1999 Lilith Fair News and
Press
All of the Lilith Fair news for 1999
will be listed here. Either a full article or a link will appear
depending on the length of the news item. Enjoy!
Melky Sedeck has replaced Infamous Syndicate on the second stage on
August 19.
Bree Sharp has taken Infamous
Syndicate's spot on the second stage August 18.
Nelly Fortado is playing on the
Village Stage August 18.
Bree Sharp has been added to the
Village Stage in Denver on August 29.
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Online
Artist Finalists and Winner Announced!
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Aug 12,
1999
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The ten finalists in the Lilith Fair Online talent search
were:
Jennie DeVoe
Jana Hadden
Deborah Levoy
Julie and Rick McKown
Mind Over Water
Leslie Nuchow
Leslie Nuss
Emily Richards
The Sister Guitar Band
Gail Swanson
The winner is Leslie Nuchow who will
play the opening village stage slot August 19 in Chicago.
Congratulations to Leslie!
We are awaiting details, but word on the street and in the Lilith
Fair office is that the show from Columbus, OH will be webcast live
Tuesday, August 10.
Artists scheduled to perform in
Columbus include Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, the Indigo Girls, The
Pretenders, and Deborah Cox.
No start time has been announced.
Cree Summer will no longer be playing. To replace her will be
Splashdown on August 4, 7 and Kendall Payne on August 6.
Christina Aguilera has cancelled two
of her four dates. Replacing her on August 10th and 14th on the
village stage is Bree Sharp.
Melissa Mathes is the village stage
opening act on August 24.
On the village stage, Brenda Kahn replaces Kay Hanley on July 30th.
Kay is expecting a baby and is going in for tests on that day.
Bif Naked is playing July 23, 24, 25 for Cherokee. Kacy Crowley will
be playing for Cherokee on the July 27, while Splashdown will be
playing for her on July 28.
Sarah Evans is no longer playing July 24 and 25 due to her pregnancy.
Trish Murphy has picked up those two dates along with the July 23
show.
On August 1, Beth Orton (left) gets a well deserved mainstage
appearance, as Tracy Bonham has had to cancel her two Lilith dates.
Liz Phair is replacing Tracy on August 13.
Cowlily will be performing on the mainstage on August 19.
Due to a film obligation for Courtney Love, Hole are no longer on
Lilith Fair. They have been replaced by the Indigo Girls for the
Cincinnati and Columbus dates.
1999 $1 PER TICKET RECIPIENTS
DATE - CITY - COMMUNITY GROUP DONATION
7/08 - Vancouver, BC - Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
7/09 - George, WA - Eastside Domestic Violence Center
7/10 - George, WA - Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
Program
7/11 - Portland, OR - Domestic Violence Resource Center
7/13 - San Francisco, CA - Support Network for Battered Women
7/14 - San Francisco, CA - Center for Domestic Violence
Prevention
7/16 - San Diego, CA - Women's Resource Center
7/17 - Los Angeles, CA - Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission
7/18 - Phoenix, AZ - Villa De Fidelis
7/20 - Austin, TX - Families in Crisis
7/21 - Dallas, TX - New Beginning Center
7/23 - Atlanta, GA - Women's Resource Center
7/24 - Atlanta, GA - Partnership Against Domestic Violence
7/25 - Nashville, TN - Renewal House
7/27 - Charlotte, NC - Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Center
7/28 - Washington, DC - House of Ruth DC
7/30 - Camden, NJ - Women In Transition
7/31 - Hershey, PA - YWCA of Greater Harrisburg
8/01 - Rochester, NY - Finger Lakes House of Hope
8/03 - Boston, MA - Respond
8/04 - Hartford, CT - Network Against Domestic Abuse
8/06 - New York, NY - Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
8/07 - Holmdel, NJ - Women's Crisis Services
8/08 - Holmdel, NJ - Providence House
8/10 - Columbus, OH - Haven House
8/11 - Cincinnati, OH - Women Helping Women
8/13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Women's Shelter & Rape Crisis Center
8/14 - Detroit, MI - La CADA
8/15 - Detroit, MI - Women's Justice Center
8/17 - Cleveland, OH - Battered Womens Shelter
8/18 - Indianapolis, IN - Coburn Place
8/19 - Chicago, IL - Crisis Center for South Suburbia
8/21 - Toronto, ONT - Red Door Shelter
8/22 - Toronto, ONT - Ernestines
8/24 - Milwaukee, WI - Women's Horizons, Inc.
8/25 - Minneapolis, MN - Red Wing
8/26 - Bonner Springs, KS - Women's Transitional Care Services
8/28 - Denver, CO - Family Tree Women in Crisis Shelter
8/29 - Denver, CO - Alternatives to Family Violence
8/31 - Edmonton, ALB - Wings
Lilith Fair is looking for a number of local artists to open the
Lilith Fair in their market. The selected artists will perform a
twenty minute set on the Village Stage to kick off the
show.
