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  • 12/31/00- The Lilith Fair DVD is scheduled to be released February 6, 2001.

    Sarah appears on Nettwerk's first Christmas album. She contributed two songs to the project, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (which she performed with the Barenaked Ladies some years back), and "Song For a Winter's Night", which originally appeared on B-Sides, Rarities, and Other Stuff.
  • 12/15/99- On Friday December 10, 1999, the British Columbia Supreme Court dismissed claims by plaintiff Daryl Neudorf that he co-wrote songs on Sarah McLachlan's first album, Touch. The Court also dismissed his claim for more credit and compensation for the services he rendered on that album.

    In a 150 page analysis, Mr. Justice Cohen concludes that, for three of the four songs at issue, the plaintiff failed to prove that he contributed any original material to the songs sufficient to meet the legal standard. The Court dismisses the plaintiff's claim for co-ownership of the fourth song, Steaming, because he failed to prove that he and McLachlan shared an intent to co-author the song.

    Central to the Court's conclusion is the finding that "it was not until many years after the release of Touch that for the first time the plaintiff claimed to the defendants that he was a co-author of the songs."

    Sarah McLachlan: "I feel vindicated and I am very happy. This decision will protect the rights of Songwriters. "

    Terry McBride (CEO Nettwerk group): "We always felt that we had been fair and had done the right thing. This decision validates and supports the way that we work with and respect our artists"

    Jennifer Conkie: "The case is a landmark ruling on behalf of artists because it protects the integrity of their creative process," said McLachlan's lawyer, Jennifer Conkie. "The judgment establishes a test which requires anyone seeking co-authorship status to prove both that they made a significant original contribution and that the alleged collaborators intended to be joint authors. Thus intention - what the parties intended at the time - is the standard by which collaboration is measured."

    The Court said: "This standard accommodates the competing demands advanced by persons claiming ownership in a creative work and pays heed to the important warning ... 'Care must be taken to ensure that true collaborators in the creative process are accorded the prerequisites of co-authorship and to guard against the risk that a sole author is denied exclusive authorship status simply because another person rendered some form of assistance. Copyright law best serves the interests of creativity when it carefully draws the bounds of 'joint authorship' so as to protect the legitimate claims of both sole authors and co-authors.' "


  • 12/15/99- In an untelevised portion of the Billboard Music Awards, Sarah McLachlan took home a 1999 Billboard Music Award for Best Contemporary Adult Single for her popular chart-topping ballad, Angel, which originally appeared on her 1997 album, Surfacing, and which subsequently appeared on such best-selling albums as the City of Angels soundtrack, as well as on her live concert album Mirrorball.


  • 5/30/99- Sarah's new single is a live version of "I Will Remember You" off here up coming album Mirror Ball, which is to be released on June 15th.

  • 4/12/99- An article on the CANOE website suggests that this year's Lilith Fair could be the last one. "We'd always intended for it to be a three-year campaign," says agent Marty Diamond of New York's Little Big Man Booking. "That was always Sarah and the team's ambition was to do three years." The lineup for this year's fair is to be announced on April 27th at a press conference.

    Tainted, the independent film with the character named Adia and the Sarah references, is being released on video on May 11, by Troma Team Video. Look for it or ask for it at your local video store. [Tainted's website]

    Lilith Fair is finally heading to Australia, in November, after legal troubles prevented its doing so last year. Sarah's good friend and fellow singer/songwriter Wendy Matthews is helping to put a roster together.


  • 1/18/99- Though the ongoing trial over "Touch" songwriting credits has been postponed until February, Nettwerk says that the odds seem to be in Sarah's favor.


  • 9/19/98- From NETTWERK: The next single from Surfacing will be 'Angel', which was one of the tracks featured on the 'City of Angels' soundtrack. There are currently no plans to release it as a single on CD, as it already appears on the CD single for 'Adia' as a bonus track. Be sure to request it from your local radio station! No plans for a video at this time. We'll keep you posted should something come about.

  • 9/17/98- Sarah has been nominated in four categories in the Second Annual Pacific Music Industry Awards in the following categories:

  • Best Rock/Pop Album: Surfacing
  • Single of the Year: Building A Mystery
  • Song of the Year: Sweet Surrender
  • Best Female Vocalist of the Year

    The award show will take place Sunday, November 8th in Vancouver. No word at this time as to whether Sarah will attend, or whether the show will be broadcast.

  • 3/2/98- Sarah won Best Female Pop Vocals for her song "Building A Mystery" and Best Pop Instrumental for "Last Dance". at the Grammy Awards.

  • 3/2/98- Some of Canada's hottest music stars, including Sarah McLachlan, have joined forces to produce "30 Hour Famine - A Benefit Compilation". This CD on the Nettwerk label is due for release in record stores across Canada starting March 17, 1998. Sarah contributes "Ice".