Wild Strawberries The tour will make 36 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning on June 27 in Calgary. Ebba Forsberg [2] Bucking conventional industry wisdom, she booked a successful tour for herself and Paula Cole. The 1997 tour was one of the most popular of the year. McLachlan was joined at the press conference by Raitt, Liz Phair, Paula Cole and others. "And Lilith Fair is almost like, 'Here's your compilation of every every wild idea that women had in music in the '90s.' This year's lineup, in fact, boasts the sort of diversity that McLachlan hungered for then. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan and Suzanne Vega the only artists to play all dates). 1 single without a recording contract ("Stay") subsequently got signed and released a couple of albums, which have done well. 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. Anglique Kidjo ), Missy Elliott performing in the infamous trash bag suit. Elise Knoll Chantal Kreviazuk Lilith Fair was the culmination of a year of work by its founder, a Canadian singer-songwriter. After multiple stops in 2023 including exciting Lilith Fair shows in Houston, Worcester, Oxford and Englewood. I took all the money that I made from Lilith and put it into a foundation, she says. Robyn Ragland Venus and Jupiter are going in for a nighttime kiss, U.S. Intelligence: foreign rivals didn't cause Havana Syndrome, Here are 8 big revelations from the Alex Murdaugh murder trial, 'Whoever holds power, it's going to corrupt them,' says 'Tr' director Todd Field. The seeds of Lilith were planted in 1996, when McLachlan played a handful of shows with all-woman-fronted bills that included Cole, Loeb and Suzanne Vega. Lauren Hoffman Lisa Loeb Lucinda Williams Abra Moore 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. 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 . The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Sarah Bettens from Ks Choice in a floral slipdress and sneakers. 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). So Lilith's 35-city tour, featuring McLachlan, Crow, Tracey Chapman, Jewel, and more than 60 other female acts, was unprecedented. Each day, 11 bands will perform; but the roster changes in every single market. Bic Runga Even in its first year, Lilith Fair's lineup was a who's who of female alternative rock artists. Catherine Kidd Still, disorganization and shoddy financial management caused many artists including Kelly Clarkson and Norah Jones to drop out of shows at the last minute. Bank Arts Center, July 15; New York, N.Y., Jones Beach Amphitheatre, July 16; New York, N.Y., Jones Beach Amphitheatre, July 17; Camden, N.J., Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Center, July 18; Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion, July 19; Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion, July 21; Virginia Beach, Va., GET Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, July 22; Raleigh, N.C., Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, July 23; Charlotte, N.C., Blockbuster Pavilion, July 24; Atlanta, Ga., Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, July 26; West Palm Beach, Fla., Sony/Blockbuster Coral Sky Amphitheatre, July 27; Orlando, Fla., Central Florida Fairgrounds, July 29; Houston, Texas, The Woodlands, July 30; Houston, Texas, The Woodlands, July 31; Austin, Texas, South Park Meadows, Aug. 1; Dallas, Texas, Coca-Cola Starplex, Aug. 3; Nashville, Tenn., Starwood Amphitheatre, Aug. 4; St. Louis, Mo., Riverport Amphitheatre, Aug. 5; Chicago, Ill., New World Music Theatre, Aug. 6; Cleveland, Ohio, Blossom Music Center, Aug. 8; Cincinatti, Ohio, Riverbend Music Center, Aug. 9; Pittsburgh, Pa., Coca-Cola Starlake Amphitheatre, Aug. 11; Mansfield, Mass., Great Woods Center, Aug. 12; Mansfield, Mass., Great Woods Center, Aug. 15; Toronto, Ont., Molson Amphitheatre, Aug. 16; Toronto, Ont., Molson Amphitheatre, Aug. 17; Buffalo, N.Y., Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Aug. 19; Milwaukee, Wis., Marcus Amphitheatre, Aug. 20; Milwaukee, Wis., Marcus Amphitheatre, Aug. 21; Minneapolis, Minn., Canterbury Park, Aug. 23; Denver, Colo., Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre, Aug. 25; Salt Lake City, Utah, Wolf Mountain, Aug. 26; Boise, Idaho, The Idaho Center, Aug. 28; Calgary, Alb., To Be Announced, Aug. 29; Edmonton, Alb., To Be Announced. My lawyer was a woman. After its third successful summer on the road, the 90's iteration of Lilith came to an end. Lilith Fair Lineup + Dates Announced. 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. ', Donnie Yen Called Out John Wick 4 and Rogue One Asian Stereotypes, Got Scripts Changed: Why Is the Name Always Shang or Chang, Chris Pine Admits It Did Look Like Harry Styles Spit on Me, but He Did Not: The Vitriol Against Dont Worry Darling Was Ridiculous, HBO's Leading Man: Casey Bloys on Perfecting 'The Last of Us,' HBO Max Streaming Merger and Axing Shows, A24 Sweeps Film Categories at the 2023 SAG Awards as 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Breaks Record for Most Wins, Jean Smart 'Doing Well, Recovering' Following Heart Procedure, Says Hacks Co-Star Hannah Einbinder, Ke Huy Quan Becomes First Asian Male Film Winner at SAG Awards for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). The venture was also a smashing success, becoming the top-grossing festival of 1997. Cassandra Wilson But as Lilith's popularity increased, critics disparaged the festival as "mom music" and called out its mostly white bill of performers. 