Cities where we are looking for a
local artist are:
Vancouver, BC
Cleveland, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Edmonton, AB
Milwaukee, WI
Phoenix, AZ
Bonner Springs, KS
To be considered for the opening slot
you must be a local artist in the market that the show is taking
place. For example, Cleveland artists cannot submit material for the
Cincinnati show. Similarily, If you are from Chicago, just 70 miles
from Milwaukee, you cannot submit your band for the Milwaukee
show.
This is not a contest, but rather a
request for submissions. All submissions must be received by June 25,
1999.
Village Stage Artist Submission
Guidelines
Eligibility
1. Only bands with female frontpersons are eligible.
2. There can be no more than five people performing.
Submissions
1. Artists must submit a cd or cassette, photograph, and a bio.
2. Submissions will not be returned.
3. All submissions must be received by JUNE 25, 1999. Late
submissions cannot be considered.
Where to Submit
If you are from one of the following
markets:
Vancouver, BC
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Edmonton, AB
Bonner Springs, KS
Send your package to:
Coleen Novak
Nettwerk Management
1650 W. 2nd Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V6J 1H4
If you are from:
Milwaukee, WI
Send your package to:
Shauna Gold
Nettwerk Management
1650 W. 2nd Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V6J 1H4
If you are from:
Phoenix, AZ
Send your package to:
Dave Holmes
Nettwerk Management
8730 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 304
Beverly Hills, CA
90211
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Quitting
while they're ahead: Summer '99 to close Lilith Fair - From
CNN
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May 7,
1999
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By Donna Freydkin
CNN Interactive Contributing Writer
(CNN) -- Last year, Lilith Fair
helped fledgling, unsigned New York-based singer-songwriter and
pianist Eden White land a record deal. This summer, after completing
the festival's third tour, driving force Sarah McLachlan will pull
down the tent.
"It was a privilege to play Lilith
Fair," says White. "It may be a smart thing to end it now. Lilith
Fair came out and made a statement and it was a good
thing."
Having helped launch such artists as
White, and being celebrated as much for its stellar lineups as for
its clean bathrooms and placid crowds, Lilith Fair is set to pack up,
after assembling its most impressive ensemble of artists to
date.
Lilith Fair has weathered criticism
for its ostensible lack of diversity to go about its blissful
celebration of female bonding. But festival mastermind Sarah
McLachlan has decided to bail after this summer's round, opting for
motherhood.
"We're all well into our 30s now,"
the 31-year-old Canadian singer announced at an April 27 news
conference, "and we decided we wanted to have babies. This will be
the last year for a good, long while. It could be three years, it
could be 10 years, it could be forever."
All aboard for the last bus
trip
Earlier this week, McLachlan
announced the lineup of the 40-date North American amphitheater tour.
Playing all 40 stops herself, she's to be joined by a rotating lineup
that includes root-sy popster Sheryl Crow; veteran rockers The
Pretenders; former 'Til Tuesday frontwoman Aimee Mann; hip-hop
sovereign Queen Latifah; indie darling Liz Phair; R&B looker
Monica; country ingenues Dixie Chicks and Kelly Willis; and popsters
Bijou Phillips and Sixpence None the Richer.
"I'd love to get to know or at least
meet some of the women, such as Sheryl or Sarah," says Leigh Nash of
Sixpence None the Richer, which is signed to play eight dates this
year. "I know we won't have time to develop friendships with anyone,
but I would love to get to know them."
Again this summer, Lilith Fair,
Ozzfest and H.O.R.D.E. fill the vacuum left over by the grandparent
of summer festivals, the ill-fated Lollapalooza, on hiatus until
2000. But McLachlan insists that from the outset she'd planned to run
Lilith Fair only for three years. And she says she's enough of a
control freak to not relinquish command of the tour to anyone
else.
Nevertheless, for emerging artists
and groups such as Sixpence None the Richer -- which has the adorable
hit single "Kiss Me" in heavy radio rotation nationwide -- Lilith is
an incredible opportunity to play for huge crowds drawn by the likes
of McLachlan, Crow, the Indigo Girls and Luscious Jackson.
"It's very encouraging to be
included," says Sixpence's Nash. "Last year, we played one date in
Nashville and it was our first experience. But in light of the
popularity of 'Kiss Me,' it worked out again this year. And it's
amazing to be on such a great bill."
From Lilith to
label
If you work it right and your luck
pans out, Lilith has amazing payoff -- as musician Eden White can
attest. She landed a record deal on the strength of one performance
at a New York's Jones Beach venue.
"I would absolutely do it again if I
had the chance," says White. "As a result of Lilith Fair, I got
signed to a label. My CD ('This is the Way') came out nationally and
internationally. Billy Joel came to one of my shows. And all that is
the result of meeting and being seen by people at Lilith."
Last year, White was one of two
performers to win a nationwide contest to perform at Lilith Fair. Her
demo was chosen from a pool of thousands, and she and 19 other
finalists auditioned to play at the kickoff concert. White and the
band Antigone Rising came out on top, and ended up performing for an
audience estimated at 8,000.
White, who says she knows her place
in the pecking order, says she was hesitant to fraternize with top
acts such as McLachlan and Tracy Bonham, but says all the performers
made her feel instantly welcome. And while she may not be having
slumber parties with the A-list, White says being a part of the
festival had its value.
