Liliths 1997 edition brought in $16 million across its 37 North American dates, and it performed well in the two years that followed. Martina McBride Lhasa de Sela Davina Facebook Twitter Email. 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. So the beginning of this was just born out of a desire to come together as a community. Lucinda Williams [6] Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. Imani Coppola Victoria Williams Fisher, Village Stage artists 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. Diana Krall ), 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. 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. 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. "It looks like I'm gonna be the den mother to you guys," Raitt said at one point. In the mid-1990s female. Sinad O'Connor Exactly 25 years later, musicians who participated in Lilith Fair and journalists who covered it reflected on the festival's importance in interviews with NPR. Photograph by Steve Eichner for Getty Images. Once Blue 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. 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). Emmylou Harris 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 at Shoreline, the headliners are McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Merchant and Badu. Here is a selection of incredible shots from that yearwhat we certainly consider to be the Fairs best ever. Melanie Doane Share. Natalie Merchant, Second stage artists Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Lovechild 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 . My artist can play in front of a new audience and get a whole new audience. -1 Likes, 1 Comments - olivia sidman (@oliviasidmusic) on Instagram: "A bit late to the punch but here is my Spotify Wrapped. Tiny sunnies came home to her favorite room! Sarah McLachlan 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. Joy Askew Lilith Fair 1998. 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 . "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. 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. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). [Men would ask], Why dont you have men on the tour? And I said, Well, honey, we do. Young. "I started at Berklee College of Music, where. Stay tuned for more info on Lilith Fair upcoming tour dates! [5][dead link] Appearances were organized into three stages. 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 Indigo Girls: Amy Ray in a striped button-down and striped pants, and Emily Saliers in overalls. Interview with Natalie Merchant on VH1's Lilith Fair Day - July 12, 1998 Jill Sobule 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? . 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. But as Lilith's popularity increased, critics disparaged the festival as "mom music" and called out its mostly white bill of performers. Davina 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. All Rights Reserved. "It showed people models of possibility.". This article was published more than 13 years ago. Festival programmers challenged perceptions of Lilith Fair as a majority-white group of folk and alternative artists at a time when R&B, rap and hip-hop were gaining broader popularity. Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, a two-disc compilation album of live festival performances -- from the likes of Victoria Williams, Jewel, Shawn Colvin and, of course, the . 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. Still, disorganization and shoddy financial management caused many artists including Kelly Clarkson and Norah Jones to drop out of shows at the last minute. Tracy Chapman was part of the very first tour in 1997. Morcheeba Then, before Lilith Fair's 1999 tour, McLachlan announced that after the year's scheduled performances . 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. With Sarah McLachlan, Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Jewel. Swamperella (Also check out other updates made to the catalog, new merchandise available including childrens clothing, a Sarah calender and more . My lawyer was a woman. 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. Wild Strawberries Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. Apr 17, 1998 12:00am PT Lilith's L.A. lineup set McLachlan, Merchant among performers. I remember at the time thinking, in my snarky, rock-critic-y way, Why does this have to be so crunchy and folky? But then I found out who the other bands were on the bill that she was inviting, and I just wanted to be a part of [something with] those other musicians and they happened to be women. Diana King Mary Chapin Carpenter So thats a pretty cool legacy., Its one that reverberates far beyond music, too. 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 . Neneh Cherry My year for the girls apparently. (Can you imagine her waving this thing while singing Carnival? 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. 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). 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. 