You can visit here every once in a while, to stay informed about your favorite rockstar.

23/08/2005

Waaaah!! Melissa is is releasing a greatest hits album called 'The Road Less Traveled' on the 18th of October! Pre-order your copy now at Amazon!

Melissa cancerfree!
Melissa stated she is cancerfree and she also said she wants to be a mom again! She and Tammy want to have a child together!!

27/06/2005

Melissa's new single!!

Melissa released a new single. It's a cover of Tom Petty's song called 'Refugee'. “I decided to cover ‘Refugee' because I wanted a song that spoke to my heart, my mind and my soul about where I was at, and a song I could share with an audience that I knew they could relate to, a song that was recognizable but that I could make my own. And considering what I'd been through, and what I seem to be representing now in my life, I think ‘Refugee' speaks to it perfectly.” Etheridge says.

22/06/2005

Below there are some pictures of Melissa at the 2005 annual BIO convetion. Look at her hair!! It's growing back so quickly!

20/06/2005

Melissa makes Entertainment Weekly's 2nd Annual "Must List" of the 122 things the magazine loves. Melissa's featurette and photo appear on page 77. Pick up your copy today!

07/06/2005

Melissa Etheridge and golf legend Arnold Palmer will share their stories of surviving cancer at the annual BIO 2005 convention. The convention will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center from June 19th till June 22nd. They'll both speak on the 22nd of June. 

20/04/2005

Melissa performed last night at a reception in her honour celebrating her being named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. The reception was held at Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City and was hosted by Leopold Management and Island Records. For some pictures that were taken that night visit The Wire Image Website

11/04/2005

Melissa has been named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Not only for being who she is and her personal life, as her career and her bravely going public with her fight against breast cancer and her stunning performance at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.

07/04/2005

Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart available now for download on ITunes! Click the ITunes logo to go directly to their site!

15/02/2005

Melissa and Joss Stone gave away a WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL show at the Grammy Awards last Sunday. Man, did that rock! It was just a wonderful combination to have Melissa and Joss sing Janis Joplin together! And Melissa gained a lot of respect from me to show up just completely bald! I think she looks amazing! I bet it takes a lot of courage to do a thing like that, and I can say now that I'm very, very proud of her to make a decision like that. Now I know for sure this feeling of admiration will never ever go away! You can watch the performance of Melissa and Joss, along with some interviews on Cincheetah's sounds and sights page

13/02/2005

Be sure to tune in on the Grammy Awards tonight at 8 p.m. on CBS!!!

09/02/2005

Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone will perform together at this years Grammy Awards show to honour the legend of Janis Joplin. Etheridge and Stone are both nominated. Melissa is nominated in the category of Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for her single Breathe, and newcomer Joss  Stone is nominated for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("You Had Me") and Best Pop Vocal Album (Mind, Body & Soul). The 47th Annual Grammy Awards telecast will take place on February 13 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.com.

28/01/2005

Melissa has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Music Artist for her album Lucky by The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). The 16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards will be held in New York on March 28, 2005 at the New York Marriott Marquis; in Los Angeles on April 30 at the Kodak Theatre; and in San Francisco on June 11 at the Westin St. Francis. Click here for information and a list of nominees. Cartier's "Menotte Bracelets" ad, which featured Melissa and wife Tammy Lynn Michaels was also nominated in the Outstanding Advertising - Print category.

Message from Melissa from the MEIN Board 19/01/2005:

Hello there boardies! I just wanted to give you a quick hello and tell you I am doing fine. I recieved my last chemo treatment (yuk) 3 weeks ago. I am on to radiation and then I will be done with all of this. It has been quite a journey, one which I could not have done without the love and support of my sweet wife Tammy.
Be sure and tune into the Grammys on Feb. 13th (I think that's the date...chemo brain) for a little surprise, but I warn you...I am bald. Yep, all of that fine full dyed blond hair is gone. It will grow back, slowly.
Thank you for all of your well wishes.
See you soon.
Melissa
 

19/12/2004

Melissa Etheridge World wishes you a Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!!

7/12/2004

Melissa Nominated For Grammy!
Melissa has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for "Breathe" off her eighth album for Island Records, Lucky.

