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Club Memberships Currently Unavailable
Feb 22, 2010- Due to some technical changes that are being made to the site and store we are currently unable to sell PAID memberships or renewals. The work and changes may take a few weeks to complete. Please watch the Club News page for updates and thank you for your patience. ...[more]

MTM Issue 5 Front Cover - Page 7 Up In The Journal Section
Feb 19, 2010- We have posted the first pages of the Minutes To Memories Issue 5 Newsletter in the JOURNAL section for PAID club members. Look for more pages to come over the weekend! Happy Reading!  ...[more]

John To Play Cadott WI's Rock Fest This July
Feb 19, 2010-  John Mellencamp and his band will headline Rock Fest 2010 in Cadott WI on Saturday, July 17th. Rock Fest is four day music festival.

Rock Fest officials tell Mellencamp.com that attendee surveys over the past few years have had John at the top of the wish list for future fests. The venue is a naturally sloping amphitheater ...[more]

Club Cherry Bomb Offering Fan Club VIP Ticket Presale for Rock Fest
Feb 18, 2010-  John's official Fan Club, ClubCherryBomb.net, is partnering with Rock Fest to make available a limited number of one day VIP tickets only for PAID Club members. They will include a July 17th ticket in the reserved seating area right in front of the stage, along with complimentary ...[more]

Bloomington Herald Times: White House Concert Shows The Times Are A-Changin’
Feb 15, 2010-  By Mike Leonard - Commentary - There was a point before the musical program at the White House last week when John Mellencamp looked around the room and wondered, “What am I doing here?” The singers and performers assembled were mostly African-American and rightly so. The program was put together in recognition of Black History Month and titled, ...[more]

Full Version of John's Kennedy Center Honors Performance of Born In The U.S.A. Is Now Available
Feb 13, 2010-   A complete, unedited version of John's performance of "Born in the U.S.A." from December's Kennedy Center Honors segment celebrating the music of honoree Bruce Springsteen has surfaced. The four-minute clip really stretches out the song, which opens slowly with John on acoustic guitar, Kenny Aronoff clapping tambourines, and Andy York insertin ...[more]

Snowstorm Forces Early Taping of White House Concert
Feb 12, 2010-  Accurate predictions of the second major snowstorm in a week caused the scheduled Feb. 10 taping of “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” to be moved a day ahead. But John's performance of "Keep Your Eyes On The Prize," the hymn that became a major civil rights anthem and was recorded by the like ...[more]

New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Pages 19 - Back Cover Up
Feb 11, 2010- We have posted the last of the pages of Issue 4 Minutes to Memories Newsletter in the JOURNAL section for paid club members. Look for MTM Issue 5 next week!  ...[more]

New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Pages 11 - 18 Up
Feb 09, 2010- We have posted pages 11 - 18 of Issue 4 of the Minutes To Memories Newsletter in the JOURNAL section for PAID club members. Head to the JOURNAL section and check out Mellencamp in 1989!  ...[more]

New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Front Cover To Page 10 Posted
Feb 05, 2010- We have posted the front cover up to page 10 of the Minutes to Memories Issue 4 Newsletter in the JOURNAL section for PAID club members. Enjoy everyone!  ...[more]

John’s “Gritty” Version Of “Down By the River” A High Point In “Joyous” Neil Young Gala
Feb 04, 2010-  Last week’s MusiCares Person of the Year gala honoring Neil Young in Los Angeles was a joyous occasion, says Andy York, who played guitar on John’s tribute performance of his Farm Aid co-founding partner’s classic “Down By the River.”

“Kenny Aronoff played a cocktail drumkit we brought in from Indianapolis, and Don Was played uprig ...[more]

New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Pages 21 to the Back Cover Posted
Feb 01, 2010- We have posted the last pages of the Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Pages 21 to the back cover in the Journal section for PAID Club Members. Look for Issue 4 coming this week!  ...[more]

New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Pages 12 - 20 Posted
Jan 29, 2010- We have posted pages 12 - 20 of the Minutes to Memories Issue 3 in the JOURNAL section for PAID club members. Look for the last set of pages in the next couple of days! Enjoy everyone!  ...[more]

New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Front Cover to Page 11
Jan 26, 2010- We have posted the first pages of the Minutes to Memories Issue 3 in the JOURNAL section for PAID club members. It was May 1989 and Big Daddy hit the record stores. Look for the second set of pages in the next couple of days! Enjoy everyone!  ...[more]

New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 2 Page 7 - 15 Up
Jan 21, 2010- We have posted pages 7 - 15 of the second issue of the Minutes to Memories Newsletter in the journal section for PAID club members. Once again thanks to fan club member Colleen W. for scanning the first couple of issues for everyone to enjoy! Enjoy everyone!  ...[more]

