"THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO THIS SUMMER IF YOU'RE A LESBIAN IN PHILLY": Yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer and today's NYT visit Wednesday's Lilith Fair stop across the river in Camden, which drew all of 4,203 paying ticketgoers to a venue which accommodates 25,000.
But for all the talk of The State Of The Concert Industry which the articles do, my brother asks a more pertinent question: just how many people were supposed to attend a bill featuring Sarah McLachlan, The Other Two Dixie Chicks, Sara Bareillies and former ADA Claire Kincaid?
Goldstar Events had tickets in the $16 range for the NYC/LI date, which I thought about because I'd pay $16 to see McLachlan and Indigo Girls.
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I was excited to see Lilith Fair come back, and if Emmy Lou Harris or Brandi Carlisle or the Indigo Girls had been on the bill, I definitely would have gone. But Kelly Clarkson, La Roux, Mary J and McLachlan were on in my city and that wasn't a draw for me, or many others based on attendance.
ReplyDeleteYou could put together a pretty stellar, diverse lineup of bands that are either women bands or bands led by women -- Ting Tings, Feist, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, Neko Case, Regina Spektor, Rhianna, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc. But I think nobody worth having as part of the Lilith Fair lineup would want to be part of the Lilith Fair lineup. The whole idea seems so dated, both the part about the music that is associated with the tour and the part about ghettoizing the acts as women's music rather than just music.
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