Here is a list of those nominated in Melissa's category:

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
"Wonderwall"
Ryan Adams
Track from: Love Is Hell
[Lost Highway Records]

"The Revolution Starts Now"
Steve Earle
Track from: The Revolution Starts...Now
[Artemis Records/E-Squared]

"Breathe"
Melissa Etheridge
Track from: Lucky
[Island Records]

"Code Of Silence"
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: The Essential Bruce Springsteen
[Columbia Records]

"Metropolitan Glide"
Tom Waits
[Anti]

Congratulations Melissa! Hope you'll win!!!!
 

15/10/2004

Melissa has underwent two surgeries, and is home now recovering. She's doing well, writing original songs for the DVD release of the film Brother Bear 2, and she is continuing to develop her ABC Sitcom. She's also writing new songs for her Greatest Hits album. You see, she just keeps on going like it's Never Enough!! I think Melissa deserves huge admiration from all of her fans for not stopping with making music after this. She's sucha strong personality. Following is a note Melissa left on the Support Message Board as a thank you to all of her fans:

Hi there, it's Melissa. I am at home recovering from my two surgeries. Wow, I didn't see this coming. But the good news is they took out the tumor and a few lymph nodes, only one of which was positive...the centinal node (for those that know breast cancer speak). After that my margins are clean! I still have both of my breasts and whether I will keep them is a bridge I have to cross later. What an unexpected journey this is.

Now, thank you all for your messages of support and love. Thank you for being the best fans in the world. Thank you for organizing and making those bracelets. I am humbled by your love and caring.

I will be entering the phase of chemotherapy next. Who knows what that will bring. I will be writing songs for the greatest hits album and after...(The Pink album, maybe?) I will be working on the pilot for ABC, and hanging with Tammy and the kids. I imagine you will see me again around the beginning of the year.

Tammy has been the greatest through this, her love is the most healing power I have ever known, and she makes me laugh. Thanks Tam.

So, have a great fall and holiday season, PLEASE vote on Nov. 2nd. and I will be back and rockin' in just a few months!

Be strong, speak true...
with love
Melissa Etheridge

For more information on the Pink Bracelet Fund click here. You can order your Pink Bracelet there and find all of the information you need on doing donations and the idea behind the bracelets.

08/10/2004

LOS ANGELES - Singer Melissa Etheridge (news) has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has canceled upcoming tour dates to undergo treatment, her publicist said Thursday.
Etheridge, 43, will undergo surgery and a "speedy and complete recovery" is expected by her doctor, publicist Marcel Pariseau said in a statement.

The cancer was detected early and Etheridge has been receiving treatment, Pariseau said.

"I am fortunate to be under a wonderful doctor's care and thankful that this was caught early," Etheridge said in the statement. "I am looking forward to a quick and full recovery."

Etheridge and actress Tammy Lynn Michaels held a commitment ceremony in September 2003. The musician, who lives in Los Angeles, shares custody of a daughter and son with former partner Julie Cypher, who had the children through artificial insemination using a sperm donation from rocker David Crosby (news).

Etheridge's latest album, "Lucky," was released in February. Refunds for tickets to her upcoming shows will be available where they were bought; the entertainer's Web site says she had been scheduled to play 11 dates in seven cities this month.

29/09/2004

Melissa To Star On Sitcom!
Exciting news! Melissa is set to star on a new sitcom! It centers on a gay woman (Melissa), a music teacher who lives with her best friend, a straight man. The two are raising the daughter of another friend. For more details on Melissa's new venture, check out The Hollywood Reporter's article!
 

28/09/2004

Melissa Etheridge's new Lucky Live DVD will hit stores today!!! Enjoy!

21/07/2004

13/07/2004 concert pics added!! I took these pictures myself in Amsterdam. You can view these new added pictures by clicking here. I think both of the shows in Amsterdam rocked, Melissa has really outdone herself again! She started of the show with the title song 'Lucky', and she was very into the people in the audience. She reacted to a lot of things that were said by them, and it really showed how 'lucky' she must be feeling. I can't say anything different than that I'm really really glad for Melissa that she met Tammy, cause she really deserves to be happy. I hope I'll ever meet someone that has such a positive effect on me to be my partner in life.

08/07/2004

Melissa's new Get Lucky Tonight DVD will be released on the 28th of September this year and here is a list of songs that will be on it:

Opening Title/ "Lucky"
"Will You Still Love Me"
"If You Want Me To"
"Breathe"
"When You Find The One"
"Secret Agent"
"Mercy"
"The Good Girls & Boys"
"Tuesday Morning"
"Meet Me In The Dark"
"This Moment"
"Kiss Me"
"Come On Out Tonight"
"Giant"/Goodbye/Credits

The DVD was taped at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on saturday the 17th of April, and it will hit stores on the 28th of September. There will be 2 versions available of this DVD;  one featuring just the DVD, and the other version will contain the DVD plus a live audio cd of the show as well.

