Sheryl Crow This year's itinerary of Lilith Fair has been expanded to 57 shows (from 37 in 1997). Jill Sobule Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Still, its rah-rah spirit was met with very justified criticism. 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). Its like, Oh, this would be great to do this again. At the first show in George, Washington, Lilith drew 27,500. Abra Moore Sheryl Crow Clandestine The festival ran from 1997-1999, with one revival tour in 2010. Alison Pipitone Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Katell Keineg 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. Neko Case Rose Polenzani Traveling festivals, which had grown in popularity since the early-Nineties launch of Lollapalooza, were at the time dominated by male-fronted acts; in 1996 Lollapalooza shifted its aesthetic to a harder sound by having Metallica headline, and that year the metal-forward Ozzfest debuted as well. Her name was scribbled. Madeleine Peyroux Were gonna go over here and were gonna do it ourselves. Cling 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. 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. It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. In the mid-1990s female. Bonnie Raitt 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. Given the lineup at last year's Metallica-led Lollapalooza . 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. Sarah McLachlan and others on taking a stand in a male-dominated era and why Lilith's legacy still resonates. Get concert tickets, news and RSVP to . Nor did we, quite frankly. 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. The musicians who appeared at Lilith - including Paula Cole, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Merchant and the Indigo Girls - were used to being in the minority. Photograph by Steve Granitz for Getty Images. Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Suzanne Vega and other Lilith Fair alums look back on the legacy of their groundbreaking women-centric fest. Lisa Loeb April 10, 2010. Wild Strawberries 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. Kelly Willis 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. Des'ree Chantal Kreviazuk Alexis Antes One ancient tablet recovered in Syria and dated to the seventh century B.C.E. Gordian Knot Lucy Gamelon Find Lilith Fair stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. 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. Fisher, Village Stage artists Abba Rage Tracy Bonham Victoria Hogg Lilith Fair Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary. Dayna Manning Lucinda Williams Lilith Fair will play multiple nights in Seattle, San Francisco, Detroit, New York, Houston, Toronto, Milwaukee and Washington. Lilith Fair is sponsored by Biore, Royal Neighbors insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Tower Records and VH1. Why isnt Lauryn Hill or Missy Elliott on this? McLachlan brought Lilith Fair back in 1998 and 1999. Fiona Apple 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. My year for the girls apparently. Victoria Williams You may think. Appearances were organized into three stages. By 1998, the organizers of Lilith had more money to work with, and could point to the marked success of the previous summer. It consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands. Glassoline Erykah Badu (left) and Shawn Colvin (right) performing at Lilith Fair on June 27th, 1998 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. 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. Lori Amey Young. It presented itself as the softer, feminist alternative to the machismo of all-male rock tours. McLachlan was joined at the press conference by Raitt, Liz Phair, Paula Cole and others. "It showed people models of possibility.". The 1997 tour was one of the most popular of the year. For one, McLachlan was now the mother of two daughters and was busy finishing yet another album. The Cardigans Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. 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. The Tuesdays In 1997, Sarah McLachlan. Meredith Brooks The tour will make 36 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning on June 27 in Calgary. Joaelle Ndine Romero 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. Some information may no longer be current. Dead Girls and Other Abra Moore In 1997, Lilith Fair garnered a $16 million gross, making it the top-grossing of any touring festival. Arista/Tyde will release a two-CD set culled from last years perfs on April 28 with 50% of the proceeds going to RAINN and Lifebeat. I started at Berklee College of Music, where the ratio of men to women was about 13 to one, recalls Cole. September '67 It felt that it was a natural thing that we all got to participate in something that was way bigger than ourselves. Or English singer Dido, whose song "Thank you" was featured in movie soundtracks and sampled in Eminem's award-winning single "Stan. Holly Cole K's Choice 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. 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. The 100 Best Albums of 2022, We sort of became the antithesis of that, recalls McLachlan. Diana Krall I took all the money that I made from Lilith and put it into a foundation, she says. [5] Appearances are organized into three stages. K's Choice, Village Stage artists 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. Cassandra Wilson Billie Myers NPR researcher Will Chase contributed to this report. Photograph from the Hulton Archive via Getty Images. Were going strong 16 years later. Lori Carson Syd Straw Shawn Colvin. Meshell Ndegeocello, a bassist and composer who joined the show in 1998, recalls the festival's comforting atmosphere and the thrill of getting to see such powerful female artists from Paula Cole to Erykah Badu to Natalie Merchant performing together and supporting each other. