The singer is now 71 and still an unapologetic, Republican-hating chain smoker. His 25th album takes on America's failings, even as he acknowledges a few of his own.
The 71-year-old singer tested his audience's patience with a half-hour of movie clips, and later scolded them for interrupting his monologues, but won them back with some well-worn crowd-pleasers.
John Mellencamp has spent much of his career using songs to document his outlook on America, the past and the present, both good and bad. Monday night’s sold-out show at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh was a celebration of those hits, with a few newer songs that didn’t seem out