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  1. Fugees Kick Off Reunion Tour at Global Citizen Live as Group Performs Together for First Time in 15 Years
    The Fugees are officially back after announcing their first world tour in 25 years, celebrating the milestone anniversary of their 1996 album  The Score. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel reunited Wednesday in New York City for their first performance together in 15 years, which was taped as part of Saturday's 24-hour livestream for Global Citizen Live 2021.  The group performed their single "Ready or Not" for the enthusiastic audience, which was later streamed as part of the Global Citizen event, teasing what's to come for their 12-city international tour. Read more: people.com
  2. The Fugees’ Reunion Show Felt Like a Miracle

    Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 6:00 AM
    The Fugees’ Reunion Show Felt Like a Miracle
    After their second disbandment in the mid-2000s, it felt like the  Fugees  were likely never to reconnect again. The split between  Wyclef Jean  and   Ms. Lauryn Hill  was both personal and professional, rooted in conflicts of paternity and propriety, with Ms. Hill scorching the earth with earlier breakup songs like “Lost Ones,” Jean stoking flames with a tell-all book, and Pras Michel casting his own doubts when he said in 2007, “Before I work with Lauryn Hill again, you have a better chance of seeing Osama Bin Laden and [George W.] Bush getting a latte.” So when the New Jersey trio finally took the stage last night, just after 10 p.m., the tension that had been building for the nearly 15 years since their last performance was instantly released, and the rush was nearly overwhelming. Read more: pitchfork.com
  3. The Fugees Bask in the ‘Miracle’ of Their Reunion at First Show in 15 Years
    Appearing alongside  Wyclef Jean  and  Pras  Michel on Wednesday evening for their first live performance as  the Fugees  in 15 years, Ms.  Lauryn Hill  reminded the 3,000 guests in attendance at the New York City rooftop venue Pier 17 what a miracle it was for them to be standing there.  “There was destiny in us coming together, there was destiny in the touring, and there was destiny in the people we inspired,” Hill told the crowd, briefly recounting the “complicated and beautiful” history of the three-piece group. It was also destiny, then, that reunited the group to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of their classic sophomore album  The Score  long after they had split.  Read more: rollingstone.com