Mellencamp Newsletter: Farm Aid Presale Wednesday

MELLENCAMP.COM FARM AID PRE-SALE THIS WEEK + MORE ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
Last week we announced that Farm Aid 2013 would be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, NY.

We will be offering a VERY LIMITED amount of tickets in a Mellencamp.com member pre-sale on Wednesday, June 26 beginning at 10 AM ET through Thursday, June 27 ending at 10 PM. The pre-sale tickets will be offered through Ticketmaster.com using a password posted on the Mellencamp.com TOUR page for logged in members. Read THIS tutorial to learn how our pre-sale works. Please watch our TOUR page for more details.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 28th, at 10 AM EDT via Ticketmaster.com. Additionally, Farm Aid is offering a variety of VIP ticket packages, visit their Ticket Page.

Additional artists were just announced and the concert bill now includes: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Jack Johnson, Amos Lee, Kacey Musgraves, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Bahamas, JD & The Straight Shot, Carlene Carter, and Pegi Young & The Survivors. Visit FarmAid.org to learn more and head to Mellencamp.com to read the complete announcement!

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE - "TRUTH" FROM THE GHOST BROTHERS SOUNDTRACK
Watch John's video for the track "Truth" from "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," Head to Mellencamp.com to watch the video that was recorded at John's Belmont Mall Studio.

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LISTEN, EXPERIENCE, PURCHASE GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY SOUNDTRACK
Click HERE to listen to the full album and read a 10 page sample of the L IBRETTO. After you have checked out this southern gothic musical, read the stellar REVIEWS and ORDER your copy of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County!

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GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY PROMOTIONAL APPEARANCES
John, Stephen and T Bone did an extensive round of media appearances to promote the release of the Ghost Brothers of Darkland County soundtrack. Below is listing of their appearances. Be sure to visit our Ghost Brothers Mini Site for further updates.

- CBS TV Late Show with David Letterman  WATCH
- Comedy Central TV The Colbert Report WATCH PART 1  - WATCH PART 2
- PBS TV Charlie Rose  WATCH
- Apple/iTunes: Meet the Creators Podcast WATCH or LISTEN
- SiriusXM Live Conversation with Mojo Nixon - LISTEN
- World Cafe NPR Radio  WATCH
- Acoustic Cafe Syndicated Radio (air date TBD)
- All Things Considered (NPR) Radio LISTEN
- MSNBC TV Morning Joe WATCH
- Bob & Tom Syndicated Morning Radio LISTEN
- WXRT Chicago Radio - LISTEN
- WRNR Baltimore Radio - LISTEN PART 1 - LISTEN PART 2
- WKIT Stephen King's Rock N' Roll Station Bangor ME Radio Interview - LISTEN

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Ghost Brothers of Darkland County - A Riveting Stage Experience Coming to 20 Midwest & SOUTHEAST Cities Oct-Nov 2013

The southern gothic, supernatural musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, written by Stephen King, with music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, will tour 20 American cities throughout the Midwest and Southeast beginning October 10 in Bloomington, IN, and ending November 6 in Grand Rapids, MI. Tickets are on sale now at aeglive.com. This extraordinary collaboration, 13 years in the making, is a haunting tale of fraternal love, lust, jealousy and revenge, which will be performed by an ensemble cast of 15 actors and a four-piece live band that includes Mellencamp band members Andy York, Troye Kinnett and Dane Clark. The album of the musical will be released on June 4 via Hear Music and the Concord Music Group.

As the story emerged during the writing of the musical, it became clear to the collaborators that Ghost Brothers had taken them into unfamiliar territory — and they liked it that way. "John can make rock & roll records and I can write books or the rest of our lives," says King, "but that's the safe way to do it, and that's no way to live if you want to stay creative. We were willing to be educated, and at our age, that's an accomplishment."

Putting King's words and Mellencamp's songs on the stage is in the skillful hands of acclaimed director Susan Booth, who calls the musical a "a kind of new age travelling medicine show." "This is a gothic story-driven rock concert," says Booth. "I want the emphasis to be on this fantastic score and our great singers and how the story advances us from song to song. In most musicals, the songs advance the narrative. With Ghost Brothers, the story will advance the songs." Read the complete press release on Mellencamp.com. Check out the Fall tour commercial on YouTube.

The complete Ghost Brothers of Darkland County tour itinerary is below:

October
10 – Bloomington, IN – Indiana University Auditorium
11 – Louisville, KY – Whitney Hall
12 – Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Auditorium
13 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
16 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
17 – Evansville, IN – Aiken Theatre at The Centre
18 – Indianapolis, IN – Clowes Memorial Hall
19 – Akron, OH – Akron Civic Theatre
22 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
24 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Embassy Theatre
25 – Madison, WI – Overture Hall
26 – Rockford, IL – Coronado Performing Arts Center
27 – Appleton, WI – Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
29 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
31 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre

November
1 – Sioux City, IA – Orpheum Theatre
2 – Ames, IA – Stephens Auditorium
3 – Davenport, IA – Adler Theatre
5 – South Bend, IN – Morris Performing Arts Center
6 – Grand Rapids, MI – DeVos Performance Hall

Thank you for your continued support!!

TonyB & SharonC - The Mellencamp.com Web Team - [email protected]