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Lauryn Hill cancels Fugees anniversary tour with stop in Dallas

Lauryn Hill will come through Dallas in fall 2024.

Photo courtesy of LiveNation

Grammy winner and hip hop icon Ms. Lauryn Hill is back on the road. Hill is once again reuniting with The Fugees, to co-headline an extension of The Miseducation Anniversary Tour she initiated in 2023 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the landmark album, which was just named the best album of all time by Apple Music.

UPDATE 8-14-2024: The tour has been canceled. In her announcement, Hill cited "sensationalism" by the media as a reason for low ticket sales.
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The tour will feature music from The Miseducation of Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Score and more.

The 21-date tour will include two stops in Texas:

September 6 at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas
September 7 at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands

The Fugees will co-headline all dates and YG Marley will be joining as support. Ticketing information for the new dates and routing can be found below.

Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) beginning on Tuesday, June 25. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on June 28 at 10 am at LiveNation.com.

Citi is the official card of U.S. dates of The Miseducation Anniversary Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Tuesday, June 25 at 10 AM through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, individual photo op with Ms. Lauryn Hill & Fugees, pre-show VIP Hospitality Lounge, autographed poster, specially designed gift item & more. VIP package contents vary based on offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com or vipnation.eu.

The impact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill had on music, fashion, and American and world culture is immeasurable and continues to influence the world's biggest artists. Entered into the Library of Congress in 2015, Ms. Hill and her Diamond-certified album achieved numerous firsts including being the first ever Hip Hop album to receive an Album Of The Year Grammy Award, being the first woman to be nominated for 10 Grammy awards in one year and being the first woman to win 5 Grammys in one night.

UPCOMING LIVE DATES
Fri Aug 09 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 11 - West Palm Beach, FL - iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 16 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 18 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
Wed Aug 21 - Philadelphia, PA - TD Pavilion at The Mann
Fri Aug 23 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
Sun Aug 25 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
Wed Aug 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Fri Aug 30 - Milwaukee, WI - American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Sat Aug 31 - Tinley Park, IL - Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Wed Sep 04 - Huntsville, AL – The Orion Amphitheater*
Fri Sep 06 - Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion
Sat Sep 07 - Houston, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Fri Sep 13 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun Sep 15 - Chula Vista, CA - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tue Sep 17 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
Fri Sep 20 - Wantagh, NY - Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
Sat Sep 21 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Sat Oct 12 - Manchester, UK - Co-op Live
Mon Oct 14 - London, UK - The O2
Fri Oct 18 - Paris, France - Accor Arena
Tue Oct 22 - Amsterdam, Holland - Ziggo Dome

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Movie Review

Andrew Garfield leads peasant rebellion in medieval film The Uprising

Photo by Betina La Plante/Focus Features

Andrew Garfield in The Uprising.

Writer/director Paul Greengrass made his name with a cinéma vérité style of filmmaking that brought immediacy and depth to three Jason Bourne films, United 93, Captain Phillips, and more. In The Uprising, he uses those skills to tell the story of the so-called Peasants’ Revolt in 14th century England.

Greengrass wastes no time starting the main plot as Ploughman (Andrew Garfield) and his fellow villagers object to onerous taxes put on them by the country’s nobility, led by the young King Richard II (Woody Norman), to fund an ongoing war. Ploughman initiates a violent response over the tone-deaf — and unseemly — way the king’s guard go about their business, and the rebellion soon starts to spread across the countryside, with the citizens looking for a degree of autonomy.

The ever-expanding group makes their way toward London to try to make their case to the king himself. Meanwhile, the king’s top advisors, including Archbishop Sudbury (Stephen Dillane) and Treasurer Hales (Tom Hollander), try to usurp power from the inexperienced monarch even as the king’s mother (Katherine Waterston) tries to get him to be more assertive.

The history of the English monarchy is long and lurid, as Shakespeare detailed in multiple plays, including Richard II. Though the events in the film took place almost 650 years ago, it’s easy to see parallels between what the peasants were fighting for and modern-day politics. Greengrass’ storytelling intent is solid, and the righteous anger the citizens feel is initially relatable and palpable.

But the populism theme of the story soon gets bogged down in drudgery and minutiae that is difficult to understand, especially when the details are lost in the thick regional English accents. The leaders of the rebels — including John Ball (Jamie Bell), Wat Tyler (Cosmo Jarvis), and Alyce (Thomasin McKenzie) — are shown doing a lot of planning, but the strong feelings they have about their quest don’t come across well, leaving the audience as passive observers.

When there is action, Greengrass and his team employ a frenetic style that is not great for comprehension. While the gist of what is happening and what side is winning is legible, individual moments go by so quickly so as to be nearly meaningless. Save for Ploughman, any connection that has been made with various characters proves futile, as Greengrass doesn’t seem to have any time for emotion. Scenes that should feel thrilling or heartbreaking instead come off as empty.

Garfield is a two-time Oscar nominee who has done great work across multiple genres. He’s fine in this role, but whether it’s the story, the filmmaking, or something else, he’s not as captivating as usual. The same goes for other strong actors like Bell, McKenzie, Dillane, Hollander, and Waterston, who each seem to be giving their all to their performances but are somehow muted in the process.

Done right, The Uprising could have been a rip-roaring account of people standing up against their oppressors. What Greengrass has made, though, is a film that can’t translate its medieval story for a modern audience and concentrates too much on unexciting elements and too little on thrilling ones.

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The Uprising is now playing in theaters.

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