Ms. Lauryn Hill Tickets

We waited for her for over 3 hours from the time doors opened. She only stayed on stage for about an hour. It wasn't worth the cost.

Priceless....Stiil has after all these years.....MISSED AND LOVED SO MUCH.... Love the new signle I herad it on Hot 97... I will wait on the album....!!!!

Although she came out a little later than her scheduled time, Lauryn later made up for it by bring back old hits like "killing me softly" and "Turn Your lights down low". There were some sound issues and her remixes to some of her songs left the audience baffled, but overall it was a good peformace. Exactly what you'd expect from someone who's been missing from the scene for a while. I'd see her again anytime anywhere.

It was an incredible show but you have to have patience for our dear old Ms. Lauryn Hill. She has always (and still does) work on her own schedule. She didn't come on stage until an hour after her scheduled time but played her full set list just the same. She has just as much energy and talent as she did back in 1999 and I would recommend her just as much today. It is so refreshing to have her back on the scene, showing off her pure talent. Thank god to have a real female R&B artist back in our lives. (She even played some Fugees)

It is with deep regret that I must inform you: Lauryn Hill has put on one of the worst concerts I have ever attended. That was probably the most disappointed I have ever been at a show. Putting aside the fact that she went on two hours late with no apology or explanation (I was expecting this), the arrangements of her classic "Miseducation" hits and the awful instrumentation and overall sound of her band ruined the music. She had 3 guitarists (all japanese kids who looked like Berklee students), 3 keyboardists, 3 background singers, DJ bass and drums. Not only was the music loud, it was so muddy in the middle and hi registers that you could barely make out the music. Why would anyone think this is a good idea for a band? Most of the songs she did were not recognizable till about halfway through the song. I don't have a problem with Lauryn doing new arrangements of her classics, this could yield some great remakes. But the arrangements were terrible! Minor keys were turned into major keys, harmonized choruses turned into doubled guitar and doubled keyboard parts. When you play a song TWICE AS FAST as the original, it tends to lose meaning and depth and most of the songs were done a lot faster. It was like a bad SNL skit when Lauryn would sing "Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion" in doubletime! At times, it sounded like the Black Eyed Peas were trying to turn in Lauryn's music into top 40 dance hits. It sounded like the Village People without the funky horn section. I would shake my head and say "No" when I would figure out what song the band was butchering. How could she kill these songs? The rest of the audience was with me. People sat in the balcony looking bored and the floor crowd did not dance, move or sway. The applause after a number of songs was fairly week. Lauryn didn't seem to be crazy or depressed or awkward. This could be the good news. She seemed poised and positive and sounded good when she sang. I am just confused by her horrible musical decisions.

Ummm. The ticket said 9pm show. Now, I understand doesn't mean the performer will go on at 9pm, but 2 DJ's for 2 1/2 hours? and she walks on stage near 11:30pm?!! REALLY? That's just not acceptable. She is beautiful, talented, with a fantastic voice. I went to hear her sing... unfortunately, her band was far too LOUD, and drowned out her voice for much of the performance. It was a ROCK Concert... with a Rock Band... and her R&B and Soul songs were done in a ROCK arrangement. OK, that was interesting... and some of the songs were very good. Just not what I expected... and with the 2 1/2 hour wait ... I don't think I'd have bought the ticket if I knew in advance.

Lauryn Hill is one of my favorite artists of all time. The night began with a bad taste in most people's mouths because she came onto the stage over 2 hours late! Perhaps it was the inclement weather I am not sure. However, the song list was perfect and she played some great numbers. Whoever was working the sound over powered Ms. Hill's voice. You could hear the back up singers way more than you could hear her which was very irritating.

This was the worst show I have ever been too and I have been to many. I was really excited to see her and had all this anticipation. Well that went away shortly after arriving. The doors opened at 8 she was supposed to go on at 9. We figured it would be more like 9:30ish if she had an opening act. Well she didn't have an opening act, but had a DJ. Fine thats cool but it's not what I was expecting nor what should have been after spending $70 a ticket. (read below till when she came on; he dj'ed that entire time) After getting to the theater, getting drinks and going to our seats - we sat and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited some more. We waited until after 11 till her and her band finally came on. AFTER 11 pm !! Oh and she had to be done by midnight which gave her less than an hour to play. Okay so we thought at least she showed up and came on stage right?! NOT. Since the band didn't have time to do sound checks - the sound quality was HORRENDOUS. The band was extremely loud and you couldn't hear Ms Hill singing. I mean I heard maybe a few words here and there but thats it. To top it off there were moments that you could hear the piercing sound of feedback. We left before she even finished b/c it was just that bad and since it was so late it wasn't worth it. I was extremely disappointed and aggravated. Maybe I would have felt a little better had she apologized to the crowd for waiting so long......but that never happened.