She quietly wed publishing entrepreneur Jay Penske in 2012 (via Daily Mail) and the couple welcomed a daughter the following year.While they have kept details of their child private including her name Irwin did open up about the joys of having a daughter. The sale will run from September 25 to October 8 at /auction.Ĭopyright © 2021, ABC Audio. After her 18-year marriage John Mellencamp ended, it didnt take Elaine Irwin long to find love again. In addition, a silent auction featuring rare and signed memorabilia, including guitars and prints, will be held to raise money for Farm Aid. The festival will feature local and organic foods produced at family farms, and will offer various agricultural-themed activities and forums presented by farmers and artists. When we combine music, family farmers and good food, we have the power to grow the kind of agriculture that strengthens all of us.” I hope I die before I get old, The Who famously declared in their 1965 anthem My Generation. MELLENCAMP, WHO WAS born in Seymour in 1951, came of age at a time when young people weren’t supposed to trust anyone over 30, let alone turn 70 themselves.

See more behind the scenes and favorites from the archive. A young John Mellencamp performs with his band.

“I’m so glad that music is bringing us all back together at Farm Aid 2021 to celebrate family farmers. 'And like my friend John Mellencamp would sing - because John sang some truth today - one day you get sick and you dont get better.' Grammys 2015: Bob Dylans MusiCares Person of Year Speech. “The experience of the past 18 months has reminded us how much we need each other,” says Willie Nelson, Farm Aid’s president and co-founder. A limited number of pre-sale tickets can be purchased now at /Festival. Tickets for the festival go on sale to the public this Friday, July 23, at 10 a.m. This year’s lineup also features Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Margo Price, Sturgill Simpson, Bettye LaVette, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and more.

As usual, the event will be headlined by Farm Aid board members Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson, with Matthews playing as a duo with his longtime collaborator, Tim Reynolds. The 2020 edition of the Farm Aid was a virtual event because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this year’s installment of the festival, which supports family-run and independent farms in the U.S., will return to being a live, in-person extravaganza.įarm Aid 2021 is scheduled for September 25 in Hartford, Connecticut, at Xfinity Theatre, the same venue where the 2018 festival was held. Listen to John Mellencamp: Deep Cuts by Apple Music Rock on Apple Music.

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