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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida, in 1976. [ 1] The band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer Stan Lynch and bassist Ron Blair. In 1982, Blair, weary of the touring lifestyle, departed the band.
May 5, 2022 · Allison Rapp Published: May 5, 2022. UCR. Tom Petty always intended for the Heartbreakers to continue. In 2017, Petty and the band performed a 40th-anniversary tour of North America, and though he ...
- Allison Rapp
May 9, 2022 · “The thing about the Heartbreakers is it’s still holy to me. “There’s a holiness there. If that were to go away, I don’t think I would be interested in it, and I don’t think [the band] would. We’re a real rock ’n’ roll band — always have been. And to us, in the era we came up in, it was a religion in a way.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, for their contribution to the recording industry. [106] In December 2001, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, [107] which further honored Petty with an exhibit of his items from July 2006 until 2007. [108]
Oct 3, 2017 · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were scheduled to tour throughout 2017, concluding a nearly year-long run with a multiple-night stand in New York City before Thanksgiving. On several of the dates ...
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Dec 17, 2022 · After six years of playing with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Blair decided he’d had enough. In a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone, he explained why he left the group.“There were three ...
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Feb 24, 2024 · The run of early albums, from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers through to 1982’s Hard Promises, were brilliant in their economy – of songwriting, of length and of intent – as much a reaction to the glossy ‘corporate rock’ of bands like Foreigner and Boston as punk had been. Even when the production got lusher and the track-listings got ...
