Feel like I just lost a chunk of my young adult life today. Saw him at Red Rocks Amphitheater around this time, maybe earlier
Too many people dying lately. This one was a real shocker. RIP Tom. I’ve been a fan since the beginning.
Horrible day.
Me too. He just finished the TP & Heartbreakers 40th anniversary tour on the 25th at the Hollywood Bowl.
RIP Tom
Been a tragic 24 hours,Las Vegas, Tom Petty and 11 years ago today was the Amish School House tragedy which is 25 miles from my house.
You may not want to remember,if so here is what happened On 10.02.2006
Rest In Peace Tom! Always enjoyed your music!
Now I’m reading he’s still alive, clinging to life.
http://www.oann.com/tom-petty-reported-found-unconscious-after-cardiac-arrest-in-california/
One more Wilbury has started the great journey.
He just played in Berkeley a month ago. A 19 year old girl I work with said it was the best concert she has ever seen. I think that says it all.
Been listening to Tom Petty radio on Sirius. They were saying he was was found by paramedics with a slight pulse, and taken to the hospital. No brain activity where they unplugged life support. Maybe he’s still hanging in there
I just saw a report that he’s currently on life support.
I’m hearing he’s got a DNR so there won’t be any medical miracles it’s all up to him. 
Come on Tom you’re too cool to die!
If there’s any chance at all, Tom won’t back down.
Hated to hear this news. As a kid I recall our bus driver, who later got sent to prison for dealing drugs, would play the first tape given to him every morning. It was always a race between me giving him Full Moon Fever and this other kid who almost always got there before me with Ozzy’s No Rest for the Wicked.
Amended the title.
Quite confusing, but, alas, you were right the first time. RIP.
Yes, his Manager just announced he has passed.
Very depressing week so far. The Vagas massacre, Tom Petty, and Marshall Hoots from Going Gear.
I met him and his band under very odd circumstances. I was staying at a hotel in Burbank in 1980. I lived in the Northwest, but a wealthy friend of mine owned property in San Fernando, and his Bro. lived in Burbank.
We were all staying in a Hotel, along with his wife and her kid. We went down to the Bar, and there was supposed to be a live band. The band didn’t show, and didn’t show, finally in came Tom Petty and his band.
What was really strange, was that there were only about 7 people in the Bar, and three of us were among them. I talked to one of the band members and he said that in belonging to the Musicians Union, they were obligated to fill in, should the occasion arise, and they were “on call” that night. Wow, was that a crazy night. They only played a few songs, and mostly just hung out. We they did the minimum, then just packed up.
The one band members who I had been talking to, came over and invited me to come party with them. Honestly, I was just a small town hick, not ready for the “big time” so I declined saying we had an early morning appointment with the legal staff, ha, I was just scared.
he was the “learning to fly” guy??? sad to hear this…another hero gone…:cry:(