FALL NO BETTER THAN THIS TOUR ANNOUNCED Concert dates for the next leg of John Mellencamp's No Better Than This Tour have just been announced, with performances set for this coming October and November in Eastern, Southern, and Midwestern markets in the U.S. and Canada. Of special note is the fact that this latest string of No Better Than This Tour dates concludes with a performance at Clowes Memorial Hall in Indianapolis, the site of one of the tour's earliest stops last year. The Indianapolis Star called that performance "the most forward-thinking road show in Mellencamp's Hall of Fame career." The 17-date tour begins on October 25 at Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theater and will be making a stop in Savannah, GA, at the Johnny Mercer Theater on November 11. The Savannah show is of extra significance in light of the fact that sessions for Mellencamp's critically acclaimed No Better Than This album began less than half a mile away at Savannah's First African Baptist Church. Mellencamp and producer T Bone Burnett would go on to record the rest of the album at Sun Studio in Memphis, and in Room 414 of San Antonio's Gunter Hotel where Robert Johnson recorded in 1936. The sessions were documented on a 55-year-old mono tape recorder using just one vintage microphone at each location. As a reflection of the diversity of styles and material that have been a hallmark of Mellencamp's eclectic career, the No Better Than This concerts are formatted into three segments. These showcase John Mellencamp in an acoustic context, fronting a small combo recalling blues/country and rockabilly roots, and with his full rock band. Musicians backing Mellencamp include Michael Wanchic (guitar), Andy York (guitar), Miriam Sturm (violin), John Gunnell (electric and upright bass), Dane Clark (drums and percussion) and Troye Kinnett (accordion/keyboards). Each of the No Better Than This tour dates will be preceded by a screening of It's About You, the documentary by filmmakers Kurt and Ian Markus, shot on Super 8, over the course of 2009's Bob Dylan-John Mellencamp-Willie Nelson tour of minor league baseball stadiums. The film, both a SXSW Film Festival and Nashville Film Festival selection, chronicles the creation of the No Better Than This album that was recorded on that tour's off days. The hour-long film will be shown at 7 PM at each of the No Better Than This Tour venues so ticket holders are advised to arrive in time to see it. Read the complete tour press release HERE. John Mellencamp No Better Than This Tour (Fall 2011 Leg) Tickets on sale Friday, August 5 at 10 AM Local except as indicated Oct. 25 - Boston, MA - Citi Performing Arts Center/Wang Theatre * Oct. 27 - Montreal, QC - Place Des Arts** Oct. 28 - London, ON - Centennial Hall Oct. 29 - Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Place Theatre Nov. 1 - Grand Rapids, MI - DeVos Performance Hall Nov. 2 - Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre Nov. 4 - Reading, PA - Sovereign Performing Arts Center Nov. 5 - Newark, NJ - New Jersey Performing Arts Center Nov. 6 - Greensboro, NC - War Memorial Auditorium Nov. 9 - North Charleston, SC - North Charleston Performing Arts Center Nov. 11 - Savannah, GA - Johnny Mercer Theatre Nov. 12 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Auditorium*** Nov. 13 - Louisville, KY – Louisville Place Theatre** Nov. 15 - Green Bay, WI - Weidner Center For the Performing Arts Nov. 16 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater Nov. 18 - Rockford, IL - Coronado Performing Arts Center Nov. 19 - Indianapolis, IN - Clowes Memorial Hall * Tickets on sale Friday, August 12 at 10 AM Local ** Tickets on sale Friday, August 5 at 12 Noon Local *** Tickets on sale Friday, August 19 at 11 AM Local
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FARM AID 2011 - JUST AROUND THE CORNER In just over two weeks, Farm Aid 2011 will be held at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, KS, on Saturday, August 13th. Farm Aid Board Members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews will headline the event. The headliners will be joined by Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson, Jakob Dylan, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Will Dailey & the Rivals, Robert Francis, Pegi Young & the Survivors, Rebecca Pidgeon, Billy Joe Shaver, and John Trudel. On the Mellencamp.com Blog we have over 20 videos from John's past Farm Aid performances for your viewing pleasure. Swing over and get in the mood for the concert! Tickets for Farm Aid 2011 are available now! For complete concert coverage and more information, visit www.farmaid.org.
GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY TICKETS ON SALE NOW The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA is staging the hotly anticipated spring 2012 world premiere Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a chilling new musical with music and lyrics by John Mellencamp and book by Stephen King. The project, more than a decade in the making, has individual tickets on sale now through the Alliance Theater's website. The production is scheduled for April 4th through May 13th, 2012. Click HERE for more details.
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