Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers News

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Beacon Theatre Calling all you American girls! Spend your weekend with the legendary Tom Petty, who will be playing a string of shows with his band at the Beacon Theatre tonight, tomorrow and Sunday.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers started their May 21st and 23rd shows at the Beacon Theater the second and third concerts in their New York residency the same way they stepped into opening night: with the Byrds' "So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star" and "Love Is a Long Road" from 1989's Full Moon Fever .

Last Monday, while surfing through the various music sites I routinely monitor in the course of a day, a brief notation in a chatbox simultaneously caught my eye and stopped my heart: "Ray Manzarek RIP." A quick Google search confirmed the terrible news that The Doors keyboardist had passed away on May 20 in Germany while seeking treatment for bile ... (more)

Norah Jones, Jakob Dylan and Perry Farrell were among the stars who paid tribute to the Rolling Stones in New York on Wednesday night .

May 23, 2013 - HOWELL, N.J. -- Concert Blogger Music Magazine recently celebrated it's 1st anniversary.

The countdown to Firefly Music Festival is on. Only four weeks out! Last year's inaugural fest in Dover was unbelievably fun, and this year's June 21-23 event promises to build on its momentum.

One of the best parts of summer is the number of bands who hit the road bringing music to the masses.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' five-show residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City continued last night.

Imagine Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers drop a new LP, and it's just killer. Not "killer" in that Echo or Mojo way, but as in a killer document of a killer band doing what it was hatched to do.

All eyes were on the South this weekend as musicians and music lovers descended on Gulf Shores, Alabama, for the 4th annual Hangout Music Festival.

Day two of the Hangout Festival kicked off much like day one - with beautiful blue skies, white-sand beaches and a bill loaded with can't miss sets.

Every great festival needs a great headliner to help close things out. And on Sunday night , the Hangout Festival snagged one of music's biggest icons for its finale: Stevie Wonder .

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been making theater runs in Los Angeles and New York, so their rehearsals for their Saturday performance at Hangout Fest were likely unusual.

GULF SHORES, Alabama - About ten minutes before headliners Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were scheduled to close Saturday's Hangout Fest , former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb came on stage.

It's a big weekend for live music on the Alabama coast, with the third annual Hangout Festival opening Friday on the public beach in Gulf Shores.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers kicked off a 21-show tour last night at the Ford Center in Evansville, IN.

The Sugarland vocalist announced Friday that she is currently in the studio with producer Rick Rubin ,working on her debut album as a solo artist, due out this fall.

Karen O, lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, Calif.

Time really flies, and it's been another year. Festival season is upon us. Interested locals will be counting down the days to Riverbend, but this weekend is Hangout Festival, in .

GULF SHORES, Alabama--Need some help picking which musicians to check out at this weekend's jam-packed Hangout Fest ? Only one of Hangout's headliners, Stevie Wonder, is mentioned in the piece.