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Lauryn Hill Cancels European Tour, Cites “Health Reasons”

6/10/09, 11:52 am EST

Photo: Napolitano/WireImage

Reclusive R&B-hip-hop star Lauryn Hill has put a halt to her planned comeback tour, canceling her entire European lineup of dates, the AP reports. Hill was scheduled to headline this year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival on July 15th, but her agent informed festival organizers yesterday that the show was off due to unspecified “health reasons.” Hill’s performance at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival was also called off, as were scheduled concerts in Sweden, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Italy, France and Austria.

The canceled European tour is just the latest in a long string of mysterious events surrounding Hill in the decade since she released her 1998 Grammy-winning masterpiece The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Rock Daily caught Hill’s 2007 hits-filled performance in Brooklyn, but since then the singer has surfaced for a strange photo op with Martha Stewart at a book signing in New Jersey last October. Hill has reportedly been working on new music since 2004, but outside of Miseducation and her 2002 Unplugged 2.0 album, the former Fugee has only released a handful of songs for soundtracks like Surf’s Up and The Passion of the Christ.

In August 2008, to mark the 10th anniversary of Hill’s landmark Miseducation, Rolling Stone spoke to the people who helped make the groundbreaking LP for an exclusive oral history.

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Who does she think she is? | 6/10/2009, 2:25 pm EST

Axl Rose?

Insanity | 6/10/2009, 2:31 pm EST

… definitely qualifies as a “health problem”

Rabbitbunny | 6/10/2009, 2:50 pm EST

Yet another Nineties act who fell off the face of the Earth! Lauryn Hill is just another industry example of “in too much too soon.”
At the Grammies a decade ago, her record Miseducation took the album prize when in fact it should have gone to a Michigan Queen named Madonna! Ray of Light has had more impact on rock & roll than Miseducation. End of Story!
Case Closed!

LOL | 6/10/2009, 2:59 pm EST

@ the Axl Rose comment, it’s so true. Maybe they’re related.

Beat it | 6/10/2009, 3:06 pm EST

Rabbitbunny, are you serious? I love Madonna, but Ray of Light has NOTHING on Miseducation. It would’ve been a travesty for Madonna to beat out Lauryn Hill.

AB | 6/10/2009, 3:26 pm EST

Health issues, i.e. she’s batshit crazy.

Does anybody even care any more?

Anonymous | 6/10/2009, 3:32 pm EST

Miseducation is a classic album.

Lauren Hill shure has lost it though!

Miss Chili | 6/10/2009, 4:23 pm EST

Lauryn Hill and Madonna shouldn’t even be in the same sentence much less the same category! Two COMPLETELY diff artists, but both extremely talented in their own light. BUT if I had to chose I’d roll with MS.HILL!!! She is the creator of the word “TRUTH”…. END OF STORY! CASE CLOSED! SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED! LMAO

Karl | 6/10/2009, 6:42 pm EST

What a shame… I’ve just gotten into “Miseducation” and her power and honesty is simply astounding. It’s so sad that such a wonderfully talented and gifted woman is falling by the wayside, looking more and more unlikely to recover with each new story of her erratic behavior.

JD | 6/10/2009, 7:23 pm EST

I think she thinks she’s Amy Crackhouse.

TONY MONTANA | 6/11/2009, 12:16 am EST

give her a qualude and she love me again

fleetwood | 6/11/2009, 12:57 am EST

What ever she is going thru she’s still a “WOMAN” Don’t hate she will always not doubt educate the black women. We will always listen to her music. When ever she come back she’ll still MISEDUCATE are dumb uneducated women

fleetwood | 6/11/2009, 12:57 am EST

What ever she is going thru she’s still a “WOMAN” Don’t hate she will always not doubt educate the black women. We will always listen to her music. When ever she come back she’ll still MISEDUCATE are dumb uneducated women

fleetwood | 6/11/2009, 1:40 am EST

What ever she is going thru she’s still a “WOMAN”. We still listen to her music everyday.Whenever she touch down she will still “MISEDUCATE” are dumb uneducated and educated women

put it in | 6/11/2009, 1:48 am EST

What ever she’s going thru she’s still a “WOMAN”. We listen to her music everyday. When ever she touch down she still will “MISEDUCATE” are dumb educated and uneducated “WOMEN”

You're as crazy as Lauren Hill | 6/11/2009, 3:27 pm EST

“What ever she’s going thru she’s still a “WOMAN”. We listen to her music everyday. When ever she touch down she still will “MISEDUCATE” are dumb educated and uneducated “WOMEN””

Forget about the Miseducation album for a moment. Did you ever get any grammar education? Learn to write a sentence. What exactly are you trying to say? So she put out a good album over a decade ago. Does this mean you’re a lock to support everything she does in the future sight-unseen? If I were a fan, I’d feel quite let down by now and move on to another performer who still has something to say.

Lisa F | 6/12/2009, 3:59 pm EST

I thought the whole downfall of Ms Hill came when she failed to properly give credit to others who wrote the songs on that grammy winning album. Is that true?

