US musician Tom Petty has been rushed to hospital after being found unconscious following a suspected cardiac arrest.

Axar.az reports citing Independent.

Paramedics rushed to the singer's home in California on Sunday night after reports that he had been found unconscious and not breathing.

He was rushed to the nearby hospital in Santa Monica where he is reportedly on life support.

The 66-year-old has just finished a huge tour which wrapped at the Hollywood Bowl arena in Los Angeles last week, TMZ reported.

His latest album, Hypnotic Eye, was released in 2014 and was the first Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers record to ever reach the top of the US charts.