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. Discuss the gig, get concert tickets, see who's attending, find similar events. Suz Andreasen Chantal Kreviazuk At the Gorge, the main stage also includes Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Paula Cole and Suzanne Vega. Dayna Manning Were gonna go over here and were gonna do it ourselves. She says it upended longstanding presumptions that audiences wouldn't connect with the femininity and eclecticism of an all-female music festival. 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! Dido 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. "And in fact the opposite happened it minted stars. Her face was plastered on posters. When asked why she decided to do the tour a second year, McLachlan said, "I never had any second thoughts about doing it again it was an incredibly amazing experience. 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.. Lilith Fair Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary. Sinad Lohan Neko Case As it did last year, Lilith Fair will make donations to local chapters of the Breast Cancer Fund, Lifebeat, Planned Parenthood and RAINN. The musicians who appeared at Lilith including Paula Cole, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Merchant and the Indigo Girls were used to being in the minority. I hate to use the word organic, but it did feel that way. The tour will make 36 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning on June 27 in Calgary. Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. Copyright 2022 NPR. Yung Chen Lhamo 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. After its third successful summer on the road, the 90's iteration of Lilith came to an end. "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. The festival expanded from 37 shows to 57 shows, expanding its lineup to include more than 100 artists across three stages. You may think. The Tuesdays 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. We're going to prove these guys wrong.". As McLachlan recounted to Glamour Magazine in 2017, "I've got to go home. The Lilith Fair featured a rotating line-up of 61 female artists. Meredith Brooks 1998 Lillith Fair Tour. 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. It was unreal. McLachlan later speculated that, much like herself, Lilith's original audience had developed a different set of priorities. And you guys showed me that I could do anything. Bic Runga I think [the rejections were] partly because they didnt know who we were, they didnt know what we were capable of. Syd Straw Morcheeba Elise Knoll Sarah McLachlan and others on taking a stand in a male-dominated era and why Lilith's legacy still resonates. Lilith Fair 1998. Victoria Williams McLachlan said that some of the same artists who appeared on last year's tour will play different cities on this year's schedule. Natalie Merchant performs with a rhythmic gymnastic ribbon in a cardigan and pencil skirt. Lilith Fair will play multiple nights in Seattle, San Francisco, Detroit, New York, Houston, Toronto, Milwaukee and Washington. NPR researcher Will Chase contributed to this report. 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. Garrison Starr Beth Orton Cassandra Wilson Lhasa de Sela The festival lasted three summers (and one revival in 2010) and raised more than $10 million for women's charities. It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. Lisa Loeb 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. Neneh Cherry By Richard Skanse. You all inspired me to understand that I could actually do anything that I wanted to do. Lots of women would come up to me and say things like, You showed us that you were living your dream and you were succeeding at that, and it kind of opened up my eyes, that we could do whatever we wanted to do.'. Susanna Hoffs 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. Our intentions, in hindsight, werent really pure, says McLachlan. Julie Kryk Patty Griffin Sarah McLachlan and Friends Announce Lineup for the Final Lilith Fair. Her response? Jessica Hopper, who authored an oral history of the Lilith Fair, says Lilith's lessons remain relevant today. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan and Suzanne Vega the only artists to play all dates). Textual References to Lilith in Jewish Sources. Jenny Bird Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The 1998 tour also proved profitable, further proving the commercial point.. Suzanne Vega Sarah Bettens from Ks Choice in a floral slipdress and sneakers. . The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. Beth Orton Weve opened a school up in Edmonton. 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. Lilith Fair Lineup + Dates Announced. Ticket prices had also increased, with some Lilith VIP packages costing $750. Jabber Bonnie Raitt Published December 11, 2009. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Missy Elliot, dressed in an outrageous bubble costume, performing at Jones Beach during 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. Anggun Lilith Fair '98 News. Litany Due to poor ticket sales, thirteen shows (about one-third of the tour) were scratched (two announced on June 25,[8] ten more on July 1,[9] one additional on July 2)[10] and one reassigned to a smaller venue. include Tracy Chapman and Sinead O'Connor. The Vancouver-based Grammy . 