7/7/98: Clarkston, MI: Pine Knob Theatre / Lilith Fair (with Sinead O'Connor, Indigo Girls, Natalie Merchant and Sarah McLachlan) 7/8/98: Pine Knob Theatre / Lilith Fair (with T. Bonham, M'shell Ndegocello, Natalie Merchant and Sarah McLachlan) 7/10/98: Canadaigua, NY: Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center - Lilith . Love Riot Lilith Fair Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary. I was consciously moving in that direction.. Bic Runga The legacy of Lilith is kick-ass business, powerful music, a great example for girls to see women onstage, and the marriage of music and activism. Camille And I get to see that every day now. Oh Suzanna We want to hear it. Patty Griffin . McLachlan later speculated that, much like herself, Lilith's original audience had developed a different set of priorities. 1/2 Mad Poet Laurie Geltman Eden White [6] Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. "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. Lilith Fair at 20: The Legacy of a Tour That Put Women First, Skrillex Keeps the Energy Up and the Guest List Open on Quest for Fire, Caroline Polacheks Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Is An Impressive Pop-Science Flex, Sam Smiths Gloria Is Their Deepest Album Yet. Why isnt Lauryn Hill or Missy Elliott on this? . Sarah McLachlan and Friends Announce Lineup for the Final Lilith Fair. Natalie Merchant Right now, the only woman in its top 10 is Rihanna, who appears on DJ Khaleds massive Santana-sampling hit Wild Thoughts; the highest-placing female solo artist is Julia Michaels, whose hazy Issues is at Number 20 and has been bobbing around the lower reaches of the Top 20 for a few weeks. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. What's more, the music industry had undergone a seismic change over a decade. This year's itinerary of Lilith Fair has been expanded to 57 shows (from 37 in 1997). Dido The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Weve opened a school up in Edmonton. Sixpence None the Richer Its gonna be really fun. And it was., I guess it was a radical idea at the time, but I thought it was a good radical idea, recalls Merchant, who co-headlined the 1998 tour. 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. The social side of the show was so much more forward-thinking than the angst and the aggression that was usually at the sheds unless it was Jimmy Buffett coming through to have a party., The success of it was a big surprise for me, because, like I said, I didnt go into it with an agenda, says McLachlan. Not just the musicians, but all of the tech people every time I went in the studio, record companies. Catie Curtis The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). 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. The female festival will carry on through the summer, hitting such cities as Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles . Mary Lou Lord Appearances were organized into three stages. 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Or English singer Dido, whose song "Thank you" was featured in movie soundtracks and sampled in Eminem's award-winning single "Stan. [2] Bucking conventional industry wisdom, she booked a successful tour for herself and Paula Cole. Lilith Fair is sponsored by Biore, Royal Neighbors insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Tower Records and VH1. Girl Power! Victoria Williams Weve got 1,100 kids in the program. Neko Case Discuss the gig, get concert tickets, see who's attending, find similar events. "And Lilith Fair is almost like, 'Here's your compilation of every every wild idea that women had in music in the '90s.' It took just a few months after Lilith's very first show for Saturday Night Live to introduce a recurring character mocking the overly earnest stereotype of a Lilith artist, played by Ana Gasteyer, who droned on about her folkist approach. Lilith Fair founder McLachlan has continued to make a difference through her Sarah McLachlan School of Music, a free music and mentorship program for at-risk and underserved children and youth . Julie Kryk Discover Best of Lilith Fair 1997 To 1999 by Various Artists. 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. "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. Photograph by Steve Eichner for Getty Images. Buy tickets for Lilith Fair concerts near you. For one, McLachlan was now the mother of two daughters and was busy finishing yet another album. 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 . Atmosphere during the Lilith Fair at Shoreline Amphitheatre on June 24, 1998 in Mountain . Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. In the mid-1990s female. Mary Black CREATIVE. We were not a white chick folk fest, which was what we were labeled the first year, says McLachlan. Eden aka Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. Tiny sunnies came home to her favorite room! The festival lasted three summers (and one revival in 2010) and raised more than $10 million for women's charities. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. And it became this we're going to break down some barriers. Kim Fox Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Appearances were organized into three stages. Tia Texada 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. Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Alison Pipitone Idina Menzel, June 19, 1998 Civic Stadium, Portland, OR (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Erykah Badu & Sinead O'Connor), June 20-21, 1998 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Erykah Badu & (20th) MeShell Ndegeocello & (21st) Sinead O'Connor), June 23-24, 1998 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Erykah Badu & MeShell Ndegeocello), June 26, 1998 Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Erykah Badu & Shawn Colvin), June 27, 1998 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Erykah Badu, Sinead O'Connor & Shawn Colvin), June 28, 1998 Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Erykah Badu, Indigo Girls & Liz Phair), June 29, Bernalillo, NM (New Mexico Wine Festival, (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Sinead O'Connor & Liz Phair), July 1, 1998 All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City, OK (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Sinead O'Connor & MeShell Ndegeocello), July 2, 1998 Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Sinead O'Connor & MeShell Ndegeocello), July 4, 1998 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Sinead O'Connor & MeShell Ndegeocello), July 5, 1998 Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Sinead O'Connor & MeShell Ndegeocello), July 6-8, 1998 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI (6th: Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Sinead O'Connor & MeShell Ndegeocello - 7th: Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls & Sinead O'Connor - 8th: Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, MeShell Ndegeocello & Tracy Bonham), July 10, 1998 Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, Rochester, NY (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, MeShell Ndegeocello & Tracy Bonham), July 11, 1998 Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, MeShell Ndegeocello, Tracy Bonham & Suzanne Vega), July 12, 1998 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, MeShell Ndegeocello & Tracy Bonham), July 13, 1998 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Missy Elliott & Tracy Bonham), July 15-16, 1998 Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Missy Elliott & (15th) Tracy Bonham & (16th) Liz Phair), July 17, 1998 Blockbuster-Sony E-Centre, Camden, NJ (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Missy Elliott & Liz Phair), July 18-19, 1998 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Missy Elliott & Liz Phair), July 21, 1998 GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Missy Elliott & Suzanne Vega), July 22, 1998 Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Queen Latifah & Meredith Brooks), July 23, 1998 Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Queen Latifah & Meredith Brooks), July 24, 1998 Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Queen Latifah & Meredith Brooks), July 26, 1998 Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Queen Latifah & Meredith Brooks), July 27, 1998 Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Queen Latifah & Meredith Brooks), July 29-30, 1998 Woodlands Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Erykah Badu & (29th) Meredith Brooks & (30th) Liz Phair), July 31, 1998 South Park Meadows, Austin, TX (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Erykah Badu & Liz Phair), August 1, 1998 Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Erykah Badu & Liz Phair), August 3, 1998 Starwood Amphitheatre, Antioch, TN (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Liz Phair), August 4, 1998 Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Des'ree & Liz Phair), August 5, 1998 New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Liz Phair & Des'ree), August 6, 1998 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Des'ree & Luscious Jackson), August 8, 1998 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Emmylou Harris, Luscious Jackson & Des'ree), August 9, 1998 Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Emmylou Harris, Luscious Jackson & N'Dea Davenport), August 10, 1998 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Emmylou Harris, Luscious Jackson & N'Dea Davenport), August 11-12, 1998 Great Woods Center, Mansfield, MA (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Emmylou Harris, Luscious Jackson & N'Dea Davenport), August 14, 1998 Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, ON (Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Emmylou Harris, Diana Krall & N'Dea Davenport), August 15-16, 1998 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON (15th: Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, (15th) Emmylou Harris, (16th) Chantal Kreviazuk & Liz Phair), August 17, 1998 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien, NY (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Emmylou Harris & Liz Phair), August 19-20, 1998 Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Joan Osbourne & (19th) Liz Phair & (20th) Lisa Loeb), August 21, 1998 Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Joan Osbourne & Lisa Loeb), August 23, 1998 Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, MO (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Joan Osbourne, Cowboy Junkies & Lisa Loeb), August 25, 1998 The Canyons Wolf Mountain Ski Resort, Park City, UT (Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Joan Osbourne, Cowboy Junkies & Lisa Loeb), August 26, 1998 Idaho Center Amphitheatre, Nampa, ID (Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Joan Osbourne, Cowboy Junkies & Lisa Loeb), August 28, 1998 McMahon Stadium, Calgary, AB (Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Cowboy Junkies, MeShell Ndegeocello & Lisa Loeb), August 29, 1998 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, AB (Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Cowboy Junkies, MeShell Ndegeocello & Lisa Loeb), August 31, 1998 Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC (Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, MeShell Ndegeocello, Diana Krall & Lisa Loeb). 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While the nostalgic view of the Nineties paints it as a decade where not just female-fronted, but female-populated acts surged on the pop and rock charts, Liliths presence bucked music-industry norms that were still, quietly but firmly, directing radio playlists and tour routing. "And in fact the opposite happened it minted stars. I hate to use the word organic, but it did feel that way. Heather Nova By 1998, the organizers of Lilith had more money to work with, and could point to the marked success of the previous summer. McLachlan, a Canadian balladeer with two Grammy Awards, headlined each festival, but the rest of the lineup varied from singer-songwriters like Fiona Apple to hip-hop artists like Missy Elliott. 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. The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. made an awkward metaphor about women getting airplay at country radio: Jason Derulo Pens First Book 'Sing Your Name Out Loud', Wizkid More Love, Less Ego Tour Postponed to Fall 2023, A Year After Brain Injury, Amy Grant Sets First Solo Musical Return in a Decade, Blink-182 Postpone First-Ever Latin America Tour Dates Following Travis Barker Finger Injury, Raye Relives Her Sexual Assault in Harrowing 'Ice Cream Man' Video, How to Watch 'The Mandalorian' Online: Stream Season 3 Now, Alex MurdaughCalled 'Family Annihilator' by Prosecution in Murder Trial. Apr 17, 1998 12:00am PT Lilith's L.A. lineup set McLachlan, Merchant among performers. Songkick is the first to know of new tour announcements and concert information, so if your favorite artists are not currently on tour, join Songkick to track . 