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Melissa Etheridge fills in summer tour gaps
Melissa Etheridge has fleshed out her tour schedule significantly as the launch date for her 2008 summer roadtrip draws closer.
The singer/songwriter has added dates all over the country to the outing, which kicks off June 15 in Clearwater, Fl, and finds the performer supporting last year's "The Awakening," her first new studio release since 2004.
With the new additions to the itinerary, Etheridge will hit almost 50 cities on the tour. Members of the singer's online fan club--the Melissa Etheridge Information Network--will receive priority ticketing for most of the shows. More information about the club can be found at the performer's official website.
"The Awakening," Etheridge's ninth studio album, hit stores last September. The disc was co-produced with David Cole and features Etheridge's regular touring bandmates: guitarist Philip Sayce, bassist Mark Browne and drummer Mauricio 'Fritz' Lewak.
The album debuted at number 13 on The Billboard 200 chart, selling about 48,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set's first single, "Message to Myself," peaked at No. 25 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.
Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up" took home the award last year for Best Original Song after being featured in former Vice President Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." The song appears on the enhanced version of the singer's 2005 greatest-hits album, "The Road Less Traveled," although it does not appear on the standard version of the disc.
