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'Ghost Brothers' to Start Near Stephen King's Home

ORONO, Maine - A supernatural musical created by writer Stephen King and rocker John Mellencamp is going on tour, starting in King's home state.

``Ghost Brothers of Darkland County'' kicks off Saturday and Sunday at the Collins Center at the University of Maine. From there, the show moves on to a string of cities from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., to Chicago, Denver and San Francisco.

King's story is based on the real 1957 deaths of two brothers and a young girl.

Mellencamp wrote the "blues `n' roots'' musical score.

The show made its theatrical debut in Atlanta in 2011. Last year, there was a 20-city theatrical tour starting in Indiana, Mellencamp's home state.