Melissa's 4TH STREET FEELING Tour Kicks Off on October 3, 2012
(July 24, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA) Oscar® and two-time Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge is set to embark on a North American Tour in October 2012 in support of her latest studio album, “4th Street Feeling” (set for release on September 4th on Island Records). Melissa wrote twelve new songs for the album, which features Blair Sinta on drums, Brett Simons on bass, and Zac Rae on keyboards. Melissa takes the lead on vocals, piano, harmonica, banjitar and some of her most stirring lead guitar work to date.
The first single on the album, “Falling Up,” will be available on iTunes beginning August 7th.
Confirmed dates for the tour thus far include:
| Wednesday, October 3rd | Oakland, CA | Fox Theatre |
| Friday, October 5th | Phoenix, AZ | Wild Horse Pass Casino |
| Saturday, October 6th | Las Vegas, NV | The Joint |
| Sunday, October 7th | Long Beach, CA | Long Beach PAC Terrace Theatre |
| Tuesday, October 9th | Denver, CO | Paramount Theatre |
| Thursday, October 11th | Tulsa, OK | Hard Rock Casino – The Joint |
| Friday, October 12th | Austin, TX | Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theatre |
| Saturday, October 13th | Dallas, TX | Majestic Theatre |
| Friday, October 19th | Atlantic City, NJ | Caesars Circus Maximus |
| Saturday, October 20th | New Brunswick, NJ | State Theatre |
| Sunday, October 21st | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theatre |
| Tuesday, October 23rd | Buffalo, NY | Shea's Performing Arts Center |
| Wednesday, October 24th | New York, NY | Hammerstein Ballroom |
| Friday, October 26th | Albany, NY | The Palace Theatre |
| Saturday, October 27th | Westbury, NY | Westbury Theatre |
| Sunday, October 28th | Rochester, NY | Auditorium Theatre |
| Friday, November 2nd | Bethesda, MD | Strathmore Music Center |
| Saturday, November 3rd | York, PA | Strand Performing Arts Center |
| Tuesday, November 6th | Montreal, QC | Theatre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts |
| Wednesday, November 7th | Toronto, ON | Massey Hall |
| Friday, November 9th | Carmel, IN | Carmel Center for the Performing Arts |
| Saturday, November 10th | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre |
| Monday, November 12th | Atlanta, GA | Symphony Hall |
| Tuesday, November 13th | Louisville, KY | Palace Theatre |
In addition to her recording career, Melissa hosts “The Melissa Etheridge Radio Show,” syndicated through Benztown Radio Networks.
In late 2011, Melissa was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and this fall, will be honored by the National Women’s Museum of Art in Washington DC with her inclusion in the exhibition, “Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power.”
About Melissa Etheridge:
Melissa Etheridge has been a core Island Records artist since the 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 the six-times platinum Yes I Am, featuring the massive hits “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window. 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, two Grammy awards, and the Academy Award® in 2007 for her song “I Need To Wake Up.” In 2011, Melissa made her Broadway debut as St. Jimmy in Green Day’s rock opera, American Idiot, and received her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 4th Street Feeling will be Melissa’s 12th studio album for Island Records.