"Sarah was nothing less than
amazingly gracious to me and really supportive," says White. "I don't
want to exaggerate about being buddy-buddy with everyone. But to me
it was enough to be exposed to it and be in the company of these
people. Lilith Fair made a point of opening up to local artists and
giving them opportunities."
Sharing the stage with McLachlan at
the end of the show was a revelation for an unsigned singer who was
about to give up on making music.
"You see Sarah on stage and feel like
a freshman -- and believe me, I know my place. I was standing in the
wings during the encore at Jones Beach, and Tracy pulled me out on
stage. I held hands with Tracy and Sarah, and I realized that I was
standing between two people who had achieved so much success," says
White. "It really showed me that anything is attainable when you
really love what you do.
"That was the one moment when I knew
it was really real."
Chanteuses and
charity
The 1999 Lilith Fair again dedicates
itself to introducing new talent through a national search. Winning
female-fronted acoustic acts in each of 16 United States cities are
to be booked as openers on the Lilith Fair Village Stage.
And for the first time this year,
Lilith Fair is holding an MP3 talent search, with all entrants having
their music posted on the Lilith home page in MP3, a format for
storing audio files on computer. The winner is to be flown to Chicago
to open the show there.
As usual, each show is to include the
"village area" with booths operated by retailers and nonprofit
organizations including the Breast Cancer Fund; LIFEbeat; Planned
Parenthood; and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
(RAINN). And in keeping with the good-music-and-good-works themes of
Liliths past, local charities are to receive $1 from each ticket
sold. Since 1997, Lilith Fair has donated almost $2 million to
national and regional nonprofit organizations.
The festival is scheduled to open its
tour July 8 on McLachlan's home turf -- Vancouver, British Columbia
-- and is to end August 31 in Edmonton,
Alberta.
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Lilith Fair
and Ticketmaster provide advance concert tickets to fans who
purchase tour's live compilation albums via internet &
charge-by-phone in USA - From Official
Lilith Fair Site
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May
5,1999
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Note: This offer is valid for the shows in the US and is different
than the Canadian offer. People looking to take advantage of the
Canadian version of this offer should see the Canadian press release
(please see next news item).
Beginning Mon., May 10, Lilith Fair
and Ticketmaster will treat fans to an exclusive opportunity to
purchase up to four advance concert tickets via Ticketmaster's
website and Charge-By-Phone Network to select Lilith Fair tour dates
when they pre-order the tour's compilation albums, Lilith Fair, A
Celebration of Women in Music, Volumes 2 and 3. Advance tickets for
the Lilith Fair will be made available via local Ticketmaster
Charge-By-Phone numbers and via Internet at www.ticketmaster.com,
to Lilith Fair CD buyers before the tickets go on sale to the general
public on May 22. As Lilith Fair bids farewell at the conclusion of
its '99 tour, the Ticketmaster pre-sale offers fans an exclusive
opportunity to see this group of top artists together on tour for the
very last time.
Fans who pre-order Lilith Fair, A
Celebration of Women in Music, Volumes 2 and 3 between May 10-17 (or
until the limited number of tickets are sold out) will receive their
CDs directly from Ticketmaster's "Entertainment To Go" merchandising
division. The two new volumes will be available for sale to the
general public on May 18, offering a diverse collection of highlights
from the 1998 tour, with performances from Sarah McLachlan, Natalie
Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Sinead O'Connor, Queen Latifah, Liz Phair,
and Morcheeba, among many others. As with last year's
platinum-certified Lilith Fair Volume 1, a portion of the proceeds
from sales of Lilith Fair Volumes 2 & 3 will go to the RAINN and
Lifebeat charities.
The 1999 Lilith Fair tour is
scheduled to kick off in the US on July 9 in Seattle, WA and includes
stops at premiere venues including Pasadena's Rosebowl (7/17);
Dallas' Starplex (7/21); Atlanta's Lakewood Amphitheatre (7/23, 24);
Boston's Tweeter Center (8/3); Detroit's Pine Knob Amphitheatre
(8/14,15); Denver's Fiddler's Green (8-28,29); and more. Lilith Fair
will feature performances by tour founder, Sarah McLachlan joined in
various cities by a diverse roster of top artists including Sheryl
Crow; Dixie Chicks; Indigo Girls; Me'Shell Ndegocello; The
Pretenders; Monica; Luscious Jackson; Queen Latifah and more.
"This advance concert ticket and
album pre-sale promotion is a great way to ensure that the core
Lilith fan gets first shot at reserving tickets," said Ari Martin,
Nettwerk management. "We're pleased to be able to work with
Ticketmaster to present this opportunity".
"We're proud to be part of bringing
this exclusive opportunity to Lilith Fair fans," said Terry Barnes,
President and CEO, Ticketmaster. "Enabling fans to pre-order tickets
and CDs via Ticketmaster is a win-win for both the fans and the many
talented performers who've made Lilith Fair such an enormous
success."
