Lauryn Hill and the Fugees’ 2024 Tour Is Quietly Canceled, Three Days Before First Date
A U.S. tour by Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees set for late summer and fall has been canceled, with the dates removed from Ticketmaster and ticketholders receiving notices about receiving refunds late Tuesday.
No reason was offered to fans for the cancellation in the refund notices that went out. Reps for Hill and the tour promoter, Live Nation, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Ticketholders posted screenshots of a message they received from Live Nation stating simply, “Your event has been canceled. A refund will be on its way to your account soon.”
The tour was set to begin on Friday in Tampa, with the American leg climaxing at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 17 and shows in New York and New Jersey on Sept. 20-21. Other cities that were scheduled for now-canceled shows included Atlanta, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston and Milwaukee — 18 U.S. dates in all.
Although all the U.S. dates have disappeared, tickets remain on sale for an overseas leg of the tour that begins with a show in Manchester, England on Oct. 12 and ends in Amsterdam on Oct. 22, with gigs in London and Paris in-between. It’s unclear whether these shows will go the way of the American tour or whether the European shows will remain on the calendar.
Hill’s social feeds do not have any updates about her tour status, as of this writing. The most recent tweet on the artist’s infrequently used account on X (formerly Twitter) was at the time of the tour announcement, in late June.
This marks the third year in a row that Hill and her reunited group have canceled some or all of their tour dates, leaving some fans posting about the repeat false alarms being “disheartening.”
ITS SO DISHEARTENING BEING A FAN OF LAURYN HILL. Last October, a hour before the show in Dallas, it was cancelled with no warning. I tried again this run even when EVERYONE clowned me saying I was foolish for trying. Cancelled AGAIN. I love Lauryn man. But damn yo. DO BETTER.
— P. Lo Jetson (@PLoJetson) August 6, 2024
On Nov. 22 of last year, Hill and the Fugees were well into a tour when she announced that the remaining dates for the year were being put off and she would resume touring in 2024. “As many of you may know, I’ve been battling serious vocal strain for the past month,” she stated at that time. “I made it through each show by taking prescribed prednisone, but this can be detrimental to the body when taken in large amounts over long periods of time. 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.”
A reunion tour with the Fugees was first announced in 2021, then postponed and finally canceled in January 2022, with ongoing COVID conditions cited as the reason.
When Hill and the Fugees did fulfill dates last year, the shows were generally well-received by fans, and Variety included the Hill/Fugees show at L.A.’s Forum last year on a list of 2023’s best concerts.
Prior to announcing the official 2024 tour in June, Hill had done a handful of one-off shows earlier this year, in locations including Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Canada and Las Vegas. She also performed on the BET Awards telecast June 30.
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