Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday, June 1 for Melissa Etheridge’s Aug. 25 concert at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Westport.
Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Etheridge has remained one of America’s favorite female singer-songwriters for more than two decades.
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Melissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which led to an appearance on the 1989 Grammy Awards show.
For several years, her popularity grew around such memorable originals as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs” and “Ain’t It Heavy,” for which she won a Grammy in 1992.
Photo by Tina Lawson on Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons
Melissa Etheridge performing at the Ohio State Fair, August 2008
Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am (1993). The collection featured the massive hits, “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” a searing song of longing that brought Etheridge her second Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance.
In 1995, Etheridge issued her highest charting album, Your Little Secret, which was distinguished by the hit single, “I Want to Come Over.” Her astounding success that year led to Etheridge receiving the Songwriter of the Year honor at the ASCAP Pop Awards in 1996.
On Oct. 7, 2016 Melissa Etheridge released Memphis Rock & Soul, her first album since 2014’s critically lauded This Is M.E. Recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis, the album has received stellar reviews from the likes of Entertainment Weekly, Parade, Rolling Stone, American Songwriter and more.
Guitar World raved “the album is a triumphant application of Etheridge’s signature rasp and substantial guitar chops to this classic genre,” while Edge Media Network declared Melissa “is a singer who can fire it up like Janis Joplin, touch the heart like Elvis Presley and steam up the windows like her musical hero, Otis Redding.”
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TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW WILL GO ON SALE TO PUBLIC via LEVITTPAVILION.COMAT NOON ON JUNE 1.
Concert-Only Tickets, General Admission
Patron Section: $85 / $75 (Member)
Preferred Section: $105 / $95 (Member)
Gala + Concert Tickets
Premium Section from $275 / $250 (Member)
Includes Pre-Concert Cocktail Party and After-Party
Note: For this ticketed event, chairs are provided for all concert-goers; seating is general admission within each section. This concert is rain or shine.
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Proceeds from this special event help to underwrite the Levitt Pavilion’s Summer Season featuring our signature “50 FREE Nights under the Stars”!