The Lilith Fair was conceived and
launched by multi-platinum, multi-Grammy award-winning recording
artist, Sarah McLachlan in 1997. Featuring a line-up showcasing the
talents of top female performers from around the world, the
critically-acclaimed tour grossed more than $28 million and donated
more than two million dollars to local and national charities last
year.
For additional Lilith Fair concert
tour and ticket information, visit www.ticketmaster.com
or the tour's official website; www.lilithfair.com.
Ticketmaster, a USA company
(NASDAQ:USAI - news) is the world's leading ticketing service;
selling 75 million tickets valued at more than 2.5 billion dollars,
through more than 2,900 retail Ticket Center outlets; 29 worldwide
telephone call centers; and www.ticketmaster.com,
through its relationship with Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch.
Ticketmaster serves more than 3,750 clients in the U.S., South
America, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia.
Lilith Fair and Ticketmaster have teamed up in Canada to offer
Lilith Fair fans an opportunity to order tickets for the four
Canadian Lilith dates before they go onsale to the public.
From now until May 13th, fans who
pre-order online either Volume 2 or Volume 3 of Lilith Fair Live will
also have the chance to purchase online up to four tickets for any
one of the four Canadian dates prior to their public onsale date (May
22 for all shows in Canada).
Ticketmaster Canada has a special
page offering further details about the promotion. Please note - this
is an online offer only.
Fans can also enter to win an
autographed Sarah McLachlan guitar at the A&B Sound website.
A&B Sound is the official online retailer for this
promotion.
Look for Lilith Fair and Ticketmaster
to announce a similar promotion for the US dates in the coming
days.
Go to http://www.ticketmaster.ca/lilith/
for more info!
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Lisa Loeb,
Tracy Bonham, Murmurs Join Lilith - From SonicNet
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May
3,1999
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Folk-pop singer Lisa Loeb, rocker Tracy Bonham and folk-pop band the
Murmurs have been added to the list of artists scheduled to play
dates on this year's Lilith Fair. Most of the lineup of this year's
tour, which may be the last for the all-female outing, was announced
last week. Tour founder Sarah McLachlan, plus Sheryl Crow and the
Pretenders are among the major acts scheduled for Lilith '99, slated
to begin July 8 in Vancouver, B.C.
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1999 Lilith
Fair Dates, Artists, Tickets, Charities, Etc.
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April 27,
1999
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1999
Lilith Fair dates, artists and ticket
information
1999 Lilith Fair Charities
The Breast Cancer
Fund
The Breast Cancer Fund is devoted to
creating a widespread public response to the breast cancer epidemic.
The fund is working nationally and internationally to find better
ways to detect, treat and ultimately prevent breast cancer - and to
make sure that the best possible medical and psychological care is
made available to women living with the disease. Representatives of
The Fund will be at each of the Lilith Fair concerts to distribute
breast exam cards and other educational material. In addition, The
Breast Cancer Fund will again be selling "Girl Tags" necklaces to
raise money for the fund.
Rape, Abuse & Incest National
Network
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National
Network (RAINN) operates America's only national hotline for
survivors of sexual assault. The hotline - 800.656.HOPE - offers
free, confidential counseling and support 24 hours a day, from
anywhere in the country. In under five years of operation, the RAINN
network of 826 local rape crisis centers has already helped more than
240,000 victims of sexual assault. RAINN representatives will be at
each of the Lilith Fair shows to distribute their educational
material.
LIFEbeat
LIFEbeat, a not-for-profit HIV/AIDS
resource and awareness organization, is the American music industry's
response to the international HIV/AIDS crisis. Their presence on both
the 1997 and 1998 Lilith Fair tours enabled LIFEbeat to perform an
unprecedented level of HIV/AIDS outreach: Through partnerships with
local AIDS service organizations, LIFEbeat was able to distribute
condoms, brochures, hotline cards and educational information at
every Lilith Fair show. LIFEbeat will again be on tour with Lilith
Fair in 1999, reaching more people with even more condoms, brochures,
hotline cards and educational information.
Planned Parenthood
The oldest and largest voluntary
reproductive health care organization, Planned Parenthood is
dedicated to the principle that every individual has the fundamental
right to choose when or whether to have children, and believes in
equal access to health care. Planned Parenthood further believes that
such self-determination will contribute to an enhancement of the
quality of life, strong family relationships and population
stability.
1999 Lilith Fair Sponsors
Bioré
Through their third annual
sponsorship of Lilith Fair, Bioré will once again confirm
their support of charities dedicated to serving women's needs by
donating funds totaling $125,000 to five national women's
organizations ($25,000 each). They include: Rape, Abuse & Incest
National Network (RAINN); LIFEbeat; National Association of Anorexia
Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD); Wider Opportunities For
Women (WOW); and International Rett Syndrome Association.
Bioré representatives will be on site at the Lilith Fair shows
to hand out product samples.
Chevrolet
Chevrolet will display on Lilith Fair
a Chevy Cavalier designed by Max Azria of BCBG. Raffle tickets to
benefit Concept Cure will be available at each show; the Cavalier
will be auctioned off at the conclusion of the tour.