RBENTLEY | 6/12/2009, 5:07 pm EST

I FEEL THIS TIME SHE’S GOING 2 COME BACK AND HARDER THEN EVER

Anonymous | 6/13/2009, 7:48 pm EST

there’s a lot of talk going around about Ms. Hill and what she’s been through

Anonymous | 6/13/2009, 7:48 pm EST

there’s a lot of talk going around about Ms. Hill and what she’s been through

Va | 6/17/2009, 2:28 am EST

I believe Laury Hill is suffering from bi-Polar condition that would explain her erractic behavior. What do u think?

put it in | 6/20/2009, 2:11 am EST

Yes I’m crazy as Laury Hill
“Anonymous You’re crazy as Laury Hill” Give a Women a chance. I know how to write a sentence, I said exactly what I meant. She’s raising a FAMILY. What are you JEALOUS! Find you some Lyrics to educate are Women,cause I know you need it.If you didn’t you will not listen to her.

Yes RBentley she’s coming back hard
like “Jordan 23″ Chicago

put it in | 6/20/2009, 2:11 am EST

Yes I’m crazy as Laury Hill
“Anonymous You’re crazy as Laury Hill” Give a Women a chance. I know how to write a sentence, I said exactly what I meant. She’s raising a FAMILY. What are you JEALOUS! Find you some Lyrics to educate are Women,cause I know you need it.If you didn’t you will not listen to her.

Yes RBentley she’s coming back hard
like “Jordan 23″ Chicago

susieq | 6/29/2009, 7:40 am EST

In that photo, she kinda looks like Ronald McDonald!

Jersey's Finest | 7/4/2009, 1:59 am EST

Lauryn is one of the best artists to ever come out of NJ and God given talent like that does NOT disappear. She will be 78 years old and still able to spit a bar full of truth wit ease. But her erratic and mysterious behavior does worry me, canceling entire tour and such. I think a good therapist is needed; not saying that she is crazy but something is going on and whatever it is needs to be dealt wit so I can get some good rapping/singing wit meaning and not this ’swag’ crap. She has a family now, 5 kids, and having to raise them is understandable but I NEED some new material. Miseducation is a classic and still to this day 11 years later just as good as it was when it was first released. Lauryn Hill fan til I D-I-E.

I know what it is... | 7/8/2009, 11:04 pm EST

Lauryn Hill is a Gemini. Enough said…

REALITY | 8/14/2009, 8:58 am EST

There are a lot of negative comments on here. The time taken out to write them could have been used to pray for her.

jappy | 8/22/2009, 10:21 am EST

am glad she is with God
thats all that matters at the ed of the dy

marcus | 9/6/2009, 6:03 am EST

bi me ri to be. su mu dub bu tu hu nu u. hope rope. pipe moni. more sorrow. he drink to you. to tete

Simply Divine... | 10/2/2009, 1:55 pm EST

I want to talk to the person or people that have sat down and spoken with Lauren Hill, cause all of you all sayin what you don’t know nothin about…that’s what’s wrong with the world today, everybody HATEIN AND SPECULATIN…GET THE TRUTH, THAT’S WHAT WILL SET US FREE…

Anonymous | 10/15/2009, 12:11 am EST

blah blah blah…….SHUTTUP

pollyhustle | 10/25/2009, 3:25 pm EST

No matter how crazy she seems, Sony will not drop her…sometimes these artist have to play crazy to get out of these record deals that are robbing them! Thieves!

TOO Blessed TO Be Stressed | 10/25/2009, 7:16 pm EST

Peace and blessings everyone! I normally never write a blog, but I had to respond to this about Lauryn Hill. After doing some research, I was informed that one of the possible reasons why she went on hiatus, was b/c she was very heartbroken after the person she was with for many years left her. (Like many of us who lose the one we love..we can get really down and out.) So If the world could just have compassion and walk in Love and break down anyone. She has children and maybe she wanted to spend time with them and focus all her love and attention to them. She is a talented artist and whether she comes out with more music or not…at least we can appreciate her previous music and wish her the best of luck in all her endeavors and in raising her children and may she find the love of her life again..if she has not already done so. be Blessed everyone.

A prayer for Lauryn | 10/29/2009, 3:15 pm EST

I hope and pray all is well with her and whatever she’s going thru comes to a good end soon, so she can continue with her career… its bin a while and forever since i heard music like hers.
Speedy recovery L.H

Everytthing is Everything | 11/3/2009, 9:03 am EST

Lauryn is more than just a woman she is the”one”

Michelle | 11/5/2009, 4:51 pm EST

Please this woman is going through a lot and a lot of women allow them selves do so. Stop trying to act like people are perfect, we all have issues, only thing is we dont have to go through them in the public eye. It is eaasy to find fault in others while people playing like they are so perfect, pray for every one and stop hating on other people. Lauryn Hill was young when she started in this business, beside the woman is only 34 right now. She make look like hell on this peicture, but I am sure she can look better when she choose to do so.

Michelle | 11/5/2009, 4:54 pm EST

CORRECTION for thoss who want to correct others on spelling and grammer.

Please this woman is going through a lot of women allow them selves to do so.

Michelle | 11/5/2009, 4:55 pm EST

those I see I cant type lol

Michelle | 11/5/2009, 4:57 pm EST

not those
I mean those who want to correct spellers and typist lol

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