’90s Pop Star Jewel Shares Rare Throwback With Music Legends
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The ‘90s were the golden age of mixtapes, scrunchies, and angsty ballads that hit way too hard. So when a throwback post featuring not one, not two, but several music legends hit Instagram, the internet understandably freaked out.
On Sunday, July 6, Jewel shared a photo carousel celebrating “the 28th anniversary of opening night of the first year of the all female tour at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington.”
“I recall opening night,” the 51-year-old “You Were Meant For Me” singer wrote. “The feeling of being with so many incredible women. Huge audiences which validated to the industry that women can indeed headline and be on the same bill.”
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Jewel went on to shout out her Lilith Fair sisters, including Tracy Chapman — who she called a personal songwriting inspiration — Sarah McLachlan, Suzanne Vega, the Indigo Girls, and Emmylou Harris. She also praised McLachlan for dreaming up the tour, writing, “Kudos to Sarah for thinking of such a wonderful idea… I adore her voice and talent.”
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R18ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R28ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeThe images show a young Jewel performing on stage, plus a mix of candid and posed backstage shots with her fellow Lilith Fair artists, including Chapman, McLachlan, Vega, and Paula Cole.
“Did you see this tour?” Jewel asked, wrapping up her post — and it didn’t take long for fans to answer.
"Best concert of my life," one person declared in the comments section."I wanted to see this tour so badly. There should be a reunion tour," another said.
"It was my first concert in 1997. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been around to see it!" chimed in a third.
Even “the internet's most notorious gossip columnist” Perez Hilton jumped in, commenting, “I went every single year!!!!”
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Lilith Fair was a groundbreaking, women-led festival that sold out amphitheaters across North America and proved audiences were craving female headliners.
In its inaugural summer of 1997, it grossed approximately $16 million — making it the year’s top‑earning touring festival and ranking as the 16th highest-grossing concert tour overall — clearly showing that women could dominate the main stage.
’90s Pop Star Jewel Shares Rare Throwback With Music Legends first appeared on Parade on Jul 7, 2025
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