Sarah McLachlan was also featured at the Burnaby, British Columbia show.

Dystheistic sentiment has also made its way into popular music, evincing itself in controversial songs like " Dear God " by the band XTC ( later covered by Sarah McLachlan ) and " Blasphemous Rumours " by Depeche Mode, which tells the story of a teenage girl who attempted suicide, survived, and turned her life over to God, only to be hit by a car, wind up on life support, and eventually die.

" The lawsuit was also challenging for the Canadian legal system — Vandrei was a self-admitted stalker whose self-acknowledged goal in filing the lawsuit was to be near McLachlan physically.

McLachlan also appeared on Annie Lennox's album, Songs of Mass Destruction.

McLachlan also admitted the song was inspired by the dissolution of her marriage, which she announced in September 2008, during initial promotion.

The show also featured a performance by the Sarah McLachlan Musical Outreach Choir & Percussion Ensemble, a children's choir and percussion band from the aforementioned Vancouver outreach program.

McLachlan also funds an outreach program in Vancouver that provides music education for inner city children.

Initially specializing in electronic music genres such as alternative dance and industrial, the label also became a powerful player in pop and rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the mainstream success of artists such as The Grapes of Wrath and the label's best-known artist, Sarah McLachlan.

On the album ( which also celebrated the 20th anniversary of Graceland ), the group recorded with a multitude of artists including Zap Mama, Sarah McLachlan, Melissa Etheridge, Joe McBride, Natalie Merchant, Emmylou Harris, and Taj Mahal as well as South African musicians Lucky Dube, Phuzekhemisi, Bhekumuzi Luthuli, Nokukhanya, Thandiswa, Vusi Mahlasela and Hugh Masekela.

" The band's tour to support this album was also notable for its opening act, a then-emerging singer / songwriter named Sarah McLachlan.

Previous hit singles by Annie Lennox (" Why ") and The Cranberries (" Dreams ") are also included, as are new recordings by Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders among others.

He has worked with such legendary producers as Clive Gregson ( for his album Blue Line, 1989 ), and Steve Berlin of Los Lobos ( for The Assassin ’ s Apprentice from 1994 which also featured fellow Canadian Sarah McLachlan ).

Metric also toured with Sarah McLachlan for part of her 2010 Lilith Fair.

She has also worked in music management with Pierre Marchand, Sarah McLachlan, Daniel Lanois, and The Neville Brothers.

Ahmad also worked with Annie Lennox, Sarah McLachlan and Dave Stewart to record a song for ' Green Peace ', which was produced and mixed by Junoon's producer John Alec.

He also co-wrote the hit " I Will Remember You " with Sarah McLachlan.

Most recently McLachlan starred with John Jarratt in Savages Crossing, for which he also composed the film's score.

Newer female singer-songwriters such as Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Jewel, Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow also broke through on the AC chart during this time.

McLachlan also changed his birth name in favour of the stage name, Marti Pellow, created from his mother's maiden name Pellow and the name he was given at school.

Diver's experiences were also made into the Australian TV movie, Heroes ' Mountain, where his character was played by actor Craig McLachlan.

It is also mentioned in the music video " World on Fire " by Sarah McLachlan, which profiled the work of Carolina for Kibera, a grassroots organization named a Hero of Global Health in 2005 by Time Magazine.

On July 2, 2005, McLachlan participated in the Philadelphia installment of the Live 8 concerts, where she performed her hit " Angel " with Josh Groban.

The band participated in all three years of the Lilith Fair music festival, which McLachlan founded.

McLachlan later signed to Arista Records internationally ( although remaining on Nettwerk in Canada ), and a revamped version of Touch, with several remixed songs and a new track, was released in 1989 on both labels.

It is the first of several live albums McLachlan has released to date.

In 1999, Tedeschi played several dates in the all-woman traveling festival Lilith Fair organized by Sarah McLachlan.

The band toured throughout the US for much of 1994, opening for several acts, including the Crash Test Dummies and Sarah McLachlan, and appearing on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien.

Sarah McLachlan performed this song during an " in memoriam " slide show at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, held on September 20, 2009.

Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan plays the harp in her 2006 holiday album, Wintersong.

The record featured Crow singing many of her hit singles with new musical spins and guest appearances by many other musicians including Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, the Dixie Chicks, Keith Richards, and Eric Clapton.

During " The Killing Times " of the Covenanters in the 17th century, Margaret McLachlan, an elderly woman in her 60s, and Margaret Wilson, a teenager, were sentenced to be tied to stakes in the tidal channel of the River Bladnoch near its entrance to Wigtown Bay to be drowned by the incoming tide.

In 1994 McLachlan became the target of a lawsuit, when she was sued by Uwe Vandrei, an obsessed fan from Ottawa, who alleged that his letters to her had been the basis of the single " Possession.

In 1997, Sarah McLachlan married her drummer, Ashwin Sood, in Jamaica.

McLachlan lost her mother to cancer in December 2001, while McLachlan herself was pregnant.

By this time, McLachlan had already completed three-quarters of the production on her next record, Afterglow.

McLachlan announced her separation from Ashwin Sood in September 2008.

In 1993, Darryl Neudorf filed a lawsuit against McLachlan and her label, Nettwerk, alleging that he had made a significant and uncredited contribution to the songwriting on Touch, and alleging that he wasn't paid properly for work done on Solace.

Following the success from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, McLachlan returned in 1997 with Surfacing, her best-selling and best-known album to date.

In 1998, in addition to performing her own set, she performed a cover of " Sad Lisa " with rock band Phish at the annual Bridge School Benefit concert in California, hosted by Neil Young, after which McLachlan began an extended period away from recording or touring.

McLachlan returned to public life and touring with her 2003 album release, Afterglow, which contained the singles " Fallen ", " Stupid ", and " World On Fire ".

" McDaniels, who credits McLachlan and her music for lifting him from a period of depression, invited her to join him on a track from his solo album.

On September 8, 2010, McLachlan performed and sang " Forgiveness " from her 2010 album Laws of Illusion on a semi-final show of America's Got Talent ; she did so again on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, two days later.

During the wide-ranging interview, McLachlan discussed with host John Schaefer the last eleven years of her life and how she has changed, especially as a working mother of two.

McLachlan strings her guitars with phosphor-bronze or vintage bronze Dean Markleys.

On February 12, 2010, McLachlan performed her song " Ordinary Miracle " at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

The advertisement's imagery of shelter animals mixed with the soundtrack and McLachlan's simple appeal for donations has raised $ 30 million for the ASPCA since it began to air in 2006, which allowed the organization to air appeals in higher profile prime-time cable ad slots ; subsequently the organization produced a new ad for the 2008 holiday season featuring McLachlan appealing for the ASPCA over her Wintersong performance of " Silent Night ", and a new ad with her was released in January 2009 featuring the song " Answer ".