Melissa Etheridge announces “Revival” tour

Melissa Etheridge

Multi-platinum, Oscar and two-time Grammy Award winning Island Records artist Melissa Etheridge makes a timely summer return to the road for The Revival Tour 2008, her first major headlining North American tour in two years, opening June 15th at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida. The 48-city schedule, with several multiple night engagements along the way, works its way across the U.S. and Canada for 12 weeks, wrapping up September 9th at Midland Theatre in Kansas City. (Please see complete tour itinerary below.)

“I love to perform live, and I am on a new journey in my life,” Melissa says. “Put those two things together, and you have my Revival Tour. I’ll be playing the favorites along with album cuts and songs from The Awakening to tell my story. I hope you enjoy it.”

The Revival Tour 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of Melissa Etheridge’s self-titled RIAA multi-platinum debut album on Island in May 1988. One of rock’s most celebrated debuts, it contained her first four chart singles: “Bring Me Some Water,” “Like the Way I Do,” “Similar Features,” and “Chrome Plated Heart.” 19 years later, in September 2007, Melissa released her most recent (ninth) studio album, The Awakening, featuring “Message To Myself.” The concept album was ranked #20 by Rolling Stone magazine on its list of the 50 Top Albums of 2007.

2007 was a landmark year for Melissa Etheridge, beginning at the Academy Awards on February 25th, when “I Need To Wake Up” won the Oscar for Best Original Song, from Al Gore’s Academy Award winning documentary of 2006, An Inconvenient Truth. Three weeks before the Oscars, the song was issued commercially (for the first time) as a closing bonus track on the enhanced version of Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, her 17- (now 18-) song RIAA gold career anthology, originally compiled and released in 2005.

In July 2007, Melissa Etheridge joined the all-star cast of participants at Live Earth, where she introduced Al Gore to the crowd at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Live Earth’s emphasis on the perils of global warming underscored the continuing relevance of “I Need To Wake Up.” Melissa reprised the song at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, co-starring Earth, Wind & Fire, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys and others, attended by Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, and broadcast to over 100 countries.

MELISSA ETHERIDGE: THE REVIVAL TOUR 2008

Date City Venue

June 15 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall

16 Orlando, FL Bob Carr Performing Arts Center

17 Boca Raton, FL Mizner Park Amphitheatre

19 Jacksonville, FL The Florida Theatre

20 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre

21 Louisville, KY Palace Theatre

24 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium

25 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall

27 Wilkes-Barre, PA F.M. Kirby Center for Performing Arts

28 Albany, NY Palace Theatre

29 Danbury, CT Ives Concert Park

July 1-2 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent

4 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Events Center

5 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion

6 Newport, RI Newport Yachting Center

9-10 New York, NY WAMU Theater formerly the Theatre at MSG

11 Northampton, MA The Pines

13 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands Perf. Arts Center CMAC

15 Reading, PA Sovereign Performing Arts Center

16 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid Hudson Civic Center

18 -19 Lowell MA Lowell Memorial Auditorium

21 Montreal, Que. Salle Wilfred Pelletier Place des Arts

22 Ottawa, Ont. National Arts Center

23 Quebec City, Que. Grand Theatre de Quebec

25 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods

26 Shelburne, VT Ben and Jerry’s Concerts on the Green at

Shelburne Museum

28 Toronto, Ont. Massey Hall

30 Madison, WI Overture Center for the Arts

31 Indianapolis, IN Clowes Memorial Hall

Aug. 2 Columbus, OH Celeste Center at the Ohio State Fair

3 Detroit, MI Opera House

7-8 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre

9 St. Paul, MN The O’Shaughnessey Auditorium

11 St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre

13 Austin, TX Paramount Theatre

14 Houston, TX Alice & George Brown Theatre

15 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie

17 Albuquerque, NM Sandia Casino Amphitheatre

18 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre

20 Santa Rosa, CA Wells Fargo Center for the Arts

22 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheatre

23 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

24 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre

26 Denver, CO Human Rights Campaign Event at the Fillmore

28 Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre

29 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre

30 San Diego, CA Concerts In The Park (Alpine)

Sept. 9 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre


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3 responses to “Melissa Etheridge announces “Revival” tour”

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    Anonymous

    Is she playing with her band? Can’t find that info anywhere.

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    sabrina

    Does she have an opening act? Does anyone know?

  3. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    She is playing with her band.

    She does not have an opening act.

    She still ROCKS like no one else can!

    She performed for over 3 hours without stopping at her first stop on her new tour (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL.)!

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