5:31 PM. Even in its first year, Lilith Fair's lineup was a who's who of female alternative rock artists. The lineup featured a who's who of female alternative musicians of the moment: Sheryl Crow, Jewel, The Indigo Girls, Lisa Loeb, Fiona Apple, Shawn Colvin, Tracy Chapman, Natalie Merchant and more. The tours were legendary, as they should be., Lilith came to a close in 1999, and its attempted return in 2010 proved frustrating, with 10 canceled dates and performers like Kelly Clarkson dropping out. Jenny Bird Get concert tickets, news and RSVP to . Jewel The all-women traveling tour, now in its second year and expected to be the most-attended music event of the year, announced its 57 dates and more than 50 participants Thursday at a press conference at the El Rey theater. Paris Hampton Appearances were organized into three stages. Founded by singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and friends, it featured a lineup of female solo artists and bands led. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). Garrison Starr Erin Echo Mary Jane Lamond Lilith Fair The main stage, September 22, 1998, Tweeter Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group 's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. Juliana Hatfield 12 Photos from the 1998 Lilith Fair, the Best Festival Fashion Ever Erykah Badu, Liz Phair, Missy Elliott, Paula Cole and more performed at the best Lilith Fair ever. Dar Williams The tour will make 36 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning on June 27 in Calgary. The other really awful question that we got often was, Why do you hate men? And I said, What does celebrating women have to do with hating men? Erykah Badu Frankly Scarlet The festival ran from 1997-1999, with one revival tour in 2010. Shawn Colvin The Vancouver-based Grammy . It returned for two more summers and went on to become the top-grossing music festival of the late 1990s, racking up $60 million in ticket sales over its three-year run. Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. Michelle Malone Autour de Lucie Lauren Hoffman The first seven shows were sparsely attended and the eighth show was the first to be cancelled. It wasnt inclusive of everything that was going on, and it wasnt showing the innovation in music., But while many massive artistic undertakings meet criticism with defensiveness, Lilith Fair came back the second year with a lineup that was much more diverse, racially and musically. McLachlan still has people asking her to bring Lilith back. The tomatoes of our salad are the females. Two years later, despite much-lauded releases by female solo artists like Miranda Lambert and Kelsea Ballerini, the country charts still skew heavily male. Liz Phair, Bonnie Raitt, Lauryn Hill of the Fugees, Sinead O'Connor, Paula Cole, Mono, Lucinda Williams, Erykah Badu and a host of other female artists will join founder Sarah McLachlan for this year's edition of the Lilith Fair touring festival, it was announced at a press conference at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles today (April 16). Find information on all of Lilith Fair's upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2023-2024. Kinnie Starr Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Joaelle Ndine Romero Ebba Forsberg Lauryn Hill Meredith Brooks The Cardigans It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. The organizers of the 2010 Lilith Fair initially one of the most-anticipated tours of the summer have just announced the cancellation of 10 dates: Salt Lake City, Montreal, Raleigh . While the first year skewed heavily toward folk-tinged artists who were also getting lots of pop radio airplay McLachlan, Cole, Loeb, Jewel, Sheryl Crow the genre scope expanded over the tours second and third years. Boxscore, which compiles weekly concert grosses, reports that about midway through its 1998 dates, Lilith Fair had grossed just over $6 million and remained the top-grossing summer concert. McLachlan was joined at the press conference by Raitt, Liz Phair, Paula Cole and others. 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. With Sarah McLachlan, Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Jewel. Lori Amey 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). Melanie Doane Still, its rah-rah spirit was met with very justified criticism. Twenty years ago this month, Sarah McLachlan and a rotating cast of fellow artists embarked on the women-centric traveling fest known as Lilith Fair. Lilith Fair, concert tour from 1997 - 99 & 2010. "I started at Berklee College of Music, where. 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Once Blue It just felt like the Nineties was a time when there was a shift. Mono Fleming and John Fontaine 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. Tracy Chapman On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. "All of that second year, I think, is really significant because those were artists who were changing things in different worlds than the world that [McLachlan] occupies," says NPR Music critic Ann Powers, who attended all three summers of Lilith Fair. Beth Orton Still, disorganization and shoddy financial management caused many artists including Kelly Clarkson and Norah Jones to drop out of shows at the last minute. Lilith Fair 1998: Portland: Sinad O'Connor (main performer) Sarah McLachlan (main performer) Natalie Merchant (main performer) Indigo Girls (main performer) (show 6 more) Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, United States; 1998-06-19: Lilith Fair 1998: George, 1st show: Sheryl Crow (main performer) I found that actually to be a hard and fast rule at radio at the time [higher-ups] instructed their DJs not to play women back to back., That was a definite thing where in radio programming there was a quota on how many female artists could be played in any one-hour set, recalls Susanna Hoffs, who played on Liliths second stage in 1997 as a solo act and returned with the Bangles for its 2010 revival. Her name was scribbled. 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