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Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch shared a stage at the 25th Americana Honors & Awards, with Chris Stapleton singing “American Girl.” Campbell says nobody will be filling Tom Petty’s shoes.

Macklemore says he is giving the full $1 million he earned from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour to six organizations supporting Palestinians, and has publicly invited Patriots owner Robert Kraft – who blocked him from Gillette Stadium – to match the donation.

Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch and Ron Blair open the 25th Americana Honors & Awards together, with Chris Stapleton standing where Tom Petty once did. It is the band’s first full performance under the Heartbreakers name since Petty’s death in 2017.