(JAM!) (03/26/04)

By Karen Bliss

Edited By Michael Bennett

VANCOUVER, CANADA - With child and husband in tow, SARAH McLACHLAN will embark on a North American tour this summer in support of her latest album, "Afterglow."

Beginning July 5th in Seattle and ending in her homebase of Vancouver on September 10th, the multi-platinum singer-songwriter will hit 41 cities, including seven in Canada.

"I figure I'm probably more set up than most people. Husband's with me," says McLachlan of Ash Sood, also her drummer.

"I have the luxury of affording a nanny who can come out and help out when I'm not there. It's great."

"And she's going to have a bevy of living aunties and uncles (laughs) -- all my band and crew just adore her."

"If anything, she's just going to be a spoiled little beast that, by the time we get home, I'm going to have to be just mean old mom because it's only me and Ash and she'll be like, 'Hey, where's my big huge family of circus friends to play with me all day long?'"

The 36-year-old McLachlan, who has made Vancouver her home since signing with Nettwerk in the late '80s, gave birth to her daughter, India, on April 6th, 2002.

She had every intention of taking a hiatus once her female-dominated tour creation, Lilith Fair, ended in 1999.

She planned to have a child and spend time with friends and family.

She just didn't plan on being away for as long as she was - six years, in fact, since her last studio album, "Surfacing."

"I wouldn't do it the same again," McLachlan says.

"It only evolved like this because of circumstances. It's just that life intervened."

"First, I got pregnant, then my husband's father died that October, and then my mother died in December." "So it was a helluva time."

McLachlan's absence didn't seem to matter to her fans.

When "Afterglow" was finally released last November 4th, it went straight to number No. 1 on the Canadian SoundScan chart, where it remained for seven weeks.

The album is still in the top 20, and has well surpassed triple-platinum (300,000) status in Canada.

McLachlan was also nominated for best female pop vocal performance at this year's Grammy Awards, and will perform at the Juno Awards in Edmonton, Alberta on April 4th.

'Stupid,' the follow-up single to 'Fallen' from "Afterglow," impacted at radio March 1st.

The video for 'Stupid' was shot in Los Angeles with director Sophie Muller (Annie Lennox, Eurythmics, Blur, No Doubt), who also produced live clips for McLachlan's 'I Will Remember You,' 'Ice Cream' and 'Possession.'

The upcoming "Afterglow" tour marks McLachlan's first since 1999.

While she did perform one-off shows, like for the BC Cancer Foundation, Music Without Borders, and Concert For Toronto, and recently made promotional appearances on Letterman, Leno, Ellen, Kilborn, and Regis for the new album, she remembers mixed feelings after the three-summer Lilith Fair festival was put to rest.

"It was sort of bittersweet," she explains.

"I was happy that it was finished, but it was a really fun time as well, sort of an end of an era."

"I sure appreciated the time off, but whenever you come off the road there's sort of a re-entering into orbit (laughs), like you've been in outer space and you have to become grounded again, and that's always a real transitional time."

Upcoming "Afterglow" Tour Dates:

07/05 Seattle, WA [Key Arena]
07/06 Portland, OR [Rose Garden]
07/07 Sacramento, CA [Arco Arena]
07/09 San Jose, CA [HP Pavilion]
07/12 San Diego, CA [San Diego Arena]
07/13 Anaheim, CA [Arrowhead Pond]
07/14 Los Angeles, CA [Staples Center]
07/16 Phoenix, AZ [Glendale Arena]
07/17 Las Vegas, NV [MGM Grand Garden Arena]
07/19 Salt Lake City, UT [The E Center]
07/20 Denver, CO [The Pepsi Center]
07/22 Dallas, TX [American Airlines Center]
07/23 Austin, TX [Frank Erwin Center]
07/24 Houston, TX [Toyota Center]
07/26 New Orleans, LA [New Orleans Arena]
07/27 Atlanta, GA [Philips Arena]
07/28 Nashville, TN [Gaylord Entertainment Centre]
07/30 Raleigh, NC [RBC Center]
07/31 Philadelphia, PA [Wachovia Center]
08/01 Hartford, CT [Hartford Civic Center]
08/09 East Rutherford, NJ [Continental Arena]
08/10 Uniondale, NY [Nassau Coliseum]
08/11 Columbia, MD [Merriweather Post]
08/13 Providence, RI [Dunkin' Donuts Center]
08/14 Worchester, MA [Worcester Centrum Center]
08/16 Montreal, QC [Bell Centre]
08/17 Ottawa, ON [Corel Centre]
08/19 Toronto, ON [Molson Amphitheatre]
08/20 Toronto, ON [Molson Amphitheatre]
08/22 Buffalo, NY [HSBC Arena]
08/23 Auburn Hills, MI [Palace Of Auburn Hills]
08/26 Cleveland, OH [Gund Arena]
08/27 Indianapolis, IN [Conseco Fieldhouse]
08/28 Columbus, OH [Nationwide Arena]
08/30 Cincinnati, OH [US Bank Arena]
08/31 Chicago, IL [United Center]
09/01 St. Louis, MO [Savvis Center]
09/03 Milwaukee, WI [Bradley Center]
09/05 Winnipeg, MB [Winnipeg Arena]
09/07 Calgary, AB [Pengrowth Saddledome]
09/08 Edmonton, AB [Rexall Place]
09/10 Vancouver, BC [GM Place]

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