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The holiday season of gift giving is here and for those looking for a special musical present, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have a unique, ultra cool and innovative virtual online tour experience called the Tom Petty SuperHighway Tour . Members of the ...
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To celebrate the worldwide release of the The Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Live Anthology box set this week (North America was end of November), RockStar Weekly and RockStar Radio is replaying the Westwood One Radio 2-hour special hosted by Jim Ladd. ...
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Hey Folks,
As you have probably seen, I'm totally redesigning gonegator.com. This "look" is not written in stone yet. I'm more concerned about getting ALL the information from the old site transferred into this new one. And after more than 10 years...
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Chris Howell NewsOn6.com
TULSA---Few people driving past the boarded-up church on the corner of Third and Trenton near downtown Tulsa probably know it was once treasured by studio musicians.
‘This is where people ...
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Jonah Bayer | 12.07.2009
We had such a positive reaction to Your Guide To The New Supergroups that we thought we’d follow up that article with a piece about some of our favorite classic supergroups, divided by genre. Whether you’re a fan of cl...
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9. Mudcrutch, Mudcrutch (2008)Mudcrutch was a pleasant surprise—not only was it arguably Tom Petty’s most consistent collection of songs this decade, but it found the veteran rocker settling in comfortably with his pre-Heartbreakers band for the first...
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By: Dennis Cook JamBase
As you dig into the story behind the jams, check out these sweet tracks from the Live Anthology now:
"Nightwatchman" from 6/30/81, The Forum, Los Angeles, CA"Here Comes My Girl" from 3/6/80, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK"Mary Jan...
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You recently released the multiple-disc set, “The Live Anthology.” What made you want to pull out hours and hours of tape?
Well, it seemed like a good time to do it, and I thought it would be a cho...
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(RTTNews) - George Harrison fantasized about going to sea with his supergroup, the Traveling Wilburys.The former Beatle wanted to go on a ship tour with his fellow Wilburys - Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison. According to ...
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By L. KENT WOLGAMOTT / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "The Live Anthology": Not many bands could put out a four-disc live set without becoming a) repetitious and/or b) boring. ...
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What has it been, 2 years since GGR? Already? Damn I miss it, but the bands new Live Anthology has brought back many memories. Mainly because I used to play many of the songs included on the box set on GGR. I LIKE to think that somehow GGR influen...
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Tom Petty releases `Live Anthology' disc set
By NATALIE ROTMAN (AP) – 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES — Tom Petty has grown up, but not too much.
The 59-year-old spent a year going through thousands of hours of live concert recordings covering Tom Petty &a...
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PETTY OPENS UP ABOUT VIOLENT DAD
TOM PETTY still has nightmares about his violent upbringing and thinks his father thought the rocker was gay. The Free Fallin' singer's dad could never understand his son's love of the arts - and dearly wanted him to ...
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November 25, 2009 | 6:37 pm | The Los Angeles Times
It's invigorating to see musical veterans make the most of new opportunities. Earlier this year Neil Young issued the "Archives, Vol. I," a massive box set that utilized Blu-ray technology to g...
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By JOHN JURGENSEN
for The Wall Street JournalLos Angeles
Tom Petty goes to work in a Van Nuys warehouse next to an auto shop and an upholsterer. His band the Heartbreakers rehearses there, still looking for ways to improve after more than 30 years toget...
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This is our second annual PettyFest, which we added last year to compliment our annual DylanFest. In 2008, the inaugural PettyFest performance at Mercury Lounge was such a spectacle that this year we've been upgraded to Manhattan's greatest venue, the Bo...
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Tom was out supporting his daughter at the screening for "Paris, Not France." Here's a Tweet you might have missed from Nicky Hilton.
Ok, when I read that the first time, I didn't even know what an electric cigarette was. I thought it was slang for joi...
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At the ripe old age of 58, Tom Petty could easily, and justifiably, start resting on his laurels. But the past year has seen the vetern rocker engaged in something of a victory lap of renewed and vital activity.
First there was his hot-selling documenta...
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Wondering where that music is coming from!?!?! I've embed a playlist from Project Playlist to the bottom of the blog. Check it out! ...