John Mellencamp Statue Unveiled At Indiana University

Indiana native and Indiana University alum John Mellencamp is back in Bloomington this weekend for Homecoming. He’ll be on Fox’s college football pregame show Saturday ahead of the undefeated Hoosiers’ showdown with 5-1 Nebraska. But first, today he attended the unveiling of his very own statue on campus. Mellencamp performed stripped-down acoustic versions of “Small Town” and “Scarecrow” at the event, and he helped out with the big sculpture reveal. Check out all the proper audio-visual documentation below.

John Mellencamp sings at IU as his statue is unveiled on campus.

(Excuse the shakiness, I had to Zoom in quite a bit.) pic.twitter.com/0qJnccYYkk

— Taj Simmons (@TajBSimmons) October 18, 2024

Safe to say a lot of John Mellencamp fans wanted to be the first to see his new statue at IU. pic.twitter.com/yra4FSZbrJ

— Taj Simmons (@TajBSimmons) October 18, 2024

I went to a football game at IU one time when I was a kid. Ohio State won, obviously.