Lilith Fair, concert tour from 1997 - 99 & 2010. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Founded by singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and friends, it featured a lineup of female solo artists and bands led. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair vary by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). Victoria Williams Sarah McLachlan Appearances were organized into three stages. Sarah McLachlan Eden White Chantal Kreviazuk I hate to use the word organic, but it did feel that way. In the mid-1990s female. 4 talking about this. McLachlan said more than 600,000 fans attended Lilith Fair shows. 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. Back when it started, some observers took potshots at Lilith for creating a space that was focused on women; others critiqued the festival for being too focused on female-fronted acts and ignoring women who were playing instruments. Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Thats what music does. Lilith Fair was the culmination of a year of work by its founder, a Canadian singer-songwriter. Sheryl Crow But as Lilith's popularity increased, critics disparaged the festival as "mom music" and called out its mostly white bill of performers. Last.fm concert page for Lilith Fair at Gorge Amphitheatre (George) on June 20, 1998. Litany [2] Among all concert tours for that year, it was the 16th-highest grossing. LF took place during the summers of '97, '98, '99, and was revived again in 2010. The lineup featured a who's who of female alternative musicians of the moment: Sheryl Crow,. Dead Girls and Other 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 . One ancient tablet recovered in Syria and dated to the seventh century B.C.E. From 1997 to 1999, Lilith Fair cemented itself as the stuff of musical mythology, featuring everyone from Fiona Apple to Lisa Loeb to Tracy Chapman. Holly Cole N'Dea Davenport Lauryn Hill Clandestine WUSF 89.7 depends on donors for the funding it takes to provide you the most trusted source of news and information here in town, across our state, and around the world. It worked better than anyone expected, as Lilith Fair became the hippest and most successful package tour of the year. 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. Melanie Doane 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. "[Lilith Fair] was sort-of like this little creature that grew wings and took off," McLachlan said at the press conference, referring to Lilith Fair's debut tour in 1997. So McLachlan started to fundraise and work with performers to join her on stage before launching Lilith in the summer of 1997. 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One winner of last night's Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent Search "played" a tiny toy guitar equipped with prerecorded heavy metal solos. Erykah Badu performing in a raffia coat, in Mountain View (above) and Pasadena (below). In an April 25, 2009, Twitter post, Nettwerk founder Terry McBride announced that a Lilith Fair tour through North America would be relaunched for the summer of 2010, with a two-week tour of Europe to follow. Bic Runga She says it upended longstanding presumptions that audiences wouldn't connect with the femininity and eclecticism of an all-female music festival. "It showed people models of possibility.". Discover Best of Lilith Fair 1997 To 1999 by Various Artists. The only actual scriptural reference to Lilith is in Isaiah 34:14. Juliana Hatfield In a new show, we kind of threw up the same model, which, you know, obviously in hindsight was quite stupid and it didn't get the audiences that we expected to get.". May 2, 1998. Its inclusive. Here at Shoreline, the headliners are McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Merchant and Badu. INHOUSE Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. 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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. ", It was partly the demands of Sarah McLachlan's own celestial career that brought an end to Lilith Fair. Fiona Apple 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. Many of them won slots on the bill in a series of local talent searches in their home cities. At the first show in George, Washington, Lilith drew 27,500. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. Tia Texada Sarah McLachlan and Friends Announce Lineup for the Final Lilith Fair. Cling 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. Morcheeba Lilith Fair 1998: Portland: Sinad O'Connor (main performer) Sarah McLachlan (main performer) Natalie Merchant (main performer) Indigo Girls (main performer) (show 6 more) Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, United States; 1998-06-19: Lilith Fair 1998: George, 1st show: Sheryl Crow (main performer) 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. "And in fact the opposite happened it minted stars. 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 . Lilith temporary tattoos available in the merchandse section of the official lilith site. Elise Knoll In its initial three years, Lilith Fair raised over $10 million for charity.[1]. Tara MacLean People have been having babies and getting married and divorced, and I've missed it all.". Julianne Blue AT THE LILITH FAIR, FEMININE MYSTIQUE - The Washington Post By Rachel Warren July 20, 1998 She wasn't hard to spot, that Lilith. Photograph from the Hulton Archive via Getty Images. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). CREATIVE. The tour will make 36 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning on June 27 in Calgary. It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Joaelle Ndine Romero In 1997, Lilith Fair garnered a $16 million gross, making it the top-grossing of any touring festival. Sarah Ann McLachlan OC OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Sarah McLachlan will be joined by Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Indigo Girls and Shawn Colvin on the mainstage when the Lilith Fair tour stops at the Rose Bowl June 27. "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. Catherine Kidd Lhasa de Sela The Cardigans And it was more like, 'What can you make me feel?'". McLachlan brought Lilith Fair back in 1998 and 1999. 