Dec 8, 2009 · HAMLITON MUSIC AWARDS · Congratulations to Melissa! She and her band took home five awards at the Hamilton Music Awards. Melissa was awarded in these categories: Female Artist of the Year, Adult Alternative Recording of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Artist Website of the Year. Congratulations as well to Luke Doucet, who won Guitarist of the Year for his work on Victoria Day.
Nov 7, 2009 · TICKETS ON SALE NOW · Tickets for Melissa's tour with Justin Rutledge are now available from www.sixshooterrecords.com. Some Tickets available at Door
doors 7pm / Show 8pm
Aeolian Hall (Nov 20) London ON, 795 Dundas Street E. 8pm / Doors 7pm.
$20 advance $22 at the door. Advance tickets also available at Grooves, L'Atelier Grigorian, The Village Idiot, & The Aeolian Box Office 519 672 7950 or online at www.aeolianhall.ca
Nov 6, 2009 · HAMILTON MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS · Victoria Day is nominated for four awards at the 2009 Hamilton Music Awards. Melissa is nominated for 'Female Artist of the Year', 'Adult Alternative Recording of the Year' and 'Female Vocalist of the Year' and Luke Doucet is nominated for 'Guitarist of the Year' for his work on the album. The awards take place on December 6th, and more information is available at www.hamiltonmusicawards.com.
Oct 17, 2009 · Belize and Mexico Cruise: February 21-26, 2010 · Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet would like to invite you to join them on a cruise downto Belize and Costa Maya this winter (Feb. 2010). The Cayamo Cruise starts departs from Miami and goes to Belize and Mexico. As well as Melissa and Luke, the cruise will feature the likes of Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt. More info: Cayamo Cruise 2010.
Oct 15, 2009 · NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS · Melissa McClelland and her Six Shooter brethren take Ottawa by storm tomorrow night at the Capital Music Hall. Joining her are Luke Doucet, Justin Rutledge, NQ Arbuckle, Royal Wood, Amelia Curran, Bidiniband, and the Beauties.
September 15, 2009 · LUKE DOUCET + MELISSA McCLELLAND head west to meet NEIL YOUNG · As they did in Ottawa on Canada Day and at the Edmonton Folk Festival, Luke and Melissa played with Sarah McLachlan at her sold-out fundraiser for the Sarah McLachlan Foundation at Ambleside Park last weekend. The good folks at Nettwerk invited Luke and Melissa to perform a mainstage set right before headliners Sheryl Crow and official ultimate hero Neil Young.
September 10, 2009 · MELISSA MCCLELLAND TOUR WITH JUSTIN RUTLEDGE · We are very pleased to announce a co-headline tour with Melissa McClelland and Justin Rutledge. This dream team will play theatres and churches in western Canada, and then bring the show home with a beautiful night at the Trinity St. Paul Centre in Toronto. Tickets for the Toronto show are on sale at the Six Shooter website - tickets are $25 each or four for $60.
September 1, 2009 · EAST COAST TOUR · In two days Melissa's east-coast tour of Canada with fellow Six Shooter Amelia Curran kicks off. The pair of songstresses will be in St. John's on the 3rd and continue through the maritimes with six shows. Check our the full schedule on the tour section of this page.
Aug 11, 2009 · The best thing about the 2009 OppiKoppi Festival was... VERY DEFINITELY the Canadian husband-and-wife alt.country team, Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, who came out of left field and taught us all a lesson in songcraft and unabashed rootsiness. www.theTIMES.co.za
July 8, 2009 · LUKE AND MELISSA HEAD TO SOUTH AFRICA · Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland are heading to South Africa! The dynamic duo of twang are playing the Oppikoppi Festival as well as a number of club dates. After South Africa, they will head to Kenya to meet the child they foster through World Vision.
July 1, 2009 · MELISSA MCCLELLAND AT HILLSIDE FESTIVAL · Melissa McClelland will be performing at this year's Hillside Festival in Guelph, ON. She's performing on July 26 and more details can be found at the Hillside website.
July 1, 2009 · EAST COAST TOUR THIS SEPTEMBER · This September Melissa will be setting off on a six-date tour of the Canadian east-coast with labelmate Amelia Curran. Dates on the right.
June 30, 2009 · VICTORIA DAY RELEASED IN USA · Oh, victorious day! Melissa McClelland has released her stunning new album Victoria Day in the USA.
May 26, 09 · MELISSA McCLELLAND CELEBRATES VICTORIA DAY IN THE USA · Melissa McClelland has been lighting up audiences across Canada and Europe, and even the sovereign state of Hamilton, but now it's America's turn to get theirs. Americana radio stations in the USA are loving Melissa's new album, with Victoria Day landing in the Top Five Adds last week. USA fans will be able to check Melissa out in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco in the next couple of weeks, starting with this Wednesday night with a show at Union Hall in Brooklyn. For those Canucks in the cyber-crowd still pining for Victoria Day, you can check out Melissa on the cover of this week's Ottawa Xpress.
MAY 1, 2009 · UK TOUR · Melissa will spend most of this month in the UK, starting with a showcase at the Kilkenny Roots Festival in Ireland, followed by several club dates and a performance at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton. Most of these shows will feature Luke Doucet as well.
On April 14 · Melissa will be releasing her third album (first for Six Shooter). Entitled Victoria Day, Melissa and husband/producer Luke Doucet masterfully deliver us rebel-rouser guitars in 1950s Hollywood- style infused with a southern-country twang.
The songs capture all of the beauty and charm of the girl next door while lacing the punch at the sock hop with home-made moonshine.
Six Shooter Concerts presents: Melissa McClelland & Justin Rutledge // November 28 - Toronto ON - Trinity St. Paul Centre. Tickets here
