Editing Tom Petty (section)

==Career==
Petty's interest in [[rock and roll]] music began at age ten when he had an opportunity to meet [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name="esquire">{{cite web|last=Sager|first=Mike|title=What I've Learned: Tom Petty|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0806WIL_134|work=Esquire|date=June 30, 2006|access-date=April 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327044004/http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0806WIL_134|archive-date=March 27, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film ''[[Follow That Dream]]'', in nearby [[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]], and invited Petty to watch the movie's filming.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dean |first=Bill |title=Tom Petty's Life Changed When He Met Elvis |url=http://www.gainesville.com/news/20070816/young-tom-pettys-life-changed-when-he-met-elvis |work=Gainesville Sun |date=August 16, 2007 |access-date=April 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194820/http://www.gainesville.com/news/20070816/young-tom-pettys-life-changed-when-he-met-elvis |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Petty instantly became a Presley fan. When he returned that Saturday, he was greeted by his friend Keith Harben, and soon traded his [[Wham-O]] slingshot for a collection of Elvis [[gramophone records|45s]].<ref name="portrait">{{cite magazine|last=Newman |first=Melinda |title=Tom Petty: A Portrait of the Artist |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60538/tom-petty-a-portrait-of-the-artist |magazine=Billboard |date=November 28, 2005 |access-date=April 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103133707/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60538/tom-petty-a-portrait-of-the-artist |archive-date=November 3, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Of that meeting with Presley, Petty said, "Elvis glowed."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1327-tom-petty|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202716/http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1327-tom-petty|url-status=dead|title=Southern Gallery: Tom Petty|archive-date=October 12, 2017|website=www.oxfordamerican.org}}</ref>

In 2006, Petty said he knew he wanted to be in a band the moment he saw the [[the Beatles|Beatles]] on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 27, 2006 |title=Tom Petty Knows 'How It Feels' |work=[[Fresh Air]] |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18580517 |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408143113/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18580517 |archive-date=April 8, 2008}}</ref> "The minute I saw the Beatles on the ''Ed Sullivan Show''—and it's true of thousands of guys—there was the way out. There was a way to do it. You get your friends and you're a self-contained unit. And you make the music. And it looked like so much fun. It was something I identified with. I had never been hugely into sports.&nbsp;... I had been a big fan of Elvis. But I really saw in the Beatles that here's something I could do. I knew I could do it. It wasn't long before there were groups springing up in garages all over the place."<ref>{{cite web |last=Crandall |first=Bill |date=February 6, 2014 |title=10 Musicians Who Saw the Beatles Standing There |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-musicians-who-saw-the-beatles-standing-there/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207051338/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-musicians-who-saw-the-beatles-standing-there/ |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |access-date=January 13, 2019 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref name="biography.com" />   He later said that the [[the Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] inspired him by demonstrating that he and musicians like him could make it in rock and roll.<ref name="RollingStone14">{{Cite magazine |title=Tom Petty: Rolling Stones Were 'My Punk Music' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-rolling-stones-were-my-punk-music-20140717 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125246/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-rolling-stones-were-my-punk-music-20140717 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>

[[Don Felder]], a fellow Gainesville resident who later joined the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], wrote in his autobiography that he was one of Petty's first guitar teachers<ref>Felder, Don (2008). ''Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles.'' Wiley. p. 28. {{ISBN|978-0-470-28906-8}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/don-felder-0811/ |title=Gibson Guitars Interview with Don Felder |publisher=Gibson |date=June 24, 2008 |access-date=February 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831013938/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/don%2Dfelder%2D0811/ |archive-date=August 31, 2011 }}</ref> although Petty said that Felder taught him to play piano instead.<ref name=hollywood>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-petty-discusses-influences-career-179282|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter|Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|title=Tom Petty Discusses Influences, Career During SiriusXM Q&A Session|date=April 17, 2011|access-date=May 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513162928/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-petty-discusses-influences-career-179282|archive-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

