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US musician Tom Petty said he has no hard feelings towards singer Sam Smith and called the similarities between Smith’s Grammy-nominated hit Stay With Me and Petty’s 1989 song I Won’t Back Down a musical accident.

It’s set in modern Pennsylvania, but there’s an Old Testament quality to the imagery of fire in Out of the Furnace (15A).

Recent tours by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers show that, like many veteran rockers, they are becoming more popular with age.

Aiken Promotions have added Olly Murs and The Coronas to this year's Live at the Marquee line-up in Cork.

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A postmortem examination has found that a police stun gun used on an English man moments before he died "was not a contributory factor in his death", police have said today.

MAPS of Ireland dating back as far as 1572, a rare George III stick barometer, antique jewellery and Regency furniture are just some of the items which will go under the hammer tomorrow, in what is being described as one of the most important auctions ever held in this country.

The man who shot dead a fellow Nasa worker before turning the gun on himself was undergoing a job review for poor performance and feared being sacked.

The man who shot and killed another NASA worker before turning the gun on himself was undergoing a job review for poor performance and feared being fired, officials said tonight.

Nasa is concentrating on a review of its security procedures as officials try to figure out today how a contract worker smuggled a handgun into the Johnson Space Centre, where he killed another employee and himself.

Rocker Tom Petty has reversed his decision to quit touring after proclaiming 2006 to be one of his most rewarding years on the road.

Tom Petty won't back down after all, denying a Rolling Stone magazine article saying he will retire.

Rocker Tom Petty is making 2006 a year for lasts after announcing a recent chat with US rock magazine Rolling Stone will be his final interview.

Original copies of comic books belonging to Spider-Man creator Stan Lee have been sold for thousands of pounds at an auction in the United States.

Original copies of comic books belonging to Spider-Man creator Stan Lee were being sold off at an auction in the States today.

Leather jackets and mohawk hair cuts mixed with tuxedos as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors to honour punk rock’s first generation, along with Tom Petty, former teen idol Brenda Lee and Shaft maestro Isaac Hayes.