Tom Petty

After releasing her excellent, heartbreaking debut album Stranger in the Alps (on Dead Oceans), Phoebe Bridgers made her way to NYC for a sold-out release show at Baby’s All Right on Wednesday (10/4). She played every song on the album and honored Tom Petty with a cover of “It’ll All Work Out,” which you can watch a video of…

Doveman recorded a hushed, atmospheric cover of “Learning to Fly” and Wilco played “The Waiting” live in Texas last night.

Before his first Broadway show, Bruce shared a tribute to Tom Petty. “A great songwriter and performer, whenever we saw each other, it was like running into a long lost brother. Our world will be a sadder place without him.”

Few ’70s rock stars made as seamless a transition into the MTV era as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, whose work in the medium was as iconoclastic as Petty himself.

In honor of the recently-departed Tom Petty, artists have been covering his songs. One of the latest to do this is The National (who have been doing a lot of covers in general this year)…

In celebration of Tom Petty’s life, here are some covers of his songs by artists we love, including Sharon Van Etten & Shearwater, Dinosaur Jr, The Mountain Goats, David Bazan, Lucero, and more.

Following the sad news of Tom Petty‘s death, Coldplay performed “Free Fallin'” with REM’s Peter Buck at their show Monday in Portland, and Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws offered up a solo take on “Learning to Fly.”

“On behalf of the Tom Petty family, we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty.” – Heartbreakers manager Tony Dimitriades. He was 66.

We’re all heartbroken at the news about Tom Petty. Tributes have been pouring in on social media from fellow musicians and other artists including ones from St. Vincent, Neko Case, Cameron Crowe, Chuck D, Ryan Adams, Sharon Van Etten…