ORONO (AP) — 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” kicked 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 was upbeat Sunday, tweeting that Saturday’s opening was “a great start” to the tour and that the performers received a five-minute standing ovation. “On to Toronto, November 11th!” he posted on his Twitter page.

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.