Lauryn Hill shuts down haters after abruptly canceling tour with Fugees: ‘No one is more disappointed … than I am’
nypost.com“Ready or Not,” one of the classic hip-hop bangers on “The Score,” the 1996 smash that went seven-times platinum and won them two Grammys.
But as the Fugees and Ms. Lauryn Hill were about to set out to celebrate 25 years of her historic solo debut, 1998’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” — which became the first hip-hop LP to win the Album of the Year Grammy in 1999 — they were not ready.Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras — the groundbreaking, genre-busting trio born out of the streets of Maplewood, NJ — pulled the plug on The Miseducation Anniversary Tour just three days before it was supposed to start at the Credit Union Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida, on Fri., Aug.
9.“With difficulty, the decision was made to pull down our upcoming North American tour dates,” Hill said in a statement on Instagram. “The shows in the UK ARE MOVING FORWARD as planned.”The two-month trek — which was scheduled to hit Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY, on Sept.
20 before heading to the UK on Oct. 12 and wrapping up in Amsterdam on Oct. 22 — was slated to receive opening-act support from YG Marley, child of Hill and Bob Marley’s son Rohan.It has been a tumultuous time for the Fugees — even as they began celebrating the silver anniversary of “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” which was released in August 1998, and their own reunion last fall.But Hill’s 2023 fall tour with the Fugees went on to have problems, as the frontwoman experienced vocal strain, and some dates were rescheduled for 2024.
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