'Miseducation' in action: Lauryn Hill to play First Ave Jan. 18

The former Fugees songstress fell off the radar (jumped, actually) but is finally working on a new album.

December 20, 2010 at 10:04PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Lauryn Hill was last in town on 2002's Smokin' Grooves Tour. / Photo by Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
Lauryn Hill was last in town on 2002's Smokin' Grooves Tour. / Photo by Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Mostly missing in action since her 1998 album "The Miseducation of..." made hip-hop history, Lauryn Hill just as quickly appears poised for a comeback. The former Fugees songstress has announced a tour that includes a Jan. 18 date at First Avenue. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at 11 a.m. and aren't cheap ($55), but who knows if and when we'll have the chance to see her again. Since mysteriously dropping off the radar around the turn of the century -- actually, it was more like she willingly jumped -- Hill has had five children with Rohan Marley, another son of Bob's. She reemerged this summer for four shows on the Rock the Bells tour, where she played "Miseducation" in its entirety. She has also been working on new material.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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