For more information, visit thehipp.org. In 2017, following Tom Petty’s death, a gathering of fans and locals in Gainesville united to honor their hometown hero. Gathering at Heartwood ...

Tom Petty’s been gone for seven years, but he seems as ubiquitous as ever in 2024. The concert film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers ...

The punk rock band will now join the likes of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Laura Jane Grace as recipients to the keys of Gainesville. The band members recently sat down to discuss their ...

Also featured is Quicksand’s first new song in three years, “Supercollider,” and “Undertow,” a previously unreleased Hot ...

Tom Petty led the band the Heartbreakers ... GROSS: You grew up in Gainesville, Florida. PETTY: Yeah. GROSS: I think there's a branch of the University of Florida in Gainesville, right?

Tom Petty looked like a central-casting rock star. The nasal whine of his voice, propensity to pick fights with the music industry, and loyalty to the Gainesville musicians he came up with made ...

Quicksand's Walter Schreifels at Riot Fest in 2023 (photo: Daniel Boczarski / Getty Images). Post-hardcore veterans Quicksand and Hot Water Music have each covered one of the other’s songs and ...