Lauryn Hill and the Fugees Announce Tour Dates, Including Tampa
Singer Lauryn Hill performs during a past tour in 2019.
By Tampa Bay Living Magazine staff
Lauryn Hill and the Fugees will reunite in Tampa Bay this winter for the singer's “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary” tour. Hill and the Fugees will take the stage at Amalie Area on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m.
According to a news release, Lauryn Hill and her diamond-certified album were inducted into the Library of Congress in 2015. Hill was the first woman to be nominated for 10 Grammy Awards in one year and the first woman to win five Grammys in one night. Her album was also the first hip-hop album to receive an Album of the Year Grammy Award.
Hill praised the Miseducation album and Fugees for challenging conventions in a pre-tour statement, where she says she’ll pay homage to the past while embracing the present during her tour.
“Both the Miseducation and the Fugees’ material challenged and expanded convention, by paying homage to the past, while richly embracing the present, and emblazoning the trail for the future,” said Lauryn Hill in a statement. “We represent not just ourselves but our influences and our peers who took art, culture, and inspiration very seriously—- who reshaped the landscape for ourselves and for those who would follow after us. I’m grateful to be able to celebrate this classic material and re-present it to an audience in this time.”
Fugees member Wyclef Jean also expressed gratitude for celebrating classic music and its influence on his peers, stating that the event will be "lighting in a bottle" and will be a memorable experience for the audience.
Concert tickets went on sale Friday, Oct. 6, with prices ranging from $55.75 to $295.75, at ticketmaster.com.
