Ms. Lauryn Hill has postponed most of the remaining dates of her 25th anniversary tour celebrating The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Hill announced the news on social media, explaining that she has “been battling serious vocal strain for the past month.” In order to recover fully, Hill said that she will have to reschedule the remaining 2023 concerts for early next year, with the exception of her November 25 concert in Philadelphia, which she assured fans is still happening. A new itinerary has not been detailed, but Hill wrote that the rescheduled dates will include additional cities and some overseas dates. Find Hill’s full statement below.
Hill kicked off the Miseducation anniversary tour in September, with concerts co-headlined by the reunited Fugees. A few dates into the trek, however, Hill had to postpone her October 23 concert at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Arena, writing on social media that she needed to rest her voice “to prevent “any more serious strain or damage to [her] vocal cords.”
Hill also had to call off her show in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 30, writing on social media “I fought through the last couple shows, pushing my voice, and masking the injury with medication. This isn’t safe or sustainable.”
In her post from today, Hill wrote that she “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.” She added that, in addition to resting her vocal cords, she needs to get to a state where she can “discontinue the medication completely.”
Ms. Lauryn Hill:
I’d like to start this off by saying how much I’ve enjoyed being on the road, and how much I appreciate all of the fans who have come out to celebrate this incredible milestone anniversary and history making reunion with us. Being able to tour this album to sold out crowds after 25 years has been an emotional experience! I’ve loved sharing the stage again with Wyclef and Pras. The Return of the Fugees has been powerful and amazing—those who’ve witnessed it can testify. The tour itself reminds us the artists, and the audiences alike of earlier, perhaps less complicated times when ‘It could all be so simple…’ or ‘Ready Or Not, here I come!’ were on repeat on the airwaves. Simply put, classic. Classic music, classic performances with audiences who love those classics has been nothing but…wait for it…EPIC. (I almost said classic again! 🙀)
As many of you may know, I’ve been battling serious vocal strain for the past month. 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.
For this reason we have to reschedule most of the remaining shows this year. The shows that were cancelled this year will be rescheduled for early 2024 AND because of the overwhelming response, we’ll be adding new cities to the tour, including overseas.
We’re working on the new calendar now, and announcing soon.
The show in PHILLY this weekend IS STILL HAPPENING. We already had to move this show once and being so close to New Jersey, it’s basically hometown for us—so we’ll close out the year with one final show amongst friends and family!
We want to thank everyone who celebrated with us—EVERY👏🏾SINGLE👏🏾 FAN👏🏾 …and ALL band, crew, production, staff, family, friends and Day 1-OG-CAMP members who helped make each and every single night LEGENDARY!
We’re ALL looking forward to getting back out again next year to finish this EPIC (now extended anniversary) celebration of these CLASSICS. 🙀❤️🔥
