ESTELLE TO REPLACE LAURYN HILL IN STOCKHOLM: Brit to headline annual Jazz Festival after former Fugee pulls out.

June 24, 2009

Estelle       *British singer Estelle has been chosen to replace Lauryn Hill as the headline act at this year's Stockholm Jazz Festival, reports the Associated Press.

       Earlier this month, event organizers said Hill had canceled all European tour dates because of health reasons.

       Estelle joins previously-booked acts Erykah Badu, Allan Toussaint, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Leela James, Sonny Rollins, Booker T and more.

       This year's event will take place July 15-19.