February is proving to be a month where a good chunk of world-renowned singer-songwriters will head to Tampa Bay. Bruce Springsteen and Judy Collins both roll in on Feb. 1, and adopted Tampa son Paul Thorn plays his seemingly annual gig at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre on Feb. 18.
In Mr. “Jack and Diane’s” case, it’s his first full tour post-COVID, and he’s got his new album, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack to work off of, as well as his fabled career. Mellencamp is also being sponsored by Turner Classic Movies—on which he has been a guest programming host before—a first for him, as he has never openly been sponsored by anything while on the road.
Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...
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