Beck, Stevie Nicks, The Foo Fighters, and more acts are set to pay tribute to Tom Petty on October 23rd, in honour of would have been the late musician’s 70th birthday (October 20th).
The five-hour event is set to feature tributes, performances, and testimonials, and will take place at 4:30 p.m. on SiriusXM’s Tom Petty Radio before moving to Twitch at 7:00 p.m.
The Sirius XM portion is set to feature performances from The Killers, the Raconteurs, Kurt Vile, Jason Isbell, and more. The Twitch event will see performances from Adam Sandler, Beck, the Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Margo Price, Norah Jones, and more.
Check out the full lineup below.
JUST ANNOUNCED – Join us this Friday for the Tom Petty 70th Birthday Bash Virtual Festival #TomPettyBirthdayBash October 23rd on @amazonmusic @SIRIUSXM https://t.co/pMTpEMEgoh pic.twitter.com/dhiQbcA0D9
— Tom Petty (@tompetty) October 20, 2020
The event is set to raise money for Save Our Stages, which is helping venues struggling during COVID-19; Arts in Medicine; Digitunity, which is trying to make technology more accessible; and MusiCares, which provides critical assistance to musicians and music industry professionals.