. more info

KEXP Seattle — Lewis Carroll’s brilliant, hilarious, and surreal contributions to literature have inspired many artistic offshoots over the years, from Terry Gilliam’s hilariously disturbing film Jabberwocky to Tom Petty’s 1980s music videos to Tom Waits’s ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tackle Oh Well, theFleetwood Mac classic written by Peter Green. Filmed at the Gainesville Concert in Gainesville, FL - 2006/09/21, which was included on the Runnin' Down a Dream DVD set. » tompetty.com more info

411 Mania — He was conned... more info

Prefix — Even the losers get lucky sometimes apparently. In 2010, Amazon exec Brian Valentine proposed to his then-girlfriend, fellow Amazon ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/amazon-exec-fleeced-out-of-165k-by-fake-tom-petty-/67729/ more info

Consequence of Sound — Super group plays surprise show, covers Tom Petty in Austin. more info

Here Comes The Flood — We enjoy playing with each other, which I think is a pretty important part of this. If we didn't, we'd have given it up a long time ago. The idea when we started was to take five people and keep 'em together no matter what and see what we could get... more info