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Lilith Fair is a travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group’s Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and it is entirely dedicated to women because it consists solely of female solo artists and female-led bands that perform for a female audience. The fest took place for only three years, from 1997 to 1999. But in an April 25, 2009 Nettwerk founder Terry McBride has twitted confirming thus that Lilith Fair will be relaunched in 2010. A two-week tour in Britain and Europe has been announced, yet details are still unknown.

Fortunately, the North America tour has been announced. The full list of the 2010 Lilith tour dates has been announced, including all 36 cities that the Live Nation produced festival will hit this summer. The line-up for Lilith Fair has also been announced, yet only some of the singers have revealed their city-by-city performances. There will be 11 artists on each date, with only two consistencies per show: the Lilith Local Talent.

Here are the Tour Dates:

Sun, Jun 27 Calgary, AB McMahon Stadium

Mon, Jun 28 Edmonton, AB Northlands Spectrum

Thur, Jul 1 Vancouver, BC Pitt Meadows Airport

Fri, Jul 2 Portland, OR Sleep Country Amphitheater

Sat, Jul 3 Seattle, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre

Mon, Jul 5 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View

Wed, Jul 7 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

Thur, Jul 8 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Fri, Jul 9 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center

Sat, Jul 10 Los Angeles, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Mon, Jul 12 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre

Tue, Jul 13 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

Thur, Jul 15 Kansas City, MO Capitol Federal Park @ Sandstone

Fri, Jul 16 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St Louis

Sat, Jul 17 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Sun, Jul 18 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park

Tues, July 20 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center

Wed, Jul 21 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre

Fri, Jul 23 Montreal, QC Parc Jean-Drapeau

Sat, Jul 24 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

Tues, July 27 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center

Wed, Jul 28 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center

Fri, Jul 30 Boston, MA Comcast Center

Sat, Jul 31 New York, NY PNC Bank Arts Center

Sun, Aug 1 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre

Tues, Aug 3 Washington, DC Venue TBA

Wed, Aug 4 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek

Fri, Aug 6 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte

Sat, Aug 7 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

Sun, Aug 8 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre

Tues, Aug 10 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre

Wed, Aug 11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre

Thur, Aug 12 Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham

Sat, Aug 14 Austin, TX Venue TBA

Sun, Aug 15 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Mon, Aug 16 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

The line-up is quite impressive, including over 90 performances. ‘Rude Boy’ Rihanna will play one show during the tour, when she performs at Salt Like City in Utah, on July 12.

Other singers set to appear on the traveling festival include co-founder Sarah McLachlan, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Beth Orton, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige and Sheryl Crow, Ke$ha, Kina, La Roux, Selena Gomez. According to her official site, Kelly Clarkson is confirmed for 5 dates so far in July: 13th - Denver, CO, 17th - Chicago, IL, 20th - Indianapolis, IN, 24th - Toronto, ON, 27th - Cleveland, OH, although the singer twitted she plans to do 11 dates on the tour total. Heart, a rock band formed in the early 1970s, will be joining Lilith Fair in July: 15th- Kansas City, MO, 17th - Chicago, IL and 18th - Minneapolis, MN. Missy Higgins will perform in July (28th - Philadelphia, PA, 30th - Boston, MA, 31st - New York, NY) and August (1st - Hartford, CT, 3rd - Washington, DC).