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Latest: US singer Tom Petty is seriously ill in hospital after a suspected heart attack, according to US reports.

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Ahead of her visit to Ballymaloe, June Carter Cash tells Ed Power what it was like to grow up in such an esteemed family.

Pop priestess Grace Jones, dance veterans Underworld, and student disco icons Belle and Sebastian were among the highlights as the Electric Picnic music festival began at Stradbally, Co Laois, Friday night.

John O’Brien shows the Irish Examiner around his 1951 Bentley mk 6.

A jury’s verdict that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied Marvin Gaye’s music to create their hit song ‘Blurred Lines’ won’t just be felt by the singers’ pocketbooks — it has the potential to change how musicians work and could open the door to new copyright claims.

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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.

Take That have teamed up with ELO frontman Jeff Lynne for their new album - their first as a trio since Jason Orange quit.

Mad Men fans are gearing up for the final series — but how will it end for Don Draper? John Daly looks back at other iconic TV show finales.

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I was listening to Tom Petty‘s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ and thought the song perfectly describes the stance the Government was taking after the budget was announced.

Reunited rock act the Stone Roses are to headline the Isle Of Wight Festival next year.

Matthew Gilsenan is one of the trio who makes up the Celtic Tenors, a group that has topped the charts in the US, Canada, Germany, Britain and Ireland.

I HAD Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s Learning to Fly on repeat in my head, bumping down a dirt track to an unlikely airfield, home of the Cork Model Aero Club.

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

Justice open the summer concert series tonight, with the venue also hosting coverage of Euro 2012, says Colette Sheridan

Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s with the legendary group Booker T and the MGs and contributed to classics such as In the Midnight Hour, Hold On I’m Coming and Sitting On The Dock of The Bay, has died at 70.

When it comes to compiling a list of the great songwriters of the past 50 years, Victor Willis’ name would probably merit little more than an asterisk.

Hannah Berney and Ruth Ann St Luce are the latest contestants to be booted out of 'The Voice UK'.

The splintered music world truly coalesces only one night each year, the night of the Grammy Awards, and this year was united in the triumph of recovered British soul singer Adele’s trophy haul and the tragedy of Whitney Houston’s death.

Adele, who captured the world’s heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at the Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have confirmed their first Irish dates for 20 years.

As I near Dublin Airport, the view out the window looks comfortingly familiar.

Late rock ’n’ roll pioneer Roy Orbison has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Late Beatle George Harrison will be honoured with the unveiling of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today.

Billy Bob Thornton left a US radio host baffled when he demanded the DJ treat him "like Tom Petty" - and not refer to his Hollywood career.

Pink stunned music fans at Los Angeles nightspot the Key Club on Monday night when she took to the stage to belt out a cover of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin' with the house tribute band.

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder stunned movie fans at two 'Into The Wild' screenings in Seattle, Washington on Monday and Tuesday night when he showed up to perform for them.

Bon Jovi are set to release their first band documentary - after decades of watching their rock 'n' roll peers' adventures on film.

Veteran rockers Bon Jovi are set to release their first band documentary - after decades of watching their rock 'n' roll peers' adventures on film.

The New York Giants won the American football Super Bowl in a dramatic comeback victory that denied their opponents, the New England Patriots, a place in the sporting history books.

Paul McCartney has described his divorce as like "going through hell".

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.

Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fuelled the influential all-female 70s US rock band the Runaways, which she co-founded with Joan Jett, has died of lung cancer.

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.

Swathed in jewels and bathed in the spotlight, Elizabeth Taylor made a rare but regal public appearance to dedicate the new UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education Centre.

Ex-Beatle George Harrison was honoured posthumously for his solo career last night when he entered the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Michael Jackson’s custom-built 2001 Bentley Arnage Red Label Turbosedan, used to ferry entertainers to his Neverland ranch and in the making of the What More Can I Give? Charity music video is up for sale.

AFTER decades of speaking out for the voiceless in society, the Man in Black has finally been silenced.

One of George Harrison's closest friends has described how taking part in a sell-out tribute concert to the late Beatle was the best show of his life.