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Sheryl Crow Talks Lilith
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 soon on 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. —