1/2 Mad Poet Syd Straw McLachlan brought Lilith Fair back in 1998 and 1999. Heather Nova Her name was scribbled. 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 that word is on our banned list, so you know we mean it!) Kelly Willis Melissa Ferrick Lenni Jabour 5:40 p.m. -- Lisa Loeb, the only artist to score a No. MTV, EMA and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Lilith founder heads a star-studded lineup for all-female tour. This article was published more than 13 years ago. Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Sinad O'Connor The next year, McLachlan founded the Lilith Fair tour, taking Lilith from the Jewish lore that Lilith was Adam's first wife who refused to be subservient to him.[3]. Lilith Fair was a famous festival back in the 90's in which they sought to celebrate women in music, thus having an all-female lineup! Below is a list of artists who performed at Lilith Fair in the 2010 revival. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. LF took place during the summers of '97, '98, '99, and was revived again in 2010. 1998 Lillith Fair Tour. Lilith Fair, concert tour from 1997 - 99 & 2010. Meredith Brooks Even in the Eighties, with the Bangles, journalists would tend to say, How do you feel about the Go-Gos? There werent many female bands, unfortunately, at that time, but still it always struck us.. Read Next: Brit Beat: BRIT Awards Boss Hopes for Higher Representation of Women; Wet Legs Label Looks at Longue-Term Success, New Jersey Gov. Girl Power! And I enjoyed that. The Lilith Fair featured a rotating line-up of 61 female artists. Its like, Oh, this would be great to do this again. (Also check out other updates made to the catalog, new merchandise available including childrens clothing, a Sarah calender and more . Main stage artists Textual References to Lilith in Jewish Sources. Meredith Brooks Lauryn Hill Lilith Fair will play multiple nights in Seattle, San Francisco, Detroit, New York, Houston, Toronto, Milwaukee and Washington. Initially, Sarah McLachlan claimed (in an interview posted on the Arizona Republic website on July 9) that the July 8 Phoenix show was cancelled in protest of Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which she strongly opposes. Sarah McLachlan Also performing this year: Neneh Cherry, Beth Orton, Morcheeba, Queen Latifah, Meredith Brooks, the Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, Victoria Williams, Joan Osborne, Mary Lou Lord, Shawn Colvin, Tracy Bonham, Heather Nova, Cowboy Junkies, Lisa Loeb, Dar Williams, Me'Shell Ndegeocello and Kacy Crowley. Autour de Lucie Kacy Crowley 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. Lilith Fair's second iteration faced several obstacles. Lilith Fair at 20: Sarah McLachlan & Co-Founders Look Back on the All-Female Festival That Smashed Touring's Glass Ceiling The principals behind the 1997-1999 summer festival that brought. 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. Glassoline Sarah McLachlan had been told by music and concert industry executives that putting more than one woman back-to-back on a lineup or radio playlist wouldn't sell. 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. Jul 18, 1998 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, Maryland, United States "And in fact the opposite happened it minted stars. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. Paula Cole 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. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. 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. I hate to use the word organic, but it did feel that way. But in 2010, McLachlan tried to get Lilith off the ground again, turning to former festival favorites such as Erykah Badu and Tegan and Sara. Fleming and John 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. Amy Rigby "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. It's been 15 years since the end of Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair as a chance for female musicians to take center stage. Because we outdrew all of those festivals back in 97, 98 and 99. The other wore a baby . Abra Moore And I get to see that every day now. Holly McNarland ' In the years that followed, Liliths main-stage roster included genre-defying musicians like Neneh Cherry and Erykah Badu, as well as R&B upstarts like Monica and Mya; then-nascent pop stars like Nelly Furtado and Christina Aguilera played the Village Stage, as did folk performers like Tegan and Sara and Lori McKennna. Chrissie Hynde looks like the missing Ramone brother, with better hair, clothes, and music. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Red tide getting worse along Gulf beaches, Port Tampa Bay is seeing an increase in both cargo trade and cruise passengers, SpaceX, NASA try once again to launch a multinational crew from the Kennedy Space Center, Eli Lilly cuts the price of insulin, capping drug at $35 per month out-of-pocket, Look up! 