AUSTRALIAN audiences can see ever popular singer John Mellencamp supported by singer/songwriter Jewel and country artist Carlene Carter, during a seven-date tour of Australia in February.
Indiana-born Mellencamp burst on to the Australian scene in 1979 with his first hit, I Need a Lover.
His enduring success has continued throughout 40 years of playing and touring and Mellencamp is well known to Aussie audiences for songs, such as Jack & Diane, Paper in Fire,Small Town, Cherry Bomb and R.O.C.K in the USA.
Australia has played an important role in Mellencamp’s success, with seven top 20 hits and 10 top 20 albums climbing the local charts. He has sold more than 1.5 million albums in Australia and his single I Need A Lover was top five in the local charts – the best result in the world – a fact he acknowledged in his last tour Down Under in 2008.
Two albums, Scarecrow (1985) and Lonesome Jubilee (1987), have gone five-times platinum in Australia, while The Best That I Could Do: 1978-1988 is triple platinum.
Mellencamp also created the benefit concert Farm Aid, with fellow music icons Willie Nelson and Neil Young. The fundraiser for American farmers recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Supporting act Alaskan singer-songwriter Jewel, will be performing songs from her extensive catalogue and latest release Picking Up the Pieces. A storyteller at heart, Jewel has also written her memoir Never Broken, authored two children’s books, and a pair of successful children’s albums.
Country singer and songwriter Carlene Carter is daughter of country music legends June Carter Cash and Carl Smith, Carlene's career took off with the album I fell in Love in 1990 and during her career, she has recorded twelve albums and released more than twenty singles.
Tickets go on sale at 10am AEDST next Friday, October 23 for performances in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and the Hunter Valley.
NATIONAL TOUR DATES
Perth: Saturday February 6 at Sandalford Estate, Swan Valley, www.ticketek.com.au
Melbourne: Tuesday February 9 at Rod Laver Arena, www.ticketek.com.au
Sydney: Friday February 12 at Allphones Arena, www.ticketek.com.au
Hunter Valley: Saturday February 13 at Roche Estate, www.ticketmaster.com.au
Brisbane: Tuesday February 16 at The Riverstage, www.ticketmaster.com.au
Canberra: Thursday February 18 at AIS Arena, www.ticketek.com.au
Adelaide: Saturday February 20 at Oakbank Racecourse, www.ticketmaster.com.au
