Editing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (section)

===Final years (2006–2017)===
[[File:Benmont Tench Hollywood Bowl.jpg|thumb|right|Keyboardist Benmont Tench performs with the band at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] in 2010.]]
In the band's thirtieth anniversary year, 2006, they headlined the fifth annual [[Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival]]. In addition to Bonnaroo, Petty was on tour throughout the summer of 2006. The tour started in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], North Carolina, on June 9 and ended in [[Randall's Island]], New York on August 19. Stops included major cities such as New York, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Denver. Supporting acts during the tour included [[Pearl Jam]], [[the Allman Brothers Band]], and [[Trey Anastasio]]. Additionally, [[Stevie Nicks]] joined the band onstage during the first eight concerts as well as subsequent second-leg dates to perform various songs from the Heartbreakers' catalog. For the [[Highway Companion]] Tour, they offered a Highway Companion's Club which allowed fans to receive priority seating, discounts at the Tom Petty Store, a complimentary CD of ''[[Highway Companion]]'' and a personalized email address.

In 2006, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] U.S. television network hired Petty to do the music for its [[NBA Playoffs]] coverage.

On September 21, 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the keys to the city of [[Gainesville, Florida]], where he and his bandmates either lived or grew up. Petty quipped, when questioned about the key he received from Gainesville's mayor, "It's a lot nicer than the one we got in Chicago."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-22-tom-petty_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Tom Petty gets key to Gainesville, Fla | date=September 22, 2006}}</ref>

From July 2006 until 2007, the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in [[Cleveland]], Ohio featured an exhibit of Tom Petty items. Much of the content was donated by Petty himself from a visit to his home by some of the Rock Hall curatorial staff.

In 2007, the band accepted an invitation to participate in a [[tribute album]] to [[Fats Domino]], contributing their version of "[[I'm Walkin']]" to ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]'' ([[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]]).
[[File:Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 2017-08-22.jpg|thumb|The Heartbreakers in August 2017, less than two months before Petty's death]]
In 2008, the Heartbreakers were also featured as the [[Super Bowl XLII]] halftime show. In April that year, the members of Petty's previous band, [[Mudcrutch]]—Petty, Tench, and Campbell, along with Randall Marsh and Tom Leadon—released a Mudcrutch [[Mudcrutch (album)|album]]. In late 2008, they released a live EP.

The band issued ''[[The Live Anthology]]'', a collection of live recordings, on November 23, 2009, and announced a new studio album, ''[[Mojo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)|Mojo]]'', for release in the spring of 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McKnight |first=Connor |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959244/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-announce-new-album-tour |title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Announce New Album, Tour |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=February 25, 2010}}</ref> The band released ''[[Hypnotic Eye]]'' on July 29, 2014, and archive recordings from their Playlist box set ''Nobody's Children'' and ''Through the Cracks'' digitally in 2015.

In 2017, the band embarked on a 40th Anniversary Tour of the United States.<ref name="40tour">{{cite web|title=40th Anniversary Tour Announced!|date=December 8, 2016 |url=http://www.tompetty.com/news/40th-anniversary-tour-announced-1623236|publisher=TomPetty.com Official Website|access-date=October 6, 2017|language=en}}</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}}</ref> The Hollywood Bowl concert, which became the Heartbreakers' final show, ended with a performance of "[[American Girl (Tom Petty song)|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}}</ref>