Overview

• McLachlan and Jewel pulled their planned songs at Sunday’s Los Angeles premiere of Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, telling the audience there would be no post‑screening performances.
• Introducing the film, McLachlan said the decision was a show of solidarity for free speech after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely.
• ABC News Studios canceled the event’s red carpet as the company confronted fallout from Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death.
• The documentary is produced by ABC News Studios and streams on Hulu/Disney+, linking the premiere to the same corporate parent at the center of the dispute.
• Kimmel’s show remains off the air after pressure from FCC chair Brendan Carr and affiliates including Nexstar and Sinclair, and more than 400 Hollywood figures signed an ACLU‑backed letter protesting the suspension.