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Lauryn Hill responds to wishes of dewy-eyed youngster Kanye West by announcing new tourdates

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Lauryn Hill said her heart was in Zion
I wish her heart still was in rhyming

So said Mr. Kanye West on “Champion,” one of the better tracks on his kind-of-sort-of-questionable Graduation (TMT Review) album. That was roughly four years ago, but, to be fair, Ms. Hill probably gets a lot of wishes and fan mail and such to sort through. In this case, she plays the Ringo Starr to Kanye West’s Marge Simpson, as she is now answering his wishes with a string of 12 dates known as the “Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series.”

Now, Hill did do some touring last year, but from that Kanye West quote, I sense a desire for her to do a series of dates in smaller venues. Subtext, people! On this upcoming tour, Hill will in fact be playing relatively small venues, at least for someone who draws Lauryn Hill crowds, i.e. large ones. Intimate, tiny shows like Coachella, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and Miami’s Jazz in the Gardens Festival! And, fine, actual small venues like the House of Blues.

Those hungry for more information about this tour will have to eschew small venues for the biggest venue of them all: the internet. By following @MsHillMvngTrgt on Twitter, you can get info on any breaking news about the tour. Alternatively, you could just use it to send along fart jokes, fulfilling your dream of possibly (but probably not, let’s be honest) making Lauryn Hill read your fart jokes. Close up the internet, folks, it has now reached its apex.

Dates:

03.16.11 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
03.19.11 - Miami, FL - Jazz in the Gardens Festival
03.23.11 - Tampa, FL - The Ritz
03.26.11 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
03.30.11 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
04.03.11 - Oahu, HI - Aloha Tower
04.09.11 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer
04.12.11 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
04.15.11 - Indio, CA - Coachella Music and Arts Festival
04.18.11 - Los Angeles, CA -Club Nokia
04.23.11 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore
05.07.11 - New Orleans, LA - Jazz and Heritage Festival

• Lauryn Hill: http://www.lauryn-hill.com