Send in the Clowns! John Mellencamp finished at Beacon Theater on June 9, 2023
John Mellencamp is now showing at Northwell Health
John Mellencamp
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Send in the Clowns! John Mellencamp finished at Beacon Theater on June 9, 2023
John Mellencamp is now showing at Northwell Health
Why see John Mellencamp?
The Legendary Roots Rocker
Singer-songwriter pioneer John Mellencamp returns to the road. Mellencamp's career stretches back decades, and he has molded his brand of dusky heartland rock to every new genre and style that comes along.
From Springsteen-Esque anthems to stripped down, T-Bone Burnett produced country songs, his sharp and simple lyrical style that is unerringly able to pinpoint the mood of the nation has continued to shine through. Among his best-known tracks are 'Jack and Diane', which spent four weeks at Number 1, and 'Hurts So Good'. Along the way, he's been awarded a Grammy and been inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Reviews
Customer reviews
102 reviews, average rating: (3.3 Stars)
Marco
Awesome show!!!
I go to a lot of shows and simply put, we had FUN!!! John Mellencamp is just a cool dude and a living legend. He sounded good, played the hits and some newer song that were actually great! We danced, we sang and really had a great night!! ... Read more
Shelby
This is an ART show and it's fantastic!
Everyone complaining about the beginning of the concert when the clips from old TCM are relevant to his songs, for example play guitar, small town, etc are definitely inspired by these movies and if you just took a second to listen, it makes sense. Also, mellencamp voices over clips inbetween before showing the old movie clips to bring perspective (once again listening would clarify for a lot of people complaining). The stage was amazing the background of his set is from a streetcar named desire(it’s relevant!), the crowd was absolutely obnoxious and spoke over him a lot when he was telling stories. As for politics? He mentions how thoughts and prayers don’t do anything to help, sorry if that upsets you boomers. Also, yes he will chastise the crowd IF THEY GET THE SONG WRONG. (If you’re messing up jack and Diane you deserve to have the writer correct you) His band is just as talented as he is. It would be nice if others actually appreciated the work of art that this show is. I loved it ... Read more
Jack
Solid surprising performance
Although the old movie introductions and dummies on stage raised question marks ( at least to me and my wife)-the performance did not-solid sharp upbeat a good two hours-never saw him live until now and it was well worth the wait. if you did not enjoy the performance just not a fan of good music. Or maybe you were the ones yelling political remarks in back of theatre that he asked to quiet down.
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