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December 13, 2007

Mellencamp stuck in Conn.; concert canceled

The John Mellencamp-Los Lobos concert scheduled for tonight at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center was canceled as the weather and the traffic made it nearly impossible for the star attraction to make it to the arena.

Dunk general manager Larry Lepore said that the crew had gotten to the arena in the morning as usual, and the stage was ready to go. Mellencamp left New York, traveling by bus, at noon, and “after three hours he’d gone maybe 10 miles,” Lepore said.

Lepore said he conferred with the Connecticut State Police, who informed him that sleet and freezing rain made road conditions even worse there than in Rhode Island.

Taking all that into consideration, Lepore said, if Mellencamp made it to the show at all, he’d be “cutting it really close,” and that “our biggest concern [was] having people leave the house, come here, and then [we] cancel.”

So the decision was made shortly after 4 to cancel the show. A statement by the arena said that the show would not be rescheduled. Ticketholders can get refunds where they bought their tickets.

-- Journal staff writer Rick Massimo

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