Lauryn Hill Announces Tour Dates
This past summer, Lauryn Hill got back into the swing of things and performed a few spot dates. But starting next week, L Boogie has announced that she’s performing 17 shows until February across the U.S. See when Ms. Hill’s coming to your town after the jump.
Dec. 27 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
Dec. 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jan. 1 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Jan. 3 – New York, NY – The Blue Note
Jan. 4 – New York, NY – The Blue Note
Jan. 5 – New York, NY – The Blue Note
Jan. 8 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
Jan. 9 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Jan. 12 – Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
Jan. 14 – Atlanta, GA – Centerstage
Jan. 16 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
Jan. 18 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Jan. 20 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Jan. 22 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
Jan. 23 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis
Jan. 29 – Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues
Feb. 4 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theatre
I guess she needs money now huh? You’re a racist and ignorant cunt and you will never see me at your not food out shows. Fuck you. Oh and by the way I heard a glimpse of you at Rock the Bells in NY, you were dreadful. Couldn’t wait until Tribe and Wu came out. So annoying just knowing you got some of my money from the show.
Food= sold* stupid autocorrect
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Get over it man. Take your hate somewhere else. People spend so much time hating. Take that energy and promote and give proper due to the people who u think deserve it. People.. I will never understand them.
deep breaths @DJ Game. Fuck, why are SIX out of 15 shows at New York?
BET SHE CAN’T SELL OUT SHOWS LIKE NICKI MINAJ LOL HAHA! YOU A HAS-BEEN !
@DJ Game. Why do u call her racist? Is it because of her supposed MTV statement years ago that, “I would rather die than have white people buy my albums.” She never said that. It’s an URBAN LEGEND. Check it out on Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lauryn.asp
If not that, then why do you call her a racist?
No Fort Lauderdale? Thats fucked up Lauryn !
YEAH! NEW YORK IS WHERE THE PAPER IS HA HA!!!
lmao @ DumDum
Lauryn’s debut won 5 Grammys and went 9x platinum… kinda makes Pink Friday look like little kid shit.
@IZM sn album wit dogs barking went platinum in thos days…i wanna see her sell that much now…oh she cant now can she…haha PINK FRIDAY!!
If youre referring to the Baha Men’s album, then no, it didnt go platinum. If youre just making things up, then somehow Im not surprised.
Im curious, tho, did the imaginary “dogs barking” album get nominated for 10 grammys and win 5? How many Grammys does Nicki have, for that matter? Cuz Lauryn broke the record for most wins in a night. And honestly, u have absolutely no idea what she might sell today, cuz shes been on hiatus since “Miseducation”. So by the last info we have, she should out-sell Nicki by about… 1600%.
Its incredible how some people are so proud to be ignorant. Have fun with that.
Heavy on it huh? good we are too now lean back dont cry bout it we aint hearing you so be silent. http://www.thablackyoutube.com millions more billion on oh and over 500,000 females all the time holla! RR you were warned now you will see its not a game let go to war.
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ALL YOU MOTHERFUCKERS NEED TO STOP HATING… I HOPE THIS LEAD UP TO A ABLUM MS HILL BECAUSE WE NEED YOU AND I CANT WAIT…
Nicki aint got shit on hill!!
Damn some ppl here need a fukking wake up call. Do you mf’ers even have any idea what type of impact she had to the music bizz? She has inspired so many after her. And PLEASE don’t compare mechanical sell out barbie to the great Ms. Hill.
i can,t wait for her to have a new cd out cause i am going to download it from zune marketplace..nough said ..thou…cause she speaks the truth and brings the truth out,….
