Pras discusses cancelled tour with Lauryn Hill And The Fugees: ‘My Frustration Was for the Fans’
nme.comFugees has spoken out about their recently cancelled tour with Lauryn Hill, and said that his frustration about the situation came on behalf of the fans.Hill and The Fugees were scheduled to kick off their world tour earlier this month (August 9) in Tampa, Florida, and would continue their trek of the United States until September 21, before touring the UK and Europe in October.However, just three days before the first scheduled show, the band quietly cancelled the US leg of the tour without any official explanation.
Hill would later go on to blame the media’s “sensationalism” around previous shows being cancelled for the low ticket sales (via Stereogum).Now, in a new interview with Vulture, Pras has said that he relates to the fans’ feeling of frustration and thinks that the band’s chequered past with touring – namely Hill’s reputation for showing up to shows hours late – may have impacted the poor sales.“I was both surprised and not surprised,” Michel said of the ticket sales. “Last year, there were supposed to be 20 shows, and we did 10.
They were all sold out, but 10 extra shows needed to be done that she [Hill] cancelled.”He continued, explaining how that sense of disappointment may have carried over to this upcoming tour: “Now you put shows on sale this year, and people are like, How do we know this is not gonna be cancelled?“The fans are saying, ‘It’s summertime, school’s about to come, I gotta buy supplies for my kids, there’s inflation.’ There’s so much you have to coordinate in your life.
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