Thank you for all of your love and support throughout the years. If opportunity, public safety, and scheduling allow, we hope to be able to revisit this again sometime soon.
We’re grateful for the special night we did get to share with some of you in New York, with that rare live moment. An idea sparked to honor and celebrate this 25th anniversary of ‘The Score’ but we see now it may not currently be our time for revisiting this past work. 'Ready or Not,' which flipped a late-'60s single by the Philly soul outfit The Delfonics into a rallying cry for Black music, and 'Killing Me Softly With His Song,' a boom-bap-propelled cover of the ode to musicians made famous by Roberta Flack in the early '70s, both defined late-'90s hip. “The continued Covid pandemic has made touring conditions difficult, and we want to make sure we keep our fans and ourselves healthy and safe. Fugees' take on the swaggering yet claustrophobic sonics of '90s East Coast hip-hop give The Score a charge that remains electric decades later, as the boastful 'Fu-Gee-La' and the hazy title track prove. “We anticipate and understand disappointment but our anniversary tour will not be able to happen,” the group wrote in a message that was shared to social media. The 12-city international tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 1996 album The Score was originally set to kick off Nov. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel of the Fugees have canceled their reunion tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tickets for the tour go on presale Wednesday via Spotify, Live Nation and Ticketmaster. "We would be a voice for the unheard, and in these challenging times, I am grateful once again that God has brought us together." "As I celebrate 25 years with the Fugees, my first memory was that we vowed, from the gate, we would not just do music – we would be a movement," Jean said in a statement. Jean also found solo success, carving out his own lane in "the globalized sound of rap in the 21st century." His collaboration with Colombian pop star Shakira, "Hips Don’t Lie," peaked at No. I decided to honor this significant project, its anniversary and the fans who appreciated the music by creating a peaceful platform where we could unite, perform the music we loved and set an example of reconciliation for the world."įrom Bessie Smith to Cardi B: 25 essential songs by Black women that rocked the world "I wasn’t even aware the 25th anniversary had arrived until someone brought it to my attention. "The Fugees have a complex but impactful history," Hill said in a statement about the upcoming world tour. Hill would eventually have a breakout solo career with the release of her 1998 debut album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," which has sold 10 million copies in the U.S. More reunions: ABBA is back! 'Dancing Queen' band announces first new music in 4 decades, virtual concert.įugees got their start in the early '90s as "a crew of crafty New Jersey MCs:" Hill, Michel and Jean. Originally known as Tranzlator Crew, the group adopted the name Fugees, an abbreviation of "refugees,'' which referenced Michel and Jean’s shared Haitian-immigrant background. More than two decades later: 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' is still relevant to power and pain of womanhood "As soon as she touched the stage I caught that good art chill! Fugees 25th anniversary preview was special," another user tweeted. Clef tried to get Lauryn to do a freestyle but she told the story of how they met instead," Vulture's music critic Craig Jenkins tweeted.
"The Fugees came out with a ten piece band. Full horn section, backup singers.
The tour launched Wednesday with "an intimate pop-up show" in New York City's Pier 17 for Global Citizen Live. Attendees were only able to score tickets with an online raffle and heard the group perform their hits including "The Score," "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready or Not." The group's upcoming 12-city reunion tour will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fugees' - Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel - Grammy-winning sophomore album "The Score," according to a press release from their reps. Ready or not, here (they) come. The iconic hip-hop group Fugees are reuniting for their first world tour in 25 years. Watch Video: New Music Friday: Nas, The Weeknd, Adam Levine, Barbra Streisand
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