John Mellencamp Announces His 24th Album, Other People's Stuff - Available December 7th

Not only has MELLENCAMP released hundreds of original songs over his illustrious career, but he has recorded numerous celebrated covers. For as renowned as his original material remains, MELLENCAMP has breathed new life and spirit into various staples of the classic American musical canon as well. A handpicked selection of those covers comprises the aptly titled, Other People’s Stuff.

Culled from seminal albums, compilations, unearthed sessions and documentaries, this record serves as a proud homage to some of the greatest songs in history. For the album, Mellencamp recorded a brand-new version of “Eyes on the Prize” which was originally performed at The White House. Mellencamp was asked by the Obama administration to perform for the 2010 Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement event. See link to the memorable performance here. Check out “Eyes on The Prize” Here.

About the collection, MELLENCAMP commented “Most, if not all, of the songs on Other People’s Stuff come from The Great American Songbook.  These are songs that have been recorded over the last 40 years of my career, but had never been put together as one piece of work. Now, they have.”

Check out the full tracklisting below.

The new album sets the stage for his 2019 tour of “The John Mellencamp Show,” which will feature the rock icon’s classics plus some new material. Hailed by critics and fans alike as one of music’s most authentic and crowd-pleasing concert performer, he kicks off the tour February 7^th in his home state of Indiana at South Bend’s Morris Performing Arts Center. Yesterday, Mellencamp announced additional dates for the tour which will extend the already lengthy 2019 run with 14 additional shows, making stops across the country. Tickets for most dates will go on sale on Friday, November 9^th at 10am local time (see full onsale times below). Produced by AEG Presents, “The John Mellencamp Show” will start promptly at 8pm and will not have an opening act.  Every ticket purchased online will receive a physical copy of Other People’s Stuff.

For more information and all ticketing information please visit Mellencamp.com.

MELLENCAMP’s live shows have garnered huge critical acclaim with the Hollywood Reporter calling it a “triumphant, career-spanning show” and a “superb performance…still full of fiery defiance” by the Boston Globe.  His extensive touring and live shows have solidified the Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer’s place at the forefront of American music for the past 40 years.

Other People’s Stuff TRACKLISTING:

1. “To The River” (originally from 1993’s Human Wheels)
2. “Gambling Bar Room Blues” (originally from 1997’s The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers – A Tribute)
3. “Teardrops Will Fall” (originally from 2003’s Trouble No More)
4. “In My Time of Dying” (originally from 1997’s Rough Harvest)
5. “Mobile Blue” (originally from 2017’s Sad Clowns & Hillbillies)
6. “Eyes on the Prize” (originally performed at The White House in 2010)
7. “Dark As A Dungeon (originally from the 2017 National Geographic Channel documentary From the Ashes)
8. “Stones in My Passway” (originally from 2003’s Trouble No More)
9. “Wreck of the Old 97” (originally from 2004’s The Rose and The Briar)
10. “I Don’t Know Why I Love You” (originally from 2003’s An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder’s Songs)

“THE JOHN MELLENCAM SHOW” 2019 TOUR DATES

Date	City	Venue
February 7, 2019	South Bend, IN	Morris Performing Arts Center
February 8, 2019	Milwaukee, WI	Riverside Theatre
February 10, 2019	Cincinnati, OH	Aronoff Center for the Arts
February 12, 2019	Fort Wayne, IN	Embassy Theatre
February 14, 2019	Rockford, IL	Coronado Performing Arts Center
February 15, 2019	Peoria, IL	Peoria Civic Center
February 17, 2019	Grand Rapids, MI	DeVos Performance Hall
February 19, 2019	Youngstown, OH	Stambaugh Auditorium
February 20, 2019	Baltimore, MD	Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric
February 22, 2019	Providence, RI	Providence Performing Arts Center
February 23, 2019	New Brunswick, NJ	State Theatre New Jersey
February 25, 2019	New York, NY	Beacon Theatre
February 26, 2019	New York, NY	Beacon Theatre
February 27 2019	New York, NY	Beacon Theatre
March 9, 2019	Louisville, KY	Louisville Palace Theatre
March 10, 2019	Evansville, IN	Aiken Theatre
March 12, 2019	St. Louis, MO	Stifel Theatre
March 14, 2019	Kansas City, MO	Arvest Bank Theatre At The Midland
March 16, 2019	Tulsa, OK	Brady Theatre
March 17, 2019	Memphis, MO	Orpheum Theatre
March 19, 2019	Nashville, TN	Ryman Auditorium
March 20, 2019	Nashville, TN	Ryman Auditorium
March 22, 2019	Charlotte, NC	Ovens Auditorium
March 24, 2019	Orlando, FL	Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
March 27, 2019	Ft. Meyers, FL	Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
March 29, 2019	Clearwater, FL	Ruth Eckerd Hall
March 30, 2019	Clearwater, FL	Ruth Eckerd Hall
April 9, 2019	Kalamazoo, MI	Miller Auditorium*
April 11th, 2019	Saginaw, MI	The Dow Event Center Theater*
April 13, 2019	Green Bay, WI	Weidner Center^
April 15, 2019	Omaha, NE	Orpheum Theatre*
April 16, 2019	Wichita, KS	Century II Convention Center*
April 18, 2019	Rapid City, SD	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theatre*
April 20, 2019	Spokane, WA	First Interstate Center for the Arts*
April 22, 2019	Eugene, OR	Hult Center for the Performing Arts*
April 23, 2019	Portland, OR	Portland Center for the Performing Arts*
April 25, 2019	Oakland, CA	Paramount Theatre*
April 26, 2019	Santa Barbara, CA	Arlington Theatre*
April 28, 2019	Tucson, AZ	Tucson Music Hall*
April 20, 2019	Albuquerque, NM	Kiva Auditorium*

*On sale Friday, November 9^th at 10am local time
^On sale Friday, November 9^th at 11am local time

Cold War Kids To Release Double Disc Anthology

This is definitely something that I will want to listen to. However, the fact that Cold War Kids are releasing an anthology and not including “Bitter Poem” mystifies me! It’s my favorite song by them and I thought it was one of their most well known tunes, but maybe not. The anthology will be available on December 7^th.