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! Rebekah The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan and Suzanne Vega the only artists to play all dates). At the Gorge, the main stage also includes Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Paula Cole and Suzanne Vega. Michelle Malone . The Tuesdays To read the lineup now is to marvel that this was pulled off even then (bearing in mind, not every artist played every city): Lauryn Hill, whose groundbreaking The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was released at the end of that summer; Erykah Badu; Bonnie Raitt; Missy Elliott, at the peak of her collaboration with Timbaland; Sinead OConnor; Liz Phair; Lucinda Williams; Queen Latifah; the Indigo Girls; Natalie Merchant; Suzanne Vega; Meredith Brooks; Joan Osborne; Shawn Colvin; Lisa Loeb; MeShell Ndegeceollo; and more. In 1997, Sarah McLachlan gathered a folksy coven of women singer-songwriters for a summer of girl power awesomeness called Lilith Fair. Appearances were organized into three stages. Thats what music does. The way streaming habits are tallied reverberates too; Ed Sheeran and Drakes 2017 chart-topping LPs led to the Hot 100 being flooded with those collections album cuts, but none of the female artists who hit the Number One spot earlier this summer experienced a similar streaming-occasioned bump. Holly Cole Catie Curtis Some information may no longer be current. Litany McLachlan still has people asking her to bring Lilith back. Then, before Lilith Fair's 1999 tour, McLachlan announced that after the year's scheduled performances . "It looks like I'm gonna be the den mother to you guys," Raitt said at one point. Lilith Fair 1998. Wild Colonials Back then everybody was really surprised about how successful [Lilith was], and how many tickets we could actually draw, says Nettwerk Management president Dan Fraser, who organized Lilith Fair alongside McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride and McLachlans then-manager Marty Diamond. Here is a selection of incredible shots from that yearwhat we certainly consider to be the Fairs best ever. Its inclusive. I remember when I started in the early Eighties, I was always the only girl in the room. 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. Lilith Fair ~ Lilith Fair: A Celebration Of W. Amazon.com. "Every city will get a different show," she said. Product description. India Arie 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. My publicist was a woman. Alison Pipitone One winner of last night's Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent Search "played" a tiny toy guitar equipped with prerecorded heavy metal solos. 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. 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). Juliana Hatfield 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. Paris Hampton 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. Bonnie Raitt Sarah Ann McLachlan OC OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Indigo Girls Deni Bonet Lilith Fair '98 manages to evade the issue. Share. Given the lineup at last year's Metallica-led Lollapalooza . "And I don't think we did enough due diligence in discovering how our audience had changed and how to reflect that. Instead, Lilith Fair 1998 features an ever-shifting lineup of 23 different performers at a given stop chosen from a group of more than 100 acts. 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. K's Choice The musicians who appeared at Lilith - including Paula Cole, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Merchant and the Indigo Girls - were used to being in the minority. Wild Strawberries In addition, she noted that last year's tour raised more than $700,000 for various causes and charities. While it isn't possible to condense all of Lilith Fair onto one DVD, I really wish this disc showed a wider range of performers. Jul 27, 1998 - Jul 27, 1998 Central Florida Fairgrounds & Exposition Park Orlando, Florida, United States 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Lilith Fair was a cultural phenomenon that coalesced at just the right time. 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. It was unreal. All Rights reserved. McLachlan later speculated that, much like herself, Lilith's original audience had developed a different set of priorities. But a larger-scale Lilith reboot, or a festival that operates in its image, would make a statement, especially since some of the prevailing attitudes that led to Lilith being such a watershed festival still dominate music in the 2010s. Davina And Im now running a company. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). Paula Cole Cowboy Junkies It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. Tracy Bonham Lilith is mentioned at least four times in the Babylonian Talmud. . Facebook Twitter Email. 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. Chantal Kreviazuk was similarly star-struck when she first played Lilith Fair in 1998. Natalie Merchant rides to the stage in a polka-dot print dress with red slides and a white lace parasol, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It worked better than anyone expected, as Lilith Fair became the hippest and most successful package tour of the year. As of 2015, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. 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. Des'ree Shawn Colvin The Rose Bowl, perhaps the largest venue on the tour that includes shows July 15 and 16 at Jones Beach in New York, will be configured for a crowd of 40,000. At the first show in George, Washington, Lilith drew 27,500. Julie Kryk Natalie Merchant, Second stage artists 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 . 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. Morcheeba [5] Appearances were organized into three stages. 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? Chantal Kreviazuk The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 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.