The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour is the sixteenth concert tour by American musician Cyndi Lauper. The tour is named after her 1983 debut single "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and has been described as her final major tour.[1] The tour began on October 18, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and is set to conclude on February 28, 2025 in Paris, France after 35 shows.[2][3]
| Tour by Cyndi Lauper | |
| Location |
|
|---|---|
| Start date | October 18, 2024 |
| End date | February 28, 2025 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 35 |
| Cyndi Lauper concert chronology | |
Background
editIn June 2024 Lauper announced the farewell tour, clarifying that she is not retiring and will be open to occasional performances, stating that she wanted to do an arena tour while she's "strong now, but [she doesn't] know what [she is] going to be like in four years." and that she really wants to celebrate with people and make it fun.[1] It is her first world tour since the Detour Tour in 2016 and her first all-arena tour since the True Colors World Tour in 1986.
The tour coincides with her documentary Let The Canary Sing which premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2023.[1][2] Legacy Records, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, released a compilation album of the same name which is a "career-spanning collection" of Lauper's career.[2]
Promotion
editTo promote the tour Lauper appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 5.[1] She also played two greatest hits shows in the United Kingdom, one at the Royal Albert Hall in London and appearances at Glastonbury Festival 2024.[1][4][5]
Pre-sale tickets went on sale on June 4, with the general sale beginning on June 7.[2] Dates for the 2025 European leg of the tour went on sale starting June 28.[3] The opening acts for the tour were announced on Lauper's website on October 1, along with a new show in Atlantic City, New Jersey on December 7.[6]
Set list
editThis set list is representative of the show in Montreal on October 18, 2024. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.[citation needed]
- "She Bop"
- "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"
- "When You Were Mine"
- "I Drove All Night"
- "Who Let in the Rain"
- "Iko Iko"
- "Funnel of Love"
- "Sally's Pigeons"
- "I'm Gonna Be Strong"
- "Sisters of Avalon"
- "Change of Heart"
- "Time After Time"
- "Money Changes Everything"
- "Shine"
- "True Colors"
- "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Tour dates
edit| Date (2025) | City | Country | Venue | Opening act |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 8 | Glasgow | Scotland | OVO Hydro | TBA |
| February 9 | Manchester | England | Co-op Live | |
| February 11 | London | The O2 | ||
| February 14 | Solihull[b] | Resorts World Arena | ||
| February 16 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | SSE Arena | |
| February 19 | Budapest | Hungary | Budapest Sportaréna | |
| February 21 | Lodz | Poland | Atlas Arena | |
| February 23 | Prague | Czech Republic | O2 Arena | |
| February 25 | Berlin | Germany | Uber Arena | |
| February 26 | Dusseldorf | PSD Bank Dome | ||
| February 28 | Paris | France | Accor Arena |
Notes
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Singh, Surej (June 7, 2024). "Cyndi Lauper explains reasoning behind her farewell tour". NME. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Grimes, Navier (June 3, 2024). "Cyndi Lauper Announces 2024 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour". Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c "'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' Farewell Tour Coming to UK/EU – Cyndi Lauper". Retrieved October 2, 2024.
- ^ Haider, Arwa (June 27, 2024). "Cyndi Lauper at the Royal Albert Hall review — just wanting to have fun". Financial Times. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "Cyndi Lauper's Glastonbury performance was beset with sound issues". www.bbc.com. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "Opening Acts For 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' Tour Announced – Cyndi Lauper". Retrieved October 2, 2024.