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. In 1997, Sarah McLachlan. "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.' In 2010, Lilith Fair staged a revival with mixed results, as several dates were cancelled and many performers backed out of scheduled performances. Holly McNarland Chantal Kreviazuk 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. Lilith Fair had a ' test run ' In order to determine its economic and logistical viability, McLachlan and her team organized a four-date mini Lilith in 1996 featuring McLachlan, Suzanne Vega,. Abra Moore 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. Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates. 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. McLachlan later speculated that, much like herself, Lilith's original audience had developed a different set of priorities. -1 Likes, 1 Comments - olivia sidman (@oliviasidmusic) on Instagram: "A bit late to the punch but here is my Spotify Wrapped. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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). Lilith Fair Lineup + Dates Announced. Find Lilith Fair stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. I started a free music school for [at-risk] kids in Vancouver, which Ive been running and funding for the last 16 years. Angie Delight Liz Phair in a brown and khaki dress with an open back. As it did last year, Lilith Fair will make donations to local chapters of the Breast Cancer Fund, Lifebeat, Planned Parenthood and RAINN. Kim Fox Roadie Ray Missy Elliot, dressed in an outrageous bubble costume, performing at Jones Beach during Lilith Fair, 1998. Lilith Fair Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary. 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. Donna Martin McLachlan was joined at the press conference by Raitt, Liz Phair, Paula Cole and others. September '67 Wild Strawberries We're going to prove these guys wrong.". I think [the rejections were] partly because they didnt know who we were, they didnt know what we were capable of. 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. Chrissie Hynde looks like the missing Ramone brother, with better hair, clothes, and music. 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. 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. The full list of dates for this summer's revival of the Lilith Fair tour has been revealed. 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]. We're looking back to see where the stars of . The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. (Later that summer, I saw Britney Spears perform at the same outdoor venue, the Polaris Amphitheater in Columbus, Ohio, and she had only a handful of costume changesalthough, she wore as many belly-baring shirts as five of the Lilith performers combined.). 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. Dayna Manning 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. It consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands. Ann Powers says yes. The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). Get notified whenever Lilith Fair announces a live stream or a concert in your area. Holly McNarland 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. Interview with Natalie Merchant on VH1's Lilith Fair Day - July 12, 1998 Lilith Fair is sponsored by Biore, Royal Neighbors insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Tower Records and VH1. The musicians who appeared at Lilith - including Paula Cole, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Merchant and the Indigo Girls - were used to being in the minority. 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.. Kacy Crowley Read Next: Brit Beat: BRIT Awards Boss Hopes for Higher Representation of Women; Wet Legs Label Looks at Longue-Term Success, New Jersey Gov. It presented itself as the softer, feminist alternative to the machismo of all-male rock tours. Indigo Girls (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BEHIND THE MUSIC") JIM FORBES: Sheryl Crow . Its artists who have had, or who we think will have, an impact on music.. Holly Cole 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). [2] McLachlan followed this success with two more rounds, in 1998 and 1999. Liliths 1997 edition brought in $16 million across its 37 North American dates, and it performed well in the two years that followed. 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. ), 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. Kinnie Starr All Rights Reserved. (Also check out other updates made to the catalog, new merchandise available including childrens clothing, a Sarah calender and more . ', 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? It lasted 3 years, from 1997 to 1999. 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 just kind of happened. Below is a list of artists who performed at Lilith Fair in the 2010 revival. Shawn Colvin. So Lilith's 35-city tour, featuring McLachlan, Crow, Tracey Chapman, Jewel, and more than 60 other female acts, was unprecedented. Julie Kryk Or English singer Dido, whose song "Thank you" was featured in movie soundtracks and sampled in Eminem's award-winning single "Stan. And Im now running a company. Mudgirl 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. Robyn Ragland And I get to see that every day now. Lilith Fair, which arrived at the New World Music Theatre over the weekend, was billed as a "celebration of women in music." But the festival's organizer, Sarah McLachlan, insisted only an hour . Letters to Cleo Nancy Falkow Alexis Antes 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. McLachlan conceived the package tour as a way to spotlight female musicians, particularly those that were from either the alt-pop or folk genres. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Her name was scribbled. April 28, 1999. 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