Vento vocally conjures a grizzled blues quality on "High Wire," which takes a surprise turn halfway through by adding fiddle. "Brick by Brick's" Rust Belt rocking title track vows to stand up to forces trying to knock us down.
Recent setlists show Mellencamp playing most of his major hits, like "Paper in Fire," "Pink Houses," "Cherry Bomb," "Lonely ol' Night," "Rain on The Scarecrow," "Hurts So Good" and, of course, that little ditty "Jack & Diane." Monday's and Tuesday's shows promise to be great, and tickets are very close to selling out, so you'd better move quickly if you want to snag one. Mellencamp must've mellowed since he didn't correct them that time. In 2015, when Mellencamp rocked the Benedum, naturally he sang "Jack and Diane," and the audience instinctively knew to sing along.Īlas, the crowd got over-anxious and started singing the chorus before remembering to sing the second verse, causing Mellencamp to stop and scold them, humorously continuing: “The second verse goes like this.” (As our concert reviewer, Brandy Hadden, wrote, "how did hundreds of people forget 'suckin’ on chili dogs?'”)Īmazingly, I witnessed the exact same thing two years later at Willie Nelson's Farm Aid at The Pavilion at Star Lake, where Mellencamp performed "Jack and Diane" and western Pennsylvania fans botched the sing-along again, pulling the trigger too quickly on the chorus, before the second verse.
You've missed the mark the last two times Mellencamp played here. Let's get it right this time ― and no jumping the gun ― when the classic rocker plays the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh this Monday and Tuesday.
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