Lilith: Stars to shine at the Gorge on Saturday
Published 9:17 pm Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Sarah McLachlan resurrected Lilith Fair this year, renaming the tour simply Lilith.
Despite that small change, Lilith can seem remarkably like her original summer festival, which grabbed headlines from 1997 to 1999 with its lineup of female acts.
The new tour will hit the Gorge this weekend, showcasing quite a few holdovers from the 1990s.
McLachlan again will be joined by Sheryl Crow and Erykah Badu on the festival’s main stage. Both singers were there during the festival’s original run.
Granted, McLachlan isn’t just tapping old chums for the tour’s choice spots. Multiplatinum country pop act Sugarland will play a set. So will Colbie Caillat, whose 2009 pop album “Breakthrough” topped the Billboard 200.
The tour also features up and coming acts such as A Fine Frenzy and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
2:30 p.m. Saturday, the Gorge Amphitheatre, 754 Silica Road NW, Quincy; $47.50 to $133; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Sublime with Rome: Let’s be clear: The members of Sublime are not the first act to find a new lead singer after the death of a founding member.
AC/DC scored some of its biggest hits after Brian Johnson replaced Bon Scott. And Alice in Chains was reborn after it turned to William DuVall to take Layne Staley’s place.
The founding members of Sublime chose Rome Ramirez to carry the mantle of singer-songwriter Bradley Nowell, who died shortly before the group released its self-titled breakthrough album in 1996.
The reformed group, which goes by Sublime with Rome, may even record a new album in 2011.
Plan on hearing all the old hits — “What I Got,” “Wrong Way,” “Bad Fish” — as the ska-punk group plays the Concerts at Marymoor next week.
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Concerts at Marymoor, 6046 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway NE, Redmond; $37.50; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Jordin Sparks: This 20-year-old “American Idol” champ will hit Seattle on Monday as she continues to tour behind her summer 2009 album, “Battlefield.”
That disc found Sparks pushing further into slick pop music and R&B. To assemble her songs, Sparks got help from an all-star list of songwriters, including T-Pain and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder
The result found the youthful singer sounding a bit like Rihanna on the “Umbrella”-esque ballad “Battlefield.” She also grabbed her first No. 1 song with “S.O.S. (Let the Music Play),” which topped Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart.
7 p.m. Monday, Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., Seattle; $25; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Rihanna with Ke$ha: The two pop stars canceled their show tonight at the White River Amphitheatre.
Promoter Live Nation said changes in the tour’s production led to the cancellation. Refunds are available.
Rihanna still will play Vancouver’s General Motors Palace on July 4, so devoted fans can make the trek to catch her in Canada over the holiday weekend.
7:30 tonight; canceled; livenation.com or 877-598-6659.
Andy Rathbun: 425-339-3455; arathbun@heraldnet.com.
