Just days after announcing he will be taking part in the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival, John Mellencamp spent part of his Friday with girlfriend Kristin Kehrberg.
The couple, who have been an item for about a year, indulged in some retail therapy at Courrèges on Grand Street in the Soho neighborhood in Downtown Manhattan.
Seemingly on a mission to find that perfect clothing item, the multimillionaire socialite, 57, was spotted showing acclaimed rocker, 72, a few pieces that were on the rack.
On this day, the Hurts So Good singer-songwriter stepped out in black pants with a matching jacket over a black button-down and a white t-shirt and sneakers.
His nearly all gray hair was styled in a pseudo-pompadour pushed back off his face, like he has done for many years, and over his ears.
John Mellencamp, 72, took a smoke break while out shopping with his girlfriend Kristin Kehrberg, 57, in the Soho neighborhood of Downtown Manhattan on Friday
The couple, who have been an item for about a year, indulged in some retail therapy at Courrèges on Grand Street
At one point, while his lady was still in the boutique, Mellencamp stepped outside to smoke a cigarette under the glaring sun, on a day that saw the temperatures in the low 40s Fahrenheit.
Eventually, the Jack & Dianne star went back inside to check on Kehrberg, who proceeded to show him a couple of items that were on the sales rack.
The pair looked to get into a conversation over at least one of the garments, and then leave the store a few moments later with Kehrberg holding a brown shopping bag.
The socialite is the widow of Shelter Island advertising guru Richard ‘Dick’ Tarlow, who died in May 2022 at the age of 81, according to Page Six.
She started dating Mellencamp in early 2023, but they wouldn’t be seen put publicly together until later that summer in August.
The pair were photographed snuggling close to each other outside of Mellencamp’s granddaughter Slate’s fashion show in Los Angeles.
The Pink Houses star previously dated actress Meg Ryan. The romance actually started in 2011 and lasted for three years until they split in 2014, according to Us Weekly.
But Mellencamp and Ryan would rekindle their relationship two years later, and eventually announce their engagement in 2018, only to call things off the following year.
Kehrberg is the widow of Shelter Island advertising guru Richard ‘Dick’ Tarlow, who died in May 2022 at the age of 81, according to Page Six
Once inside Courrèges, Kehrberg called her man over to take a look at a couple garments
The couple looked to be having fun together while out shopping
Once back outside, Mellencamp lit up another cigarette for their walk to the next shoppe
The Jack & Dianne star began his career in the early 1970s and by the 80s he had earned massive success with a string of hit songs over the course of a decade
Earlier in the week it was announced that Mellencamp would be joining the Outlaw Music Festival that’s headlined by Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan.
When the tour kicks off on June 21, former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant will be apart of the traveling show with Nelson, Dylan, Alison Krauss and Celisse.
The Seymmour, Indiana native won’t be joining the show until July 29, and stay on until the end of the tour on September 17.
Brittney Spencer, Billy Strings and Southern Avenue will also play some of the shows, replacing Plant, Krauss and Celisse at the end of July.
‘I’ll be on the road in 2024 with @willienelsonofficial along with an incredible lineup of artists at the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour, including @bobdylan @billystrings @brittneyspencer @southernavenuemusic,’ Mellencamp shared when announcing the tour on his Instagram page.
‘Presale tickets are on sale today at 10AM, use code OUTLAW24. For more details and tickets go to http://outlawmusicfestival.com/presale. @outlawmusicfestival @blackbird_presents #outlawmusicfestival.’
Kehrberg and Mellencamp started dating in early 2023
The Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Famer was dressed in nearly all-black for their afternoon excursion
Earlier this week it was announced that John Mellencamp would be taking part in the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival, although he won’t be joining the tour until July 29
Mellencamp will be on the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival tour from July 29 through September 17
The singer-songwriter began his illustrious career in music back in the early 1970s playing under the stage name Johnny Cougar.
He would play the name game and go by John Cougar by his self-titled third album.
His big breakthrough came with the release of his fifth studio album, American Fool (1982), which contained the three hit singles Hurts So Good, Jack & Dianne and Hand to Hold On To.
His seventh record, Uh-Huh (1983) would become an even bigger hit with the support of such singles as Pink Houses, Authority Song and Crumblin’ Down.
In all, Mellencamp has released 25 albums over his career and amassed 22 hit songs in the U.S. that includes Lonely Ol’ Night, I Need A Lover, Small Town, Rain On The Scarecrow, R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Human Wheels, Paper In Fire, Cherry Bomb, Jackei Brown and Love And Happiness, among others.
Ultimately he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, followed by an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018.
