Melissa Etheridge Announces Summer Tour Including Co-Headline Dates w/ Blondie & Joan Jett, Live Video Premiere & Concert DVD‏

MELISSA ETHERIDGE CONFIRMS U.S. SUMMER TOUR
INCLUDING CO-HEADLINE DATES WITH
BLONDIE & JOAN JETT
USA TODAY PREMIERES LIVE VIDEO FOR “MONSTER”
Live Concert DVD “A Little Bit Of Me: Live In L.A.”
To Be Released This Summer
Oscar and Grammy Award winning artist Melissa Etheridge will hit the road this summer on a US tour making stops in over 50 cities nationwide. Melissa’s summer tour schedule is comprised of a mixture of solo dates, full band gigs, festival stops as well as 10 co-headline dates with Blondie; kicking off on June 10th at the Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga, TN and concluding in Hyannis, MA on August 30th. Melissa Etheridge will be performing songs off her 13th studio album, This Is M.E., including “Take My Number,” “Monster,” and “A Little Bit of Me,” plus classic hits like “Come To My Window,” “I’m The Only One” and “Bring Me Some Water.”
The rock legend released This Is M.E. in late September 2014; the album was released in Europe last month just in time for a European solo tour that launched on April 15th in Munich, Germany and concludes in Utrecht, Holland on April 28th, returning to Europe for more shows this July.
Later this month, Melissa will appear on the season finale of TLC’s hit show “Who Do You Think You Are?”, executive produced by Lusa Kudrow and Dan Bucastinksywhich takes celebrities on a journey into their personal histories to reveal unknown details about themselves and their families; it will air on April 26th at 10pm ET/9pm CT.
The singer-songwriter will release a new DVD on June 9th entitled A Little Bit Of Me: Live In L.A;  a powerful document of Melissa live in concert, it will be made available on CD, Blu-ray/CD, and DVD/CD, and via a digital version and deluxe digital edition exclusively on iTunes. Melissa and band were in top form for their performance at the historic Orpheum Theater in downtown LA, and features Melissa performing new & classic hits and featuring special guest Delta Rae. Bonus features on the DVD includes interviews with Melissa and her band, special guests Delta Rae, plus “Backstage Pass,” a behind-the-scenes look at the Orpheum performance, as well as photo gallery.
WATCH: Live Video for “Monster” Premiered on USA TODAY
Tickets for Melissa Etheridge’s Summer Tour are available for purchase at Melissa’s official website http://www.melissaetheridge.com/tour/ and at the venues themselves. See a complete list of dates below.
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MELISSA ETHERIDGE SUMMER TOUR DATES:
            
Wed, June 10  –  Chattanooga, TN  @Riverbend Festival (Coca Cola stage)
Fri,  June 12  –  Atlantic City, NJ  @Caesars – Circus Maximus
Sat,  June 13  – Mount Pocono, PA @Mount Airy Casino Resort – The Sherman Theatre
Sun,  June 14  –  Poughkeepsie, NY  @Bardavon 1869 Opera House
Tue,  June 16  –  Tarrytown, NY  @Tarrytown Music Hall
Wed,  June 17  –  Red Bank, NJ  @Count Basie Theater
Thu,  June 18  –  Huntington, NY  @The Paramount
Sat,  June 20  –  Toronto (Rama), ON  @Casino Rama – Entertainment Centre
Sun,  June 21  –  York, PA   @Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center
Mon,  June 22  –  Munhall, PA  @Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
Wed, June 24  –  Kansas City, MO   @Uptown Theater
Thu,  June 25  –  Prior Lake, MN  @Mystic Lake Casino – Mystic Showroom
Sat,  June 27  –  Riverside, IA  @Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
Sun,  June 28  –  Bayfield, WI  @Lake Superior Big Top Chautau
Wed,  July 1  –  Huber Heights, OH  @Rose Music Center @ The Heights
Thu,  July 2  –  Highland Park, IL  @Ravinia Pavillion
Fri,  July 3  –  St. Louis, MO  @Fair St. Louis
Tue,  July 7  –  Lewiston, NY  @Artpark Ampitheater
Wed, July 8  –  Selbyville, DE   @The Freeman Stage @ Bayside
Sat,  July 11  –  Weert, Netherlands  @Bospop Festival
Sun,  July 12  –  Aurich, Germany  @Sparkassen Arena
Mon,  July 13  –  Leipzig, Germany  @Parkbuhne Leipzig
Wed, July 15  –  Zurich, Switzerland  @Kongresshaus
Fri,   July 17  –  Loorach, Germany  @Stimmen Festival
Mon,  July 20  –  Airway Heights, WA  @Northern Quest Casino – Ampitheater
Tue,  July 21  –  Seattle, WA  @Woodland Park Zoo
Wed,  July 22  –  Bend, OR  @Athletic Club of Bend – The Courtyard
Fri,  July 24  –  Saratoga, CA  @The Mountain Winery
Sat,  July 25  –  Napa (Oakville), CA  @Robert Mondavi Winery
Sun,  July 26  –  Los Angeles, CA  @The Greek Theater
Sat,  Aug 1  –  West Wendover, NV  @Peppermill Concert Hall
Mon,  Aug 3  –  Denver, CO  @Denver Botanic Gardens – York Street
Tue,  Aug 4  –  Aspen, CO  @Belly Up Aspen
Wed, Aug 5  –  Boulder, CO  @Chautauqua Auditorium
Fri,  Aug 7  –  Las Vegas, NV  @Palms Casino – Pearl Concert Theater
Sat,  Aug8  –  Temecula, CA  @Thornton Winery
Sun,  Aug 9  –  San Diego, CA  @Humphreys
Sat,  Aug 22  –  Atlanta, GA  @Atlanta Botanical Garden – Event Lawn
Sun,  Aug 23  –  Charlotte, NC  @Blumenthal Arts Knight Center
Tue,  Aug 25  –  Kennett Square, PA  @Longwood Gardens Open Air Theater
Wed, Aug 26  –  Bethesda, MD  @Music Center at Strathmore
Fri,  Aug 28  –  Syracuse, NY  @NY State Fair – Chevrolet Court
Sat, Aug 29  – Lowell, MA  @Boarding House Park
Sun, Aug 30  –  Hyannis, MA  @Cape Cod Melody Tent
About Melissa Etheridge:
Melissa Etheridge’s recording career began with the 1988 release of her critically-acclaimed eponymous RIAA double-platinum debut album.  For several years, Melissa’s popularity built around such memorable songs as “Bring Me Some Water” (from her debut), “No Souvenirs” (from Brave And Crazy) and “Ain’t It Heavy” (from  Never Enough), for which she won her first Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal.
Melissa hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am, featuring the massive hits “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” a searing song of longing that brought her second Best Female Rock Grammy.  The album went six times platinum and spent more than two and a half years on the album chart.  Her highest charting album to date, Your Little Secret (#6 on the Billboard Top 200), included the hit single, “I Want to Come Over.”  Her astounding success led Etheridge to receive the Songwriter of the Year honor at the ASCAP Pop Awards.  She has also been honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.