Lauryn Hill cancels European tour dates

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Festival organizers say hip-hop and R&B singer Lauryn Hill has canceled all tour dates in Europe this summer for health reasons.

Stockholm Jazz Festival spokeswoman Liisa Tolonen says the artist's agent informed the festival late Tuesday that all performances in Europe by the former Fugees singer have been canceled. This includes shows in Sweden, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, and Austria.

Tolonen said Wednesday the agent cited health reasons for the cancellation but declined to give more details.

The tour would have marked a comeback to stage by Hill who has kept a low public profile in recent years. She was the planned headline act for The Stockholm Jazz Festival, one of Sweden's biggest music events.

Lauryn Hill set to return to the stage

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Reclusive singer Lauryn Hill will make her return to the stage at the 43rd Annual Montreux Jazz festival - the former Fugees star's first public appearance since a disastrous gig in 2007.

The Grammy-winner has spent much of the last decade out of the spotlight, only performing a handful of erratic and bizarre concerts in recent years.

In July 2007, Hill played a rare show in London, only to be booed off by fans after she turned up two hours late.

The strange performance led her former bandmate Wyclef Jean to say: "Lauryn Hill, Mrs Hill, the Hill should go see a psychiatrist - period - just seek help."

But the singer appears determined to return to the music scene and will perform at the festival in Switzerland, which is billed as a three-day tribute to Island Record founder Chris Blackwell who signed Bob Marley to the label in 1972.

Hill has only released two solo albums since 1998 - her first, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, was a worldwide smash - shifting 18 million copies and garnering Hill eight Grammy awards.