Mellencamp

Springsteen made an unannounced appearance near the end of Mellencamp's concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark Near the end of John Mellencamp‘s set Sunday night at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey, surprise guest Bruce Springsteen came out to join him on “Pink Houses.” Springsteen didn’t have a guitar, but he sang the entirety of the second verse to roars from the crowd. They locked voices for the final “vacation down in the Gulf of Mexico” verse.…

"I am not being callous, and I know it will be painful to see. But, sad to say, I think it’s the only way to shock America out of its stupor," singer says John Mellencamp, a longtime advocate for gun control, issued a statement Friday condemning gun violence and encouraging America to confront the “carnage” in order to end it. “Excuse me for stating the obvious truth.  I do so out of love for this country and the pain of learning, once again, that children have been killed by gun violence,”…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Celebrity 'She's a great girl. I'm just a s—ty boyfriend,' rocker says Published Jun 15, 2023  •  3 minute read In this Dec. 31, 2011 file photo, Meg Ryan talks with John Mellencamp during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between Indiana and Ohio State in Bloomington, Ind. Photo by Darron Cummings /AP Photo Article content John Mellencamp is coming clean about the type of partner he was to Meg Ryan. Advertisement 2 This…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — On a breezy Sunday afternoon in May — a day off from his Live and in Person tour — John Mellencamp descended the golf cart he uses to navigate his expansive, sylvan estate in Bloomington, Ind. In a black zip-up sweater, black track pants and a graying, tousled pompadour, he climbed to the top floor of his barn-like art studio, constructed by Amish builders two decades ago, and cracked a 7.5-ounce can of Coca-Cola. “Do you mind if I smoke?” Said by anyone else, this nicety is unremarkable. But coming…