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John Cougar Mellencamp: R.O.C.K. in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A. John Mellencamp most recently appeared at MIller Auditorium in 2019. It was a night at Wings Stadium in 1985 that he played all the hits fans will never forget. John Mellencamp s hometown of Seymour, Indiana is only 300 miles south of Kalamazoo. The heartland rocker has always been popular here and has performed many live shows at storied Michigan venues like Pine Knob, Cobo Hall, Joe Louis Arena, the Palace of Auburn Hills and Wings Stadium. Back in the Johnny Cougar days, he opened for a band I don t even remember called The Rockets at Cobo Hall on New Year s Eve 1979.  he would open shows for the Kinks, the Babys, and Heart before headlining. The concert at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo may have only been his second as the main attraction in Michigan. The Concert Database lists a March 1984 show at the Fox Theatre and then Joe Louis Arena on November 15, 1985, the night after he appeared on the Wings stage.

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