DAMN @NICKI MINAJ ET TOIS GOT TOLD!! I FUX WITH NICKI BUT I HAVE TO SIDE WITH IZM ON THIS ONE. “MISEDUCATION” IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST HIP-HOP/R&B ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. YES, OF ALL TIME. IF YOU DISAGREE GO GIVE A LISTEN AND LEARN SOMETHING. TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER I’LL SAY LAURYN HILL IS ALSO BY FAR THE BEST FEMALE RAPPER OF ALL TIME; NICKI, FOXY, KIM, & A PLETHORA OF OTHERS CAN DUKE IT OUT FOR 2ND. EVEN IF SHE IS A RACIST I’M STILL DOWN WITH HER. I MEAN I FUX WITH KANYE ALMOST AS HARD AS ANYONE (NO HOMO) BUT I HATE HIM AS A PERSON. STOP TAKING YOURSELF SO GOD DAMN SERIOUSLY FOOL. REALLY. YOUR MUSIC SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
SO ANYWAYS WHO AM I TO JUDGE MS HILL ON HER BELIEFS. I JUST WANT HER TO PLAY HER MUSIC.
#MY.SWAG.ON.STEROIDS
I have nuthin but love for Hill and I’m proud to say I’m one of the true fans that helped the Fugees sell over 10mil and I’m proud to say I’m one of da true fans that helped Hill sell over 5mil. F Pink Friday!
no west coast shows??? whats up with that
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“Lauryn Hill said her heart was in Zion, I wish her heart was still rhyming…so who the kids gone listen to…I guess it’s me if it isn’t you”
-Kanye West
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Last night I attended one of the most anticipated come backs in recent history. No, I didn’t rewind time to get front row seats to the Bulls/Pacers game to witness Michael Jordan antagonize the Indiana fans. Or even get tickets to the This Is It Concert to watch the King of Pop moonwalk on our hearts one last time. I watched in a quant, dimly lit venue with standing room only the return of music’s greatest female R&B/Hip Hop artist. Ms. Lauryn Hill graced us with her fashionable late presence around midnight which isn’t the topic of this editorial. I’m a firm believer in Kanye’s quote that “good things come to those who wait.” So as with the song she was about an hour late however, she wasn’t worth the wait.
It’s really painful for me to admit these thoughts but there was a plethora of mixed emotions that I struggled with during her sell out concert her in Charleston, SC. The moment when her band began to enter the stage…a sense of excitement came over me and the anticipation began to build. Then as her face appeared at corners of the stage from the curtain…I felt a sense of relief and nostalgia. Relief that she actually showed up and that all of the rumors and the possibility of her being a no show was dispelled. Then a surreal high engulfed me as I thought about being in the same room with greatness. To be an arm’s length away…to breath the same air…to be in the presence of a living legend was overwhelming. However, the one emotion that I continued to return to even when I woke this morning was a sense of SADNESS. I was truly sad for her as person, as an artist, as a Mom, as a strong black women with an innate tenacity that refuses to give up.
I looked around several times at the audience to see if they were hearing her voice as I did…to see if they saw what I saw. Most of them were a drunken mass of mostly Caucasians students from the local college. They had no idea why the band continued to play over Lauryn’s voice. They had no idea that she struggled through the classics that made her famous. I felt like I was the only one that understood …she was a great singer that no longer had the ability to bellow out the strong notes that once made her a household name. Then that feeling returned…the sadness…only to be followed by a mountain of guilt. I felt a sense of guilt because I was one of the leaches. I was one of the blood thirsty moochers that refused to let her go. Refused to let her return to some sense of normalcy…to live her life as a “regular” person. We want Lauryn…I want Lauryn…we all chanted in unison before she entered the stage. We, the fans, have driven her to this act desperation, this embarrassing moment. It’s my fault. It’s your fault. It’s our fault.
When do we let go of our Ideals? Do we continue to pull and tug every ounce of their being until they have nothing left? When do they as humans realize that they are just that…HUMAN? Will they ever be willing to step down off that pedestal that we so pretentiously put them on and face their truths. Has the fame become an addiction for them as it was for MJ? Has the mask become so thick with fabrication that you can no longer live without it? Do they every take themselves out the game, like Mike, only to return a year or two later to embarrassed themselves even further?
Will they ever say to themselves that “I don’t have anymore…I quit!”