Performing at the US concert

Melissa Etheridge's offstage notoriety sometimes threatens to overshadow her musical accomplishments. Fortunately, her 20-year career as a folk-rock agitator - most recently crowned by a Best Original Song Oscar for "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth" - invariably shines through.

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