The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan and Suzanne Vega the only artists to play all dates). The addition of more artists of color opened the festival to a broader audience, and exposed its up-and-coming Black female artists to a new set of fans. Lilith Fair is sponsored by Biore, Royal Neighbors insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Tower Records and VH1. And I have to have a life. While the Blondie/Garbage Rage and Rapture double bill (which features openers like sullen pop upstart Sky Ferreira and bash-happy duo Deap Vally) puts ladies first, the summers other shed offerings (Muse/30 Seconds to Mars, Stone Sour/Korn, Incubus/Jimmy Eat World) recall the Ozzfest and Lollapalooza lineups of the mid-to-late Nineties. to the many instrumentalists who have backed up Beyonc over the course of her career, including the 10-piece collective Suga Mama, who played with her in the late 2000s. Jenny Bird McLachlan conceived the package tour as a way to spotlight female musicians, particularly those that were from either the alt-pop or folk genres. In 2010, Lilith Fair staged a revival with mixed results, as several dates were cancelled and many performers backed out of scheduled performances. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Deni Bonet Anggun McLachlan was joined at the press conference by Raitt, Liz Phair, Paula Cole and others. Apr 17, 1998 12:00am PT Lilith's L.A. lineup set McLachlan, Merchant among performers By Phil Gallo Sarah McLachlan will be joined by Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Indigo Girls. Photograph by Steve Granitz for Getty Images. It connects us, it brings us closer to ourselves and to each other., There was word that initially an all-women tour wouldnt sell tickets, said Emily Saliers of folk duo Indigo Girls, who came up with the idea for the night-closing singalong, which would bring all the evenings performers onstage. Here at Shoreline, the headliners are McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Merchant and Badu. Melanie Doane By that time, many stars could look back and point to Lilith Fair as a major catalyst for their success like Jewel, who graced the cover of Time Magazine in 1997 and sang the National Anthem at the 1998 Super Bowl. And I think so much of that stuff is just like forgotten.". Abra Moore Diana King Lilith Fair 1998 | Concerts Wiki | Fandom Lilith Fair 1998 View source The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). Sarah McLachlan and Friends Announce Lineup for the Final Lilith Fair. [2] Bucking conventional industry wisdom, she booked a successful tour for herself and Paula Cole. It lasted 3 years, from 1997 to 1999. Laurie Geltman Abra Moore Thats a beautiful legacy, and it was born out of, What does music mean to me? Music is about connecting and community and creating joy and creating love for music. It's been 15 years since the end of Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair as a chance for female musicians to take center stage. I enjoyed the fact that we were doing something unique and different. Musicians were styled more personally, less in the hands of major designers and more in the service of artistic expression; and at Lilith, most were more concerned with keeping cool than looking it. Patty Griffin ", It was partly the demands of Sarah McLachlan's own celestial career that brought an end to Lilith Fair. Its not being represented, so were filling that gap and were having a great time doing it., What does celebrating women have to do with hating men? Sarah McLachlan, I know as an artist, initially, I was hesitant to be a part of an all-women festival, because I dont like to separate myself out as a woman musician, says Lisa Loeb, who appeared on every year of Liliths Nineties incarnation. Its like, Oh, this would be great to do this again. Ana Gasteyer Still, its rah-rah spirit was met with very justified criticism. Lauren Hoffman Jewel KATE BUSH - THEM HEAVY PEOPLE LIVE (REVOLVER), KATE BUSH'S FIRST TV Kln Frechen Benzelrather Eisenbahn -Kite & Wuthering Heights LIVE, July 18-19, 1997 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI, July 8, 1997 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA. And then we noticed that the record company [was] primarily male, and then the more success we had, I started to notice that the playlists at radio were generally male and they wouldnt place [women] back to back. Letters to Cleo ), Missy Elliott performing in the infamous trash bag suit. Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. The latest news and how to stay informed. Sherri Jackson The venture was also a smashing success, becoming the top-grossing festival of 1997. Gena and Sum Girl, July 5, 1997 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Paula Cole & Suzanne Vega), July 6, 1997 L.B. "And I don't think we did enough due diligence in discovering how our audience had changed and how to reflect that. Pat Benatar The Indigo Girls: Amy Ray in a striped button-down and striped pants, and Emily Saliers in overalls. Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women In Music, a double-CD set of performances from last year's tour, will be released April 28 on the Arista label. Were just celebrating women. Dido Holly McNarland But wait a minute - it's a bunch of girls! Jul 27, 1998 - Jul 27, 1998 Central Florida Fairgrounds & Exposition Park Orlando, Florida, United States Mary Lou Lord Each stop will feature three stages: An acoustic Village Stage that will feature local artists and a talent search winner; a second stage of up-and-comers (Rose Bowl will see Ks Choice, Billie Myers and Lhasa); and a mainstage that, at various venues, will showcase MeShell Ndegeocello, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Liz Phair, Emmylou Harris, Neneh Cherry, Joan Osborne, the Cowboy Junkies and others. The 1997 tour was one of the most popular of the year. Gordian Knot Lilith Fair is sponsored by Biore, Royal Neighbors insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Tower Records and VH1. Get the Sarah McLachlan Setlist of the concert at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA on July 26, 1997 from