Fans Dismayed As Fugees Set at Lauryn Hill’s Diaspora Calling! Festival Cut Short Due to Curfew
Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean were mid-song when the 11 p.m. restrictions kicked in.
Fans were left disappointed as The Fugees' set at the Diaspora Calling! Festival was abruptly halted on Friday night (Aug. 7) at Milton Keynes National Bowl in England. This marked the first time the festival had taken place in the U.K. and featured a lineup of Erykah Badu, Giggs, and Fireboy DML. Hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle, the event began with a 14-song Fugees set, including hits like "The Score," "Vocab," "Doo Wop (That Thing)," and a cover of "Three Little Birds" with her son Zion Marley, grandson of reggae legend Bob Marley.
The performance was cut short at 11 p.m., one hour after it started, due to legal restrictions on sound beyond curfew. Both Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean's microphones were turned off, and a sign on stage read, "THANK YOU EVERYONE... As part of our licence we are legally required to finish the show at 11pm and cannot continue beyond this time."
Hill and Jean expressed their regret about the abrupt finish, hoping to continue next year. They reflected on the positive energy from the crowd, stating, "We feel the crowd, that love and that energy, it’s something that they need, something they feel, it just reminds you of unity."
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