Petty To Receive Century Award From Armstrong


December 02, 2005, 10:30 AM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Tom Petty will receive the Century Award from Green
Day vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong at next
week's 2005 Billboard Music Awards. As previously
reported, the event will be held Tuesday (Dec. 6) at
Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena and will be
broadcast live on Fox.

The inaugural Century Award was presented by Petty to
George Harrison in 1992 and was named for the imminent
100th anniversary of Billboard in 1994. Other past
recipients have included Buddy Guy, Billy Joel, Joni
Mitchell, Carlos Santana, Chet Atkins, James Taylor,
Emmylou Harris, Randy Newman, John Mellencamp, Annie
Lennox, Sting and Stevie Wonder.

As previously reported, Petty's third solo album,
"Highway Companion," is slated for release this
spring. Although there has been speculation that he is
leaving Warner Bros. Records, his home since 1994, at
deadline he is still signed to the label.

"It has a lot to say about time and the passage of
time," Petty recently told Billboard of the Jeff
Lynne-produced set. "It's not so much love songs, it's
not going to be what anybody expects from me, I'm sure
of that. But it's good music, it's really good music."










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