She's got two Grammy Awards and an Oscar, and she's heading to the Sioux Empire later this year.

Melissa Etheridge is bringing her 2026 Rise Tour to Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort Event Center in Larchwood, Iowa, Friday September 25th at 8:00 PM.

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The Leavenworth, Kansas native began taking guitar lessons when she was eight, later playing in local country music groups before graduating from high school in 1979. She attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but after three semesters, she dropped out and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career.

After being discovered at Vermie's Bar in Pasadena, California, Etheridge released her self-titled debut album in 1988. That album sold more than 2,000,000 copies, cracked the Top 25 on the Billboard Album Chart, and produced her first big hit, 'Bring Me Some Water', which landed at #10 on the Rock Chart.

She has released 16 albums since, including a trio of Top Tens: Your Little Secret (1995), Skin (2001), and Fearless Love (2010).

In the 1990's, Etheridge won a pair of Grammy Awards in the Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female category: "Ain't It Heavy" (1993) and "Come to My Window" (1995).

In 2007, Etheridge won an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category for "I Need to Wake Up", wjich shoe wrote for the 2006 documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth.

Tickets for the Grand Falls show are on sale now and start at $75 (plus taxes and fees).

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