29/06/2004

Melissa's new video for the single 'This Moment' can be viewed now at vh1.com! The video was shot on the same night as the material for the new Get Lucky Tonight DVD on saturday the 17th of April 2004. This DVD was directed by Michael Simon, who also directed the Live And Alone DVD. The behind-the-scenes footage was shot in New York on the same day and will also be on the DVD. This video is a little preview on the DVD which will be released in September of this year. It all looks very promising to me!!!

24/06/2004

WASHINGTON - Melissa Etheridge is speaking out against the Federal Marriage Amendment in a new online ad released by the Human Rights Campaign. "Is that what America is about?" Etheridge rhetorically asks in the ad when pondering same-sex couples being denied marriage rights. "We must fight this attack on our community from every part of
our community," said HRC President Cheryl Jacques. "We thank Melissa for her time and energy in fighting this attempt to write discrimination into our Constitution."

The U.S. Senate is expected to take up the Federal Marriage Amendment mid-July. This ad is a series of steps HRC is taking to motivate our community to contact their legislators and talk to family and friends about why the FMA is discriminatory, unnecessary, unwise, and undermines the constitution.

The ad features Etheridge strumming her guitar in a hotel room. The script follows:

"I grew up thinking you could do anything, and be anything, because that was the American dream. But because I'm gay... I'm denied that. Because of people's prejudices, I'm denied a civil right. Because I'm gay... I can never get married. Is that what America is about? I don't know... That's not the America I was raised in."

[text] Don't write discrimination into the Constitution.
[text] Stop the Federal Marriage Amendment. Go to www.hrc.org

The ad can be viewed by visiting www.hrc.org/ads

The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender political organization with members throughout the country. It effectively lobbies Congress, provides campaign support and educates the public to ensure that LGBT Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.

29/05/2004

Happy 43rd birthday Melissa!!! Have a nice day!

04/04/2004

Welcome to my new website! I had to restyle it completely because my computer screwed up! I lost everything! So here I am, trying to make a nice new site on Melissa Etheridge. I had to change it for a little while and my computer crashing and making me have to delete everything was just a wonderful occasion to force myself to do it. I like it very much, and I hope you do too!!

31/03/2004

Melissa will release a brand new DVD this coming fall! The DVD will give you a front row view of her Get Lucky Tonight tour! Filming will take place at the Roseland Ballroom in New York on April 17, 2004. As a special feature, M.E.I.N. members are asked to submit a question which, if selected, will be posed to Melissa and featured on the Get Lucky Tonight DVD!

21/03/2004

Sorry, I couldn't put this news on here earlier, because I was experiencing techinal difficulties with my computer. MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO PERFORM IN AMSTERDAM!!!!! Isn't this the best news we have heard all year, Diehard Dutchies?! That's wonderful huh! I'm so glad she will rock Holland again. The show will take place in the Heineken Music Hall on the 12th of July, and tickets are avaliable now at a price of 42,50 Euros per ticket! This is maybe nice to say here too: I bought the first ticket in the place where I live in!! I waited 2 hours and a quarter in front of the closed post office for that, and believe me, it was soooooooo worth it!

10/02/2004

Melissa's new album 'Lucky' was released today! I just heard it, and it's a wonderful album!! The songs surely tell me that the title of the album truly resembles Melissa in everyway! A great new album with 13 new outstanding songs! I say you should get it today! My favorite songs now are This Moment and Meet Me In The Dark. But when I sing along with Meet Me In The Dark I sometimes mess up the lyrics with Meet Me In The Back (lol). Dumbass I am.... Well just get the album ok? It's great!! You can Listen & Watch "Breathe" the first single from Melissa's new album now! Just hit the link!

