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Mike Campbell is also a successful session player, songwriter, and producer outside of his work with the Heartbreakers, ...
Mike Campbell was more than The Heartbreakers’ lead guitarist; he co-produced and co-wrote many of Tom Petty’s biggest hits.
Mike Campbell, a former Heartbreaker and self-described "dirtbag from North Jacksonville," returns for a concert with his new ...
The guitarist also shared details behind the hit song that gave the Heartbreakers their greatest challenge in the studio ...
Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell is now playing with his band The Knobs. They'll rock Charleston ...
On March 18, 2025, the day Mike Campbell’s memoir Heartbreaker came out, he posted the opening sentence of the book on his Instagram account: “You don’t know about me without having heard a ...
When Mike Campbell teamed up with Tom Petty to write material for the Heartbreakers, you could always guarantee a masterpiece ...
Mike Campbell quietly became a guitar legend. I say "quietly" because he’s known more for serving the song rather than flashy guitar solos.
Campbell's new book, Heartbreaker: A Memoir, recounts his experience as the lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, from the band's 1976 inception to Petty’s death in 2017.
Mike Campbell on the second Dirty Knobs album 'External Combustion,' the role of music as escape, the importance of connection in the live setting, opening for Chris Stapleton and more.