The Fugees have announced that they will be going on tour in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their album ‘The Score’. The tour marks the first time Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel will perform live together in 15 years.
Ahead of the tour, the hip-hop group will play a New York City pop-up show on September 22, 2021, in support of Global Citizen Live. The event’s location remains undisclosed but the performance will be filmed and is set to air on September 25, 2021.
In a press release, Ms. Lauryn Hill said, “The Fugees have a complex but impactful history. I wasn’t even aware the 25th anniversary had arrived until someone brought it to my attention. I decided to honor this significant project, its anniversary, and the fans who appreciated the music by creating a peaceful platform where we could unite, perform the music we loved, and set an example of reconciliation for the world”.
The Fugees will kick off the world tour in Chicago at the United Center on November 2, 2021. They will then continue to travel to cities in the United States, The U.K., Europe, and Africa. The tour will come to a close at a venue in Ghana that is yet to be confirmed.
Wyclef Jean added, “As I celebrate 25 years with the Fugees, my first memory was that we vowed, from the gate, we would not just do music, we would be a movement. We would be a voice for the unheard, and in these challenging times, I am grateful once again, that God has brought us together.”
Tickets for the shows will go on sale on September 24, 2021, at 10 a.m. EST through Live Nation.
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Fugees The Score 25th Anniversary Tour Dates
September 22 New York City, NY – Venue TBC
November 2 Chicago, IL – United Center
November 7 Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
November 12 Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
November 18 Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
November 21 Miami, FL – FTX Arena
November 26 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
November 28 Washington, D.C. – Capital One Arena
December 4 Paris, France – La Defense Arena
December 6 London, England – The O2
Date To be communicated (TBC): Nigeria – Venue TBC
December 18 Ghana – Venue TBC
Fugees broke out with ‘The Score’ in 1996, a wildly successful second album that made them household names with singles such as ‘Ready or Not’ and ‘Killing Me Softly’.
Over the next decade, the group hung together despite internal rifts, legal trouble, and solo sidelines, including Hill’s landmark, Grammy-sweeping ‘Miseducation album’, before conclusively splitting in 2006, at least in part due to romantic complications between Jean and Hill, according to Jean’s memoir.
It can be recalled Pras Michel said in 2007 that there was “a better chance of seeing Osama Bin Laden and [former President George W.] Bush in Starbucks having a latte, discussing foreign policies,” than of his working with Hill again. In recent years, while Michel and Jean spoke of reconciliation, Hill remained tight-lipped on the prospect of a reunion until now.
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