Melissa Etheridge: Last News

Sheryl Crow proved that she was more than “Strong Enough” to hang with the heavyweights of the pop world with her Grammy-winning debut, 1993’s “Tuesday Night Music Club.’Now the 61-year-old singer is joining music’s most exclusive club in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when the induction ceremony takes place Friday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (with the festivities streaming live on Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET).

Broadway box office held steady last week with total grosses for 28 shows tallying up to $28,106,860, with 224,832 ticket buyers paying an average $125.01 per seat.

Merrily We Roll Along, the Sondheim revival starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, cemented its place among Broadway’s top earners during its opening week, grossing $1,706,962, filling all seats at the Hudson and securing the highest average ticket price with $220.88.

Broadway‘s starry Merrily We Roll Along revival had another strong run of previews last week, grossing a hefty $1,471,644 and setting another house record at the Hudson Theatre.

Trish Deitch Before Melissa Etheridge became a stadium rock star, she spent four years playing lesbian bars in and around LA. That atmosphere—a small, rowdy roomful of happy drunken ladies—changed the way she wrote music and performed.

There’s no question that Melissa Etheridge is an inviting performer, whether she’s beckoning through her window or simply asking us to enjoy some of the great rock singing ever – and, yes, at 62 she is still a great rock singer, her raspy voice as rangy, powerful and, when she wants, as subtle as it was during her 1990s breakthrough days.

A trio of new shows joined Broadway last week to mostly decent box office figures as the fall season begins to take shape.

Dolly Parton means business.

Riley Keough would be into working with Nicolas Cage.

Ethan Shanfeld Dolly Parton has reunited the two living Beatles on her new rendition of the band’s classic 1970 single “Let It Be.” Paul McCartney contributes vocals and piano and Starr plays drums on Parton’s cover, joining Peter Frampton on guitar and Mick Fleetwood on additional percussion. “Let It Be” is the latest song to be released ahead of Parton’s upcoming 30-track album “Rockstar,” which she touts as her long-promised first “rock album.” Out Nov.

Melissa Etheridge will not be inviting Rolling Stone to come by her window anytime soon.

Pride Month is more than halfway over, but we’re still celebrating all sorts of LGBTQ+ art! That means that we’ve been playing music from some of our favorite queer hitmakers on repeat.

Melissa Etheridge attended the 2023 Tony Awards the same day she shared some very exciting Broadway news of her own.

Melissa Etheridge is heading to Broadway with her theatrical event Melissa Etheridge: My Window. The limited nine-week residency will begin Thursday, September 14, with the official opening being on Thursday, Septmber 28, at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

Thania Garcia The ASCAP Experience will be hitting the Avalon in Los Angeles on June 21 for its first in-person iteration since 2019 to celebrate, educate and connect aspiring songwriters and composers. The informational event will host an impressive lineup of chart-topping creators such as Sarah Hudson (Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello) and Leon Thomas III (Ariana Grande, Rick Ross), rapper and producer Hitmaka (Big Sean, Nicki Minaj), singer-songwriter and producer Steph Jones (Selena Gomez, Kelsea Ballerini), songwriter and producer Darrell Brown (Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes), producer Neff-U (Justin Bieber, Sia) and more to be announced. Formerly known as the ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, the 2023 ASCAP Experience boasts a stacked schedule of curated motivational and informative panels about songwriting and music-making. This year’s panels are “The Hitmakers,” “Social Listening: Building a Music Career in the Social Media Age,” “Get Heard: Live Song Feedback,” “Writers Jam,” and “Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” a special conversation with some of the genre’s most influential contributors.

