Lilith Fair, the female-oriented traveling festival co-founded by singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan [ tickets ], will make a comeback in 2010 after more than a decade's absence.

The announcement was made in a Twitter post over the weekend by Nettwerk's Terry McBride, who co-founded the event with McLachlan in 1997. Organizers have reportedly laid groundwork for a two-week tour of Great Britain and Europe sometime next year, although no North American plans have yet been revealed.

The touring Lilith Festival ran from 1997-1999, drawing more than 1.5 million people to 104 shows. The festival's bills became renown for a lineup featuring only female solo performers and female-led bands, including McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks, Sinead O'Connor, Eykah Badu, Liz Phair and Fiona Apple, among others.

McLachlan's latest studio recording is her 2006 Christmas offering, "Wintersong," which features holiday standards and covers of John Lennon, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot songs. Her most recent set of original material is 2003's double-platinum-selling "Afterglow," which received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album.

McLachlan told Billboard she's working on more new material and hopes to have a new album ready within the next two years.

"Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan" surfaced last October on Arista Records. The compilation, available in both regular and deluxe editions, comprises 14 tracks from the singer's award-winning catalog, as well as two new songs: "Don't Give Up on Us" and "U Want Me 2."