Some albums deserve more. Rise, Melissa Etheridge’s new record on Sun Records, was made to be felt. This summer, KEF is bringing it to listeners in person on R11 Meta speakers.
The R11 Rise Sessions is a special, free nationwide listening tour celebrating Melissa Etheridge’s new album. At each stop, guests will experience Rise in full on R11 Meta, the same luxury-grade sound that’s earned KEF over 50 years at the forefront of acoustic engineering.
The R11 Meta is KEF’s flagship floorstanding speaker, featuring its 12th generation Uni-Q driver array and Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT). MAT eliminates 99% of unwanted sound from the rear of the tweeter, leaving only pure, undistorted sound. The result is a soundstage so precise, so open, that KEF says you’ll hear things in your favorite records you’ve never noticed before. Rise was made for speakers like these.
Global rockstar and cultural icon Melissa Etheridge new album Rise contains heartfelt and triumphant songs produced by Shooter Jennings and Melissa Etheridge at Sunset Sound in L.A. Eleven brand new songs include “Don’t You Want a Woman,” “Bein’ Alive,” “Call You,” and “The Other Side of Blue,” co-written by and featuring Chris Stapleton. As Melissa sagely notes, “Sometimes you’re gonna taste the dirt, but then you’re gonna rise.”
Tour dates and locations are as follows. Note that Etheridge will attend the August 1 stop at ListenUp Denver:
- June 26, 2026: Holm Audio, Woodridge, IL, 2-5 pm CT
- June 27, 2026: Audio Advice Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 2-5 pm ET
- July 9, 2026: Woodbridge Stereo, Woodbridge, NJ, 6-9 pm ET
- July 14, 2026: Sound World, Appleton, WI, 5-8 pm CT
- July 15, 2026: Electronics Expo, Paramus, NJ, 5-8 pm ET
- July 16, 2026: Lavish Theaters, Healdsburg, CA, 5-8 pm PT
- July 18, 2026: Audio Advice Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, 4-7 pm ET
- July 23, 2026: Stereoland, Bloomington, MN, 5-8 pm CT
- July 25, 2026: Audio Advice Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, 2-5 pm ET
- July 25, 2026: AVIQ, Huntsville, AL, 1-4 pm CT
- July 27, 2026: Simply Stereo, Palatine, IL, 5-8 pm CT
- August 1, 2026: ListenUp Denver, Denver, CO, 4:30 -7:30 pm MT, Melissa Etheridge in attendance live
- August 3, 2026: Origin Hifi, Austin, TX, 7-10 pm CT
- August 6, 2026: Modus AV, Atlanta, GA, 5-8 pm ET
- August 14, 2026: Smart Spaces, Oklahoma City, OK, 6-9 pm CT
- August 15, 2026: Rob The Brit Home Theaters, Tampa, FL, 12-3 pm ET
- August 20, 2026: ListenUp Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, 4:30 – 7:30 pm MT
- August 22, 2026: ListenUp Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, 4:30 – 7:30 pm MT
For more information and to register for events, visit https://us.kef.com/pages/r11-rise-sessions.