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Want to read more? Take a Look at the John Mellencamp News Archives.
-02/22/2010  Club Memberships Currently Unavailable
-02/22/2010  Club Memberships Currently Unavailable
-02/21/2010  Winners of the John Mellencamp Audio Tour CD Picked
-02/19/2010  MTM Issue 5 Front Cover - Page 7 Up In The Journal Section
-02/19/2010  John To Play Cadott WI's Rock Fest This July
-02/18/2010  Club Cherry Bomb Offering Fan Club VIP Ticket Presale for Rock Fest
-02/15/2010  Bloomington Herald Times: White House Concert Shows The Times Are A-Changin’
-02/13/2010  Full Version of John's Kennedy Center Honors Performance of Born In The U.S.A. Is Now Available
-02/12/2010  Snowstorm Forces Early Taping of White House Concert
-02/11/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Pages 19 - Back Cover Up
-02/09/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Pages 11 - 18 Up
-02/05/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Front Cover To Page 10 Posted
-02/04/2010  John’s “Gritty” Version Of “Down By the River” A High Point In “Joyous” Neil Young Gala
-02/01/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Pages 21 to the Back Cover Posted
-01/29/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Pages 12 - 20 Posted
-01/26/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Front Cover to Page 11
-01/21/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 2 Page 7 - 15 Up
-01/19/2010  New Journal Entry: Second Issue of Minutes To Memories Newsletter
-01/11/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Pages 20 - Backcover Up
-01/05/2010  Win A Tour of John's Hometown Led By Mayor Craig Luedeman
-01/05/2010  Winner Of The Troubled Land Poster and Mellencamp Swag Pak Picked
-01/04/2010  New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Pages 13-19 Posted
-12/28/2009  New Journal Entry: Pages 7 -12 First Issue Of Minute To Memories
-12/23/2009  New Journal Entry: First Issue Of Minutes To Memories Newsletter 1988
-12/21/2009  Win A Troubled Land Poster and Mellencamp Swag Pak!
-12/21/2009  Winner Of The Autographed Life Death Live and Freedom Poster Picked
-12/18/2009   Mellencamp Tour Merch Store Discounts
-12/17/2009  A Call to Action to All Mellencamp Fans! YOU Can Help John Stop Smoking!
-12/08/2009  Winner Of The Housing Works Benefit Concert Poster Picked
-12/01/2009  John’s Music Makes Polka Fans Happy
Want to read more? Take a Look at the John Mellencamp News Archives.
- Club Memberships Currently Unavailable
- John To Play Cadott WI's Rock Fest This July
- Club Cherry Bomb Offering Fan Club VIP Ticket Presale for Rock Fest
- Full Version of John's Kennedy Center Honors Performance of Born In The U.S.A. Is Now Available
- Snowstorm Forces Early Taping of White House Concert
- Mellencamp Tour Merch Store Discounts
- A Call to Action to All Mellencamp Fans! YOU Can Help John Stop Smoking!
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’ One Of ASCAP’s Top 25 Holiday Songs Of The Decade
- John Joins 13 Other Artists in Honoring Neil Young During Grammy Week
- NCIS Soundtrack Amazon Deal of the Day
- Myles Brand Tribute Report
- New Song from John Graces Second “NCIS” Soundtrack Volume
- Club Cherry Bomb Farm Aid 2009 Check Presentation
- STLtoday.com Farm Aid 2009: Full review from Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
- Watch Farm Aid Live on DIRECTV - Listen on Sirius XM
- Get Ready for Farm Aid 2009 - THIS Sunday - Oct 4th
- John a Big Part of Big Hall of Fame Set
- Promote John On Your Website and Online Pages
- Follow JohnMellencamp.com on Twitter
- Two New Items Added to Mellencamp Store
- Official Press Release: Willie Nelson And Farm Aid Bringing Music Festival To St. Louis
- Old News Moved Into News Archive
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- Club Memberships Currently Unavailable
- Winners of the John Mellencamp Audio Tour CD Picked
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Pages 11 - 18 Up
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 4 Front Cover To Page 10 Posted
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Pages 21 to the Back Cover Posted
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Pages 12 - 20 Posted
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 3 Front Cover to Page 11
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Issue 2 Page 7 - 15 Up
- New Journal Entry: Second Issue of Minutes To Memories Newsletter
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Pages 20 - Backcover Up
- Win A Tour of John's Hometown Led By Mayor Craig Luedeman
- Winner Of The Troubled Land Poster and Mellencamp Swag Pak Picked
- New Journal Entry: Minutes To Memories Pages 13-19 Posted
- New Journal Entry: Pages 7 -12 First Issue Of Minute To Memories
- New Journal Entry: First Issue Of Minutes To Memories Newsletter 1988
- Win A Troubled Land Poster and Mellencamp Swag Pak!
- Winner Of The Autographed Life Death Live and Freedom Poster Picked
- Winner Of The Housing Works Benefit Concert Poster Picked
- Win A Housing Works Benefit Concert Poster
- Winner Of The Life Death Love and Freedom Autographed CD Picked

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