HMV
HMV will be the official 1999
Canadian on-site Lilith Fair music retailer. As the Canadian
retailer, HMV will stock of Lilith Fair artists as well as titles
from many other influential female artists. HMV will also feature
listening stations at which concert-goers will be able to sample
various recordings. HMV will donate 10% of its on-site sales to be
donated to a selected women's charity.
Tommy Hilfiger's tommy
girl
As part of their participation in
Lilith Fair, Tommy Hilfiger/tommy girl will make a sizeable
contribution to a select womens' charity. Free product samples of
Tommy Hilfiger's tommy girl cologne will be handed out on site at all
Lilith Fair shows. In addition, exclusive tommy girl Spirit of Lilith
Fair gift sets will be available at the tommy girl booth. Tommy girl
will also host a ticket giveaway in each Lilith Fair
market.
Tom's of Maine
Tom's of Maine, the leading
manufacturer of natural personal care products has partnered with
Lilith Fair for the Canadian dates of the 1999 tour. Tom's of Maine
will assist with venue's on site recycling program, and will
distribute natural toothpaste samples to concert-goers in Vancouver,
Edmonton and Toronto. In association with the Lilith Fair
sponsorship, Tom's will make a significant contribution to several
Canadian womens' organizations. This initiative is consistent with
Tom's mission in the U.S., where the company annually donates 10% of
pre-tax profits to charitable organizations.
Tower Records
Tower Records will again be the
official on-site U.S Lilith Fair 1999 music retailer. Tower will
stock CDs and videos dedicated to women in music. Not only will
Tower's booth feature Lilith Fair artists, but it will also highlight
many titles from other influential female artists. In addition,
dozens of titles will be available to sample at Tower's on-site
listening stations. Tower will donate 7.5% of its on-site sales to
LIFEbeat. Also, on various Lilith Fair dates Tower Records will host
signings for Lilith Fair artists.
XOOM.com
Leading direct e-commerce company
XOOM.com offers consumers free high-quality services over the Web
including homepage building, chat rooms, email, downloadable
software, greeting cards and more. XOOM.com will host the official
Lilith Fair Web Site at www.lilithfair.com, and will support the site
with its free community services, including the ability to allow fans
to build their own home page and establish their own Lilith Fair
email address. In addition, XOOM.com is the title sponsor for the
XOOM.com/Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent Search, which will be held in 16
cities across the U.S. and Canada. XOOM.com and Lilith Fair will also
have an online component to the Acoustic Talent Search in which
artists from anywhere in North America can participate. XOOM.com be
the host of the Breast Cancer Fund's website, and will sponsor their
touring endeavors.
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1999 Lilith
Fair Information Announced! - Variety of Links
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April 27,
1999
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Below are some select news links regarding the announcement of the
1999 Lilith Fair Dates and Artists
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Dixie Chicks
Set For Lilith, More - From Billboard
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April
19,1999
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The Dixie Chicks have signed on for 20 July and August dates with
the Lilith Fair, according to Billboard Bulletin. Sarah McLachlan and
Sheryl Crow are also booked. The country trio will first finish 18
shows on the George Strait Country Music Festival, then head to
Europe in June. They'll also play 16 co-headlining amphitheater dates
with Tim McGraw in July and August before heading back to Europe in
the fall and possibly Australia in October.
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Luscious
Jackson to Play Lilith Fair - From SonicNet
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April
16,1999
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Luscious Jackson, Cheap Trick, B-52's, Black Star, Spice Girls, The
Artist, L7, Go-Go's, Tammy Wynette, Sleater-Kinney...
New York funk-rock band Luscious
Jackson will join this year's Lilith Fair for nine West Coast dates
from July 8 to 18, according to the band's publicist, Nasty Little
Man. Their shows with the all-female festival include two-day stops
at The Gorge in George, Wash., July 9-10 and the Shoreline
Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., July 13-14. Also included are
shows in Vancouver, B.C. (July 8); Portland, Ore. (July 11); San
Diego (July 16); Pasadena, Calif. (July 17); and Phoenix (July 18).
The full lineup and dates of this year's Lilith Fair are scheduled to
be announced April 27 in New York. Luscious Jackson, who also
performed with last year's Lilith Fair, will release an album,
Electric Honey, on June 22.
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1999 Lilith
Fair Talent Showcase Information Announced!
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April
16,1999
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From the Official Lilith Fair Website -
http://www.lilithfair.com:
Helping to further Lilith Fair's
dedication to new and emerging talent, XOOM.com is sponsoring the
XOOM.com/Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent Search. The search will make
stops in 16 North American cities: New York; Los Angeles; Boston;
Toronto; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; Atlanta; Seattle; San
Francisco; Dallas; Austin; Minneapolis; Detroit; Denver; Charlotte,
NC; and Portland, OR. Each showcase will feature 20 female acoustic
artists, and the winner in each city will be booked as the opening
act on the Lilith Fair Village Stage in that market. In addition,
Lilith Fair and XOOM.com are proud to present the first-ever talent
search using MP3 technology.
16 Market Talent Search
Presented by XOOM.com, in conjunction
with the market promoter and local radio stations, the 16 market
talent search will be launched on April 29.
