Topix — When it comes to kicking the habit, there are few options available for smokers: Cold turkey, the patch, gum, hypnosis, and our new favorite, having your son start a Facebook campaign. more info

411 Mania — Eddie Vedder, Sting, John Mellencamp and more on hand to tribute The Boss... more info

Starpulse — Bruce Springsteen was celebrated by President Barack Obama, Sting and John Mellencamp as he was presented with Kennedy Center Honors at a star-studded ceremony on Sunday.[...] Read more! more info

Rolling Stone — Washington D.C.’s elite rubbed elbows with rock & roll royalty Sunday night as Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, John Mellencamp, Sting and Melissa Etheridge paid tribute to Bruce Springsteen, one of five recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors at an elabo... more info

Undercover, Australia — Speck Mellencamp is on a mission. The young son of John Mellencamp has started a Facebook `1,000,000 to join, my dad John Mellencamp to quit smoking’ and at last count he had 142,496 followers. more info

Live Daily — The 14-year-old son of singer/songwriter--and notorious cigarette smoker--John Mellencamp [ tickets ] is attempting to raise an army of Facebook users to convince his dad to quit smoking. According to a post by his son, Speck, Mellencamp has agree... more info

CMT — Who says social networking sites are totally worthless? Not John Mellencamp's 14-year-old son, Speck, that's for sure. He made a deal with his dad: If he could get a million people to join this Facebook group he created, Mellencamp would have to ligh... more info

Rolling Stone — John Mellencamp’s son Speck has taken to Facebook in an effort to convince his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame father to quit smoking. “I made a deal with my dad that if I get a 1,000,000 to join this group he will quit smoking,” Speck writes on the F... more info

Starpulse — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - John Mellencamp's 14-year-old son has started a social networking campaign on Facebook that he hopes will get his rocker dad to quit smoking.[...] Read more! more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Brecheisen/WireImage Dave Matthews, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mellencamp, Wilco and Crosby, Stills & Nash are just a handful of the artists set to pay tribute to legend Neil Young at the 2010 MusiCare’s Person of the Year gala on January 2... more info