Sarah McLachlan Shows Her 'True Colors' in Vancouver

Posted on Jul 3rd 2008 9:30AM by Denise Sheppard
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Sarah McLachlan came out of hiding recently, just long enough to play a sole date on the True Colors tour. In her hometown of Vancouver, McLachlan joined a lineup that included Rosie O'Donnell, Joan Armatrading, the B-52s and Cyndi Lauper in the traveling equal-rights-for-all tour.

It was a rare appearance for McLachlan, who has only performed short sets at a handful of shows in the last three years; the singer offered up a good reason for her absence, however, as she made clear shortly after taking the stage in front of a hometown crowd. "It's been awhile for me," she admitted, adorned in a flowing dress, holding her acoustic guitar. "I'm sorry ...I got knocked up again."

Launching into 'Building a Mystery' McLachlan -- currently raising two daughters, ages six and one -- was in spectacular voice from the opening notes onward, accompanying herself solely on piano or guitar throughout the set. "How 'bout something older, like me?" she laughed, self-deprecatingly. "I just turned 40 in January ... holy shit!"

McLachlan then launched into 'Possession' off of her 1994 album, 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy,' inserting some classically-affected piano runs into the instrumental section of the piece. The rest of the 30-minute set contained no new material, but instead a host of crowd favorites including 'Adia' 'Ice Cream,' 'Push' and 'Angel.' The festival was deeply reminiscent of McLachlan's own Lilith Fair tours of old and the singer-songwriter clearly enjoyed the experience. "This is just a love-in," she beamed. "This is just what I need."

McLachlan later joined in to duet with Lauper -- as she did on Lauper's 2005 disc, 'The Body Acoustic' -- for the track 'True Colors,' as well as contributing to the night-closing collective sing-along, 'Everyday People,' originally made famous by Sly and the Family Stone.