The double bill of Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls is the first concert announced for the 2025 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand.

Tickets for the Aug. 24 show are priced from $123.75 to $56 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 12 through Etix or by calling 800-514-3849.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Etheridge first turned heads with her 1988 debut single “Bring Me Some Water,” which hit No. 10 on Billboard’s mainstream rock chart. Her first three albums earned warm reviews and helped build a cult following for the Kansas native.

But it was Etheridge’s fourth album, 1993’s “Yes I Am,” that broke her into the mainstream, thanks to the songs “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” which continue to be played on radio and used in television and movies to this day. While she never has replicated that success, she has continued to tour and release new music, while winning a pair of Grammys out of 15 nominations and a best original song Oscar for “I Need to Wake Up” from the 2007 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Childhood friends Amy Ray and Emily Saliers began performing together as high school students in Georgia and adopted the Indigo Girls name while they were students at Emory University. The pair’s 1987 debut album “Strange Fire” led to a deal with Epic Records, which released their self-titled 1989 album, which stands as their best selling record to date. Saliers wrote the lead single “Closer to Fine,” which reached a new generation of listeners when it was used prominently in last year’s “Barbie” movie.

Etheridge and Indigo Girls spent the summer on the road together and will do it again in 2025, with more than 30 shows booked across North America. The two acts swapped spots each night and made guest appearances during each other’s shows. They both also have new documentaries, with the two-part “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken” streaming on Paramount+ and “Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All” available on Netflix.

Originally Published: December 6, 2024 at 4:43 PM CST