Rounding out The Speaker Wars are guitarist Jay Michael Smith, bassist Brian Patterson, percussionist Steve Ritter, and keyboardist Jay Brown. The album’s first track, “You Make Every Lie Come True,” ...

Until the recent publication of his memoir Heartbreaker, Mike Campbell, who is best known as the founding lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, didn’t set out to write a book. When he was ...

Mike Campbell was the late Tom Petty’s chief lieutenant in the Heartbreakers during the 41 years of the band’s existence. The guitarist co-produced several of the group’s albums as well as all three ...

Tom Petty's substance abuse issues in the 1990s were a battle he had to fight himself. Mike Campbell, who was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the band’s inception in 1976 ...

Anyone who has been in a band can attest that keeping the group together can sometimes be as difficult as the creative process itself, and according to Tom Petty’s lead guitarist, Mike Campbell, the ...

While no one would have had a problem with The Traveling Wilburys on principle, Tom Petty was in hot water with his band the ...

Fans of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers—or of 1980s rock music culture in general—have a gift coming their way. For two nights (October 17 and October 20) a lost treasure called Heartbreakers Beach ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell has teamed up with novelist Ari Surdoval to write a memoir, Heartbreaker, which will be released on March 18, 2025. The book will trace the ...

The all-star tribute to Robbie Robertson coming to Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Oct. 17 won’t be just a one-off event. Two days later, the Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24 will kick off with a ...