A little ditty βbout Jack and Diane / Two American kids growing up in the heart land / Jack heβs gonna be a football star / Diane debutante in the back seat of Jackyβs car.β
Admit it: you just went full John Cougar Mellencamp as you read that.
Imagine being in Tucson Music Hall with 2,289 fellow Mellencamp fans β he dropped the βCougarβ years ago β singing those lyrics at the top of your lungs.
Mellencamp, 67, is bringing βThe John Mellencamp Showβ to Tucson Music Hall on April 28 for a night of those classic 1980s folk-rock hits β βJack and Diane,β βLittle Pink Houses,β βHurts So Good,β βSmall Town,β βI Need A Lover,β βRumbleseat,β βAuthority Songβ β along with some new material.
Tickets start at $37.50 through ticketmaster.com, and if you buy online, youβll get a hard copy β you know, something you canβt download on a computer or stream on an app β of his album βOther Peopleβs Stuff,β which Republic Records is expected to release in December.
Mellencamp should be in a pretty good mood when he arrives. Last week, he and on-again-off-again girlfriend Meg Ryan, 56, became engaged.