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Melissa Etheridge

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American rock singer-songwriter Melissa Lou Etheridge was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on May 29, 1961. When Etheridge was 21 years old, she moved to Los Angeles to try her luck in the music industry. Melissa Etheridge started off by playing some small gigs at local bars and The Candy Store on the Sunset Strip. A fan from her early days got her demo tape to Bill Leopold, founder of Leopold Management. Leopold was impressed by Etheridge and decided he would represent her on the spot. She continued performing in bars and small venues while Leopold had record execs come out to see her play. Melissa Etheridge was eventually offered a job with A&M Records as a staff songwriter. In 1986, she was offered a recording contract with Island Records.

Etheridge released her self-titled debut album, Melissa Etheridge, on May 2, 1988. Over the years that followed she would continue to record and release albums including: Brave and Crazy (1989), Never Enough (1992), Yes I Am (1993), Your Little Secret (1995), Breakdown (1999), Skin (2001), Lucky (2004), Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (2005), and The Awakening (2007).

Out of the ten albums released by Melissa Etheridge, several have gone platinum, with three out of the ten going multi-platinum and two more going gold.

Etheridge is a famous gay rights activist as well as an advocate for environmental issues. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2004 and since her recovery she has taken back to the stage. Among her first performances since her recovery was at the 2005 Grammy Awards, where she performed a cover of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart." Melissa Etheridge has performed at many festivals and benefit concerts and is a supporter of the charities Dream Foundation and Love Our Children USA.

Melissa Etheridge's most recent accomplishments include a performance at Giants Stadium for Live Earth and a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.

Melissa Etheridge Concerts

Date	Location	Venue	Price	Get tickets
21.01.2025 07:00	Fort Lauderdale USA	War Memorial Auditorium - FL 21.01.2025 07:00	$103.00-$955.00	Buy tickets
22.01.2025 08:00	Key West USA	Key West Theater 22.01.2025 08:00	$255.74-$409.34	Buy tickets
23.01.2025 08:00	Orlando USA	Hard Rock Live - Orlando 23.01.2025 08:00	$71.13-$1500.00	Buy tickets
25.01.2025 06:30	Clearwater USA	The Sound at Coachman Park 25.01.2025 06:30	$99.00-$1015.00	Buy tickets
26.01.2025 07:00	Naples USA	Artis-Naples 26.01.2025 07:00	$189.00-$732.25	Buy tickets
04.04.2025 08:00	Waterloo USA	The Vine at Del Lago Resort 04.04.2025 08:00	$60.18-$435.53	Buy tickets
05.04.2025 08:00	Lancaster USA	American Music Theatre 05.04.2025 08:00	$73.42-$1035.00	Buy tickets
06.04.2025 08:00	Hampton USA	Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 06.04.2025 08:00	$54.89-$2690.00	Buy tickets
08.04.2025 08:00	Huntington USA	Paramount Theatre - Huntington 08.04.2025 08:00	$83.34-$2110.00	Buy tickets
10.04.2025 08:00	Port Chester USA	Capitol Theatre - Port Chester 10.04.2025 08:00	$68.98-$6120.00	Buy tickets
11.04.2025 08:00	Wilmington USA	Grand Opera House - DE 11.04.2025 08:00	$116.93-$1165.00	Buy tickets
12.04.2025 08:00	Washington USA	Warner Theatre - DC 12.04.2025 08:00	$100.00-$2850.00	Buy tickets
14.04.2025 08:00	Richmond USA	Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage 14.04.2025 08:00	$92.32-$1035.00	Buy tickets
15.04.2025 07:30	Charlottesville USA	Paramount Theater Of Charlottesville 15.04.2025 07:30	$100.00-$1135.00	Buy tickets
16.04.2025 07:30	Morgantown USA	Lyell B Clay Concert Theatre - WVU 16.04.2025 07:30	$80.00-$1010.00	Buy tickets
18.04.2025 08:00	Atlantic City USA	Trump Taj Mahal - Mark G. Etess Arena 18.04.2025 08:00	$61.60-$4370.00	Buy tickets
19.04.2025 08:00	Mashantucket USA	The Grand Theater At Foxwoods 19.04.2025 08:00	$65.00-$1730.00	Buy tickets
21.04.2025 07:00	Warren USA	Packard Music Hall 21.04.2025 07:00	$84.88-$2320.00	Buy tickets
23.04.2025 07:00	Niagara Falls Canada	OLG Stage At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort 23.04.2025 07:00	$61.25-$5840.00	Buy tickets
24.04.2025 07:30	Newark USA	New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Prudential Hall 24.04.2025 07:30	$84.00-$3880.00	Buy tickets
26.04.2025 07:30	Bethlehem USA	Sands Bethlehem Event Center 26.04.2025 07:30	$89.89-$3570.00	Buy tickets
27.04.2025 08:00	Boston USA	MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park 27.04.2025 08:00	$99.12-$3970.00	Buy tickets
29.04.2025 07:30	Albany USA	Palace Theatre Albany 29.04.2025 07:30	$81.71-$3590.00	Buy tickets
30.04.2025 07:30	Baltimore USA	Lyric Opera House - MD 30.04.2025 07:30	$117.26-$1045.00	Buy tickets
02.05.2025 07:00	Roanoke USA	Elmwood Park Amphitheater 02.05.2025 07:00	$72.00-$950.00	Buy tickets