the Lilith Fair 1997 Tour and other Sarah McLachlan Setlists for free on setlist.fm! It consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands. LF took place during the summers of '97, '98, '99, and was revived again in 2010. [5][dead link] Appearances were organized into three stages. I hate to use the word organic, but it did feel that way. Our mission is great music being made by women. The lineup featured a who's who of female alternative musicians of the moment: Sheryl Crow,. Shocked" AT THE LILITH FAIR, FEMININE MYSTIQUE - The Washington Post By Rachel Warren July 20, 1998 She wasn't hard to spot, that Lilith. In the lead-up to its second year, McLachlan worked with organizers to intentionally add more artists of color to the ticket: Erykah Badu and Queen Latifah joined the main stage for Lilith's second year, along with up-and-coming Missy Elliott, who made her debut live performance at Lilith Fair in a giant vinyl trash-bag-inspired suit. The schedule for the upcoming tour -- which will open in Portland, Ore., on June 19 and close in Vancouver, British Columbia, on August 31 -- was also announced. The festival ran from 1997-1999, with one revival tour in 2010. As the biggest all-female festival ever in a male-dominated industry, Sarah MacLachlan was on the cover of Time and McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, and Joan Osborne were on the cover of Entertainment Weekly; and it was the highest grossing touring festival of 1997. As the double-stage, 32-date extravaganza winds its way across the U.S., the lineup will change periodically with headliner and Lilith Fair organizer Sarah McLachlan remaining constant. But in choosing the name Lilith Fair, the festival's organizers revealed more than they may have intended about the spirit that lies behind contemporary feminism. . Lilith Fair was the culmination of a year of work by its founder, a Canadian singer-songwriter. Sheryl Crow Fiona Apple We're going to prove these guys wrong.". Even in its first year, Lilith Fair's lineup was a who's who of female alternative rock artists. Meredith Brooks "To create an environment where everybody gets to be seen and heard and valued, and come as you are, you know, let your freak flag fly this is the place you get to do that and there is no judgment here," she recalls. The tour will make 36 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning on June 27 in Calgary. In the late 1990s, the all-female Lilith Fair marked a seminal moment for women in pop music, selling 1.5 million tickets and helping launch Sarah McLachlan to superstardom. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music: Directed by Buffy Childerhose, Alex Jamison. Read Next: Brit Beat: BRIT Awards Boss Hopes for Higher Representation of Women; Wet Legs Label Looks at Longue-Term Success, New Jersey Gov. The 100 Best Albums of 2022, We sort of became the antithesis of that, recalls McLachlan. Last.fm concert page for Lilith Fair at Gorge Amphitheatre (George) on June 20, 1998. Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. Joan Osborne It was like, Well, if youre not gonna have any female artists on your tours, were just gonna do it ourselves. In an April 25, 2009, Twitter post, Nettwerk founder Terry McBride announced that a Lilith Fair tour through North America would be relaunched for the summer of 2010, with a two-week tour of Europe to follow. We were not a white chick folk fest, which was what we were labeled the first year, says McLachlan. Luscious Jackson Chantal Kreviazuk Elise Knoll Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands, emerging and developing talent as well as established artists. Find Lilith Fair stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. And you guys showed me that I could do anything. Day Amphitheatre, Salem, OR (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Paula Cole & Suzanne Vega), July 8, 1997 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Paula Cole & Suzanne Vega), July 9, 1997 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Paula Cole & Suzanne Vega), July 10, 1997 Desert Sky, Phoenix, AZ (Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Paula Cole & Suzanne Vega), July 12, 1997 Winter Park Music Fest, Winter Park, CO (Sarah McLachlan, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fiona Apple & Paula Cole), July 14, 1997 Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS (Sarah McLachlan, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole & Tracy Bonham), July 15, 1997 Riverport Amphitheatre, St. Louis, MO (Sarah McLachlan, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole & Tracy Bonham), July 17, 1997 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Sarah McLachlan, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole & Tracy Bonham), July 18-19, 1997 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI (Sarah McLachlan, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole & Tracy Bonham), July 20, 1997 Finger Lake Performing Arts Centre, Canandaigua, NY (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple & Paula Cole), July 22, 1997 Great Woods Center, Mansfield, MA (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple & Paula Cole), July 24, 1997 Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple & Paula Cole), July 25, 1997 Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Joan Osbourne, Fiona Apple & The Cardigans), July 26, 1997 PNC Bank Arts Centre, Holmdel, NJ (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple & Paula Cole), July 27, 1997 Blockbuster Sony E-Centre, Camden, NJ (Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, The Cardigans, Joan Osbourne & Fiona Apple), July 29, 1997 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD (Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, The Cardigans, Joan Osbourne & Fiona Apple), July 30, 1997 Walnut Creek Pavilion, Raleigh, NC (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Joan Osbourne & Emmylou Harris), July 31, 1997 Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Joan Osbourne & Emmylou Harris), August 1, 1997 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA (Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Joan Osbourne, Emmylou Harris & Fiona Apple), August 3, 1997 Woodlands, Houston, TX (Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Joan Osbourne, Emmylou Harris & Lisa Loeb), August 4, 1997 Starplex, Dallas, TX (Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Joan Osbourne, Emmylou Harris & Lisa Loeb), August 6, 1997 Starwood Amphitheatre, Nashville, TN (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Emmylou Harris & Lisa Loeb), August 7, 1997 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Emmylou Harris & Lisa Loeb), August 8, 1997 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Emmylou Harris & Lisa Loeb), August 9, 1997 New World Music Theater, Tinley Park, IL (Indigo Girls, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Emmylou Harris & Lisa Loeb), August 10, 1997 Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Emmylou Harris & Lisa Loeb), August 12, 1997 Starlake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA (Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Sarah McLachlan & Shawn Colvin), August 13, 1997 Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA (Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Indigo Girls & Shawn Colvin), August 15-16, 1997 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON (Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin & Meredith Brooks), August 17, 1997 Stade DuMaurier, Montreal, QC (Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin & Meredith Brooks), August 19, 1997 Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Shawn Colvin & Meredith Brooks), August 20, 1997 Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Shawn Colvin & Meredith Brooks), August 22, 1997 McMahon Stadium, Calgary, AB (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin & Lisa Loeb), August 24, 1997 Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC (Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Paula Cole, Shawn Colvin & Lisa Loeb), December 16, 1997 Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL (Florida Holiday Show, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Indigo Girls, Missy Elliott, Luscious Jackson). Vogue mentioned the festival in a cheeky charticle in the August 1998 issue, depicting the Lilith Fair-goer as a granola girl who attended UC Berkeley, carried a hemp book bag, and wore Missoni . Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Suzanne Vega and other Lilith Fair alums look back on the legacy of their groundbreaking women-centric fest. But as Lilith's popularity increased, critics disparaged the festival as "mom music" and called out its mostly white bill of performers. "Safe space is something that we're still trying to foster and kind of hold it up as an ideal, and it's like wait this was accomplished three summers in a row with the biggest names in music," she explains. (Also check out other updates made to the catalog, new merchandise available including childrens clothing, a Sarah calender and more . What's more, the music industry had undergone a seismic change over a decade. Sarah McLachlan and Paula Cole at a press conference announcing Lilith Fair in April 1998. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards (out of four nominations) and four Juno Awards.In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians. While its tempting to view analyses like the above as simple score-tallying, thinking about how women are presented in the pop landscape remains a worthy exercise 20 years after Lilith made its first go-round. April 17, 1998 Web posted at: 2:35 a.m. EDT (0635 GMT) LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Singer Sarah McLachlan on Thursday announced this year's lineup for Lilith Fair, an all-female traveling music. Dormant since 1999, the Lilith Fair-- an all-female package tour -- is returning this summer, and is booked for the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on July 31.The lineup will include Sarah . People have been having babies and getting married and divorced, and I've missed it all.". Amy Rigby [5] Appearances are organized into three stages. In 1997, Sarah McLachlan. Founded by singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and friends, it featured a lineup of female solo artists and bands led. Frankly Scarlet Davina "I was able to see people I admired but cherished in a way that had a musical connection to me that was uplifting and healing," she remembers. By Kate Friedman. By Richard Skanse. My lawyer was a woman. Appearances were organized into three stages. Get 2022 tour dates, venue details, concert reviews, photos and more at Bandsintown. Morcheeba 5:40 p.m. -- Lisa Loeb, the only artist to score a No. Anglique Kidjo Why isnt Lauryn Hill or Missy Elliott on this? With Sarah McLachlan, Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Jewel. Meshell Ndegeocello Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. In 1996, Canadian musical artist Sarah McLachlan became frustrated with concert promoters and radio stations that refused to feature two female musicians in a row. My year for the girls apparently. N'Dea Davenport Tara MacLean The bands are full of men, theres lots of males in the crew. Cowboy Junkies While some now think of Lilith Fair with gentle mockinga utopia of calico feminism that was even parodied on Saturday Night Livethe festivals first iteration was a music industry revolution. April 10, 2010. McLachlan and her partners ended up canceling the tour after only a few shows. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair vary by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). Sarah Bettens from Ks Choice in a floral slipdress and sneakers. This all-female lineup provided an alternative to male-dominated tours like Lollapalooza and Ozzfest, attracting many womenand even some mento Lilith Fair's sense of a female . Wild Colonials Sarah McLachlan unexpectedly hit the financial jackpot when she launched Lilith Fair in 1997. Lilith Fair 1998. By 1998, the organizers of Lilith had more money to work with, and could point to the marked success of the previous summer. 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