Before Tom Petty became a rock legend, he was just another kid roaming the streets of Gainesville and dreaming ... backstage during one of Petty’s concerts. While the entire trail is digital ...

Shawn Murphy was only a month into his retirement as a journalism professor when he made his first “Tom Petty pilgrimage ... of and experience in Gainesville and Florida in general, from ...

Florida basketball fans sing Tom Petty's 'I Won't Back Down' during the second half of UF's 88-67 win over South Carolina on Saturday night Florida women's basketball coach Kelly Rae Finley ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is a rock band formed in 1976 from Gainesville, Florida, USA and led by Tom Petty. Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his ...

When the state delegates cast their votes for their candidate for president of the United States at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, they did it with a multi-state dance party.

In 2016, Tom Petty offered us a tantalising glimpse of what motivated him. This potent, highly ambitious sense of determination helped him leave Gainesville, Florida in the mid-Seventies and which ...

Before Tom Petty became a rock legend, he was just another kid roaming the streets of Gainesville and dreaming ... backstage during one of Petty’s concerts. (Photo Courtesy of Keith Harben ...