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Lauryn Hill played Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn --- (pics, video, setlist & updated tour dates)

photos by Natalia Moena

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Prince and Janelle Monae (both playing MSG tonight), were among those in attendance at Music Hall of Williamsburg last night (12/28), though it’s not clear what time those notable attendees got there. If they got there at 9pm, they would have waited just over three hours for Lauryn Hill to take the stage while a DJ played to a restless crowd who braved the snow and paid $75 a ticket to be there. Realizing he was the enemy by that point, the keyboard player put a sign on his keyboard that said “I was on time.” Lauryn later took it down after telling the audience she was sorry. She apparently knows what people say about her because she also explained that she reworks her songs to keep them fresh.

That all aside, Lauryn played a 14-song set. One friend in attendance said she sounded great, though another brought up the previously-mentioned issue of the band overpowering her. Lauryn continues her tour at Bowery Ballroom and then the Blue Note in January. She later returns to NYC and NJ for shows in Atlantic City (1/29), Highline Ballroom (2/1 due to being postponed), and Wellmont Theatre (2/4). Updated dates, and videos, more pictures and the setlist from last night’s show, below…

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Music Hall of Williamsburg setlist
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Lauryn Hill – 2011 Tour Dates
January 1 – New York, NY at Bowery Ballroom
January 3 – New York, NY atThe Blue Note
January 4 – New York, NY at The Blue Note
January 5 – New York, NY at The Blue Note
January 8 – Charlotte, NC at Amos’ Southend
January 9 – Asheville, NC at The Orange Peel
January 12 – Charleston, SC at The Music Farm
January 14 – Atlanta, GA at Centerstage
January 16 – St. Louis, Mo at The Pageant
January 18 – Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue
January 20 – Chicago, IL at House of Blues
January 22 – Toronto, Ontario at Sound Academy
January 23 – Montreal, QC at Metropolis
January 29 – Atlantic City, NJ at House of Blues
February 1 – New York, NY at Highline Ballroom
February 4 – Montclair, NJ at The Wellmont Theatre
March 19 – Miami, FL at Jazz in the Gardens Festival
March 20 – Miami, FL at Jazz in the Gardens Festival