You are reading

John Mellencamp to play Forest Hills Stadium July 11

Feb. 22, 2017 By Hannah Wulkan

Classic rock legend John Mellencamp will be coming to Queens this summer.

Mellencamp will swing by Forest Hills Stadium on July 11 as part of his upcoming “Sad Clowns and Hillbillies” tour, named for his album that will drop in April, announced the singer last weekend. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for a 6:30 p.m. show.

He will be joined by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris, country singer Carlene Carter, and sister duo Lily & Madeleine.

Mellencamp is known for his heartland rock style music, and rose to fame in the 1980s. He is best known for many of his top-10 singles, including “Hurts So Good,” “Jack & Diane,” “Crumblin’ Down,” and more.

Tickets for the concert cost between $60.50 and $145.50, and go onsale at 10 a.m. on Friday, though presale for Mellencamp’s fan club began earlier today.

Forest Hills Stadium will see many other famous acts perform throughout the summer as well, including The xx on May 19 and 20, The Chainsmokers on June 9 and 10, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on July 26 and 27, among others.

For more concert information and to buy tickets visit http://www.foresthillsstadium.com/events/detail/331834.

email the author: news@queenspost.com
No comments yet

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

Flushing man arrested for impersonating ICE agent in visa fraud scheme: Feds

An alleged Flushing con artist was arrested by FBI agents in Brooklyn Friday morning after a federal grand jury indicted him for perpetrating a visa fraud scheme by pretending to be an ICE agent.

Tommy Aijie Da Silva Weng, 49, was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court on Friday afternoon on an indictment charging him with wire fraud, mail fraud, and impersonating a federal law enforcement agent in connection to a scam to defraud an unidentified Chinese citizen who resides in the United States by claiming he could help her in obtaining a green card through an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program if she invested $500,000 with him for a project to build hotels in California.

Woman’s body pulled from East River near Fort Totten identified as Whitestone resident: NYPD

The NYPD identified the woman whose lifeless body was pulled from the chilly waters off Little Bay Park near Fort Totten on Sunday morning.

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to a 911 call from a local fisherman who spotted an unconscious body floating in Little Bay along the East River at 11:15 a.m. An NYPD harbor unit brought the body to shore near the Cross Island Parkway and Totten Road, and EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.

Op-ed: The link between belonging and achievement 

Mar. 24, 2025 By Christopher Herman

No one can argue that it feels good to belong and we’ve all had that unpleasant experience of being the outsider. In recent years, research into the impact of belonging on achievement has drawn clear links between how included we feel and our academic performance. This is an under-acknowledged factor in schools when looking at why some students have stronger outcomes than others.