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. 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. Leah Andreone 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. The venture was also a smashing success, becoming the top-grossing festival of 1997. Weve opened a school up in Edmonton. By Richard Skanse. "And Lilith Fair is almost like, 'Here's your compilation of every every wild idea that women had in music in the '90s.' It just felt like the Nineties was a time when there was a shift. And it was more like, 'What can you make me feel?'". Abra Moore "A lot of the young women who came to Lilith back then now have kids at home, have busy careers," she told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2012. Meshell Ndegeocello Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. The eclectic group of women artists included folk, rock, country and pop musicians and sold out nearly every single show its first year. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. 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. Founded by singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and friends, it featured a lineup of female solo artists and bands led. Our intentions, in hindsight, werent really pure, says McLachlan. Natalie Merchant But in choosing the name Lilith Fair, the festival's organizers revealed more than they may have intended about the spirit that lies behind contemporary feminism. In its first summer, Lilith easily outpaced the then-fading Lollapolooza festival, in both audience size and ticket sales. The only actual scriptural reference to Lilith is in Isaiah 34:14. Main stage artists I think [the rejections were] partly because they didnt know who we were, they didnt know what we were capable of. "It looks like I'm gonna be the den mother to you guys," Raitt said at one point. Our mission is great music being made by women. One winner of last night's Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent Search "played" a tiny toy guitar equipped with prerecorded heavy metal solos. Swamperella This summers crop of big tours skews heavily male, particularly on the double-bill front. So McLachlan started to fundraise and work with performers to join her on stage before launching Lilith in the summer of 1997. Lauren Hoffman 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. 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. 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. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan and Suzanne Vega the only artists to play all dates). McLachlan later speculated that, much like herself, Lilith's original audience had developed a different set of priorities. In March 2011, McLachlan declared that the Lilith concept was no longer being considered for future shows, due to changing audience views and expectations.[4]. Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. Fleming and John Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Last.fm concert page for Lilith Fair at Gorge Amphitheatre (George) on June 20, 1998. 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 Lilith Fairs legacy of supporting charities devoted to helping women, which was commemorated at a daily press conference where McLachlan would present a local nonprofit with a check representing a percentage of ticket sales, reverberates today with artists who speak up, play benefit shows and raise money for causes they believe in including McLachlan. Find tour dates and live music events for all your favorite bands and artists in your city. Sarah Bettens from Ks Choice in a floral slipdress and sneakers. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan and Suzanne Vega the only artists to play all dates). July 5, 2017. Juliana Hatfield As McLachlan recounted to Glamour Magazine in 2017, "I've got to go home. Joan Osborne -1 Likes, 1 Comments - olivia sidman (@oliviasidmusic) on Instagram: "A bit late to the punch but here is my Spotify Wrapped. 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. Catherine Kidd She says it upended longstanding presumptions that audiences wouldn't connect with the femininity and eclecticism of an all-female music festival. Liliths 1997 edition brought in $16 million across its 37 North American dates, and it performed well in the two years that followed. Lilith Fair 1998. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. ", "Some of these women were told by their agents, 'This is going to kill your career if you do this,'" says Hopper, referring to early industry doubts around the festival's founding. Facebook Twitter Email. In its initial three years, Lilith Fair raised over $10 million for charity.[1]. By 1998, the organizers of Lilith had more money to work with, and could point to the marked success of the previous summer. Joy Askew Ana Gasteyer Erin Echo Mary Lou Lord 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. 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. Queen Latifah The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Bic Runga Jessica Hopper, who authored an oral history of the Lilith Fair, says Lilith's lessons remain relevant today. While some now think of Lilith Fair with gentle mockinga utopia of calico feminism that was even parodied on Saturday Night Livethe festivals first iteration was a music industry revolution. "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. It worked better than anyone expected, as Lilith Fair became the hippest and most successful package tour of the year. Going in, [a lot of women at Rolling Stone] had reservations about Lilith because it was taking the most passive thing in popular music that women were doing and putting it forth as the united front of women in music, and it wasnt united at all. Missy Elliot, dressed in an outrageous bubble costume, performing at Jones Beach during Lilith Fair, 1998. [2] Among all concert tours for that year, it was the 16th-highest grossing. Tiny sunnies came home to her favorite room! 