Tom Petty to release live album in November

The Rock Radio OnlineIf all goes well, the long-awaited live album from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will be out late this year. Petty's talked about releasing a tour document for a while now, and he told Rolling Stone magazine, "We've been working on (it) since before the (2006) tour started. (Lead guitarist) Mike Campbell is producing it. They've played me six or seven things that were really stunning that they already finished. I think (the album) is scheduled for November."

Petty also said his next album would be with the Heartbreakers, though he hasn't written anything for it yet, so there's no timetable.

In addition, Petty will be represented visually late this year when the Heartbreakers documentary from director Peter Bogdanovich is released. Petty said, "It looks pretty great. I think he's mostly based it around the concert we did in Gainesville (Florida) in September. It sort of goes into flashbacks, with lots of archival footage, and then just keeps coming back to the present, whether it's the rehearsals or on the airplane or at the concert in Gainesville."