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'Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,' the Southern gothic musical with lyrics by Stephen King and music by John Mellencamp and T-Bone Burnett, will embark on a 20-city American tour beginning in October.

It may not get as much attention as his high-profile day job as an NBC sports analyst, but for the last several decades, Bob Costas has supported a children's medical center in St. Louis -- in fact, his annual benefit for the hospital is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

For a guy whose longtime nickname is 'Little Bastard,' John Mellencamp sure can be a softie when it comes to the right cause -- or if he's approached by famous pals like, say, actor Matthew McConaughey, recording artist Jack Ingram, and University of Texas football coach Mack Brown.

John Mellencamp and Stephen King's musical won't be staged as a musical this year.

An unlikelier musical collaboration could only be imagined by the author himself. John Mellencamp and Stephen King (with help from T Bone Burnett) have come together to write and record a soundtrack for a near-finished musical called 'Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.' The star-studded album will be available on March 13, 2013. It's not clear when and if the musical will make its full-scale debut

John Mellencamp had an article posted in the Huffington Post Thursday (October 25) titled "Good News! Ten Commandments Reduced To Only Nine" in which he rails against what he believes are internet thieves who have used legal loopholes to avoid the copyright laws for musicians and artists...

John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne are among the artists paying tribute to Woody Guthrie Sunday night at a gala in Washington, DC.

Q) On this day in 1994, John Mellencamp confirms that he recently had a mild heart attack, caused in part by high cholesterol and smoking. By his own admission, how many cigarettes was John smoking, a day, in 1994?

Just in case you saw the title of the upcoming movie 'Jack & Diane' and wondered if maybe John Mellencamp had something to do with it, he's issued a press release clearing up any possible confusion.

At 22 years and counting, Farm Aid is one of the longest-running rock festivals around -- but as far as co-founder Willie Nelson is concerned, the fact that the show still exists is actually something of a disappointment.