Famed “Jack and Diane” singer John Mellencamp reacted to the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting by calling for more gun control and urging news outlets to “be brave enough” to publish photos of slain children.
John Mellencamp says that blacks in America are no better off today than they were 200 years ago, even when they are famous sports stars.
Singer-songwriter John Mellencamp was pictured sitting out the national anthem while munching popcorn ahead of the Indianapolis Colts-Philadelphia Eagles game Sunday.
Musician John Mellencamp said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the news should show the carnage of school shootings to shock Americans into supporting altering the Second Amendment.
Rocker John Mellencamp is throwing his weight behind former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D), appearing in an ad for the presidential hopeful and painting a dire picture of small town America — a picture that stands in stark contrast to the economic realities the president laid out during Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
Rocker John Mellencamp has added a “take a knee” segment to his concerts to celebrate protests against the United States.
Just days before the Super Bowl, John Mellencamp sank to his knees in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after performing a political ballad on the ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert.’
John Mellencamp opened up about his music, love for painting, and politics in a wide-ranging interview with CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Jane Pauley this week.
Country music legend Charlie Daniels dismissed Billboard’s recent gun control push as a “farce” and said the musicians who signed Billboard’s letter to Congress “don’t know anything about guns.”
Billy Joel, John Mellencamp and more than 180 other musicians and music industry personnel joined music publisher Billboard in signing an open letter to Congress calling for increased gun control measures in the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack in early June.
John Mellencamp blasted the state of the music business at a UJA Federation of New York luncheon on Thursday—but reserved some kind words for Taylor Swift, who he said is the only one doing anything to save the music industry.
