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NEWS ABOUT: John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp stories: 7 news summaries
GLOSSIES

 10 Best Albums of 2008 

Infernal visions, playful funk, unflinching examinations top Rolling Stone list

Dec 21, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Dear Science tops Rolling Stone's year-end best list with an album “that sounded the most like America in 2008." The top 10:
  1. TV on the Radio, Dear Science: "Infernal visions of war and economic desperation," but "amid the fear and loathing" is "defiance.
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Bob Dylan • John Mellencamp • Rolling Stone • Beck • Metallica • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • My Morning Jacket • TV on the Radio • Santogold • Vampire Weekend • Best of 2008 • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty

OPINION

Artists' Complaints About Pols' Use of Songs Off-Key

Free speech outweighs whatever objections they might have

Oct 13, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Political campaigns routinely use popular music to help shape voters’ perceptions about their candidate. And while the practice may hit a sour ideological note with some artists, there’s not much they can—or should—do to turn off the music, since both copyright laws and free-speech doctrine support it,... More »

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John McCain • John Mellencamp • Foo Fighters • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Heart

Madonna Joins Rock Hall

Mellencamp, Cohen inducted as well

Mar 11, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - With a wink and a nod, Madonna became a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer last night, along with John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen, Billboard reports. Madonna got top billing, with Justin Timberlake giving her an innuendo-laden induction speech, and Iggy and the Stooges performing punked-up covers of “Burning... More »

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New York City • John Mellencamp • Justin Timberlake • Madonna • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Leonard Cohen • Billy Joel • Dave Clark Five

Rock Hall of Fame Taps Madonna

John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen also among 2008 inductees

Dec 13, 07 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Madonna will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, the Associated Press reports. The shape-shifting pop star will formally enter the Hall at the annual ceremony on March 10 in New York, along with fellow inductees John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Ventures and the Dave... More »

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John Mellencamp • Madonna • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Leonard Cohen

It's Good to
Be the King

Britney, Lindsay  should be Persons of the Year, horrormeister says

Nov 26, 07 6:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Stephen King nearly hijacked an interview with Time, bashing the media and peppering the interviewer with questions about the mag's Person of the Year. "I think it should be Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan," he says. He also said he's resigned to the fact that some movies based... More »

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Britney Spears • John Mellencamp • Lindsay Lohan • Stephen King

Mellencamp Song Enrages Jena Mayor

Says comparison to civil rights era 'cheapens their sacrifice'

Oct 6, 07 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Mellencamp's song about the Jena 6 sparked the town's mayor to whip off a fax to the AP yesterday:  “Jena has for months been mischaracterized in the media and portrayed as the epicenter of hatred,” he wrote. “The Mellencamp video is so inflammatory, so defamatory,... More »

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John Mellencamp • Jena Six

Walter Reed Bars Baez

Army blames short notice for activist's exclusion from hospital

May 2, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center were treated to tunes by John Mellencamp last week, but not Joan Baez—hospital officials refused to let the legendary folk singer and antiwar activist join him. A spokesman told Rolling Stone the request to include Baez came too late. Said Mellencamp: "... More »

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Joan Baez • John Mellencamp • Dan Rather • US Army • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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