Melissa Etheridge is the latest name added to Bluesfest and she will also plays shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth while in the country.
“Melissa Etheridge is coming to Bluesfest. She is a legend – an inspiration to so many – a simply brilliant live performer – just watch the cheers when she walks on the Bluesfest stage. She has won two Grammy awards and received 17 nominations – She has won an Academy Award – for Best Original Song for the Documentary – An Inconvenient Truth. Melissa Etheridge’s set at Bluesfest will be remembered as one of the great performances. Melissa Etheridge is a leader – she is a great musician, a great campaigner for human rights, an environmentalist, a cancer survivor, it is simply an honour to present her at Bluesfest and on her Australian tour.”
PHOTO GALLERY: Melissa Etheridge in Melbourne by Ros O’Gorman
Bluesfest will also feature Jackson Browne, Tom Jones, Kendrick Lamar, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and The National.
Bluesfest is March 24 to 28, 2016 in Byron Bay.
Melissa Etheridge sideshow dates
March 23, Sydney, Enmore Theatre
March 30, Melbourne, Palais Theatre
April 1, Perth, Riverside Theatre
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