""With 'Artist In Residence,' Ms. Hill continues to push the boundaries of live performance, bringing her distinctive sound and uncompromising artistry to the stage with renewed force," reads a press statement. "The tour stands as a continuation of her evolution, an intimate and immersive experience that connects audiences across Canada through the unmistakable presence of one of music's most enduring voices.""
"Over the summer, Hill performed to a near-empty Superdome in New Orleans during the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture. She took the stage around 2:30 a.m., nearly two hours behind schedule. She later addressed the situation with a lengthy social media post, thanking the festival's organizers for "clarifying that the delays were not my fault," and "misconceptions" about her approach to live productions, referencing "years of public effort to defame me.""
Lauryn Hill will perform an eight-city Artist in Residence tour of intimate Canadian venues from November 19 to December 19, 2025, with stops in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Hamilton, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa. Public tickets go on sale Friday, October 24 at 12:00 p.m. local time via Ticketmaster, with an artist pre-sale on October 23 and VIP packages available through the official website. Two dollars from every ticket sold will be donated to the MLH Fund for local community outreach. A press statement frames the tour as an intimate, immersive continuation of Hill's artistic evolution. Hill addressed a late-night Essence Festival appearance and subsequent critiques on social media.
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