Known for:	Elizabethtown, The Silence of the Lambs, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Birthday:	20 October 1950, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Height:	5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Tom Petty Rocked Super Bowl With Free Falling

Picture Inside. photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.comTom Petty and the Heartbreakers rocked the NFL at the Super Bowl half-time with the following songs: American Girl, Free Falling, Runnin' Down a Dream, and I Won't Back Down.You can check them out performing "American Girl" below: Awesome eh?Tom Petty is going on to... Read More » Tom Petty Rocked Super Bowl With Free Falling

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TOM PETTY credits MUDCRUTCH bandmate TOM LEADON for helping him claw back lost memories from the 60s.The rocker had feared that age had robbed him of recollections from the beginning of his music career - when he was a member of Mudcrutch.The swamp-rock act disbanded when Petty found success with The Heartbreakers in Los Angeles,
Rocker TOM PETTY is urging Grammy Award voters to consider PETER BOGDANOVICH’s RUNNING DOWN A DREAM movie for a big prize next year (09) - because he feels the filmmaker did a great job of capturing his story and that of his band THE HEARTBREAKERS.Petty admits he had initial reservations about the four-hour documentary, which
Rising gas prices and recession fears didn't upset Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' tour-- the veteran rockers beat The Police and Dave Matthews Band to top the touring charts in North America this summer.


Rising gas prices and recession fears in the U.S. didn’t upset TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS’ tour - the veteran rockers beat THE POLICE and DAVE MATTHEWS BAND to top the touring charts in North America this summer (08).The American Girl hitmakers raked in over $32 million (£17.3 million) and became the only touring supergroup
Tom Petty is always wary of returning to fabled Los Angeles venue the Troubadour because he still hasn't paid a $480 bill he owes bosses from the 1970s.


TOM PETTY is always wary of returning to fabled Los Angeles venue the Troubadour because he still hasn’t paid a $480 (£240) bill he owes bosses from the 1970’s.Back at the intimate Santa Monica Boulevard music mecca for a six-night stint with his reunited first band Mudcrutch last week (ends02May08), Petty revealed he once threw
Reuters - "This is such a trip," bassist Tom Petty said from the Troubadour stage. "I gotta get used to this."
Why?

It's a fair question. Mudcrutch broke up some 33 years ago, just another regional band that had moved to LA in hopes of making it in the music business.


COLDPLAY are to play their only summer festival in Canada after signing on to headline the inaugural Pemberton Valley event in July (08).The Brits will join rapper Jay-Z, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Nine Inch Nails and the Tragically Hip at the first festival, which is modelled on Glastonbury in England and Coachella in California.More
Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Thompson is recovering from a head injury sustained after he was hit by a car with the help of veteran rocker Tom Petty.


LATEST: VAMPIRE WEEKEND drummer CHRIS THOMPSON is recovering from a head injury sustained after he was hit by a car with the help of veteran rocker TOM PETTY.The U.S. star was involved in a collision with a vehicle outside the Hoxton Hotel in London following last Thursday’s (28Feb08) NME Awards, and taken to the Royal
AP - Tom Petty may be the official Super Bowl halftime performer, but the week leading up to the big game will feature plenty of other performers — and Ludacris will be among them.
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Petty may be the official Super Bowl halftime performer, but the week leading up to the big game will feature plenty of other performers - and Ludacris will be among them.


Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were the second choice to perform at the Super Bowl next year - The Eagles were approached to play the half-time show and turned organizers down.


Rocker Tom Petty has recorded a new album with his first band Mudcrutch in just two weeks. The American Girl singer was encouraged to reform the group after reviewing his career for acclaimed new documentary Running Down A Dream - and he cannot believe how easy the reunion was.


Rocker TOM PETTY has recorded a new album with his first band MUDCRUTCH in just two weeks.The American Girl singer was encouraged to reform the group after reviewing his career for acclaimed new documentary Running Down A Dream - and he cannot believe how easy the reunion was.He says, "It was one of those lighting
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS will follow the likes of SIR PAUL McCARTNEY, U2, THE ROLLING STONES and JANET JACKSON when they perform during half-time at the Super Bowl in February (08).The American Girl rockers, who are back in vogue thanks to Peter Bogdanovich’s acclaimed band documentary Running Down A Dream, will take to the
Reuters - Director Peter Bogdanovich admits he's no expert on rock and roll, and that's exactly what drove him to take on a documentary about rock star Tom Petty and his band, the Heartbreakers.
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS risked deportation form Germany before a TV performance when bass player RON BLAIR tried to smuggle a block of marijuana into the country.The group had stocked up on hash in Amsterdam, were the drug is legal, during a European tour in 1976, but had to dump it as they left

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