Lauryn Hill will head out this fall on a world tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of her landmark album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. On stops in the U.S. and Canada, Lauryn Hill will co-headline with the group that brought her to international prominence, The Fugees.

Obviously, the elephant in the room for this tour is the involvement of Fugees’ Pras Michel. Back in 2021, the trio of Hill, Michel, and Wyclef Jean attempted to mount a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Score. Unfortunately, the group staged only one concert—a 45-minute set at NYC’s The Rooftop at Pier 17—before indefinitely postponing, and eventually scrapping, the tour, allegedly due to COVID concerns.

Fast forward nine months after the cancelation, and it became public that Pras Michel was under investigation by the federal government for his work as an unregistered foreign agent, which could be another explanation for the canceled tour. Among the charges against the rapper were campaign finance violations, money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and lying to banks, partially in connection to the multi-billion dollar 1MD Malaysian money laundering scandal. In April of this year, he was found guilty on ten felony counts and faces up to 20 years in prison. He has not yet been sentenced as of this tour announcement.

Despite his conviction, Pras in June joined Wyclef and Lauryn for an impromptu Fugees mini-set during Hill’s headlining set at Philadelphia, PA’s Roots Picnic. Following the performance, Questlove seemed to address the legal woes hanging over Pras when he wrote on Instagram,

“[Ms. Lauryn Hill] did us a solid by not only letting us celebrate with her the classic [Miseducation of Lauryn Hill] but she also made a moment by bringing together her bredren [Wyclef Jean] and [Pras Michel]……in what could possibly be one of the last times we will see this institution together in this setting.” In light of today’s announcement, it appears as if those sentiments were premature.

Fugees Reunite For Surprise Performance At Roots Picnic [Photos/Videos]

As for the tour itself, Ms. Lauryn Hill will begin the journey in Australia and New Zealand for dates with Koffee. She arrives on domestic stages beginning October 17th in Newark when she links up with the rest of the Fugees. The 11-date North American leg includes shows at arenas in Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago, Fort Worth, Denver, L.A., and Oakland before wrapping in Seattle. There’s also a lone date in Canada, October 26th in Toronto, which seems brazen for Pras as he awaits sentencing on ten felonies.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is and was a love song to my parents, my family, my people, my musical and cultural forebears, my teachers, my loves, my Creator,” Hill said. “I wrote love songs and protest songs— (still love songs) about the subjects and interests that inspired and moved me. I was confident that what inspired me would resonate with an audience that had been led to believe that songs of that kind could only live in the past. I loved music, I loved people, I truly felt grateful to God for my life, and genuinely blessed to have a platform where I could share wisdom and perspective through music. I felt a charge to challenge the idea that certain kinds of expression and/or certain kinds of people didn’t belong in certain places. I loved showing what could work or happen provided there was imagination, creativity and LOVE leading the way.”

Tickets for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th anniversary tour with Fugees go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. local venue time via Ticketmaster, with various pre-sales beginning Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time.

LAURYN HILL: 2023 TOUR DATES
9/8 – Minneapolis, MN @ Mystic Lake
9/23 – New York, NY @ Global Citizen Festival
10/1 – Gold Coast, AUS @ Promiseland Festival
10/3 – Melbourne, AUS @ Rod Laver Arena *
10/5 – Sydney, AUS @ Kudos Banks Arena *
10/7 – Auckland, NZ @ Eden Festival
10/17 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center #
10/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays #
10/21 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena #
10/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena #
10/26 – Toronto, ON – Scotia #
10/28 – Chicago, IL @ United Center #
10/30 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena #
11/2 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena #
11/5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum #
11/7 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena #
11/9 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena #

* with Koffee
# with Fugees

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