Lauryn Hill is set to embark on a global tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her acclaimed solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
The singer and rapper will perform the entirety of her Grammy-winning album across 17 dates in the US and Canada as well as in Australia and New Zealand. She will also be reunited by fellow Fugees members for her dates in the US and Canada.
Hill’s US dates include Chicago’s United Center, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Her first date is on 8 September in Minneapolis.
“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 in a statement. “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.”
The tour comes after the Fugees were forced to cancel their reunion tour as a result of Covid. Originally announced in 2021 to celebrate the anniversary of Grammy-winning album The Score, it was later cancelled in 2022.
In September 2021, the trio reunited on stage in New York for their first gig in 15 years after keeping fans waiting for three and a half hours.
Hill has made a number of appearances this year already to celebrate the anniversary including at the hip-hop 50th anniversary celebrations in New York City appearing alongside Nas as well as headlining the Roots Picnic festival alongside fellow Fugees.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, featuring hits such as Doo Wop (That Thing), Ex-Factor and Everything Is Everything, debuted at No 1 in the US in 1998, selling 422,000 copies in its first week, a record for a female solo artist.
The album went on to win five Grammy awards, including album of the year.
