"And like my friend John Mellencamp would sing -- because John sang some truth today -- one day you get sick and you don't get better."

Grammys 2015: Bob Dylans MusiCares Person of Year Speech

"Mellencamp is among our greatest living songwriters."

Johnny Cash

"John Mellencamp not only has a mind, but better yet, he's got a mind of his own."

Nora Guthrie

John Mellencamp

"Orpheus Descending"

Official Lyric Video

Jun 14, 2022

Watch John on MSNBC "The Beat With Ari Melber"

Jun 03, 2022

John Mellencamp Paintings And Assemblages At The Mansfield Art Center June 26th - August 7th

Jun 03, 2022

John Mellencamp Paintings And Assemblages VIP Preview And Fundraiser at Mansfield Art Center

May 24, 2022

Two hundred mass shootings this year alone, 27 of them in our schools. Our loved ones, our neighbors, our children: Slaughtered. We'd like to believe that we live in the land of the free and the home of the brave, but we don't. We are a country of cowards

2024 TOUR

2024 TOUR

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Sep 14
Outlaw Music Festival, Burgettstown, PA
The Pavilion at Star Lake

Sep 15
Outlaw Music Festival, Clarkston, MI
Pine Knob Music Theatre

Sep 17
Outlaw Music Festival, Darien Center, NY
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Sep 20
Outlaw Music Festival Gilford, NH
Bank NH Pavilion

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John is passionately working on his fine art

John Mellencamp Art

German Clown 138.GERMAN CLOWN.jpg — German Clown
2021
30" x 24"
House Paint, Charcoal, Oil on Masonite
Sold

Womens Rights fullsizeoutput_70.jpeg — Womens Rights
2019
80" x 104"
Mixed Media on Mirror Mounted on Plywood Framed
Sold

Wendy Kuhn 137.WENDY KUHN.jpg — Wendy Kuhn
2021
24" x 18"
Oil on Masonite

Chica IMG_8245.jpg — Chica
2022
20" x 16"
Oil on Masonite

Voodoo Child 149.New Collage copy.jpg — Voodoo Child
2021
66 1/2 x 48 1/2
Mixed Media on Cardboard, Framed in a Shadowbox

Gracie 133.GRACIE.jpg — Gracie
2021
18 x 14
Oil on Canvas
Sold

A Troublesome Thing 135.ATROUBLESOME THING.jpg — A Troublesome Thing
2021
48" x 36"
House Paint, Oil and Charcoal on Masonite

Young Without Lovers Mellencamp Young Without Lovers.jpg — Young Without Lovers
2014
20" x 20"
Mixed Media on Canvas
Sold

Media

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Music

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Videos

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Photos

black and white image of John Mellencamp wearing overalls, sunglasses and white shirt looking downward