Date: Fri 11-Jul-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD FOR JULY 11, 1997

The July 18 date by UB40 at the Oakdale in Wallingford - along with every

other date on the band's summer itinerary - has been cancelled.

Another band has been added to the lineup for the July 24 Hartford visit of

The Lilith Fair, a touring festival of all-female bands, or in the case of THE

CARDIGANS, bands fronted by females. This is not an anti-man kind of thing, by

the way, it is a celebration of women in rock, organized by SARAH McLAUGHLIN.

Anyway, along with McLaughlin, The Cardigans, TRACY CHAPMAN, FIONA APPLE and

PAULA COLE on the mainstage that day/night, a second stage is apparently going

to be set up as well. And that's where festivalgoers will be able to find

Britpop duo ALISHA'S ATTIC.

Produced by ex-EURYTHMIC DAVE STEWART, Alisha's Attic is the sister duo of

Karen and Shelly Poole. There is no Alisha in the Attic. The band's first

album is Alisha Rules The World , and in their home land (the UK) the duo's

album went gold and achieved Top 20 success with the single "I Am I Feel."

"Alisha" is an imaginary friend, a character the Poole sisters created, who is

an innocent and a devil at the same time. Sounds like fun. And unlike their

British male counterparts, the ridiculously juvenile Gallagher brothers of

OASIS who fight, it seems, just to make another headline, the Poole sisters do

disagree with each other about almost everything but don't need the spectacle

of going public with everything. Instead, Karen and Shelly say it's these

contrasts that make their music so strong. Let's find out...

Last month we found out FISH, as in former lead singer of MARILLION, yes, is

coming to town this month. Derek Dick, the man behind the stage name Fish,

will be at Tuxedo Junction in Danbury on July 24 (which happens to be the same

night of the Lilith Festival, yup).

Now comes word that MARILLION, the band, which picked up STEVE HOGARTH after

Fish's departure, is once again doing the rare-US tour thing. Marillion, which

did play Tuxedo Junction (in a three-man, abbreviated form) with Hogarth on

lead vocals once in the past, will be at Toad's Place in New Haven on

September 9.

Also at Toad's Place, Acid Shrine and Joybuzzer will open the MODERN ENGLISH

show next Tuesday night. The Who's Who has been added to the bill for the July

23 GUSTER show. And Pist On and Gargantua Soul have been announced to open the

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES appearance on July 24.

Additionally in September (segueing badly back to the Marillion thing), John

Lydon, of The Sex Pistols, will also be in New Haven. His Sept 4 performance

will be for all ages.

Woodbury Ski Area has an Alternative Festival coming up next weekend. On July

20, from 11 am-6 pm, the grounds of the Route 47 ski/skateboard area will be

hosting the bands VAPORHEAD, KISS THE MIDGET, ASH CAN FLASH, ZOLA TURN, LUCKY

13 and LITTLE JOHN, among about six or seven others. Tickets for the concert

are $15 in advance at the ski area, $17.50 through ticket outlets

(Strawberries Records stores), or $20 at the gate. Since it is a festival,

there will also be the obligatory skateboarding and in-line skating

demonstrations, multi-cultural concession stands, and food vendors. Rain date,

only in the event of severe weather, will be the following Sunday.

For the woman who thinks she has everything (or the man who would like to buy

me a little something), Chanel is selling a gold barrette inscribed with the

designer's name for $190.

Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road.