Yesterday the website for the all-female 2010 Lilith Fair tour launched, and the late ’90s came flooding back. They’re offering a free Sarah McLachlan MP3 but it has little in the way of information, however, with only tour stops—not even dates—and absolutely nothing in the form of a roster. So, in lieu of knowing who will actually tour, we thought we’d make a little Fantasy League of the Main Stage acts, featuring some of the artists that are sure to be on the roster and some that we really really wish were. Feel free to do the same in the comments with your real email address, and whoever comes closest wins a Sarah McLachlan CD and a bag of lavender scented bath salts.
TRIPWIRE’S FANTASY LILITH FAIR LEAGUE
SHOO-INS (PAST-YEAR VETERANS AND/OR like, DUHS):
Sarah McLachlan
Tegan & Sarah
Every female act on Nettwerk
The Indigo Girls
Meshell Ndegeocello
Annie Lennox
P!nk
kd lang
Santigold
LIKELY
Peaches
Feist
St Vincent
Christina Milian
The Slits
Evanescence
Chrisette Michele
IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT
Kelly Clarkson
Taylor Swift
Mary J Blige
WHO WE HOPE WILL BE ON IT IF WE CAN GET FREE TICKETS
Nicki Minaj
Bat for Lashes
Okay, there’s a stab. MAKE YOURS! MAKE IT REAL! FOCUS ON THE RELAXING BATH IN YOUR FUTURE!
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
Holly Miranda
Anni Rossi
Ingrid Michaelson
+ The Gossip
+ Vivian Girls
+ Mika Miko, if they hadn’t just broken up…
I would be happy with any combination of the artists below:
Peaches
Gossip
Uh Huh Her
Bjork
The Lady Tigra
Imogen Heap
Roisin Murphy
Feist
Lenka
Santigold
Ellen Allien
Sinead O’Conner
Yo Majesty
Chicks On Speed
Spinnerette
Siouxsie
Mu
Jem
Sia
Angie Mattson
Robots In Disguise
Inara George
Angie Reed
Kate Bush
Kate Havenevik
MEN
Amanda Blank
Electrocute
Cocorosie
Ingrid Michaelson
Skye
Pati Yang
Miss Kittin
Meiko
Emilana Torrini
Caroline
Cat5
Marina & The Diamonds
Erase Errata
Lauren Flax
Red Blooded Wonen
Pricilla Ahn
Electrobelle
Terry Poision
Kerli
Florence & The Machine
Sara Noxx
Grace Jones
Meghan Coffee
Margaret Berger
Bertine Zetlitz
Catlow
Anna Ternheim
Princess Superstar
Poe
Dot Allison
Cloetta Paris
M.I.A.
Tracy + The Plastics
Josie Cotton
Samantha James
Natalie Walker
Lykke Li
Sarah Nixey
Regina Spektor
Annie Lennox
Stina Nordenstam
I Am Jen
Esthero
Maria Taylor
Aimee Mann
Cyndi Lauper
Pat Benatar
Suzanne Vega
Emilie Simon
Eleni Mandell
Emmaline Muchmore
Klee
Natacha Atlas
Mavis Staples
Dani Siciliano
Everyone you mentioned in the shoo-ins and likelies (minus Christina Milian- for some reason that seem an awkward fit to me) plus Kelly Clarkson, Ingrid Michaelson, Jenny Lewis, India.Arie, Imogean Heap, Jill Scott, Aimee Mann, Erykah Badu and Bat For Lashes.
Possible surprise (but kinda boring) top biller (other than Sarah, of course): Sheryl Crow
Possible AWESOME surprise top biller: Bjork (didn’t she go out with a nearly all-female band and chorus on her last tour?)
PS– That’s not to say that Sarah is a boring top biller– just that any other big name would be top biller next to her… the kinda boring part was aimed at Sheryl (she’s lost her edge since those first couple of albums).
Hmmm people… wishful thinking. You are going too indie for this ish. Remember that this thing always had a heavy granola, hairy armpit, birkenstock quotient – you know, Indigo Girls, the annoying woman from the Dawson’s Creek theme song, that sort of deal.
-G.
Are you kidding? Imogen Heap and Annie Clark. Just those two would be the best concert. If the point is to showcase the best female talent, how can you omit the two most creative women I’ve ever heard? Throw in Joni (doubtul she’d be bothered) and I would fly across the world!
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