John Mellencamp brings Edwards on stage at Well Fargo Arena in Des Moines and the crowd gives him a welcome, of sorts:

After a few cheers boos overtake the hall. “I’ve been in your small towns,” Edwards said as Mellencamp stepped aside to give Edwards a place behind the microphone. “…You didn’t come here to listen to me,” Edwards continues as he winds down with a “thank you,” waves and walks to the darkened edge of the stage.

The crowd is mostly booing at this point. “I came for a concert,” one man behind me yelled. “Refund. Refund,” another chanted a few rows back.

I liked the reaction of Bryan at HotAir.com:

Yeah, he’s been in our small towns. And his house is larger than several of those small towns put together.