John Mellencamp opened his tour in support of the new album Plain Spoken at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend, IN on Wednesday night.
Mellencamp opened with two songs from the album and threw in one more later in the show. Two additional songs from his musical with T-Bone Burnett and Stephen King, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, rounded out the only material from this decade in the program.
With four songs from Scarecrow, three from Lonesome Jubilee and two from Uh-Huh and one from American Fool, Mellencamp spent half the show showcasing music from his highly successful 80’s period.
John Mellencamp spoken word set list
Lawless Times (from Plain Spoken, 2014)
Troubled Man (from Plain Spoken, 2014)
Minutes to Memories (from Scarecrow, 1985)
Small Town (from Scarecrow, 1985)
Stones in My Passway (from Trouble No More, 2003)
Human Wheels (from Human Wheels, 1993)
The Isolation of Mister (from Plain Spoken, 2014)
Check It Out (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987)
Longest Days (from Life, Death, Love and Freedom, 2008)
Jack and Diane (from American Fool, 1982)
The Full Catastrophe (from Mr. Happy Go Lucky, 1996)
Away From This World (from Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, 2012)
Tear This Cabin Down (from Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, 2012)
Rain on the Scarecrow (from Scarecrow, 1985)
Paper in Fire (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987)
If I Die Sudden (from Life, Death, Love and Freedom, 2008)
Crumblin’ Down (from Uh-Huh, 1983)
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (from Scarecrow, 1985)
Pink Houses (from Uh-Huh, 1983)
Cherry Bomb (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987)
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