JOHN MELLENCAMP AND STEPHEN KING JOIN

Rock icon John Mellencamp has joined up with horror writer Stephen King to create a new Broadway musical.The author, famed for his chilling tales, has written the script for Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County with Mellencamp writing the soundtrack.The Broadway show is described as "a sultry Southern Gothic mystery with a blues-tinged, guitar-driven score" and focuses on the story of the death of two brothers and a young girl and the legend that grows out of the tragedy. It will open at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre in April 2009 with the hopes of it heading to the Great White Way.