The Grand Prize (one in each Talent
Search Market*)
Opening slot at the local Lilith Fair performance
Lilith Fair merchandise
Digital camera provided by XOOM.com
Custom web site package hosted by Xoom.com, including: The posting of
10 songs in MP3 format on their Media Sharehouse; a home page with a
chat room; artist or band name email addreses; Lilith Fair: A
Celebration of Women in Music vols. 2 and 3
Runner up (one in each Talent Search
Market*)
One runner up will receive a Xoom.com web site package, the cds and
two tickets to Lilith Fair. *In markets where there will be two
Lilith Fair shows, there will be two winners, each of whom will open
one show. There will still be only one runner up.
Who's eligible?
Female-fronted acoustic acts, 3-piece maximum (for the complete list
of rules, please go to the Lilith Fair website,
www.lilithfair.com).
How to enter:
Bring or send a 2-song demo to the designated promoter address by the
assigned deadline (deadlines and promoter addresses to be posted on
the Lilith Fair website and will be advertised locally).
Up to twenty artists (one song each)
will perform at each Talent Search event. Should there be more than
twenty entrants in a market, the local promoter's booking staff will
choose the twenty candidates.
The list of qualified entrants will
be posted three days prior to the event on the Lilith Fair website,
and will probably be posted by the promoter and the venue.
The judges:
To select the winner, there will be a panel of judges at each talent
search event who represent the local music community: an on-air
personality from the presenting radio station; a local music
journalist; a promoter representative; and a wild-card judge.
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Luscious for
Lilith - From music365
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April
16,1999
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LUSCIOUS JACKSON have been confirmed for certain dates of this
summer’s LILITH FAIR tour.
According to the Allstar website, if
previous reports are correct the New York alternative rock trio look
like they could be joining the like of SHERYL CROW, ALANIS
MORISSETTE, LAURYN HILL and the INDIGO GIRLS on this year’s
all-girl tour.
The dates for Luscious Jackson’s
stint on the Lilith tour are as follows: Vancouver BC Thunderbird
Stadium (July 8), Seattle WA The Gorge (9 & 10), Portland OR
Civic Stadium (11), San Franciso CA Shoreline Amphitheater (13 &
14), San Diego CA Chula Vista (16) Pasadena CA Rose Bowl (17) and
Phoenix AZ Desert Sky (18).
Luscious Jackson will be touring in
support of their forthcoming album, ‘Electric Honey’, due
in June on Grand Royal Records. The follow-up to 1996’s
‘Fever In Fever Out’ is being co-produced by Tony Visconti
(T-REX, DAVID BOWIE), Tony Mangurian (Jackson’s previous
releases ‘In Search Of Manny’ and ‘Natural
Ingredients’) and Mickey P (BECK). Special guest on the new
album include DEBORAH HARRY and EMMYLOU HARRIS.
Confirmation of the additional
artists on this year's Lilith Fair are expected to be announced at a
press conference at Irving Plaza in New York on April 27.
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Lilith Fair:
A Celebration of Women Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 Track
Listings
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April 16,
1999
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The two new Lilith Fair compilations will be released on Tuesday,
May 18.
Track listing for Volume 2 of the
Lilith Fair compilation:
Sinead O'Connor - "Fire On
Babylon"
Angelique Kidjo - "Never Know"
Queen Latifah - "Life"
Heather Nova - "Island"
Shawn Colvin - "New Thing Now"
Sarah McLachlan (w/ Emmylou Harris) - "Angel"
Morcheeba - "Down By The Sea"
Lisa Loeb - "I Do"
Bic Runga - "Sway"
Natalie Merchant - "In The Ghetto"
Cowboy Junkies - "Miles From Our Home"
Tracy Bonham - "Meat Hook"
Holly McNarland - "Elmo"
Wild Strawberries - "Trampoline"
Track listing for Volume 3 of the Lilith Fair
compilation:
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - "Soul
Record"
Luscious Jackson - "Naked Eye"
Liz Phair - "Never Said"
Holly Cole - "Onion Girl"
Sixpence None The Richer - "Kiss Me"
Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
Sarah McLachlan - "Black & White"
N'Dea Davenport - "Underneath A Red Moon"
K's Choice - "Not An Addict"
Indigo Girls - "Get Out The Map"
Rebekah - "Little Black Girl"
Emmylou Harris - "Deeper Well"
Chantal Kreviazuk - "Surrounded"
Bonnie Raitt - "Spit Of Love"
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Luscious
Jackson Confirmed for Lilith Fair - From Allstar
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April 19,
1999
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As previously suggested by a swill of rumors, Luscious Jackson will
hop on board for a few dates of the 1999 edition of the Lilith Fair,
beginning July 8 in Vancouver, B.C. through July 18 in
Phoenix.
The band is touring in support of
their forthcoming album, Electric Honey, due in June on Grand Royal
Records. Guests on Honey include Deborah Harry, Emmylou Harris, and
WNBA player Kim Hampton of the New York Liberty.
Additional artists on this year's
Lilith Fair are expected to be announced at a press conference at
Irving Plaza in New York on April 27.
