Melissa Etheridge's New Song and Video for 'Wild and Lonely' Hearkens Back to Her '90s Hits 

Grammy and Oscar-winning, multi-platinum artist Melissa Etheridgeshares her new song and video for “Wild and Lonely,” the latest track from her forthcoming album The Medicine Show, out April 12 via Concord Records. In the video, fans get a taste of this new material performed live with footage captured on Melissa’s recent UK dates, ahead of her U.S. tour kicking off March 29. Pre-order The Medicine Show here.

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With “Wild and Lonely,” Etheridge found herself exploring themes of her past, but with a new perspective. The song is about wanting to break out of routines and reach for the extraordinary—“an angry craving seeps into my skin,” she sings. Melissa explains, “that was like Old School Melissa. It’s fun for me to play with ‘me’ now, for 57-year-old Melissa to play with the angst. The whole song is about being on the road, being hungry, wanting.”

Paired with the title track, “Wild and Lonely” fully sets the tone for the album, sonically and emotionally. She continues, “I wanted the album to have a sound, a feel,” she says. ‘Wild and Lonely’ really dialed that in for me…the song is a perfect example of the sound I wanted.”

For this new album, her 15th studio recording, Etheridge was reunited with celebrated producer John Shanks (Keith Urban, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson), and the music was recorded largely live in studio, capturing the raw emotion of the material.

Melissa Etheridge U.S. Tour Dates

3/29/19 Bonita Springs, FL – Southwest Florida Event Center
3/30/19 Bonita Springs, FL – Southwest Florida Event Center
4/10/19 New York, NY – The Town Hall
4/13/19 Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theater
4/14/19 Lynn, MA – Lynn Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium
4/17/18 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
4/19/19 Stateline, NV – Harrah’s Lake Tahoe – South Shore Room
4/20/19 West Wendover, NV – Peppermill Concert Hall
4/23/19 New Braunfels, TX – Gruene Hall
4/24/19 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory with Liz Phair
4/25/19 Catoosa, OK – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa – The Joint
4/27/19 Lake Charles, LA – Golden Nugget Lake Charles
4/28/19 New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre with Liz Phair
4/30/19 Chattanooga, TN – Walker Theater
5/1/19 Augusta, GA – Miller Theater
5/2/19 Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre of Durham
5/3/19 Virginia Beach, VA – Sandler Center
5/6/19 Lancaster, PA – American Music Theatre
5/8/19 Springfield, OH – Clark State Performing Arts Center
5/9/19 Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak
5/11/19 Plymouth, MA – Plymouth Memorial Hall
5/12/19 Portland, ME – State Theatre
6/20/19 Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
6/25/19 Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap with Pat Benatar Neil Geraldo and Liz Phair
6/29/19 Webster, MA – Indian Ranch
6/30/19 New York, NY – Times Square – World Pride Closing Ceremony
7/4/19 Elk Grove Village, IL – Elk Grove Village Mid-Summer Classics Concert Series
7/8/19 Boulder, CO – Chautauqua Auditorium
7/13/19 Chandler, AZ – Chandler Center for the Arts