Lilith Fair

Sarah McLachlan founded the tour and coined its name. She got Lilith from the legend that Lilith was Adam’s first wife and fair as a way to cultivate an image of beauty and equality. McLachlan got the idea for the tour by looking at Lollapalooza, a summer tour done entirely by men. Using this as a model, she thought this would be good to do a tour of all women using the same format. ([1] (http://surrender.e-vapor.net/live/lf))

At each Lilith Fair venue, one dollar for each ticket sold was given to a women’s charity in that community. However, Lilith Fair was criticized by some people for glorifying a pagan figure. ([2] (http://www.liberty.edu/chancellor/nlj/June1999/lilith.htm))

Some artists that performed at the 1999 Lilith Fair were:

• Sheryl Crow
• Dixie Chicks
• Indigo Girls
• Queen Latifah
• Lisa Loeb[?]
• Sarah McLachlan
• Christina Aguilera
• Dido
• Nelly Furtado
• Shawn Colvin[?]
• Suzanne Vega

External Link

• Lilith Fair Official Site (http://lilithfair.com/)