Here are the dates for Luscious
Jackson's stint on Lilith Fair:
July 8, Vancouver, B.C., Thunderbird
Stadium
July 9-10, Seattle, The Gorge
July 11, Portland, Ore., Civic Stadium
July 13-14, San Francisco, Shoreline Amphitheater
July 16, San Diego, Chula Vista
July 17, Pasadena, Calif., Rose Bowl
July 18, Phoenix, Desert Sky
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Lilith Fair
'99 may be its last - From Jam
Music
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April 9,
1999
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By KAREN BLISS -- Jam! Music
Sarah McLachlan will lay Lilith Fair
to rest in North America after this summer's tour, but the
female-fronted music festival might continue in other parts of the
world.
"We'd always intended for it to be a
three-year campaign," says agent Marty Diamond of New York's Little
Big Man Booking. "That was always Sarah and the team's ambition was
to do three years. We're going to be doing Europe and Australia this
year and then we will see next year what will happen with
those."
The final itinerary and line-up for
the North American tour will be announced April 27 at a press
conference in New York.
There will reportedly be 11 acts
performing at each date, under exactly the same premise as the
previous two years, to bring established and up-and-coming female
artists together. "When it works you don't fix it," says Diamond, who
confirms, "There will be few dates in Canada this summer."
Meanwhile, two follow-up albums to
last year's double-platinum Lilith Fair: A Celebration Of Women In
Music album, will be released on Nettwerk/EMI May
18.
The two separate CDs, Lilith Fair
Volume 2 and Lilith Fair Volume 3, will include live tracks from
1998's performers such as Sinead O'Connor, Queen Latifah, Luscious
Jackson, Natalie Merchant, Cowboy Junkies, Morcheeba, Holly Cole, Liz
Phair, Wild Strawberries, Sixpence None The Richer, Chantal Kreviazuk
and Angelique Kidjo.
"Ash (Sood), Sarah's husband (and
drummer) is the executive producer of the records and obviously Sarah
had final say," says George Maniatis, Nettwerk Productions VP of
A&R and marketing. "All the people involved with Lilith Fair --
Marty (Diamond), Terry (McBride, Sarah's manager and label head),
(Lilith Fair partner) Dan Fraser and Sarah have input, but Ash was
the one that went through all the tapes. He listened to everything.
Every show was recorded."
Initially, there was supposed to be
three albums but it was whittled down to a more manageable two. There
is apparently no thematic link to the artists or song sequence found
on each album.
Watch for a special promotion with
Ticketmaster, whereby fans who order the CDs early get first crack at
Lilith Fair tickets.
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1999 Lilith
Fair Info to be announced on April 27 - From
MusicNewsWire
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April 2,
1999
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On April 27, Lilith Fair will host a press conference at New York
City’s Irving Plaza. Sarah McLachlan will be joined at the press
conference by a collection of confirmed Lilith Fair artists as they
announce the following:
- North American tour routing and
lineup - 1999 - the festival’s North American farewell
- The XOOM.com/Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent Search
- Lilith Fair’s continued commitment to national and regional
non-profit groups
- Corporate sponsors’ involvement
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Sarah
McLachlan To Announce Plans For Lilith Fair '99 By Month's
End - From MTV
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April 2,
1999
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As the summer touring season starts to gear up, Lilith Fair
organizers have scheduled an April 27 press conference in New York
City to announce the lineup and itinerary for the third (and last)
North American edition of the femme music fest.
For the meeting, Lilith founder Sarah
McLachlan will be joined by several, as-yet-unnamed artists who have
already signed on for this summer's tour. McLachlan will also discuss
plans for this year's Acoustic Talent Search contest.
Last year's Lilith Fair featured a
roster that included Sheryl Crow, Paula Cole, Missy Elliott and
Erykah Badu, among others, as organizers sought to bring a more
musically encompassing show than that of the tour's inaugural
outing.
And if the continued sales of
McLachlan's 1997 album, "Surfacing," are any indication, fans are
ready for their Lilith fix. "Surfacing" remains in Billboard's Top 30
after more than a year and a half on the charts.
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Sheryl Crow
May Join Lilith - From music365
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April 2,
1999
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SHERYL CROW looks like she will be joining ALANIS MORISSETTE, LAURYN
HILL and more on the American Lilith Tour for its final outing this
summer.
Though CROW has been a supporter of
SARAH MCLACHLAN'S all-female festival since its inception, she has
only played two dates in the tour's history. Last year she had to
cancel her appearance as she was working on her 'The Globe Sessions'
album. She plans on making up for it however by playing every date on
the festival's calendar this summer.
CROW has been a very busy so far this
year. In addition to the Lilith Fair dates, she is in the midst of
producing STEVIE NICK's next album as well as contemplating the
release of an album of acoustic work.
No dates for this year's Lilith have
yet been set. Neither have any other acts been confirmed. Last year's
eclectic line-up included NATALIE MERCHANT, ERYKAH BADU, IMANI
COPPOLA and QUEEN LATIFAH.
