Melissa Etheridge to return May 3
10/21/2025 12AM
Known for such hits as “Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One,” Melissa Etheridge will release a new studio album, "RISE," early next year.
Rocker hits the road with new album on the way
CARMEL, Ind. – Rocker Melissa Etheridge will have a new album in hand when she returns May 3 to Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts.
The 7:30 p.m. performance will be Etheridge’s fourth at the Payne & Mencias Palladium and the first since 2018. Tickets starting at $55 will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, online at TheCenterPresents.org, by phone at (317) 843-3800, or in person at the Payne & Mencias Palladium’s Fifth Third Bank Box Office, 1 Carter Green, Carmel. The event is part of the Printing Partners Encore Series and the Center Presents Season sponsored by Allied Solutions.
Known for her confessional songwriting and gritty vocals, Etheridge is touring to support her upcoming album, RISE, due early next year on Sun Records. The first single, “Don’t You Want a Woman,” was released this month.
Since her explosive 1988 debut, Etheridge has delivered hit after hit (“Come to My Window,” “I’m the Only One,” “I Want to Come Over”) while winning two Grammy Awards and even an Academy Award, for “I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth. Other recent projects have included the acclaimed Broadway show My Window and the powerful documentary I'm Not Broken, recorded at Topeka Correctional Facility.
CALENDAR: Concerts
Melissa Etheridge: RISE
7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Carter Green, Carmel
Printing Partners Encore Series
Tickets: From $55, on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 10
Purchase and information:
(317) 843-3800
About Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts
The mission of Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2026, is to engage and inspire the Indiana community through enriching arts experiences. The nonprofit organization’s campus in Carmel, Indiana, includes the 1,500-seat Payne & Mencias Palladium concert hall, the 500-seat Tarkington proscenium theater and the black-box Studio Theater. Allied Solutions Center presents and hosts hundreds of events each year, including the annual Center Presents performance season, featuring the best in classical music, jazz, pop, rock, country, comedy and other genres. Educational and experiential programming for all ages includes children’s concerts and camps, book clubs, lectures, and classes in music and stand-up comedy. Allied Solutions Center is home to the affiliated Great American Songbook Foundation and provides space and support services for six resident arts companies. More information is available at TheCenterPresents.org.