Stagecoach Music Festival will land at Indio’s Empire Polo Field from Friday and bring along some of the biggest names in country music to party all weekend long.Just a few of the major acts lined up for the three-day weekend include superstars Luke Bryan, Kane Brown, Chris Stapleton, Jon Pardi and Brooks and Dunn.Plus, Old Dominion, Gabby Barrett, Riley Green, Parker McCollum and Tyler Childers will be there too.To top it all off, a few novelty non-country acts are set to appear as well.This year’s counter programming has ZZ Top, Melissa Etheridge, Nelly, Diplo and Bryan Adams ready to go for fans looking to mix things up.Now, that’s a lineup.And we didn’t even mention Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse “celebrating regional BBQ favorites from across the country.”Need last-minute tickets?At the time of publication, the cheapest three-day general admission passes we could find was $513 before fees on Vivid Seats.If that’s still too steep a price for you, we have a solution.For fans that want to go but need a bit more time to accumulate capital, you can make four interest-free payments via Klarna on Vivid Seats.Looking for more information before committing?Keep reading — we’ve got everything you need to know and more.Want to see every act playing Stagecoach and what days they’re performing?Check out the festival’s official lineup below for a closer picture of who to expect on which day.A post shared by Stagecoach (@stagecoach)The New York Post’s senior music festival expert P.J.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Amazon has come on board this month’s Stagecoach Festival in California to provide a livestream of the country music gathering. Live action from the April 28-30 festival in Indio will be streamed on both Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch channel. It marks the second year that the festival will be extensively streamed, albeit the first involving Amazon. In 2022, Stagecoach livestreamed most of the main attractions on its own YouTube channel. In some years prior to that, Yahoo had had exclusive rights to stream select artists’ sets. Coverage from the festival will begin at 3 p.m. each of the festival’s three days. Stagecoach and Amazon did not immediately reveal how many or which sets will be streamed from the festival; a press release promised that performances from the Mane Stage will be seen.

Top Gun: Maverick, there are a handful of fellow members of the LGBTQ community who have won the Best Original Song Oscar.Elton JohnTo this day, Elton John remains the only LGBTQ artist to snag Best Original Song at the Oscars more than once.The piano player won his first trophy back in 1994, and interestingly enough, he actually beat himself for the prize. In fact, John and collaborator and lyricist Tim Rice claimed three of the five spots in the category that year with their work from Disney’s The Lion King.The duo collected the trophy for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” and they were also nominated for the honor for both “Circle of Life” and “Hakuna Matata.John would go on to double his loot in 2019 with the track “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from his own bio pic Rocketman.

Madonna, Guns N’ Roses, Duran Duran, B-52s, Bruce Springsteen and many, many more.In fact, over 100 more.You wouldn’t believe it but A Flock of Seagulls, Rick Springfield, Slick Rick, Kenny G and Billy Idol are all performing live over the next few months as well.With that being said, it doesn’t matter if singling along to “Like A Virgin,” “Welcome to the Jungle” or “Born In The U.S.A.” sends you back — we’ve got ‘something for everyone.Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of 107 rock, pop, hard rock, alternative rock, new wave, R&B, hip-hop, jazz, folk, country, punk and Latin concert options to choose from.Plus, if you scroll to the bottom we have the ultimate ’80s-tastic festival.So, if you want to re-live your Gen X glory days or catch your favorite group live for the first time, here’s who you have to see and everything you need to know about each and every tour from opening acts to tour dates to how to get tickets.Now, fire up the time machine (and grab your shoulder pads, leg warmers, and gold lamé leotards while you’re at it) — we’re going back to the ’80s.Runs March 2 through Dec. 10(co-headlining w/ Stevie Nicks on select dates as part of ‘Two Icons, One Night’ Tour)Runs March 10 through Nov. 10(co-headlining w/ Billy Joel on select dates as part of ‘Two Icons, One Night’ Tour)Runs March 10 through Nov. 10Runs April 16 through May 8Featuring Toto on select datesRuns March 1 through May 19Runs March 1 through April 8Runs March 1 through June 24Featuring John MayerRuns May 4 through July 16Runs April 27 through June 30Featuring Loverboy on select datesRuns March 24 through Sept. 30Runs March 30 through Sept. 3Featuring Iggy Pop, The Strokes, St. Vincent, Mars Volta, The Roots and moreRuns March 29 through July

Adam Lambert has been proudly gay since bursting on the scene as a contestant on the eighth season of “Amercian Idol”.

Melissa Etheridge paid tribute to David Crosby following news of his death Thursday at the age of 81, thanking him for 'the gift of family' he gave her and her former partner Julie Cypher as a sperm donor for their two children, daughter Bailey and late son Beckett.'I am grieving the loss of my friend, and Bailey’s and Beckett’s biological father, David,' the singer-songwriter, 61, said on Instagram. 'He gave me the gift of family.