Artist Info

Melissa Etheridge became one of the most popular recording artists of the '90s due to her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, Janis Joplin/Rod Stewart-esque vocals. But the road to stardom was not all smooth sailing for Etheridge as she debated behind the scenes whether or not to disclose to the public that she was gay early on in her career. Born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, Kansas, Etheridge first picked up the guitar at the age of eight and began penning her own songs shortly thereafter. Playing in local bands throughout her teens, Etheridge then attended the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. The up-and-coming singer/songwriter and guitarist dropped out after a year before making her way to Los Angeles in the early '80s to take a shot at a career in music. At this point, Etheridge's music was slightly more bluesy than her subsequently renowned folk-pop style, as a demo of original compositions caught the attention of Bill Leopold, who signed on as Etheridge's manager. Soon after, steady gigs began coming her way, including a five-night-a-week residency at the Executive Suite in Long Beach, which led to a bidding war between such major record labels as A&M, Capitol, EMI, and Warner Bros., but it was Island Records that Etheridge decided to go with.
Etheridge's first recorded work appeared on the forgotten soundtrack to the Nick Nolte prison movie Weeds before her self-titled debut was issued in 1988. The album quickly drew comparisons to such heavyweights as Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp, as it spawned the hit single "Bring Me Some Water" and earned gold certification. In the wake of the album's success, Etheridge performed at the Grammy Awards the following year and contributed vocals to Don Henley's The End of the Innocence. Etheridge managed to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump with 1989's Brave and Crazy, which followed the same musical formula as its predecessor and proved to be another gold-certified success. It would be nearly three years before Etheridge's next studio album appeared, however, and 1992 signaled the arrival of Never Enough, an album that proved to be more musically varied.
But it was Etheridge's fourth release that would prove to be her massive commercial breakthrough. Tired of rumors and questions regarding her sexuality, Etheridge decided to put the speculation to rest once and for all, titling the album Yes I Am. Ex-Police producer Hugh Padgham guided the album, which spawned two major MTV/radio hits with "I'm the Only One" and "Come to My Window" (the latter of which featured a video with movie actress Juliette Lewis); the album would sell a staggering six million copies in the U.S. during a single-year period and earned a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocalist. But subsequent releases failed to match the success of Yes I Am, including 1995's Your Little Secret, 1999's Breakdown, and 2001's Skin, the latter of which dealt with her separation from Julie Cypher. (Cypher had birthed the couple's two children via artificial insemination; CSN&Y's David Crosby was the father.)
Etheridge's autobiography, The Truth Is: My Life in Love and Music, was released in 2002, and 2004's Lucky was her celebration of a new romance. Later that same year Etheridge revealed that she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer. But early detection allowed for recovery, and she gave strength to many of those stricken by the disease with a powerful performance of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" at the 47th annual Grammys, held in February 2005. That September, Etheridge released Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, a compilation of career highlights and new material. It featured a cover of Tom Petty's "Refugee" as well as "Piece of My Heart" and a new song dedicated to breast cancer survivors. In 2007, Etheridge released her first studio album of new material in three years, The Awakening, on Island, following it a year later in 2008 with a holiday album, A New Thought for Christmas, also on Island. Fearless Love appeared early in 2010. Her 12th studio album, 4th Street Feeling (named for the main drag in her hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas) was released in 2012; it marked the first occasion in her career when Etheridge played all the guitar parts on one of her recordings.

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