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

The Music Fix — Review: Equally indifferent second album from American legend. more info

The Music Fix — Review: Indifferent debut gets a re-release. more info

411 Mania — Plus new stuff from John Mellencamp, Joss Stone, Sick Puppies and Special Agent DiNozzo... more info

Rolling Stone — Farm Aid 2009 hit St. Louis’ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre yesterday with Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson leading a pack of performers that also included Wilco, Jason Mraz and late addition Gretchen Wilson. Local farmers... more info

All About Jazz — The Farm Aid 2009 music concert event of the year, presented by Horizon Organic, will be October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, Missouri. Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, inspiring millions o... more info

The Music Fix — News: Cherry Red re-issue two early John Cougar Mellencamp albums on 19 October. Press release: Released MCA in 1976, and recorded in 1975 when he was 24 years old, Chestnut Street Incident was the first long player from the legendary John Cougar M... more info