Guitar-slinging femme fatale Michelle Branch will headline the Virgin Megatour stopping in Starkville tomorrow.
The show begins at 8 p.m.
Pianist Joe Firstman will open for the 20-year-old.
Up-and-coming rockers Rooney were scheduled to play with Branch and Firstman, but canceled in march.
Branch said in a press release she was influenced by ’60s and ’70s folk rock. Branch plays the acoustic and electric guitar [See related story, 4B].
“My music is very personal,” Branch said. “I prefer for my fans to listen and develop their own opinions. Sometimes what I write and feel has totally different meanings to the people listening.”
Branch found fame with her 2001 release The Spirit Room. The album earned Branch a Grammy and some spending money-it sold over 2.5 million copies.
The album wasn’t Branch’s first. She released Broken Bracelet, an acoustic self-produced album, in 2000.
Branch signed her first record deal when she was 14.
“I think my being signed at 14, it allowed me to further broaden my knowledge. Not only have I been able to live a life as a teenager, but I’ve also gotten a worldwide education, too,” she said. “I’ve been all over the world and I’ve seen so many different cultures.”
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Branch leads Virgin Megatour lineup
Josh Foreman
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April 16, 2004
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Josh Foreman, Faculty Adviser
Josh Foreman served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Reflector from 2004 to 2005.
He holds an MFA in Writing from the University of New Hampshire, and has written six books of narrative history with Ryan Starrett.
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