Editing Sarah McLachlan (section)

== Lilith Fair ==
{{Main|Lilith Fair}}
In 1996, McLachlan became frustrated with concert promoters and radio stations that refused to feature two female musicians in a row.<ref name="cnn072898" /> Bucking conventional industry wisdom, she booked a successful tour for herself and [[Paula Cole]]. At least one of their appearances together&nbsp;– in McLachlan's home town, on September 14, 1996&nbsp;– went by the name "Lilith Fair" and included performances by McLachlan, Cole, [[Lisa Loeb]], and [[Michelle McAdorey]], formerly of [[Crash Vegas]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/events/lilith-fair-oral-history-sarah-mclachlan-anniversary-7849320/|title=Lilith Fair at 20: Sarah McLachlan & Co-Founders Look Back on the All-Female Festival That Smashed Touring's Glass Ceiling|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=July 5, 2017|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202064601/https://www.billboard.com/culture/events/lilith-fair-oral-history-sarah-mclachlan-anniversary-7849320/|archive-date=December 2, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://idobi.com/high-life/we-need-to-bring-back-lilith-fair/|title=We Need To Revive Lilith Fair: The All-Female Music Festival|last=Logan|first=Tate|date=September 19, 2023|website=[[idobi Radio|idobi]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208233558/https://idobi.com/high-life/we-need-to-bring-back-lilith-fair/|archive-date=December 8, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref><!--Tuscaloosa ref names McAdorey, other sources do not--><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2010/11/05/sarah-mclachlan-heads-to-birmingham-tonight-for-compact-show/28360928007/|title=Sarah McLachlan heads to Birmingham tonight for compact show|last=Hughes|first=Mark|date=November 5, 2010|website=[[The Tuscaloosa News|TuscaloosaNews.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613192938/https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2010/11/05/sarah-mclachlan-heads-to-birmingham-tonight-for-compact-show/28360928007/|archive-date=June 13, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>

The next year, McLachlan founded the Lilith Fair tour, taking ''Lilith'' from the medieval Jewish legend that [[Lilith]] was [[Adam and Eve|Adam]]'s first wife.<ref>[http://people.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/950206_Lilith.html Looking for Lilith] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620124014/http://people.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/950206_Lilith.html |date=June 20, 2010 }}. by Eliezer Seagal. People.ucalgary.ca (February 6, 1995). Retrieved on July 1, 2013.</ref>

In 1997, Lilith Fair, featuring McLachlan as one of the headlining acts, garnered a $16 million gross, making it the top-grossing of any touring festival.<ref name="cnn072898"/> Among all concert tours for that year, it was the 16th highest grossing.<ref name="cnn072898"/> [[Lilith Fair]] tour brought together two million people over its three-year history and raised more than $7 million for charities. It was the most successful all-female [[music festival]] in history, one of the biggest music festivals of the 1990s, and helped launch the careers of several well-known female artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1108635464/25-years-on-lilith-fair-is-a-reminder-of-how-one-womans-radical-idea-changed-mus|title=25 years on, Lilith Fair is a reminder of how one woman's radical idea changed music|last=Weiner|first=Lisa|date=July 5, 2022|website=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705093825/https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1108635464/25-years-on-lilith-fair-is-a-reminder-of-how-one-womans-radical-idea-changed-mus|archive-date=July 5, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/09/an-oral-history-of-lilith-fair|title=Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair|last1=Hopper|first1=Jessica|last2=Geffen|first2=Sasha|last3=Pelly|first3=Jenn|date=September 30, 2019|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001145601/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/09/an-oral-history-of-lilith-fair|archive-date=October 1, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref> Subsequent Lilith Fairs followed in 1998 and 1999 before the tour was discontinued.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sarah-mclachlan-and-friends-announce-lineup-for-the-final-lilith-fair-91492/|title=Sarah McLachlan and Friends Announce Lineup for the Final Lilith Fair|last=Skanse|first=Richard|date=April 28, 1999|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214013052/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sarah-mclachlan-and-friends-announce-lineup-for-the-final-lilith-fair-91492/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nettwerk CEO and Lilith Fair co-founder Terry McBride announced that the all-female festival would make its return in mid-2010 in Canada, the United States, and Europe. A list of 36 North American shows was released,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/04/full-lilith-fair-tour-dates-announced/|title=Full Lilith Fair Tour Dates Announced|date=April 12, 2010|website=Spin|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710175109/https://www.spin.com/2010/04/full-lilith-fair-tour-dates-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> but poor ticket sales, financial problems, and headliners' withdrawing out of fear of not being paid, caused 13 of the shows to be cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128588089|title=With Sales Lagging, Lilith Fair Faces Question Of Relevance|last1=Powers|first1=Ann|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref> The two-week European tour never materialized.