As a young man, Petty worked briefly on the grounds crew of the [[University of Florida]], but never attended as a student. An [[Ogeechee lime tree]] that he purportedly planted while employed at the university is now called the Tom Petty tree, though Petty said he did not recall planting any trees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.president.ufl.edu/speeches/2006/09/campusCommunityCouncil.html |title=September 13, 2006 Speech to Campus Community Council |access-date=September 10, 2008 |first=Bernie |last=Machen |date=September 6, 2006 |publisher=University of Florida Office of the President |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906093854/http://president.ufl.edu/speeches/2006/09/campusCommunityCouncil.html |archive-date=September 6, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Petty Gets Key to Gainesville, Fla. |url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Sep22/0,4670,PeopleTomPetty,00.html |publisher=Fox News Channel |date=November 22, 2006 |access-date=April 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406202958/http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Sep22/0%2C4670%2CPeopleTomPetty%2C00.html |archive-date=April 6, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=hollywood /> He also worked briefly as a gravedigger.<ref name=hollywood/>

===1976–1987: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers===
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[[File:Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1977.jpg|thumb|Petty (center) with the Heartbreakers in 1977]]
Shortly after embracing his musical aspirations, Petty started a band known as the Epics, which later evolved into [[Mudcrutch]]. The band included future Heartbreakers [[Mike Campbell (musician)|Mike Campbell]] and [[Benmont Tench]] and was popular in Gainesville, but their recordings went unnoticed by a mainstream audience. They recorded at [[The Church Studio]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. Their only single, "Depot Street", released in 1975 by [[Shelter Records]], failed to chart.<ref name="mudcrutch1">{{cite news|last1=Greenberg|first1=Rudi|title=Tom Petty Turned Back the Clock with Mudcrutch at the 9:30 Club in D.C. on June 6|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/06/07/tom-petty-turned-back-the-clock-with-mudcrutch-at-the-930-club-in-d-c-on-june-6|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=June 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004040807/https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/06/07/tom-petty-turned-back-the-clock-with-mudcrutch-at-the-930-club-in-d-c-on-june-6/|archive-date=October 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

After Mudcrutch split up, Petty reluctantly agreed to pursue a solo career. Tench decided to form his own group, whose sound Petty appreciated. Eventually, Petty and Campbell collaborated with Tench, [[Ron Blair]] and [[Stan Lynch]], forming the first lineup of the Heartbreakers. Their [[Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (album)|eponymous debut album]] gained little popularity among American audiences, achieving greater success in Britain{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}. The singles "[[American Girl (Tom Petty song)|American Girl]]" and "[[Breakdown (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|Breakdown]]" (re-released in 1977) peaked at {{Numero|40}} after the band toured in the United Kingdom in support of [[Nils Lofgren]]. The debut album was released by Shelter Records, which at that time was distributed by [[ABC Records]].<ref name="all music">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=Tom Petty: Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5137/biography|website=AllMusic|year=2006|access-date=April 12, 2008|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018133527/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-petty-mn0000612716|url-status=live}}</ref>

Their second album, ''[[You're Gonna Get It!]]'', was the band's first [[Top 40]] album,<ref name="all music" /> featuring the singles "[[I Need to Know (Tom Petty song)|I Need to Know]]" and "[[Listen to Her Heart]]". Their third album, ''[[Damn the Torpedoes (album)|Damn the Torpedoes]]'', quickly went [[RIAA certification|platinum]], selling nearly two million copies; it includes their breakthrough singles "[[Don't Do Me Like That]]", "[[Here Comes My Girl]]", "[[Even the Losers]]" and "[[Refugee (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|Refugee]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: History of the Band|url=http://www.mudcrutch.com/index.php?pageid=heartbreakers_history|work=Mudcrutch Farm|access-date=April 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415150228/http://www.mudcrutch.com/index.php?pageid=heartbreakers_history|archive-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>

In September 1979, [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] performed at a [[Musicians United for Safe Energy]] concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Finn|first=Natalie|title=Raitt, Browne & Nash Rerock Against Nukes|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=08ca35ba-fcf8-4e5d-89a3-db9ecaf79907|publisher=E!|date=October 23, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530083723/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=08ca35ba-fcf8-4e5d-89a3-db9ecaf79907|archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> Their rendition of "[[Cry to Me]]" was featured on the resulting album, ''[[No Nukes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=''No Nukes'': Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r315362|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 12, 2008|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018133606/https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-nukes-mw0000024631|url-status=live}}</ref>

