John Mellencamp shows 'Life' on summer outing
St. John Mellencamp [ tickets ] has lined up a summer tour surrounding the release his forthcoming fresh record album, the T Pearl Burnett-produced "Life sentence, Death, Love and Exemption."The Robert Indiana native--who was lately inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame--will plain forth the field day July 8 in City of Brotherly Love. The 12-city circuit will continue through early August. Dates ar below.Members of Mellencamp's online fan biotic community will be offered early access to agio seating room packages through an Cyberspace pre-sale. More selective information can be establish at Mellencamp's official site."Living, Last, Love and Exemption" is the 22nd studio record album of Mellencamp's career. Due in stores July 15 on Starbucks' Hear Music label, the album tackles a darker side of the stream province of America, according to the vocaliser."I realized our body politic has written roughly sad motherf---in' songs," Mellencamp latterly told Pealing Stone clip. "I wanted to see if I had it in me to pen like that. I see darkness all over, and I experience to write about it. I don't care if I simply sell sise records. Wholly I privy do is hold open on piece of writing songs and vocalizing."The album's number 1 i, "Battle of Jena," was released in October in reception to the racially charged situation in that Pelican State township."The story is non, stringently speechmaking, about the town of Battle of Jena or this specific incident simply of racism in USA," Mellencamp said in a press statement. "The song was not written as an indictment of the citizenry of Jena but, rather, as a curse of racism, a problem which I've reflected in many songs, a problem that hush plagues our area today."Mellencamp's previous release, last year's "Freedom's Road," emerged at No. 5 on The Billboard 200, earning him his highest debut ever. The set up spawned crossover hits "The Americans" and "Our Country," the latter of which received a Grammy nod in the "Best Solo Rock Vocal music Performance" class.The performing artist was inducted into the Rock and Roll of Celebrity last calendar month with gent 2008 class members Madonna Louise Ciccone, The Ventures, Elmore Leonard Cohen and The Dave Charles Joseph Clark Five-spot.
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