Tom Petty
Born | October 20, 1950 |
Hometown | Gainesville, Florida, United States of America |
Net worth | $95 million |
Height | 5'9" (1.75m) |
Spouse | Dana York (m 2001 - 2017) , Jane Ann Benyo (m 1974 - 1996) |
Children | Adria Petty |
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Tom Petty’s estate threatens legal action against Kari Lake for using his song: ‘This is illegal’
- Comes after Kari Lake lost Arizona governor’s race and refused to concede
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Late musician Tom Petty receives posthumous Ph.D. for music
Nearly two decades after earning a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more than four years after his death, rock icon Tom Petty has been awarded a honorary Ph.D. from the University of Florida
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Somewhere You Feel Free: behind the making of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers
Somewhere You Feel Free: behind the making of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers. The process of creating the defining album that the singer deemed his finest is explored in a dense new documentary
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Where the Wildflowers grow: The inside story of Tom Petty’s greatest album
A new documentary, ‘Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free’, delves into a record the late artist considered his finest work. Kevin E G Perry talks to The Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench and Steve Ferrone, as well as director Mary Wharton, about the making of a masterpiece
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Guitars used by George Harrison, Bono and Tom Petty going under the hammer
Instruments from the archives of famed manufacturer Gretsch are up for auction.
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‘An absolute ad-lib from the start’: the birth of Tom Petty’s masterpiece Wildflowers
In the spring of 1992, Tom Petty sat at home in Encino with a six-string acoustic guitar and a tape machine. Three minutes and 11 seconds later, the 44-year old had pulled down a song, lyrics and all, fully formed from the cloudless Californian sky. Comprised of only four verses and bereft of a chorus, it was a composition of towering grace and beauty. He called it Wildflowers. “I swear to God it was an absolute ad-lib from the word go,” he told the author Paul Zollo. “[I] then sat back and went
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The multi-talented musician fused classical arrangements with futuristic rock.
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'A lull between waves': Where is Australia’s next Cadel Evans?. Just two Australian riders entered this year’s Tour de France amid questions whether the 2011 winner’s feat will ever be emulated
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