27/01/2004

Ok, you got me... I'm not typing this at the date that is says above here, but this is the day that the event took place and that's why I'm listing it under this date. On this date, Melissa was in Holland, because she was playing her new song 'Breathe' at the Dutch Staatsloterijshow (now you try to pronounce that, English peeps!:-P) and I was there when the show was broadcasted. It was just a great experience and I so want to thank Babette (employee at Endemol productions) for what she did for me to arrange tickets to get it. She also arranged Melissa's signature for me which I find so very nice of her!! And Melissa also waved at me!!! I was so happy during and after the show (still am)!!! this was to closest to Melissa I ever got! So I'm still in the seventh heaven but I'm coming down, ready to get up again when the European tourdates will be listed on MEIN. You see, NEVER ENOUGH!!!!! And yes, you have seen the picture of the autograph before, but I thought I'd show it here again, because I'm so damn proud of it!!! ;-)

24/12/2003

I'd like to wish all of my visitors a merry christmas and a happy new year!!! May the new year bring all of us all the luck we need! Let 2004 be a wonderful year! Be sure you'll spend it healthy!! All the best wishes from me to you in the new year! Let's also hope 2004 will be yet another inspiring year for Melissa!

24/11/2003

Melissa's New Album Lucky In Stores February 10, 2004!
Melissa's new album Lucky will hit record stores on February 10, 2004! The first single released from the album entitled, "Breathe" will be added to radio Monday, January 12, 2004. Click here for a list of promotional radio appearances and show dates that Melissa will do throughout the month of December!

31/10/2003

Melissa Etheridge will appear and perform on the Oprah Winfrey show on Tuesday the 4th of November! The show will also contain performances of Shania Twain and Dolly Parton. The episode will be focus on the release of the "Just Because I'm A Woman" tribute to Dolly Parton cd, which you can also win on my website, click on the "Win!" button in the menu for more information! And stay tuned!

30/10/2003

Recently  the "Just Because I'm a Woman, Songs of Dolly Parton" Album got released, it also contains a recording of Melissa Etheridge singing the song "I Will Always Love you". And guess what? You have the chance to win on of the three copies I got! I bet you want that! You can click here and you will be taken to the Win page!

24/09/2003

And finally we got it confirmed! the Moment every Melissa Etheridge fan was waiting for! Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels got married last weekend!!! It's confirmed by M.E.I.N., also with this wonderful picture that was taken on this wonderful day!! They got married in front of family and friends in Malibu, California.

For the intimate ceremony both Melissa and Tammy wore designs by Badgley Mischka. Melissa wore a custom-made candlelight pantsuit of a linen jacket with beaded accent and crepe trousers. Tammy wore a white lace coat with crystal embellished scalloped trim over a white matte jersey gown. Rafinity designed the two identical custom-made platinum and diamond wedding bands.

In a joint statement they said, “We are so grateful for the blessings from our friends and family as we commence our vows, and begin the rest of our lives together.”

Melissa Etheridge will be releasing her 8th studio album for Island Records in January 2004 and Tammy Lynn Michaels (“Popular”) will next be seen in a recurring role in the Showtime drama “The L Word.” It’s the first domestic partnership for both. The couple shares a home in Los Angeles with Etheridge’s two children.

19/09/2003

Ok, I got two little pieces of news about our rock legend.

First:

The international release date for the Deluxe Edition of Melissa's debut album will be October 6th. This international release date holds for the following countries:

Austria
Australia
Belgium
Chile
France
Germany
Greece
Holland
Italy
Norway
New Zealand
Russia
Singapore
Sweden
Switzerland

If your country is not in this list, the release date will be the same as posted before, which is the 23rd of September, and for people in the UK the 15th of September.

Second:

Remember the Sesame Street episode Melissa was guest in? She played her song "Like The Way I Do" but the lyrics were remade especially for Sesame Street so they would make a nice song about the letter U. And yes, this song is now available to you! It's on the Semsame Street compilation called Songs From the Street — 35 Years of Music: The Ultimate Sesame Street Collection. The compilation also contains songs from other artists that also have been a guest on the Sesame Street show. For example; would you like to hear BB King and Kermit The Frog sing a song together? Of course! Well exactly, run to your local cd store and get this album! As you can see, Melissa had a good time with the her three Muppet friends!
 

11/09/2003

God! the latest romour I heard is that Melissa and Tammy are getting married this weekend! So, you know what you gotta do! Send your congratulations and regards to them soon! Nothing is confirmed by M.E.I.N. yet, but maybe they say it's something private and that it should not be mentioned on the website. Well anyway, this is the latest rumour that I've heard... So I gotta get a nice card for them soon! Meet you at the post office! 

