AXS TV To Broadcast Live From John's Recording Studio Saturday
The special will be repeated on Saturday at 11 PM ET. Find your channel HERE and click HERE to learn more about the special. After the jump we have the full press release.
PROMO COMMERCIAL
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:
AXS TV TO BROADCAST JOHN MELLENCAMP LIVE FROM HIS
RECORDING STUDIO IN
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
‘iHEARTRADIO ICONS LIVE:
JOHN MELLENCAMP’ AIRS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 AT 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT
LOS ANGELES – September 23, 2014 – AXS TV, cable’s premier
destination for music entertainment, proudly presents an intimate live
performance by John Mellencamp. The Voice of the Heartland will feature a
mix of songs from his newly released album, Plain Spoken and classic
songs on Saturday, September 27 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The one-hour event
titled “iHeartRadio Icons Live: John Mellencamp,” will be broadcast live
from his recording studio in Bloomington, Indiana. It also comes on the heels
of his performance earlier this month at Farm Aid 2014, another AXS TV broadcast
production, where he performed songs from Plain Spoken and several of his
classic hits in the much lauded set.
A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee,
Mellencamp has touched the hearts and souls of music listeners and has
influenced American Culture with his enduring songs. His 22nd album
of original music, Plain Spoken is set
to be one of the most distinguished records of Mellencamp’s career.
The concert telecast joins AXS TV’s
eclectic fall concert line-up, which includes two days of live coverage from Zac
Brown’s Southern Ground Music & Food Festival on October 11 and 12 and the
15-week Tuesday night concert series “The Headliner Club Series Presented by
Budweiser” at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT.
ABOUT AXS TV
Launched in July 2012 by visionary entrepreneur Mark Cuban, AXS TV is dedicated
to providing the best in music programming and festivals, comedy performances,
current events and mixed martial arts promotions. AXS TV is a partnership
between Mark Cuban, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and
CBS. The network is available in the United States via AT&T U-verse, Charter,
Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable,
satellite and telco providers. The network is also distributed in Canada and the
Caribbean. For more information, visit the website, www.axs.tv;
go to the Facebook page here and
follow the company on Twitter, @axstv;
on Instagram; Tumblr
and YouTube.
AXS TV’s companion network, HDNET Movies, is a linear TV channel and VOD service
that delivers the ultimate film watching experience -- uncut
and uninterrupted -- in high definition. Launched in 2003, HDNET Movies programs
a diverse slate of box-office hits spanning the 1950s to 2000s. The network is
widely distributed by major cable, telco and satellite TV providers in the U.S.
For further information, visit www.hdnetmovies.com.