Their fourth album, ''[[Hard Promises]]'', released in 1981, became a top-ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single "[[The Waiting (song)|The Waiting]]". The album also featured Petty's first duet, "Insider" with [[Stevie Nicks]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beviglia|first1=Jim|title=Behind The Song: Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|url=http://americansongwriter.com/2016/02/behind-the-song-stevie-nicks-with-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/|website=American Songwriter|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=February 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125217/http://americansongwriter.com/2016/02/behind-the-song-stevie-nicks-with-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bass player Ron Blair quit the group and was replaced on the fifth album, ''[[Long After Dark]]'' (1982), by [[Howie Epstein]]; the resulting lineup lasted until 1994. The album contained the hit "[[You Got Lucky]]".

In 1985, the band participated in [[Live Aid]], playing four songs at [[John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)|John F. Kennedy Stadium]], in [[Philadelphia]] before a crowd of 89,484 people.

The band's album, ''[[Southern Accents]]'', was also released in 1985. It included the hit single "[[Don't Come Around Here No More]]", produced by [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]]. The song's video featured Petty dressed as the [[Hatter (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Mad Hatter]], mocking and chasing Alice from the book ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. The ensuing tour led to the live album ''[[Pack Up the Plantation: Live!]]'' and an invitation from [[Bob Dylan]] to join Dylan on his 60-date [[True Confessions Tour]] through Asia, Oceania, and North America.

In 1986 and 1987, they played some dates with the [[Grateful Dead]]. Also in 1987, the group released ''[[Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)]]'' which includes "[[Jammin' Me]]" which Petty wrote with Dylan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jammin' Me: Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/t2462926 |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 19, 2009 |archive-date=October 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025064205/http://www.allmusic.com/song/t2462926 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1988–1991: Traveling Wilburys and solo career===
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In 1988, Petty, along with [[George Harrison]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Roy Orbison]] and [[Jeff Lynne]], was a founding member of the [[Traveling Wilburys]]. The band's first song, "[[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]]", was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1]]''. A second Wilburys album, mischievously titled ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]'' and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named ''Vol. 3'' as a response to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold as ''Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2''. Petty incorporated Traveling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing "Handle with Care" in shows from 2003 to 2006, and for his 2008 tour adding "surprises" such as "[[End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)|End of the Line]]" to the set list.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Graff|first1=Gary|title=Tom Petty / May 31, 2008 / Auburn Hills, Mich. (The Palace)|magazine=Billboard|date=June 4, 2008|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045211/tom-petty-may-31-2008-auburn-hills-mich-the-palace|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318232041/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045211/tom-petty-may-31-2008-auburn-hills-mich-the-palace|archive-date=March 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1989, Petty released ''[[Full Moon Fever]]'', which featured hits "[[I Won't Back Down]]", "[[Free Fallin']]" and "[[Runnin' Down a Dream]]". It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of [[Electric Light Orchestra]], and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and George Harrison ([[Ringo Starr]] appears on drums in the video for "I Won't Back Down", but they were actually performed by Phil Jones).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Readers' Poll: Tom Petty's 10 Best Songs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-tom-pettys-10-best-songs-20130619/5-i-wont-back-down-0964154|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125323/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-tom-pettys-10-best-songs-20130619/5-i-wont-back-down-0964154|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petty and the Heartbreakers reformed in 1991 and released ''[[Into the Great Wide Open]]'', which was co-produced by Lynne and included the hit singles "[[Learning to Fly (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|Learning To Fly]]" and "[[Into the Great Wide Open (song)|Into the Great Wide Open]]", the latter featuring [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Faye Dunaway]] in the music video.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Patridge|first1=Kenneth|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 'Into the Great Wide Open' at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Album Lookback|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7423932/tom-petty-heartbreakers-into-the-great-wide-open-25-years|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014202211/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7423932/tom-petty-heartbreakers-into-the-great-wide-open-25-years|archive-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before leaving MCA Records, Petty and the Heartbreakers got together to record, live in the studio, two new songs for a ''[[Greatest Hits (Tom Petty album)|Greatest Hits]]'' package: "[[Mary Jane's Last Dance]]" and [[Thunderclap Newman]]'s "[[Something in the Air (song)|Something in the Air]]". This was Stan Lynch's last recorded performance with the Heartbreakers. Petty commented "He left right after the session without really saying goodbye." The package went on to sell over ten million copies, therefore receiving diamond certification by the RIAA.<ref name="gpawards">{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum – Tom Petty|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=tom+petty#search_section|publisher=RIAA|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008205627/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Tom+Petty#search_section|archive-date=October 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1991–2017: Move to Warner Bros. Records===
[[File:Tompetty indy.jpg|thumb|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing at the [[Klipsch Music Center|Verizon Amphitheatre]] in [[Indianapolis]] in 2006]]
[[File:Tom Petty.jpg|thumb|Petty performing at the [[Nissan Pavilion]] in [[Bristow, Virginia]] in 2006]]
[[File:Tom Petty 2016 - Jun 20.jpg|thumb|Petty performing in San Francisco in 2016]]
In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with [[Warner Bros. Records]], to which the Traveling Wilburys had been signed.<ref>{{cite web |last=Philips |first=Chuck |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-05-ca-575-story.html |title=Petty's Secret Deal Isn't for Petty Cash |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 5, 1992 |page=58 |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205090409/https://www.latimes.com/archives |url-status=live }}</ref> His first album on his new label, 1994's ''[[Wildflowers (Tom Petty album)|Wildflowers]]'', Petty's second of three solo albums, included the highly beloved title track,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-wildflowers-songs/|title=Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers' Turns 25: The Stories Behind the Songs|first=Sean|last=Kelly|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=November 2019 |access-date=October 18, 2020|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012192140/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-wildflowers-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the singles "[[You Don't Know How It Feels]]", "You Wreck Me", "It's Good to Be King", and "A Higher Place". The album, produced by [[Rick Rubin]], sold over three million copies in the United States.<ref name="gpawards" />