Sheryl Crow finds it ironic that she's so closely associated with
Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair tour when, in fact, she's only played
on two Lilith dates. But she'll be alleviating that this summer, when
Crow joins the final Lilith outing for its entire summer
run.
"[McLachlan] has been very
smart about it," says Crow, who's currently in the midst of her own
headlining tour. "She kind of calculated the shelf life of something
like this and determined it could only last three or four years
before it went sour. People are still excited about it, so it'll be
nice to go out and play for that kind of audience."
Crow was slated to play a few dates
during last year's Lilith tour but had to cancel because she was
working on her latest album, The Globe Sessions, and didn't have a
band together at the time.
"You really don't want to just go out
and throw something together for those gigs," Crow explains. "Sarah
was amazingly understanding. She said, 'You just have to take care of
yourself. You can't let the career run you.' Also, she said, 'There
are only 1,000 other girls waiting for someone to drop
out.'"
Lilith is just one of a number of
projects Crow has going for the remainder of the years. She's
co-producing Stevie Nicks' next album, with four songs completed and
more work slated for May and June. The two musicians are talking
about going on tour together later in the summer, and Crow is also
contemplating some solo acoustic dates as well.
Meanwhile, an announcement is
expected soonon the rest of the Lilith lineup as well as its
schedule. Alanis Morissette, Lauryn Hill, and the Indigo Girls are
all rumored to be playing some dates on this year's outing, though
former Lilithite Jewel will be doing her own tour.
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Lilith Fair
To Partner With RAINN On Potentially Final Tour - From
LiveDaily
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Jan. 29,
1999
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Tour organizers indicate that 1999 may be final Lilith Fair outing,
three live Lilith collections and a live Sarah McLachlan album are
set for mid-99 release.
The Lilith Fair will return for at
least one more outing in 1999, with organizers taking a wait-and-see
attitude toward the possibility of future outings. ''After this
summer, we might take a holiday for a year, or four years, or
permanently,'' tour co-founder Terry McBride, manager of co-founder
Sarah McLachlan, told USA Today recently. The tour will once again
bring representatives from Tori Amos' RAINN organization
[www.rainn.org] along to disseminate information about
RAINN's national network of rape and domestic crisis
centers.
The Lilith Fair, the brainchild of
McBride and McLachlan, surprised many in the concert industry when
its vision of producing a day-long show of female artists quickly
became one of the hottest-selling tours of 1997. Up to that point,
conventional wisdom among concert promoters was that female artists
needed male-fronted acts on the same bill to move tickets.
The 1998 edition of the tour played
more and larger venues, including a stadium stop at Los Angeles' Rose
Bowl. McLachlan, who began the tour after doing an extensive US tour
of her own, spoke of being drained by the combined responsibilities
of organizing and headlining the massive undertaking of what amounted
to a travelling city. At that point, industry rumors began pointing
to various scenarios for the tour's future, including a shutdown
after 1999 or a possible hand-off of the franchise to another kindred
act, such as the Indigo Girls.
''Lilith Fair is such a big
undertaking - you're moving a small village of people every single
day. We're managers and artists, not promoters. Putting on a festival
shouldn't dominate our lives,'' McBride said in USA Today.
The 1999 tour will launch in Europe
before moving into the North American leg, which will start in
Vancouver, BC on July 8th and end on August 31st. From there, the
tour will end with a string of Australian dates.
RAINN (the Rape And Incest National
Network) has had a presence on every Lilith Fair tour to date. The
Tori Amos-founded group connects victims of sexual abuse to local
crisis centers via a national access number (800-656-HOPE). On the
tour, RAINN will maintain a crisis hotline information booth and
distribute information about local member centers at each tour
stop.
Sonicnet reports that three separate
Lilith Fair albums, comprised of material recorded on the 1998 tour,
will be released in 1999 in addition to a live Sarah McLachlan album.
The first two Lilith collections will feature individual artist
performances and be released in May to coincide with ticket sales for
the tour. The third, a collection of jams that often closed the
featured sets on the tour, will be released in early July to coincide
with the launch of the tour. The McLachlan album, which will include
the radio hit I Will Remember You, is set for release in late April,
according to the Sonicnet report.
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Lilith Fair
Takes a Break
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Jan. 25,
1999
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Organizers have announced that the Lilith Fair will take a break
following the 1999 jaunt, but have definitely not ruled out future
tours. This year's Lilith Fair will launch June 11 in Europe, and
then return to North America for two months, July 8 - Aug. 31. The
tour may possibly head to Australia and New Zealand in
November.
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Last Year
for Lilith Fair?
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Jan. 22,
1999
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Lilith Fair may soon be the stuff of
history.
"After this summer, we might take a
holiday for a year, or four years, or permanently," said Terry
McBride, who co-founded the all-women's musical caravan with singer
Sarah McLachlan and is her manager.
Ms. MacLachlan will headline at this
summer's fair, which begins July 8 in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
"Lilith Fair is such a big
undertaking -- you're moving a small village of people every single
day. We're managers and artists, not promoters. Putting on a festival
shouldn't dominate our lives," Ms. McBride said in Friday's USA
Today.
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