{"id":4508,"date":"2023-03-27T20:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T03:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanamusic.ca\/?p=4508"},"modified":"2023-04-07T22:37:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T05:37:53","slug":"john-mellencamp-2023-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanamusic.ca\/index.php\/2023\/03\/27\/john-mellencamp-2023-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mellencamp – Live and in Person 2023 Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Mellencamp – Live and in Person 2023 Tour
\nOrpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
\nMarch 13 and March 14, 2023<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

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John Mellencamp Is No American Fool<\/h2>\n

With the imagery of 1952’s A Street Car Named Desire<\/em> as background, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter John Mellencamp<\/a> performed two sold out shows in Vancouver<\/a>. Presented by longtime promoter AEG Presents and sponsored by Turner Classic Movies, the John Mellencamp Live and in Person<\/em> 2023 massive 76-dates tour began in Bloomington, Indiana last February 5 and 6 and will come full circle in South Bend, Indiana on June 23 and 24.<\/p>\n

Each show on the tour starts with a 30-minute video of film scenes and of Mellencamp talking about the films that have had an \"Johnimpact on his music. He talks about how Cool Hand Luke<\/em> influenced his approach to painting. \u201cIt’s my favourite place to be in the world to be in this art studio. It’s so quiet here, that it’s deafening. I get up, have breakfast, come up here, work for for six or seven hours. This is a place for my imagination, to be alone.\u201d Mellencamp talked about how he used to try to control his paintings, but no longer does that anymore. And that he doesn’t do that with his songs. \u201cI don’t try to control them. I prefer to to let a song take itself where it wants to go, have its own personality. The object of all of this is to learn the rules and then break them. You know who told me that? Cool Hand Luke, when I was fifteen.\u201d Mellencamp about his comfort films, films that he’s watched a million times. These films relax him. But now, he watches them for a different reason. \u201cWhat can I spot. I’ve seen the film twenty times. Then it becomes likes a problem solving thing.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

Solving problems relaxes the mind. That’s what painting does. Writing songs. You know, you gotta find that one line like life is short even in the longest days<\/em>. Once you have that one true line, then you are on your way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n