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Etheridge has released nine albums since signing her first major
recording contract in 1987. Three of them have gone multi-platinum:
Melissa Etheridge (1988), Yes I Am (1993) and Your Little Secret (1995).
Two others went platinum, and two more gold.
She has won the Grammy award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
twice in her career, for the song "Ain't It Heavy" in 1992 and "Come to
My Window," in 1994.
In October 2004, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the 2005
Grammy Awards, she made a return to the stage and, although bald from
chemotherapy, performed in tribute to Janis Joplin with Joss Stone.
Etheridge was praised for her performance, which was considered one of
the highlights of the show.
Etheridge has admitted to using medicinal marijuana while she was
receiving chemotherapy. [citation needed] She said that the drug
improved her mood and increased her appetite. Chemotherapy patients
often have difficulty eating because of severe nausea.
On September 10, 2005, Etheridge participated in ReAct Now: Music &
Relief, a telethon in support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, MTV,
VH1, and CMT. ReAct Now: Music & Relief, part of an ongoing effort by
MTV, VH1, CMT, will seek to raise funds for the American Red Cross, the
Salvation Army, America's Second Harvest. Etheridge introduced a new
song specially written for the occasion called Four Days. The a cappella
song included themes and images that were on the news during the
aftermath of the hurricane.
On November 15, 2005, she appeared on the Tonight Show to perform her
song "I Run For Life," which references her illness and her
determination to overcome it. After her performance, Jay Leno told her,
"Thanks for being a fighter, kiddo."
Etheridge is also famous as a gay rights activist, having publicly come
out as a lesbian during President Bill Clinton's first inauguration in
January 1993. She had a long-term partnership with Julie Cypher, with
whom she had two children, Bailey Jean, born February 1997, and Beckett,
born November 1998, via a sperm donor, David Crosby. However, in 2000,
Cypher began to reconsider her sexuality, and on September 19, 2000,
they announced they were separating. In 2001, Etheridge documented this
and other experiences in her memoir The Truth Is... My Life in Love and
Music. In it, she recounts that she was molested by her sister,
Jennifer, over five years as a child, and mentions an alleged affair
Cypher had with k.d. lang.
After splitting from Cypher, she went on to exchange vows in a 2003
commitment ceremony with actress Tammy Lynn Michaels. In April 2006, the
couple announced that Michaels was pregnant with twins via a sperm
donor. She is due in fall 2006.
In October 2005, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Etheridge
appeared on Dateline NBC with Michaels to discuss her struggle with
cancer. By the time of the interview, Etheridge's hair had grown back
after being lost to chemotherapy. She said that her partner had been
very supportive during her illness.
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Melissa Etheridge Tour Dates
• Atlanta
• Baltimore
• Birmingham
• Boston
• Charleston
• Charlotte
• Chicago
• Cincinnati
• Cleveland
• Dallas
• Denver
• Detroit
• Green Bay
• Houston
• Indianapolis
• Kansas City
• Las Vegas
• London (UK)
• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Milwaukee
• Minneapolis
• New Jersey
• New Orleans
• New York
• Oakland
• Philadelphia
• Phoenix
• Pittsburgh
• Portland
• Richmond
• Sacramento
• San Antonio
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• San Jose
• Seattle
• St Louis
• Tampa
• Tennessee
• Toronto
• Washington DC
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