Fans of The Fugees had to wait over three hours for the group to take the stage at their first reunion concert on Wednesday, September 22.
The iconic trio’s first pop-up reunion show, ahead of a world tour, went down at the Roof at Pier 17, with more than 3,500 devotees in attendance, Variety reports
Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel were backed by a large band, including 13 horns and three background singers for their seven-song set.
“We’re still cooking it,” Lauryn Hill told the impatient crowd.
Meanwhile, Wyclef addressed the Haitian immigration crisis at the Texas-Mexico border and he challenged U.S. Pres. Joe Biden to fix the problem during the set.
Among the songs the group performed were “The Score”, “Fu-Gee-La”, and their signature cover of “Killing Me Softly.”
Wyclef closed the show with Bob Marley‘s “No Woman, No Cry”, with Lauryn – the ex-partner of Marley’s son Rohan Marley – backing him on harmony.
The band’s reunion tour, “Diaspora Calling,” kicks off in Chicago, Illinois on November 2, 2021, and concludes in Ghana on December 18.
