John Mellencamp Tickets

Mellencamp’s life is full of adventures. Just six months after getting high school diploma, he ran away from home with his girl friend that was pregnant at that time. The couple gave birth to their first child in 1970. Two years after the birth of his child, he got enrolled in Vincennes University and started experimenting with drugs and booze. Two years later he graduated from university and started playing for different local music bands. One of those bands was the band Trash which gained fame for its New York Dolls song. This was a turning point in Mellencamp’s life and after giving up on drugs he started a serious career in music besides working at Seymour installing Telephones Company.

John Mellencamp started his career under the name of Johnny Cougar because his manager considered this name to be catchier than his original name. He made his first contract with Main Man Management’s Tony DeFries who was also his manager.  Cougar’s first album was released in the form a collection of covers and a few original songs. That album was named Chestnut Street Incident. Chestnut Street Incident proved to be successful and sold around 12000 albums at the time of its release. Since the start of his career, John Mellencamp has released 21 studio albums, 1 live album, 3 compilation albums, 64 singles, 1 tribute and cover album and 1 guest single. His latest album is named No Better Than This and it was released in 2010.

John Mellencamp has made a record of selling 40 million albums so far. He has taken 22 out of 40 song hits in US. He also ranked 1st on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks list and holds the record for highest selling solo songs amongst all other solo artists. John has won one Grammy award and has been nominated for 13 Grammy awards since the beginning of his career. Mellencamp climbed up the stairs of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. His albums Nothin' Matters, What If It Did and Scarecrow won five times the regular platinum record of music selling thresholds. Other awards that he has son so far are Nordoff-Robbins Silver Clef Special Music Industry Humanitarian Award, Billboard Century Award, Woody Guthrie Award, ASCAP Foundation Champion Award , Classic Songwriter Award and Americana Lifetime Achievement Award.

Some of the hottest singles of John Mellencamp are I Need a Lover, Miami, Taxi Dancer, A Little Night Dancin, Ain't Even Done With the Night, Hot Night in a Cold Town, Lonely Ol' Night, Authority Song, Justice and Independence '85, Rain on the Scarecrow, Let It All Hang Out, Human Wheels and Key West Intermezzo.
His other interests include painting, political activism and acting. He has sung many songs for political causes. He is a liberal in his political view points. He criticized former president Ronald Regean through his songs. Mellencamp helped Barrack Obama in his election canvassing by singing Small Town during his rally in Indiana.

His interest in social causes led to the initiation of an organization called Farm Aid. This organization was started during a concert in 1985. Farm Aid works to create awareness in favor of preservation of the families living on the farms and their culture. This concert to create awareness has been conducted regularly since its foundation year.  The 25th concert of this series will be conducted in 2nd October, 2010. So it’s the right time to grab your John Mellencamp Tickets and be able to attend the Farm Aid concert of John Mellencamp. This organization has gathered funds equal to $37 million till today by selling John Mellencamp Tickets.