5:31 PM. I was a little surprised when she asked, at first, as its true that you almost never had two women on the bill at that point in time, and certainly not three, recalls Vega. Mudgirl Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Alexis Antes NPR researcher Will Chase contributed to this report. 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.. And I think so much of that stuff is just like forgotten.". 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). 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. 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. 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. Photograph by Steve Granitz for Getty Images. "And it was extremely frustrating. 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 was one of the most successful touring festivals of the 1990s. 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. Kelly Willis Anglique Kidjo I was consciously moving in that direction.. Kinnie Starr Meredith Brooks Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Deni Bonet Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 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In its first summer, Lilith easily outpaced the then-fading Lollapolooza festival, in both audience size and ticket sales. Mary Jane Lamond In 1997, Sarah McLachlan. In 2015, radio consultant Keith Hill sparked Tomatogate when he made an awkward metaphor about women getting airplay at country radio: Ive got about 40 music databases in front of me and the percentage of females in the one with the most is 19 percent. As she explained to Glamour, she was headlining the tour and working with many of the same behind-the-scenes coordinators who had helped manage previous tours. Abra Moore Published December 11, 2009. Find tour dates and live music events for all your favorite bands and artists in your city. Laurie Geltman We were not a white chick folk fest, which was what we were labeled the first year, says McLachlan. After its third successful summer on the road, the 90's iteration of Lilith came to an end. And you guys showed me that I could do anything. Product description. Garrison Starr 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. Liliths many acts, which for the most part rotated in and out over the course of the tour, were scattered over three stages, including a Village Stage that focused on up-and-coming and local artists. July 5, 2017. It lasted 3 years, from 1997 to 1999. So McLachlan started to fundraise and work with performers to join her on stage before launching Lilith in the summer of 1997. I was at the Juno Awards, recalls McLachlan, and this woman, she was probably close to 40, came up to me and said, You know, I was at Lilith, all three of them, when I was a teenager. 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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 . 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. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Robyn Ragland 1/2 Mad Poet Were going strong 16 years later. 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 . "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. Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. The 1998 Lilith Fair Tour Dates: June 19; Portland, Ore., Portland Meadows June 20; George, Wash., The Gorge Amphitheatre June 21; George, Wash., The Gorge Amphitheatre June 23; Mountain. LF took place during the summers of '97, '98, '99, and was revived again in 2010. 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. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BEHIND THE MUSIC") JIM FORBES: Sheryl Crow . Tara MacLean The bands are full of men, theres lots of males in the crew. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. 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). And it was more like, 'What can you make me feel?'". Patty Griffin Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Joaelle Ndine Romero 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. Imani Coppola By Kate Friedman. McLachlan brought Lilith Fair back in 1998 and 1999. Melanie Doane By Richard Skanse. Find Lilith Fair stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Or English singer Dido, whose song "Thank you" was featured in movie soundtracks and sampled in Eminem's award-winning single "Stan. Lilith Fair '98 manages to evade the issue. It felt that it was a natural thing that we all got to participate in something that was way bigger than ourselves. 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. (Can you imagine her waving this thing while singing Carnival? Jill Sobule 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. Mary Black Martina McBride It consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands. The musicians who appeared at Lilith including Paula Cole, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Merchant and the Indigo Girls were used to being in the minority. 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It makes no reference to Adam. Trish Murphy Neneh Cherry Lilith Fair is sponsored by Biore, Royal Neighbors insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Tower Records and VH1. Neneh Cherry 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. Kim Fox And Im now running a company. The pop charts, meanwhile, have swung back to being male-dominated after the surge in the 2010s that led to artists like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Beyonc dominating the conversation. ), And while concert fashion has been worth watching since the first man banged two sticks together on a stage and made someone dance, the late 90s, especially when it came to outdoor performances, was an especially rich time for artist attire. Prince showed up to see Sheryl Crow. Julie Kryk Tracy Bonham Textual References to Lilith in Jewish Sources. It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. Davina [5][dead link] Appearances were organized into three stages. 