In 1996, Petty, with the Heartbreakers, released a soundtrack to the movie ''[[She's the One (1996 film)|She's the One]]'' starring [[Cameron Diaz]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]] (see ''[[Songs and Music from "She's the One"]]''). The album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" featuring [[Lindsey Buckingham]], "Climb that Hill", and a song written by [[Lucinda Williams]], "[[Changed the Locks|Change the Locks]]". The album also included a cover of "Asshole", a song by [[Beck]]. The same year, the band accompanied [[Johnny Cash]] on ''[[Unchained (Johnny Cash album)|Unchained]]'', provisionally titled "Petty Cash", for which Cash won a [[Grammy]] for [[Best Country Album]]. Cash later covered Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on ''[[American III: Solitary Man]]''.<ref name="uncutpettycash">{{cite web|title=Tom Petty: From the Unchained Sessions to 'I Won't Back Down' – Uncut|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/tom-petty-from-the-unchained-sessions-to-i-won-t-back-down-37575|website=Uncut|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=February 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174622/http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/tom-petty-from-the-unchained-sessions-to-i-won-t-back-down-37575|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, ''[[Echo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)|Echo]]''. Two songs were released as singles in the US, "Room at the Top" and "Free Girl Now". The album reached number 10 on the US album charts.<ref name="billboardalbums" />

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the [[America: A Tribute to Heroes]] benefit concert for victims of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. The following year, they played "[[Taxman]]", "[[I Need You (The Beatles song)|I Need You]]" and "Handle with Care" (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, [[Dhani Harrison]], and [[Jim Keltner]]) at the ''[[Concert for George]]'' in honor of Petty's friend and former bandmate George Harrison.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Sullivan|first1=Robert|title=The Best Beatles Reunion|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=February 26, 2014|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-best-beatles-reunion|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125502/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-best-beatles-reunion|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petty's 2002 release, ''[[The Last DJ]]'', was an album-length critique of practices within the music industry.<ref name="lastdj">{{cite web|last1=Graff|first1=Gary|title=Petty has harsh words about music industry|url=https://www.upi.com/Petty-has-harsh-words-about-music-industry/28231034008629/|work=United Press International|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075119/https://www.upi.com/Petty-has-harsh-words-about-music-industry/28231034008629/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The title track, inspired by Los Angeles radio personality [[Jim Ladd]], bemoaned the end of the freedom that radio DJs once had to personally select songs for their station's playlists.<ref name="lastdj" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Halperin|first1=Shirley|title=Jim Ladd, the Inspiration for Tom Petty's 'The Last DJ,' Laid Off From Radio Gig|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-ladd-tom-petty-last-dj-254148|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030214/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-ladd-tom-petty-last-dj-254148|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The album peaked at number nine on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart in the United States.<ref name="billboardalbums">{{cite magazine|title=Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Chart history|magazine=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430103/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/chart?f=305|access-date=October 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123080145/http://www.billboard.com/artist/430103/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/chart?f=305|archive-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref>

