Tom Petty RIP

Bugger! 😞

Max Headroom

Just awful....can't believe it..

R.I.P Tom..

Oops69

another legend gone so young , how sad.

OldRio

RIP
Awful news.

PropJoe10

Balls.

Kristopherus

Hopefully he's with his American Girl. RIP Legend.

luketitz

Twas my first ever gig, Full Moon Fever tour '92, been hooked ever since. RIP Tom you beautiful, talented man.

dok_golf

End of the line for Tom. Great songwriter. He'll be missed.

Always number 1

Not another one - too many gone too soon :-(

mojesius

Devastated
One of the best songwriters
I grew up to his music and had many a drunken croon to his songs.

screamer

Had some great songs. Talented guy.
RIP

Etc

Into the great wide open........

fineso.mom

Rarely can I say I'm genuinely sad to hear of a singers passing, but Tom Petty....damn.

adox

Unbelievably it seems the reports of his demise were premature and noth8ng is confirmed yet.

https://twitter.com/lapdhq/status/914956939443920897

Sardonicat

Very sad to hear this. His music was oft a balm to my tortured teenage soul. Always brings a chill out smile to my face whenever I return to it these days. Anyone who counted George Harrison as a close friend must have been a pretty amazing guy.
R.I.P Tom Petty

luketitz

Ughh.. apparently he's still alive! Confusion follows reports of Tom Petty death after heart attack

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

You can stand him up at the gates of hell but he won’t back down!
Hope the rumours are true and Tom is fighting back from the heart attack.

Oh, went to bed hearing that his death wasn’t confirmed but just heard that he is definitely dead. Tom Petty you legend RIP

Max Headroom

Always thought of him as the man that took the c**t out of country....☺

TresGats

****, I thought he wasn't dead, but had had a stroke yesterday. I rarely care about celeb deaths but I was a fan, I liked his style, I also liked some of the collaborations he did with Dylan, Harrison, Orbison.
That's 3 of the Wilburys gone now.

Pete Moss

If anyone listens to podcasts, I'd recommend searching for "Sound Opinions". They'd a special on Tom Petty this week, which had the presenters talking about him, playing snippets of his songs with some facts on them, as well as some really excellent interview recordings with the man himself.

Declan A Walsh

I know it's a couple of weeks now but I wanted to say a few things about Tom Petty (after my self-imposed exile from boards!).

I saw Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers both times that he played Dublin: 1992 at The Point and 2012 at the 3 Arena (same building different name). He did not disappoint and neither did they. Tom had such a tight bunch of musicians around him. His lead guitarist Mike Campbell was (is?) superb and must rank as one of the most underrated guitarists in the rock world.

Tom Petty performed with a seemingly natural effortless stage presence. What a legacy of wonderful music that he has left behind as well. Everyone has their favourite. I like many of his songs but if I had to pick one it would have to be American Girl - one of his early breakthrough songs with The Heartbreakers. It was of its time and fitted in well with the new wave scene, even though they were not part of the punk or new wave scene at all. Also, I know I'm not the only one who has compared it with "Last Night" by The Strokes.

The passing of Tom Petty was well covered on the radio, particularly Radio Nova as you might expect. I understand Davin O'Callaghan did a good tribute to him on Nova (which I did not here) and I know Pat James did too (which I did here!). I heard a bit of a Tom Dunne special tribute show on Newstalk. I also understand that one or maybe more music shows on Radio 1 also marked his passing.

Tom Petty was such a cool dude. I remember his frequent phrase on stage in his Florida accent - "Thank you so much!"

R.I.P. to a musical legend and icon.