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. Lilith Fair Performers, Attendees Achieve Largest-Ever Synchronized Ovulation Published August 26, 1998 SALT LAKE CITY, UT-In what is believed to be the largest group ovulation in history, more than 20,000 Lilith Fair performers and attendees simultaneously released ova into their uteruses Tuesday. Alana Davis The other wore a baby . The Indigo Girls: Amy Ray in a striped button-down and striped pants, and Emily Saliers in overalls. 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. Having a woman-centric (but not woman-exclusive) space bucked music-business convention in a way that surprised observers. It refers to Lilith as being among the beasts of prey and spirits that will lay waste to the land on the day of vengeance. Below is a list of artists who performed at Lilith Fair in the 2010 revival. McLachlan said that some of the same artists who appeared on last year's tour will play different cities on this year's schedule. Garrison Starr Jenny Labow The digital music era meant that audiences were now discovering new music online, rather than on touring festival lineups. Donna Martin Wild Strawberries 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! Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. April 28, 1999. In the lead-up to its second year, McLachlan worked with organizers to intentionally add more artists of color to the ticket: Erykah Badu and Queen Latifah joined the main stage for Lilith's second year, along with up-and-coming Missy Elliott, who made her debut live performance at Lilith Fair in a giant vinyl trash-bag-inspired suit. I finally had an A&R person who was a woman. ), Missy Elliott performing in the infamous trash bag suit. Weve got 1,100 kids in the program. Yung Chen Lhamo As the biggest all-female festival ever in a male-dominated industry, Sarah MacLachlan was on the cover of Time and McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, and Joan Osborne were on the cover of Entertainment Weekly; and it was the highest grossing touring festival of 1997. 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. Suzanne Vega It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. Frankly Scarlet Robyn Ragland Sarah McLachlan said that's exactly what Lilith Fair was always supposed to achieve. Trust me, I play great female records and weve got some right now; theyre just not the lettuce in our salad, he told Country Aircheck. Eden White Lauryn Hill INHOUSE As it did last year, Lilith Fair will make donations to local chapters of the Breast Cancer Fund, Lifebeat, Planned Parenthood and RAINN. Holly Cole And that was pretty much a fair indication of what it would be like going forward. The Lilith Fair featured a rotating line-up of 61 female artists. "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. Shawn Colvin 5:31 PM. As Vega told Glamour, I remember seeing Missy Elliott in her [inflatable] suit, running up the aisles going, Yall better show me some love because its really hot in here!. Lilith Fair ended up with $16 million in ticket sales that year, making it the top-grossing festival tour of 1997. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BEHIND THE MUSIC") JIM FORBES: Sheryl Crow . . Lilith temporary tattoos available in the merchandse section of the official lilith site. Kacy Crowley Rebekah Tracy Bonham, Second stage artists It makes no reference to Adam. 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. Still, disorganization and shoddy financial management caused many artists including Kelly Clarkson and Norah Jones to drop out of shows at the last minute. "And I think I flourished as a musician because I was out of the male gaze and music where it's just, you know, 'Show me what you got.' It was unreal. Ebba Forsberg It lasted 3 years, from 1997 to 1999. Ive got a new record out and it worked last time. We didnt look at how all those women who came to the shows in the Nineties now have children and jobs and mortgages.. 2023 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Perhaps inevitably, Lilith became a target for comedians and cultural critics scoring points at the expense of female musical agency. 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. Love Riot Paris Hampton Then, before Lilith Fair's 1999 tour, McLachlan announced that after the year's scheduled performances . While the Blondie/Garbage Rage and Rapture double bill (which features openers like sullen pop upstart Sky Ferreira and bash-happy duo Deap Vally) puts ladies first, the summers other shed offerings (Muse/30 Seconds to Mars, Stone Sour/Korn, Incubus/Jimmy Eat World) recall the Ozzfest and Lollapalooza lineups of the mid-to-late Nineties. Ann Powers says yes. Elise Knoll 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. The festival expanded from 37 shows to 57 shows, expanding its lineup to include more than 100 artists across three stages. And I enjoyed that. Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. Emm Gryner Paula Cole To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. We were not a white chick folk fest, which was what we were labeled the first year, says McLachlan. So Lilith's 35-city tour, featuring McLachlan, Crow, Tracey Chapman, Jewel, and more than 60 other female acts, was unprecedented. (Can you imagine her waving this thing while singing Carnival? 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. 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. This article was published more than 13 years ago. Sarah McLachlan and Friends Announce Lineup for the Final Lilith Fair. 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