Cyndi Lauper's Farewell Tour: A Blockbuster Encore of Pop Culture Brilliance

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Cyndi Lauper’s summer has been nothing short of a blockbuster encore in the pop culture spotlight, as she powers through the final North American leg of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, an emotional and celebratory curtain call for a truly singular career. According to Live Nation and Riverbend Music Center, Lauper’s extensive tour now features 25 fresh summer dates, including a Cincinnati show set for July 29, and runs through to a two-night Hollywood Bowl stand in Los Angeles August 29 and 30. This marks her last major arena jaunt, and at 72, the legendary singer remains every bit the firecracker, mixing nostalgic favorites with striking fashion choices—think electric blue wigs one minute, canary yellow the next. Lauper earned rave reviews from outlets including Rolling Stone, Variety, and The New York Times for her Madison Square Garden sellout, which drew surprise guests Sam Smith, Chaka Khan, and Hayley Williams.

AOL confirms fans at Bristow’s Jiffy Lube Live on July 24 were treated to a setlist spanning anthems like “True Colors,” “Time After Time,” and “She Bop” delivered with undiminished energy. Lauper, always one for meaningful moments, used her farewell as a platform for advocacy, raising over $200,000 for the Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund, with her candor and ferocious authenticity as potent as ever. In Raleigh on July 22, as reported by JamBase, Lauper made headlines by leading a poignant tribute to Ozzy Osbourne after the rock icon’s passing was announced, playing a heartfelt snippet of “Crazy Train” and inviting the audience to light up their phones—a moment widely shared on social media, notably Instagram posts from venues hosting her tour.

She’s also been riding high on a wave of other recent achievements: she’s officially set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this fall, joining the ranks of Ozzy and Black Sabbath. Paramount Plus continues to stream “Let the Canary Sing,” a feature documentary that’s reignited coverage from CBS Sunday Morning and the Empire State Building honoring her career with canary yellow lights. Lauper clarified in interviews she’s not retiring entirely—she’s leaving the grueling road schedule behind, not the music. This tour, Rolling Stone quoted her as saying, is about celebrating who she is now, mixing art and laughter for generations of fans. Speculation continues about whether she’ll surprise with new projects or cameo appearances after the tour, but Lauper’s long-term influence—artist, fighter, and icon—remains undisputed.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Cindy Lauper's summer has been nothing short of a blockbuster
encore in the pop culture spotlight as she powers through
the final North American leg of her Girls Just Wanna
Have Fun Farewell to her an emotional and celebratory curtain
call for a truly singular career. According to Live Nation
and River Bend Music Center, Lauper's extensive tour now features

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twenty five fresh summer dates, including a Cincinnati show set
for July twenty ninth, and runs through to a two
night Hollywood ball Stand in Los Angeles August twenty ninth
and thirty. This marks her last major arena jowned, and
at seventy two, the legendary singer remains every bit the firecracker,
mixing nostalgic favorites with striking fashion choices think electric blue

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wigs one minute, Canary yellow the next. Lauper earned rave
reviews from outlets including Rolling Stone, Variety and The New
York Times for her Madison Square Garden sellout, which drew
surprise guests Sam Smith, Chaka Khan, and Hailey Williams. AOL
confirms fans at Bristow's Jiffy Lube Live on July twenty fourth,

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were treated to a setlist spanning anthems like true Colors,
time after time and she Bop delivered with undiminished energy.
Lapper always won for meaningful moments, used her farewell as
a platform for advocacy, raising over two hundred thousand dollars
for the Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights fund

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With her candor and ferocious authenticity as potent as ever
in Raleigh on July twenty second, as reported by jam Bass,
Lapper made headlines by leading a poignant tribute to Ozzy
Osbourne after the rock icon's passing was announced, playing a
heartfelt snippet of Crazy Train and inviting the audience to
light up their phones, a moment widely shared on social media,

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notably Instagram posts from venues hosting her tour. She's also
been riding high on a wave of other recent achievements.
She's officially set to be inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame this fall, joining the ranks of
Ozzy and Black Sabbath. Paramount Plus continues to stream Let
the Canary Sing, a feature documentary that's reignited coverage from
CBS Sunday Morning and The Empire State building honoring her

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career with Canary Yellow Lights. Lapper clarified in interviews she's
not retiring entirely. She's leaving the grueling road schedule behind,
not the music. This tour Rolling Stone quoted her as
saying is about celebrating who she is now, mixing art
and laughter for generations of fans. Speculation continues about whether

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she'll surprise with new projects or cameo appearances after the tour,
but Lapper's long term influence, artist, fighter, and icon remains undisputed.
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