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

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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

Guardian Music — To mark their 50th anniversary, the band asked artist Shephard Fairey to update rock's most famous piece of brandingThe Rolling Stones have unveiled a new logo to mark their 50th anniversary. American artist Shepard Fairey was commissioned for the pr... more info

Perez Hilton — It looks like The Dude, but that's actually flannel-flaunting grunge legend Eddie Vedder!! Dude!! Sweet! The Waiting might be the hardest part in Tom Petty's song (above), but the hardest part in our pants was a classic rock-inspired broner! Their du... more info