Lauryn Hill, OutKast, & The Roots To Resurrect Smokin' Grooves

05/06/2002 1:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Brett Anderson

(5/6/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- After a three year hiatus, the Smokin' Grooves tour will return this summer, with a high-powered line-up that includes Lauryn Hill, the Roots, and OutKast as the headliners. The show will also include appearances on spot dates by DJ Shadow, Jurassic 5, and Cee-Lo.

The Smokin' Grooves tour was launched in 1996 and featured some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Its last outing was in 1998. Some of the artists who have performed on the tour include Cypress Hill, Wyclef Jean, A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, and Busta Rhymes.

2002 Smokin' Groove Tour dates (subject to change):

July 18 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater

July 19 - Universal City, CA - Universal Amphitheater

July 20 - Chula Vista, CA - Coors Amphitheater

July 22 - Englewood, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheater

July 24 - Tinley Park, IL - Tweeter Center

July 25 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center

July 26 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater

July 28 - TBA

July 29 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater

July 31 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center

August 1 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center

August 2 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion At Stone Ridge

August 4 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Music Theater

August 5 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center

August 7 - Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheater

--Yves Erwin Salomon, New York

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