Ms. Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill tours North America
-by Terris Schneider
Ms. Lauryn Hill will be making an appearance in Vancouver on Tuesday May 24 at the Commodore Ballroom for her Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series. Tickets for the event will be on sale Friday, April 29 at 10 am at Live Nation or Charge by Phone: 1-855-985-5000. Tickets will also be available at Ticketmaster Outlets and Rogers Wireless Box Office.
The legendary Grammy Award winning MC, vocalist, producer and songwriter, kicked off her tour in Orlando, Florida and hits 19 cities across the country which included sets at Miami’s Jazz in the Gardens Festival, and a fantastic performance at this year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival. In addition, Ms. Hill has announced the creation of @MsHillMvngTrgt on Twitter as the main source for news, highlights and updates for the Moving Target Series as a place for her to communicate directly with her fans.
Of these tour dates Ms. Hill says, “One of the benefits of playing venues smaller than the ones I’m used to allows me the opportunity to not only reconnect with my supporters, but to expose them to a portion of the musical journey I’ve been on which the world for the most part has not had access to. I’ve never shied away from being musically adventurous, nor am I known for being a lightweight when it comes to lyrical content or musical exploration. These more intimate playdates afford me the time to perform for listeners who haven’t heard from me over the past several years or have been misinformed by the inaccuracies in some media coverage, many of which I might add, I find very amusing. Getting back out there to perform is a lot like resuming a strenuous sport after having been away from it for a while, but eventually the muscle-memory kicks in and each day brings progressive strength. It’s an exciting and REAL process which these audiences will get to witness.”
Ms. Hill has been performing an innovative set list of classic material from her iconic and groundbreaking solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as well as classic Fugee numbers and a few covers honouring some of the music that has influenced her.
Lauryn Hill Tour Dates:
04-29 San Antonio, TX – Josabi’s
05-01 Austin, TX – Stubb’s
05-04 Houston, TX – House of Blues
05-07 New Orleans, LA – Jazz and Heritage Festival
05-10 San Diego, CA – Humphreys
05-13 Las Vegas, NV – The Boulevard Bowl
05-14 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
05-17 Pomona, CA – The Fox Theatre
05-20 Eugene, OR – Cuthbert Amphitheatre
05-22 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
05-24 Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom
