MELISSA ETHERIDGE is going back where she belongs: on stage. Now, after an eventful two-year hiatus from touring, she?s returning ? happy, healthy and ready to rock. 40-city trek kicks off June 17 in Las Vegas and will wind throughout the U.S. and Canada. ?Being on the road this summer will give me a chance to reconnect with my fans and friends, play some new songs and remember some old ones,? says the eager Etheridge. ?I can't wait.? It?s not like Etheridge has been taking it easy for the past two years. Her tour supporting the acclaimed 2004 album Lucky was interrupted by a diagnosis of breast cancer, the successful treatment of which was capped off by her inspiring surprise performance on the 2005 Grammy Awards Show, bringing down the house with a boisterous, buoyant version of ?Piece of My Heart.? The tour will draw on Etheridge?s story so far, highlighting favorites from her vast, hit-filled catalog plus a few choice covers and surprises. With more than 30 million albums sold, two Grammy Awards and ASCAP?s Songwriter of the Year honors among many accolades, Etheridge has been one of rock?s strongest and most-beloved figures since her 1988 debut album, Melissa Etheridge. With the hits ?Bring Me Some Water? and ?Like I Do,? the album introduced a singular, passionate singer and songwriter. The following year?s ?Brave and Crazy? expanded her artistic reach and saw her intense fan following grow dramatically. ?Never Enough? (1992) earned Etheridge the best female rock Grammy for the song ?Ain?t It Heavy.? In 1993 she broke through to huge mainstream success with the massive hit album ?Yes I Am,? powered by two songs that became radio staples: ?Come to My Window? (also a Grammy winner) and ?I?m the Only One.? With 1995?s ?Your Little Secret? she continued explorations of personal ? yet universal ? themes, this time with some dark turns. Breakdown, released in 1999, featured ?Scarecrow,? her wrenching tribute to Matthew Shepard, the young gay Wyoming man brutally murdered the year before. 2001?s Skin proved a particularly revealing album of love and loss. Lucky celebrated new love, family and hope, the spirit of which never flagged throughout her diagnosis and treatment. And now, with her 2006 tour, she starts the process not of resumption, but of renewal.
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