Ms. Lauryn Hill Is Coming To Australia
Just six months after being released from prison, she sets out on her headlining debut Down Under.
Nearly six months after being released from prison on federal charges of tax evasion, Ms. Lauryn Hill — the eight-time Grammy winner, former lead singer of the Fugees, and mastermind behind your favourite multi-platinum album of 1998 — has been announced as a headliner of Vivid Live.
The tour was made possible by a U.S. Magistrate Court Judge, who allowed Hill to postpone a year of supervised release (including three months of home confinement) under the condition that all travel details are pre-approved by her probation officer.
It will be the first time Hill has headlined a show in Australia, and Vivid is promising a theatrical set that will “revisit a songbook that changed music forever”; you can also expect a few of her new singles, and maybe a Beatles cover too.
She joins Anna Calvi, St. Vincent and James Vincent McMorrow as the new additions to a Fergus Linehan-curated lineup that already featured the Pixies, Giorgio Moroder and the Presets.
Lauryn Hill will be playing May 27 and 28 at The Sydney Opera House, with tickets starting at $79 and going on sale on March 31. No other Australian tour dates have been announced. Yet.