In their impressive, steadily rising career, soulful, blues-tinted rockers Cold War Kids have proven to be one of the most prolific commercially successful bands around. Never ones to rest, from the beginning they’ve utilized all manners of getting their music out to their fans, releasing a steady stream of EPs and digital singles between their full-length studio albums. As they peer over the horizon at their 15-year anniversary next year and reflect on how far they’ve come since forming in Southern California’s burgeoning indie rock scene in 2004, the band, now signed to Capitol Records, has collected together all of their radio singles spanning their tenure on Downtown Records from 2005 to 2015 along with some of their best unreleased and rare tracks for a double disc collection titled This Will All Blow Over In Time. The anthology will be released December 7 via Downtown Records/UMe on 2CD and digital with a double LP on translucent yellow vinyl to follow in February. The pre-order kicked off today with an instant grat download of the unreleased track “Vacation In Chicago,” a live version of fan favorite “We Used To Vacation,” appropriately recorded in Chicago. Pre-order This Will All Blow Over In Time now: https://UMe.lnk.to/ColdWarKids

Led by rousing frontman Nathan Willett (vocals/piano/guitar), Cold War Kids exploded onto the national spotlight in 2006 with their first single, “Hang Me Up To Dry,” which led to appearances on “Letterman” and “Conan” and prompted Rolling Stone to dub it one of “The 100 Best Songs Of The Year,” enthusing: “Indie rock with a little sex: Nathan Willett howls like a country bluesman as the other three Kids elbow their way through a mess of art-damaged funk.” Originally released on their third independently released EP Up In Rags, the song was included on the band’s breakout debut full-length Robbers & Cowards along with fellow radio hits “We Used To Vacation” and “Hospital Beds.” This Will All Blow Over In Time includes these songs as well as all their radio singles from their first five records.

Sequenced in chronological order from year of full-length album release, the first half of the retrospective, aptly titled Singles Worked At Radio, ranges from the soulful urgency of tracks “I’ve Seen Enough” and “Something Is Not Right With Me,” from Loyalty to Loyalty, the band’s first album to reach the top 50 on the Billboard 200, to “Louder Than Ever” and “Royal Blue” from 2011’s bigger and bolder Jacquire King-produced Mine Is Yours, to the funky, anthemic “Audience Of One” from their 2009 EP Behave Yourself, to the driving piano stomper “Miracle Mile,” their fifth top 40 hot in Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart, and the electro-tinged “Lost That Easy” from 2013’s Dear Miss Lonelyhearts. Their final record for Downtown, 2014’s Hold My Home, is represented with the infectious, dramatic rocker “All This Could Be Yours” and the clap-along anthem “First,” which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart earning the band their highest charting single which has since been certified Gold.

Titled Songs From All Over The Place, the second half brings together an exciting mix of 11 unreleased songs and rarities to give a fuller picture of the band’s eclectic and prolific output over the last decade and a half. Kicking off with the aforementioned “Vacation In Chicago,” it includes the demo for “First,” a cover of Nick Cave’s “Opium Tea,” previously only available to stream online only, and “Goodnight Tennessee,” originally released as an iTunes bonus track for Mine Is Yours. Some of the many other highlights include the dubby remake of “Minimum Day” titled “Minimum Mistake,” produced by the late Richard Swift and originally only available as a download, “Coffee Spoon,” a standout from their seventh EP Behave Yourself, and “In Harmony In Silver” and “Quiet Please” from their long-out-of-print debut EP Mulberry Street released in 2005 on Monarchy Music. The set closes with “Fashionable,” a sprawling track released on the deluxe edition of Mine Is Yours.

This Will All Blow Over Time serves as both the first collection of the band’s many hits and a gift to longtime fans who will revel in the unreleased songs and rare tracks from their hard to find early releases. It also chronicles the band’s trajectory and showcases their continued artistic evolution as they get ready to celebrate a milestone anniversary.

This Will All Blow Over In Time Track Listing

Disc 1 – Singles Worked At Radio

1. Hang Me Up To Dry

2. We Used To Vacation

3. Hospital Beds

4. I’ve Seen Enough

5. Something Is Not Right With Me

6. Louder Than Ever

7. Royal Blue

8. Audience of One

9. Miracle Mile

10. Lost That Easy

11. All This Could Be Yours

12. First

Disc 2 – Songs From All Over The Place

1. Vacation In Chicago

2. First (Demo)

3. Opium Tea

4. Goodnight Tennessee

5. Coffee Spoon

6. Minimum Mistake

7. In Harmony In Silver

8. Quiet, Please

9. Expensive Tastes

10. Romance Languages #1

11. Fashionable