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With summer festivals suddenly hot again, a bunch of the most popular bands are pinballing between headliner stages (don’t worry, Alkaline Trio, we won’t single you out just because you were at BFD last year and the Warped Tour this year). You know which tour doesn’t have a bunch of crossover from last year? Lilith Fair. You know why? Because these other tours are sausage fests. You heard me, sausage fests! Name me the all-woman bands or even female singer-songwriter-driven bands at the other major festivals coming through the South Bay this summer. Can you even think of one? Right, so I guess that’s why Lilith Fair had to come back, because this is where estrogen rules. Headlined by Sarah McLachlan and Heart, and featuring Miranda Lambert, Colbie Caillat, A Fine Frenzy, Marina & The Diamonds, Susan Justice, the Submarines and Ann Atomic, you’ll have to look far and wide for a Y chromosome here. Although it would be totally awesome if they had one boy band that they kept around as the token guy group and sexually objectified all the time. Opinions vary regarding this separatist approach to summer festivals, but I don’t see why. From the headbangers to the emo kids, everybody else gets their own festival. However, I’m reminded of what Valerie Agnew from 7 Year Bitch once said, “Women’s music my ass—you’d better put some Motorhead in that section, because as far as I’m concerned, that’s women’s music.” Next year’s Lillith Fair headliner: Lemmy! - Steve Palopoli sanjose.com
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