Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees cancel U.S. concert dates ahead of world tour
The Philadelphia was just two weeks away before getting canceled.
Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees have canceled the U.S. leg of their international tour, scheduled to start Friday in Tampa, Fla.
U.S. tour dates for “The Celebration Continues” tour were removed late Tuesday from Ticketmaster, and ticket holders received refund notices, reported Variety.
Hill and the Fugees were expected to come to the Mann Center’s TD Pavilion on Aug. 21. They were to complete their U.S. tour in Holmdel, N.J., on Sept. 21, before touring Europe throughout late fall.
U.K. and European concert dates appear to be unaffected, according to Ticketmaster’s website.
At the time of publishing, the reason for cancellation has not been shared with the public. Live Nation did not immediately respond for comment.
Cousins Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel, alongside friend Lauryn Hill, met in New Jersey in the early ‘90s. The trio formed a group called “Tranzlator Crew,” later named the Fugees, which is a shortened version of the word “refugees.” They rose to fame after their 1994 debut album, Blunted on Reality, and later 1996′s The Score, which birthed hits like “Fu-Gee-La” and “Ready or Not.”
In 1998, Hill released her solo debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, to critical acclaim, being nominated for 10 Grammys and winning five, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year in 1999.
Hill reunited with the Fugees at the June 2023 Roots Picnic in Philadelphia for the first time in years, and again that November to make up for a postponed October concert that year at the Wells Fargo Center.
This year’s cancelation of the U.S. tour comes on the heels of last year’s 25th-anniversary tour for Hill’s debut album getting postponed due to vocal strain. “As many of you may know, I’ve been battling serious vocal strain for the past month. In order to prevent any long term negative affect on my voice and my body, I need to take time off to allow for real vocal recovery so that I can discontinue the medication completely,” Hill posted to Instagram last November.
Ticket holders to the Ms. Lauryn Hill & The Fugees concert at the TD Pavilion at the Mann Center on Aug. 21 should receive a refund issued to the payment method used to buy the tickets within two to three weeks.