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Lauryn Hill to Perform at AlUla Moments Concerts

US singer Lauryn Hill will perform her first concert at the Maraya Concert Hall, in AlUla, on February 22, 2024. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
US singer Lauryn Hill will perform her first concert at the Maraya Concert Hall, in AlUla, on February 22, 2024. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Lauryn Hill to Perform at AlUla Moments Concerts

US singer Lauryn Hill will perform her first concert at the Maraya Concert Hall, in AlUla, on February 22, 2024. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
US singer Lauryn Hill will perform her first concert at the Maraya Concert Hall, in AlUla, on February 22, 2024. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia's AlUla Moments announced that Grammy Award-winning artist Lauryn Hill is set to perform at the Maraya hall, in AlUla, on February 22 – as part of AlUla Moments Concerts.

One of the most influential musicians of her generation and one of the greatest hip hop singers of all time, Hill has enjoyed an incredible career in the music industry – amassing a distinguished list of accolades.

Following a career in acting as a teen, she became the frontwoman of the hip-hop trio “Fugees” – famous for hit singles like “Killing Me Softly” and “Ready or Not” alongside Wyclef Jean and Pras. Their second studio album in 1996 – “The Score” – topped the Billboard 200 list, making her the first woman ever to win the Grammy Award for Best Hip Hop Album.

Often credited for being an industry pioneer and breaking barriers for female singers, Hill’s legendary status is also backed up by record-breaking achievements. She holds the outright record for most Grammy Awards for a female hip hop singer (eight) and most nominations in one night for a female (10). She was also included in the list of the 200 greatest singers in history by Rolling Stone magazine.

Most recently, she performed around the world as part of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour – where the Fugees also reunited.

Hill's concert at Maraya is the latest in the AlUla Moments concert series, which has lured some of the greatest music celebrities from the Middle East and the world. This event is an unmissable opportunity for live music lovers to enjoy an international concert in the heart of the astonishing city.

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UK Blues Legend John Mayall Dead at 90 

English blues singer John Mayall performs with his band The Bluesbreakers, on the stage of the Miles Davis hall during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, late Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP)
English blues singer John Mayall performs with his band The Bluesbreakers, on the stage of the Miles Davis hall during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, late Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP)
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UK Blues Legend John Mayall Dead at 90 

English blues singer John Mayall performs with his band The Bluesbreakers, on the stage of the Miles Davis hall during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, late Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP)
English blues singer John Mayall performs with his band The Bluesbreakers, on the stage of the Miles Davis hall during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, late Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP)

John Mayall, the British blues pioneer whose 1960s music collective the Bluesbreakers helped usher in a fertile period of rock and brought guitarists like Eric Clapton to prominence, has died at 90, his family said Tuesday.

Mayall, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who was dubbed "the godfather of British blues," and whose open-door arrangement saw some of the greats in the genre hone their craft with him and his band, "passed away peacefully in his California home" on Monday, according to a statement posted on his Facebook page.

It did not state a cause of death.

"Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of this world's greatest road warriors," it said. "John Mayall gave us 90 years of tireless efforts to educate, inspire and entertain."

Mayall's influence on 1960s rock and beyond is enormous. Members of the Bluesbreakers eventually went on to join or form groups including Cream, Fleetwood Mac, the Rolling Stones and many more.

At age 30, Mayall moved to London from northern England in 1963. Sensing revolution in the air, he gave up his profession as a graphic designer to embrace a career in blues, the musical style born in Black America.

He teamed up with a series of young guitarists including Clapton, Peter Green, later of Fleetwood Mac, and Mick Taylor who helped form the Rolling Stones.

In the Bluesbreakers' debut album in 1966, "Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton," John Mayall enthralled music aficionados with a melding of soulful rock and gutsy, guitar-driven American blues featuring covers of tunes by Robert Johnson, Otis Rush and Ray Charles.

The blues music he was playing in British venues was "a novelty for white England," he told AFP in 1997.

That album was a hit, catapulting Clapton to stardom and bringing a wave of popularity to a more raw and personal blues music.

Mayall moved to California in 1968 and toured America extensively in 1972.

He recorded a number of landmark albums in the 1960s including "Crusade," "A Hard Road," and "Blues From Laurel Canyon." Dozens more followed in the 1970s and up to his latest, "The Sun Is Shining Down," in 2022.

Mayall was awarded an OBE, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in 2005.