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. Her name was scribbled. The lineup featured a who's who of female alternative musicians of the moment: Sheryl Crow,. It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. Sheryl Crow . Lilith Fair was one of the most successful touring festivals of the 1990s. Emm Gryner Its artists who have had, or who we think will have, an impact on music.. And I think its the closest thing to church that I understand getting to sing, to share my purpose, to live my purpose, and to connect with other people who are feeling the same way, doing a similar thing, and creating that great energy of creating positive special change. Nor did we, quite frankly. Each day, 11 bands will perform; but the roster changes in every single market. ' 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. Natalie Merchant Find information on all of Lilith Fair's upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2023-2024. 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. ", It was partly the demands of Sarah McLachlan's own celestial career that brought an end to Lilith Fair. This year's itinerary of Lilith Fair has been expanded to 57 shows (from 37 in 1997). Sixpence None the Richer Prince showed up to see Sheryl Crow. Given the lineup at last year's Metallica-led Lollapalooza . I started at Berklee College of Music, where the ratio of men to women was about 13 to one, recalls Cole. Dar Williams Elise Knoll Last.fm concert page for Lilith Fair at Gorge Amphitheatre (George) on June 20, 1998. 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. Wild Strawberries Appearances were organized into three stages. Mudgirl "This is a snapshot of a huge array of what women were doing in music in this era when there was a lot of space and demand for women of all kinds to be taking risks in music," Powers says. I finally had an A&R person who was a woman. The tour was plagued with financial problems from the beginning. Letters to Cleo Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. September '67 We were not a white chick folk fest, which was what we were labeled the first year, says McLachlan. ', 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? "And I don't think we did enough due diligence in discovering how our audience had changed and how to reflect that. Joan Osborne 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. Vancouver. Chrissie Hynde looks like the missing Ramone brother, with better hair, clothes, and music. 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. Not just the musicians, but all of the tech people every time I went in the studio, record companies. 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. 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. "And Lilith Fair is almost like, 'Here's your compilation of every every wild idea that women had in music in the '90s.' 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. includes a chilling plea to be spared the wrath of the black-winged demon: " O flyer in a dark chamber, go away at once, O Lili! The only actual scriptural reference to Lilith is in Isaiah 34:14. Before there was Gaga or Taylor, before pussy hats or Beyonc's "girls in formation," there was an epic all-female music festival created by women fed up with . At least one of their appearances togetherin Vancouver, on September 14, 1996went by the name "Lilith Fair" and included performances by McLachlan, Cole, Lisa Loeb, and Michelle McAdorey, formerly of Crash Vegas. 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. That was extremely frustrating we asked all sorts of artists from all sorts of different genres, and we basically got people who said yes. I took all the money that I made from Lilith and put it into a foundation, she says. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Photograph from the Hulton Archive via Getty Images. Kelly Willis 5:40 p.m. -- Lisa Loeb, the only artist to score a No. Sister 7 Lilith Fair 2010 announces lineup. And it was more like, 'What can you make me feel?'". That says way more about you and your ego than anything else. But it was a question that got asked all the time, and it wasnt about that. This time around . Lilith Fair, concert tour from 1997 - 99 & 2010. Heather Nova 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. Lisa Loeb Still, its rah-rah spirit was met with very justified criticism. Patty Griffin [2] McLachlan followed this success with two more rounds, in 1998 and 1999. Fontaine Robyn Ragland Similar in scope to Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, which captures the inaugural tour, the 1998 festival is presented on volumes 2 and 3, with each disc available separately this time around.Volume 2 offers a large dose of the folksy acoustic fare we've come to associate with VH-1 (i.e., Natalie . Appearances were organized into three stages. The other wore a baby . At the first show in George, Washington, Lilith drew 27,500. Someone of this generation needs to do it, if they choose. Grassroots efforts like Ladyfest, which has outposts around the world, combine Liliths spirit with DIY mechanics and radical politics. Mary Jane Lamond Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. Shawn Colvin Laurie Geltman Victoria Hogg This summers crop of big tours skews heavily male, particularly on the double-bill front. Abba Rage Holly McNarland By Kate Friedman. 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