In 2005, Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on [[XM Satellite Radio]], on which he shared selections from his personal record collection.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Appleford|first1=Steve|title=Tom Petty Breaks Out Hits, Deep Cuts and Storytelling at Benefit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-breaks-out-hits-deep-cuts-and-commentary-at-benefit-concert-20111030|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 30, 2011|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075000/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-breaks-out-hits-deep-cuts-and-commentary-at-benefit-concert-20111030|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers headlined the fifth annual [[Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo]] Music and Arts Festival as part of their "30th Anniversary Tour". Special guests included Stevie Nicks, [[Pearl Jam]], [[the Allman Brothers Band]], [[Trey Anastasio]], [[the Derek Trucks Band]], and [[the Black Crowes]]. Nicks joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage for several songs including "[[Stop Draggin' My Heart Around]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Stevie Nicks Joins Opening Leg of Petty Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=May 26, 2006|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58305/stevie-nicks-joins-opening-leg-of-petty-tour|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426042113/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58305/stevie-nicks-joins-opening-leg-of-petty-tour|archive-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Duets of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 4, 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-duets-of-all-time-20140604/2-stevie-nicks-and-tom-petty-stop-draggin-my-heart-around-52263|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003224754/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-duets-of-all-time-20140604/2-stevie-nicks-and-tom-petty-stop-draggin-my-heart-around-52263|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2006, Petty released a solo album titled ''[[Highway Companion]]'', which included the hit "[[Saving Grace (Tom Petty song)|Saving Grace]]". It debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200, which was Petty's highest chart position since the introduction of the [[Nielsen SoundScan]] system for tracking album sales in 1991. ''Highway Companion'' was briefly promoted on the tour with the Heartbreakers in 2006, with performances of "Saving Grace", "[[Square One (Tom Petty song)|Square One]]", "Down South" and "Flirting with Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Light|first1=Alan|title=Tom Petty: Highway Companion|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 20, 2006|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/highway-companion-20060720|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812030429/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/highway-companion-20060720|archive-date=August 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the summer of 2007, Petty reunited with his old bandmates [[Tom Leadon]] and Randall Marsh, along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The quintet recorded an album of 14 songs that was released on April 29, 2008 (on [[iTunes Store|iTunes]], an additional song "Special Place" was available if the album was pre-ordered). The band supported the album with a brief tour of California in the spring of 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=MacNeil|first1=Jason|title=Petty Dusts Off Mudcrutch For Album, Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=March 20, 2008|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046115/petty-dusts-off-mudcrutch-for-album-tour|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424091130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046115/petty-dusts-off-mudcrutch-for-album-tour|archive-date=April 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers contributed a cover of "[[I'm Walkin']]" to the album ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]''. The album's sales helped buy instruments for students in [[New Orleans]] public schools and contributed to the building of a community center in the city's [[Hurricane Katrina]]-damaged [[9th Ward of New Orleans|Ninth Ward]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/17/tom-petty-covers-fats-domino-listen-to-im-walkin/ |title=Tom Petty Covers Fats Domino: Listen to "I'm Walkin'" |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701160446/https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/17/tom-petty-covers-fats-domino-listen-to-im-walkin/ |archive-date=July 1, 2009}}</ref>

On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of [[Super Bowl XLII]] at the [[University of Phoenix Stadium]]. They played "American Girl", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin" and "Runnin' Down a Dream".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.komodorock.com/tour-news/tour-dates/tom-petty-%26-the-heartbreakers-announce-us-summer-tour-200801253748/ |title=Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Announce US Summer Tour |publisher=Komodo Rock |date=January 25, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214071306/http://www.komodorock.com/tour-news/tour-dates/tom-petty-%26-the-heartbreakers-announce-us-summer-tour-200801253748/ |archive-date=February 14, 2008 }}</ref> That summer, the band toured North America with [[Steve Winwood]] as the opening act. Winwood joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage at select shows and performed his [[Spencer Davis Group]] hit "[[Gimme Some Lovin']]", and occasionally he performed his [[Blind Faith]] hit "[[Can't Find My Way Home]]". In November 2009 the boxed set ''[[The Live Anthology]]'', a compilation of live recordings from 1978 to 2006, was released.

