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    Tom Petty's Bandmate Not 'Ready Emotionally' for The Heartbreakers Reunion

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    Mike Campbell is not planning to regroup the Heartbreakers in the near future as he is still mourning the death of the band leader, three years after his passing.

    Nov 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Tom Petty’s longtime sidekick Mike Campbell isn’t quite ready to regroup the Heartbreakers three years after the band leader’s death.
    The guitarist admits he’s sure he will consider a reunion “at some point in the future,” but he’s still heartbroken about his longtime pal and collaborator’s passing in 2017.
    Campbell tells Rolling Stone he’s well aware Petty wanted to hit the road and perform his Wildflowers album in its entirety, and so that’s something that might happen.

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    “I’m not ready emotionally to have the Heartbreakers in a room and go ‘1, 2, 3, 4…’ and look around and Tom’s not there,” Mike explains. “I need to grieve a little more to get to that point in time, but I’m not against the idea. I do miss the guys, but Tom left a huge hole in the band.”
    “It would have to be almost a voice from beyond, almost like, ‘Guys, do this for me’. If I got that message, I would present it to the other guys. But it hasn’t been that long. We’re still grieving very deeply. It’s a big loss.”
    Campbell and fellow longtime Heartbreakers bandmate Benmont Tench recently worked with Petty’s daughters and Rick Rubin, among others, and put together the “Wildflowers & All the Rest” box set, which was released last month (Oct20). It featured home recordings and previously unreleased tracks, while Campbell and Tench lovingly recalled working with Petty on the album for the liner notes.

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      Mike Campbell Gets Candid About Why Tom Petty Passed on 'The Boys of Summer'

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      When speaking on Brian Koppleman’s The Moment podcast, the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist admits he has always felt terrible his bandmate didn’t record his 1984 hit song.

      Nov 3, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Tom Petty’s longtime sideman Mike Campbell will always regret not going back to the Free Fallin’ singer after completing his “The Boys of Summer” demo, because he wanted his bandmate to have the biggest hit of 1984.
      The guitarist created the tune and played a rough early demo to Petty and record label boss Jimmy Iovine, who passed on the track because it sounded too jazzy.
      Convinced he had something special, Campbell made some alterations and, at Iovine’s suggestion, offered the tune to Eagles star Don Henley, who was working on the music that would make up his hit solo album “Building the Perfect Beast”.
      Speaking on Brian Koppelman’s “The Moment” podcast, Campbell said he was crestfallen when Petty seemed underwhelmed by the track: “In Tom’s defence, when I got to the chorus, I went to a different chord…,” Campbell said. “He heard a slightly inferior version, and I remember when it went by, we were kind of grooving to it, and it got to that chord and Jimmy Iovine goes, ‘Eh, it sounds like jazz’… I was completely deflated.”

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      Campbell felt sure Petty was “probably fed up” with the song and was busy working on his own music, and so when the idea to offer the song to Henley came up, he didn’t hesitate and they set up a meeting.
      “It was just me and him,” Campbell added. “We sat at a big table. He sat at the other end like the judge, totally quiet and didn’t bat an eye – just listened with his eyes closed. And then he said, ‘OK, maybe I can do something with that.’ ”
      Weeks later, Campbell received a call from the Eagles star: “He’s like, ‘Oh, I just wrote the best song of my life to your music,’ ” Campbell recalls.
      Campbell and Henley then hit the studio together and recorded what was to become a monster hit around the world, but the guitarist has always felt terrible Petty didn’t record “The Boys of Summer”.
      He also recalled the song coming on the radio while he and Petty were working on new music for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers album “Southern Accents”, prompting his bandmate to note, “Boy, you know, you were really lucky with that. I wish I would have had the presence of mind to not let that get away.’ ”

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      Tom Petty's Family Blocks Donald Trump From Using His Song in Campaign

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      The family members of the late rock legend have sent a cease and desist letter to President Trump after the classic song ‘I Won’t Back Down’ was used in a campaign rally in Tulsa.
      Jun 22, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Tom Petty’s family members have released a joint statement denouncing U.S. leader Donald Trump’s use of the rock legend’s hit “I Won’t Back Down” at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, June 20, 2020.
      According to the late star’s family, Tom, who died in 2017, “wrote this song for the underdog, for the common man and for everyone,” adding, “We want to make it clear that we believe everyone is free to vote as they like, think as they like, but the Petty family doesn’t stand for this.”
      Condemning President Trump, they continued, “We believe in America and we believe in democracy. But Donald Trump is not representing the noble ideals of either.”
      “We would hate for fans that are marginalised by this administration to think we were complicit in this usage. Concurrently, we have issued a cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign.”
      The incident is the latest in a string of similar attacks on Trump by artists for using their work at rallies, with R.E.M., Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Neil Young, Guns N’ Roses, and The Rolling Stones just some of the other acts who have also objected to their music’s use at Trump’s events.

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      Tom Petty's Ex-Wife Loses Lawsuit Against Universal Music Over 2008 Vault Fire

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      A judge has dismissed Jane’s claims that UMG has not done enough to prevent the fire while trying to hide the amount of destruction caused from the artists affected.
      Apr 7, 2020
      AceShowbiz – A judge has dismissed Tom Petty’s ex-wife Jane’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over a 2008 fire in one of the label’s warehouses.
      The lawsuit was originally filed against UMG by Soundgarden, Steve Earle, Hole, Tupac Shakur and Petty’s estates following an investigation by the New York Times into the vault fire, which they claimed had destroyed or damaged a huge amount of master recordings, in June (19). UMG has consistently denied the Times’ reporting of the amount of damage caused by the blaze, and stated in legal filing that only the work of 19 of their artists had been affected.
      The ensuing class action lawsuit accused UMG of not doing enough to prevent the fire, while also alleging they tried to hide the amount of destruction caused from the artists affected. In addition, those involved were intending to pursue litigation to recoup losses from the record label.
      However, following the original lawsuit filing, all of the plaintiffs dropped out – leaving just Petty’s former spouse to fight her corner.
      But on Monday (April 06), Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled that Petty’s masters were actually owned by his former label MCA – a subsidiary of UMG – meaning that Jane couldn’t sue. He dismissed her claims without prejudice.
      Following the decision, UMG released a statement which read: “Judge Kronstadt’s decision fully dismisses the Soundgarden litigation and entirely rejects the only remaining plaintiff’s arguments. As we have said all along, the New York Times Magazine articles at the root of this litigation were stunning in their overstatement and inaccuracy. As always, we remain focused on partnering with artists to release the world’s greatest music.”
      Jane Petty has yet to announce whether or not she plans to appeal the decision.

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