John Mellencamp had a truly romantic reason behind his recent real estate move. The singer and painter purchased his SoHo artist’s loft to stay close to his fiancee, Meg Ryan, he tells ...

John Mellencamp found a backer in Tony DeFries, a top manager known for working with David Bowie. It was DeFries who felt the artist’s actual surname was too clunky for record labels ...

My first paintings are that bad. Terrible. But I kept going." To date, he's released 24 original albums in his 48-year career, the most recent being 2023's Orpheus Descending. John Mellencamp ...