The band's twelfth album ''[[Mojo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)|Mojo]]'' was released on June 15, 2010, and reached number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart.<ref name="billboardalbums" /> Petty described the album as "Blues-based. Some of the tunes are longer, more jam-y kind of music. A couple of tracks really sound like the [[Allman Brothers]]—not the songs but the atmosphere of the band."<ref name="gumrs">{{cite web|title=Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – "Good Enough"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/279552/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-good-enough/mp3s/|website=Stereogum|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125301/https://www.stereogum.com/279552/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-good-enough/mp3s/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> To promote the record, the band appeared as the musical guests on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on May 17, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alec Baldwin Ties 'SNL' Hosting Record; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Perform|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1639308/alec-baldwin-ties-snl-hosting-record-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-perform/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003124816/http://www.mtv.com/news/1639308/alec-baldwin-ties-snl-hosting-record-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-perform/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The release of ''Mojo'' was followed by a North American summer tour. Prior to the tour, five of the band's guitars, including two owned by Petty, were stolen from their practice space in [[Culver City, California]] in April 2010. The items were recovered by Los Angeles police the next week.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Randy|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' stolen guitars recovered|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/tom-petty-guitars-stolen-theft-recover-heartbreakers.html|website=LA Times Blogs – Pop & Hiss|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=April 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003124504/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/tom-petty-guitars-stolen-theft-recover-heartbreakers.html|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, the band went on a world tour that included their first European dates in 20 years and their first ever concerts in the Canadian provinces of [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Ernsberger|first1=Parry|title=Tour Alert: Drake Launches Club Paradise Tour in 2012|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tour-alert-drake-launches-club-paradise-tour-in-2012-20111216|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 16, 2011|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125140/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tour-alert-drake-launches-club-paradise-tour-in-2012-20111216|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dunham|first1=Nancy|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Announce 2012 Tour|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-2012-tour/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=December 14, 2011 |access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003134001/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-2012-tour/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 28, 2014, [[Reprise Records]] released Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' thirteenth studio album, ''[[Hypnotic Eye]]''. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming the band's first album to top the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Caufield|first1=Keith|title=Tom Petty Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6207083/tom-petty-1-album-first-billboard-200-hypnotic-eye-heartbreakers|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123160600/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6207083/tom-petty-1-album-first-billboard-200-hypnotic-eye-heartbreakers|archive-date=November 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 20, 2015, the Tom Petty Radio channel debuted on [[SiriusXM]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Randy |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tom-petty-radio-channel-sirius-xm-20151116-story.html |title=Tom Petty Radio channel debuts Nov. 20 on Sirius XM |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225115/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tom-petty-radio-channel-sirius-xm-20151116-story.html |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, the Heartbreakers embarked on a 40th Anniversary Tour of the United States.<ref name="40tour">{{cite web|title=40th Anniversary Tour Announced! – TomPetty.com Official Blog|url=http://www.tompetty.com/news/40th-anniversary-tour-announced-1623236|website=TomPetty.com Official Website|date=December 8, 2016 |access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021606/http://www.tompetty.com/news/40th-anniversary-tour-announced-1623236|archive-date=October 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The tour began on April 20 in [[Oklahoma City]] and ended on September 25 with a performance at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] in Hollywood, California.<ref name="40tour"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Martinelli|first1=Marissa|title=Watch Tom Petty's Final Performance at the Hollywood Bowl|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/10/03/watch_tom_petty_s_final_performance_at_the_hollywood_bowl_video.html|website=Slate|access-date=October 6, 2017|date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013744/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/10/03/watch_tom_petty_s_final_performance_at_the_hollywood_bowl_video.html|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Hollywood Bowl concert, which would ultimately be the Heartbreakers' final show, ended with a performance of "American Girl".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Greene|first1=Andy|title=Watch Tom Petty Play 'American Girl' at His Final Concert|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-tom-petty-play-american-girl-at-his-final-concert-w506751|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005092407/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-tom-petty-play-american-girl-at-his-final-concert-w506751|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 28, 2018, Reprise Records released ''[[An American Treasure]]'', a 60-track career-spanning box set featuring dozens of previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions of classic songs, rarities, historic live performances and deep tracks. The box set was preceded by the first single, "Keep A Little Soul", in July 2018. The song is an unreleased outtake originally recorded in 1982 during the ''Long After Dark'' sessions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aswad|first1=Jem|title=Tom Petty 'An American Treasure' Boxed Set Track List Revealed, New Song Drops|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/tom-petty-an-american-treasure-boxed-set-track-list-revealed-new-song-drops-1202870299/|website=Variety|date=July 11, 2018|access-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724183721/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/tom-petty-an-american-treasure-boxed-set-track-list-revealed-new-song-drops-1202870299/|archive-date=July 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, he posthumously appeared on rapper [[Snoop Dogg]]'s twentieth studio album ''[[Missionary (Snoop Dogg album)|Missionary]]'', on the track "[[Last Dance with Mary Jane]]", also featuring fellow singer [[Jelly Roll (singer)|Jelly Roll]].