09/09/2003

So, have I got news for you! There is a RUMOUR (I'm not sure whether it is really true yet, because M.E.I.N. didn't confirm anything yet.) that Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels are going to get married this Christmas! So, I heard on The Music Factory (a Dutch Music Channel). Of course I'll keep you well informed, about any confirmation or anything coming from M.E.I.N., cause only then we know for sure!

13/8/2003

Deluxe Edition Melissa Etheridge on sale September 23, 2003!
The Deluxe Edition of Melissa's first album, a re-release of her debut album called Melissa Etheridge, will be on sale on the 23rd of September (in the U.K. this will be the 15th of September). The Deluxe Edition contains to disks, the first disc will be a re-mastered version of the original album. Disc two contains the following live material:

Live at The Roxy, October 11 1988

Chrome Plated Heart
Don't You Need
Similar Features
Precious Pain
Occasionally
The Late September Dogs
Watching You
I Want You
Bring Me Some Water
Like The Way I Do

Radio Trent (BBC) Solo Acoustic Performance, April 25 1988

Chrome Plated Heart
Don't You Need
Similar Features
Bring Me Some Water
Precious Pain

The cd comes with a 28-page booklet which contains some photos of the cover-shoot of the original album along with a new piece by Steve Hochman of the LA Times about Melissa. You see, I just gave you enough reasons to run to your cd-store on the 23rd (or the 15th) of September, see you there!!

11/8/2003

Melissa's "Live...and Alone" DVD Nominee for the 6th Annual DVD Awards!
Melissa's music DVD "Live and Alone" is up for an award in the category of Best DVD-Video Music for the 6th Annual DVD Awards! In Hollywood this is regognized as the most prestigious award in DVD land! Please vote for her DVD, cause, don't we all just want her to win?! Click here to cast your vote for Melissa's "Live...and Alone" DVD! Click here for a report on the awards and also a list of nominees.Melissa, congratulations!

3/7/2003

Melissa's "Come To My Window " - VH1's Number 91 Song Of The Past 25 Years!
Melissa's song "Come To My Window" came in at number 91 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the past 25 years! She did a great job there, huh? If you want to know who else is on that list, click here. I watched the list, and I think it's a fair list. Congratulations to Melissa!

16/5/2003

On this date, Radio broadcasted the first sattelite concert that Melissa took part in. They started a competition, in which you had to think of an original question to ask Melissa. And it seemed that my questions were original enough, cause I won an invitation to come to the studio, and witness it all live. There were like fifty people invited, so it was a very cozy show. It was a wonderful experience that I won't soon forget. A big tv-screen was put in the canteen of the radio station. On the tv-screen you could see Melissa play three live songs. She was is a studio in Los Angeles, and we could witness her doing that, because it was sent to us through the sattelite. After the three songs Melissa played us, the DVD-film was shown. It was almost the same as the regular DVD, but a few songs were left out. When the DVD was done, they connected through sattelite to Melissa again, and lucky fan Sasja got to ask Melissa her question. Well no actually, not HER question. Melissas management did not allow Sasja to ask Melissa the question she came up with, so she had to think of other ones. She came up with good questions. The atmosphere was very cozy, and it was a great experience for a Melissa Etheridge fan like me. The three songs Melissa played were also live in Curry & KidV's radioshow. Before Melissa started playing, Angela 'Woodenshoe' messed up their radioshow in a funny way, by running into the studio, where Curry&KidV were broadcasting live, and she grabbed Adam Curry in the ass. If you listened to the radio broadcast, you must have noticed! On the picture below you can see some of the people that were there, I'm on there somewhere too, but I haven't found myself yet.

Melissa played three new songs, that will be on the new album that will be released at the end of this year. The songs were called: 'When You Find The One', 'Good Enough' and 'Giant'. Soon you can hear fragments of those new songs on my audiosite, if you want them now, check out Chincheetah's sounds and sights page. 

14/5/2003

I won tickets for the radio 2 sattelite broadcast with Melissa Etheridge! Come back soon for the full report!!

15/4/2003

MELISSA ETHERIDGE AND TAMMY LYNN MICHAELS ENGAGED!!

Los Angeles, CA -- Two-time Grammy Award winner, singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge, 41 and actress Tammy Lynn Michaels (“Popular”), 28 are please to announce their engagement. They are planning a 2003 Holiday wedding. This is the first wedding for both of them. Etheridge has two children from a previous relationship. They plan to continue residing in Los Angeles after the wedding.