That's Andy York. He joined the band for the 1994 Dance Naked record and has been on that side of the stage ever since.

you are most likely speaking of the live recording/broadcast from John's 07-04-1992 concert outside of Indianapolis at the Deer Creek Music Center.

That concert was widely bootlegged and even shows up at times on the digital music services and definitely is available on YouTube.

John's longtime drummer Dane Clark reached out to me to help spread the word about his new song and project, check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKMG66_K1SQ

This is the first video/single from "Dane Clark and Jason Sturgeon with the Basement Boys".
We plan on dropping a new song/video as often as possible until this crisis is over. This has given all of us a chance to forget about the pandemic for a while and do what we do best, which is write songs and make records. We encourage everyone to stay positive in these troubling times.
Dane Clark
Jason Sturgeon
Scott Kemper
Troye Kinnett
Randy Melson
Erik Scull

How far in advance do you get the VIP package usually?

Typically the week of the show

I agree with your points, there is fascinating stuff filmed of John and the and over the years that I know we all would enjoy seeing. I've discussed the fan desire to see that stuff with John's team over the years.

The good news is John had a lot of that stuff digitized back in the middle 2000's, remember that intermission video that was played on the 2005 summer tour, some things showed up in there that I think were digitized from John's archive.

I'll continue to advocate for that kind of footage to be released in some way to John's team.

I've always wondered: who's the guy between Toby Myers and Lisa Germano in the 1993 When Jesus Left Birmingham video shoot photograph? I think he also played accordion at the Chicago '93 VH1 show.

His name is Michael Ramos. He stepped in and played with the band some in 1993 after John Cassella's death in late 1992, he was a member of The Bodeans at the time. He rejoined the band in 2003 after Moe Z MD's departure and toured and recorded with John through the end of 2005 when he left to work on his solo career.

Will John be touring New Zealand anytime soon?
We will be first in line to book tickets 
Thanks!!

John has no plans currently to tour overseas, so it doesn't seem likely any time soon, but it's not out of the realm of possibility either down the line.

Anybody know which theater in Wichita the show will be in?   Century II's website shows several different "halls".  Would like to see seating before selecting seats.  THANKS 

Concert Hall
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Show at 8:00 p.m.

Hi Sharon
Do you have any idea when we will receive our VIP merchandise? We are going to see John in Nashville so we are turning it into a mini vacation and will be there the Saturday before the show. The last time we had VIP merchandise coming was for the Savannah show and it arrived at my home the day of the show. (I live four hours away from Savannah) I would have loved to have my lanyard to wear at the show.

Thanks for all you do!
Lisa Norris
Georgia

The VIP package items typically arrive about a week before the show, and at times the week of the show.

If you get close to your show and your items have not arrived please email [email protected] for an update. That is answered by AEG Live who is the tour promoter and vendor for the Ticket Packages.

The items are not required to pick up your tickets/attend the show.

If there are any issues please keep us in the loop! Email us at [email protected] for fastest reply.

I bought VIP tickets which included the new CD. I got the email to redeem the new CD and have not received it in the mail, yet. I tried emailing the help email and it came back with a delayed delivery and then said that it could not be delivered. What do I do?

Please make sure you do not have a typo in the email. Email us at [email protected] and send your order confirmation email and we will assist!

[Hello Mellenheads, For anyone attending the upcoming shows, that is the exact set list John and the band played. The thing is, if he is promoting his CD "Other People's Stuff", why did the band and John play so many of his hits? Also did anyone receive their CD for and when purchasing tickets? I didn't!Either way, the band and John rocked the Morris Theater, South Bend! Miriam Sturm, you really play fiddle like a musician possessed! Rock on John and band!]

Hello Mellenheads,

For anyone attending the upcoming shows, that is the exact set list John and the band played.  The thing is, if he is promoting his CD "Other People's Stuff", why did the band and John play so many of his hits?  Also did anyone receive their CD for and when purchasing tickets?  I didn't!

Either way, the band and John rocked the Morris Theater, South Bend!  Miriam Sturm, you really play fiddle like a musician possessed!  Rock on John and band!

Email us at [email protected] and tell us the following for your CDs
1. Did you get an email to redeem the CDs to confirm your shipping address?
2. Either way forward us your email order confirmation
3. Have you gotten any emails that your CDs shipped?

This video is completely unofficial and has nothing to do with John other than the creator of the video used John's song as the soundtrack.

The mentions of the music publishers is created automatically when YouTube's copyright match features match copyrighted worked in a video, in this case the song. It means the song will have ads displayed before the video or beside the video and those monies flow back to the record label and music publisher and eventually in part to John.

how are vip packages redemmed

Your purchase information is passed along to AEG Presents who fulfills the packages. They arrive right around your concert date, but are not required for attending the concert.

If you get close to your show and your items have not arrived please email [email protected] for an update. That is answered by AEG Live who is the tour promoter and vendor for the Ticket Packages.

The items are not required to pick up your tickets/attend the show.

If there are any issues please keep us in the loop! Email us at [email protected] with further needs & questions!

Why do I keep getting errors when I try to access Ticketmaster?

First it was a "Forbidden" error and now I'm getting "Error 401 Not allowed."

Are there special presale links as well?

The links to purchase are on the TOUR page of Mellencamp.com. Based  on the errors you are getting I would suggest trying to purchase on a different computer or device or phone, trying from a different internet connection.

I'm logged in and refreshing page and Tour page just shows "other" for the password.

The word other is the password for tickets for your show. As in the first word of John's new album Other People's Stuff