===Acting===
Petty's first appearance in film took place in 1978, when he had a cameo in ''[[FM (film)|FM]]''.<ref name="forbes100217">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2017/10/02/tom-petty-his-legacy-in-film-and-tv/|work=Forbes|title=Tom Petty: His Legacy In Film And TV|first=Simon|last=Thompson|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125606/https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2017/10/02/tom-petty-his-legacy-in-film-and-tv/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He later had a small part in 1987's ''[[Made in Heaven (1987 film)|Made in Heaven]]'' and appeared in several episodes of ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'' between 1987 and 1990, playing himself as one of [[Garry Shandling]]'s neighbors.<ref name="forbes100217" /> Petty was also featured in Shandling's other show, ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', as one of the [[story within a story]] final guests. In the episode, Petty gets bumped from the show and nearly comes to blows with [[Greg Kinnear]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/10-episodes-that-made-the-larry-sanders-show-one-of-the-1798236590|agency=The AV Club|title=10 episodes that made The Larry Sanders Show one of the best comedies of the '90s|first=Kyle|last=Ryan|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=February 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125010/https://tv.avclub.com/10-episodes-that-made-the-larry-sanders-show-one-of-the-1798236590|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petty appeared in the 1997 film ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]'', directed by and starring [[Kevin Costner]], as the Bridge City Mayor (from the dialogue it is implied that he is playing a [[future history]] version of himself).<ref name="forbes100217" /> In 2002, he appeared on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in the episode "[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]", along with [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Elvis Costello]], and [[Brian Setzer]]. In it, Petty spoofed himself as a tutor to [[Homer Simpson]] on the art of lyric writing, composing a brief song about a drunk girl driving down the road while concerned with the state of public schools. Later in the episode, he loses a toe during a riot.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4966372/tom-petty-simpsons-cameo/|magazine=Time|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=October 3, 2017|title=Tom Petty's Simpson Cameo Perfectly Captured the Thinking Rock Star's Dilemma|first=Cady|last=Lang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003074048/http://time.com/4966372/tom-petty-simpsons-cameo/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petty had a recurring role as the voice of [[List of characters in King of the Hill#Other Hill and Platter relatives|Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt]] in the animated comedy series ''[[King of the Hill]]'' from 2004 to 2009.<ref name="forbes100217" /> In 2010, Petty made a five-second [[cameo appearance]] with comedian [[Andy Samberg]] in a musical video titled "Great Day" featured on the bonus DVD as part of [[The Lonely Island]]'s new album ''[[Turtleneck & Chain]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisinsider.com/10-best-songs-by-the-lonely-island-2016-5|work=INSIDER|title=RANKED: The 13 best songs by The Lonely Island|first=Ian|last=Phillips|date=June 2, 2016|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125527/http://www.thisisinsider.com/10-best-songs-by-the-lonely-island-2016-5|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>