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. "Angel" singer-songwriter and Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan brings her symphonic mini-tour to Forest Hills Stadium on Friday for a date with the New York Pops. 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. 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. Erykah Badu Discuss the gig, get concert tickets, see who's attending, find similar events. McLachlan still has people asking her to bring Lilith back. Lisa Loeb This year's itinerary of Lilith Fair has been expanded to 57 shows (from 37 in 1997). KATE BUSH - THEM HEAVY PEOPLE LIVE (REVOLVER), KATE BUSH'S FIRST TV Kln Frechen Benzelrather Eisenbahn -Kite & Wuthering Heights LIVE, July 18-19, 1998 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD. ), Missy Elliott performing in the infamous trash bag suit. Victoria Williams With Sarah McLachlan, Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Jewel. Ana Gasteyer But while there werent elaborate costume changes of the kind we now expect at festivals, each musicians style was an expression of her voice, as essential to her performance as any other element. Erin Echo Paris Hampton Chantal Kreviazuk was similarly star-struck when she first played Lilith Fair in 1998. India Arie AT THE LILITH FAIR, FEMININE MYSTIQUE - The Washington Post By Rachel Warren July 20, 1998 She wasn't hard to spot, that Lilith. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Select from premium Lilith Fair of the highest quality. Ann Powers says yes. ', The True Story Behind 'Cocaine Bear': A 175-Pound Beast, a Dead Drug Smuggler in Gucci Loafers and More, Michael B. Jordan Meets Reporter at 'Creed III' Premiere Who 'Teased Him all the Time' in High School: 'I Was the Corny Kid, Right? Alison Pipitone Her response? 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! Liz Phair The female festival will carry on through the summer, hitting such cities as Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles . Julianne Blue [2] Bucking conventional industry wisdom, she booked a successful tour for herself and Paula Cole. This year's lineup, in fact, boasts the sort of diversity that McLachlan hungered for then. This was a success last year so lots more (performers and sponsors) are involved, tour organizer McLachlan said at the press conference where she was flanked by nine of her Lilith Fair performers, among them Paula Cole, Bonnie Raitt and Colvin. Facebook Twitter Email. (Full disclosure/humblebrag: I went. Hopefully Lilith Fair Tour will return for a new US tour next year and play again in Air Canada Centre, Beacon Theatre and David H. Koch Theater. Lilith Fair 2010 Dates with Lineup/Venue Details Fri, Jul 2 Portland, OR The Amphitheatre at Clark County Sat, Jul 3 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre Sat, Jul 17 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank . Some information may no longer be current. 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. Chrissie Hynde looks like the missing Ramone brother, with better hair, clothes, and music. Not that Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Meredith Brooks, Shwawn Colvin, and Sheryl Crow didn't give great (multiple) performances on this disc, but one of the things I enjoyed about Lilith was the sheer number of musicians, both multi-platinum and indie. Lilith Fair ended up with $16 million in ticket sales that year, making it the top-grossing festival tour of 1997. Sarah McLachlan Emmylou Harris "It looks like I'm gonna be the den mother to you guys," Raitt said at one point. Bonnie Raitt Not only that, Lilith Fair radically expanded creative possibilities for women musicians, who took to its stages to triumph, to experiment, even to fail and to try again. Sarah McLachlan She says it upended longstanding presumptions that audiences wouldn't connect with the femininity and eclecticism of an all-female music festival. Looking back, did Lilith achieve what it set out to accomplish? Lovechild Kacy Crowley Emm Gryner Ticket prices had also increased, with some Lilith VIP packages costing $750. "Like, I'd walk in and do an interview and they said, 'Well, we'd love to add this song but we can't add you this week because we had a Tori Amos or because we added Tracy Chapman or because we added Sinad O'Connor,'" she recalls. Katell Keineg Jabber 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. Our mission is great music being made by women. 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 . Chantal Kreviazuk While the Billboard 200 album chart recently had three back-to-back female solo artists Halsey, Katy Perry and Lorde at its summit, the Hot 100 singles chart, which factors airplay, streaming and sales, has been a boys club for much of the year. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. 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). Sinad Lohan Clandestine Here at Shoreline, the headliners are McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Merchant and Badu. Still, its rah-rah spirit was met with very justified criticism. Catherine Kidd Sarah McLachlan and Friends Announce Lineup for the Final Lilith Fair. McLachlan and her partners ended up canceling the tour after only a few shows. All Rights reserved. 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. They are $2 each and are about 2"x2" Buy yours and wear it with pride to Lilith to show your support! McLachlan later speculated that, much like herself, Lilith's original audience had developed a different set of priorities. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. It's success upended concert industry norms and created a new place where female artistry could evolve and flourish. I hate to use the word organic, but it did feel that way. 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