Even the most brilliant artists usually have to edit their stuff a few times before it's ready for public consumption, and with his "First Drafts of Rock" bit on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon uses ...

Kevin Bacon dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Monday night. Bacon dressed up as Tom Petty and Fallon dressed up as his guitarist, Mike Campbell, to perform in a sketch called "First ...

The chord progression Tom Petty came up with for "Free Fallin'" is simple enough that pretty much anyone can play it — and figuring it out is enough to make a beginning guitar student laugh out loud ...

Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Bacon unearthed a “rare early version” of Tom Petty‘s “Free Fallin'” on The Tonight Show‘s “First Drafts of Rock” bit Monday. With Bacon playing Petty and Fallon dressed up as ...

In 2017, Petty was honored at the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala. In his acceptance speech, The Heartbreakers frontman talked about his music career. He looked out into the crowd and gave ...

Tom Petty‘s “Free Fallin'” is one of the most famous classic rock songs of the late 1980s. The song itself seems serious. During an interview, Petty said he wrote the song to make another celebrity ...

At Friday’s MusiCares Person of the Year gala, music’s elite dug deep into the Tom Petty catalog to honor the 66-year-old rock legend and three-time Grammy-winner during a nearly three-hour, ...

The Golden Globe-winning actor appeared on "The Tonight Show" overnight where he transformed into a rock star for a cover of Tom Petty's late '80s classic "Free Fallin'". By Lars Brandle Kevin Bacon’s ...

The Shins, Laufey, Frou Frou's Imogen Heap, Zach Braff, and an ensemble of the night's musicians and special guests performing Petty's 'Free Fallin''. CREDIT: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Garden ...

For "If I Were A Free Fallin' Boy," DJ Earworm -- the guy who put Kanye's Auto-Tune in Radiohead's tune -- mashes together Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" and Beyoncé's "If I Were A Boy," and returns with ...