Tom Petty RIP

HAL9000 · October 2017

One of my favourite artists. RIP Tom.

TTony · October 2017

Suppose we should move this to Tributes.

I'm hoping that we have to move it back again ... but the reports do seem to be consistent.

IvisonGuitars · October 2017

TTony said:

Suppose we should move this to Tributes.

I'm hoping that we have to move it back again ... but the reports do seem to be consistent.

You can combine it with the other RIP thread in Tributes if you wish @TTony. It's confirmed over most media platforms now

Rocker · October 2017

The Travelling Wilburys etc. So sad. RIP

axisus · October 2017

Sad news. A true American icon.

camf · October 2017

Poop!

IvisonGuitars · October 2017

Actually @TTony you might have to move it back for a while....https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lapd-clarifies-cannot-confirm-tom-petty-death/

What a farce!!

TTony · October 2017

(sorry for some of the discontinuity of posts - just merging the separate threads).

Jalapeno · October 2017

Just found out

Numbed.

Same reaction to Elvis & John Lennon ... too soon

robinbowes · October 2017

Let's hope it's premature...

AlexC · October 2017

Gutted. Such a good songwriter. Also seemed like a genuinely nice guy in interviews foo.

spark240 · October 2017

Desperate....he was a talented guy.

guitargeek62 · October 2017

Doesn’t seem promising from early reports, but fingers crossed for him and co.

http://www.wlwt.com/article/tom-petty-found-unconscious-rushed-to-hospital/12766862

rsvmark · October 2017

Unclear in the news. LAPD cannot confirm as of 7 mins ago. But like you say, does not look good sadly

Jalapeno · October 2017

robinbowes said:

Let's hope it's premature...

Indeed, but doesn't sound promising.

stratman3142 · October 2017

Sad news.

AlexC · October 2017

Some news saying it's definite he's gone, others saying unsure. Bit weird. Never really known a situation like this.

Rabs · October 2017

Ohh man..

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/02/rock-star-tom-petty-dies-heart-attack

US singer Tom Petty is seriously ill in hospital after a suspected heart attack, according to reports.

The singer-songwriter was reportedly rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica hospital on Monday after being found unconscious in his Malibu home. Initial reports, based on an LAPD source who spoke to CBS News and Variety, said Petty had died.

However, LAPD later tweeted that the department has “no information about the passing of singer Tom Petty” and any information had been “inadvertently provided”. The force apologized “for any inconvenience in this reporting”.

The musician gained fame as part of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the late 1970s, a band that was seen as integral to the heartland rock movement. Their biggest hits included I Won’t Back Down and American Girl.

Petty was originally part of country rock band Mudcrutch who gained regional popularity but didn’t attract a mainstream audience. They later reformed in 2007 but originally split after Petty and other members joined the Heartbreakers. In 1977 the band gained success with the song Breakdown but it was their second album You’re Gonna Get It! that became a top 40 hit.

Throughout the 80s, the band enjoyed major hits including You Got Lucky and Change of Heart and collaborated with Bob Dylan as well as Stevie Nicks. Petty continued to work with Dylan as part of the band Traveling Wilburys alongside Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne.

“It’s shocking, crushing news,” Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone in an earlier statement. “I thought the world of Tom. He was great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I’ll never forget him.”

Nitefly · October 2017

Oh, dreadful news, he's right up there with the very best ... What a fantastic body of work he's left us.

More Wilburys dead than alive now.

RIP, and thoughts with his loved ones.

Steffo · October 2017

He passed away.

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