Cyndi Lauper's Farewell Tour Triumph: New Ventures, No Retirement at 72

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Cyndi Lauper has been everywhere these past few days, her farewell tour lighting up headlines, ticket sellers, and morning talk shows alike. At 72, the pop music icon is deep into the final stretch of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, with the last leg launching July 17 in Massachusetts and scheduled to conclude August 30 at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. Public anticipation is at a fever pitch, with upcoming shows at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in New York on July 19, and Blossom Music Center near Cleveland July 30, just two of over two dozen North American dates left. According to Ticketmaster and the Bristow Amphitheater, ticket sales remain brisk, and fans old and new are clamoring for a final chance to see her belt out classics like Time After Time and True Colors.

But if you thought Cyndi was about to retire quietly, think again. She told AARP this week that she’s got zero plans to stop working—she’s just done “schlepping the luggage.” Instead, she’s focusing on what she loves most: new creative ventures, including co-writing the musical adaptation of the film Working Girl, which premieres November 9 at La Jolla Playhouse in California, and celebrating her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2025 on November 8.

Major media appearances have kept her firmly in the public eye. On July 8, Lauper appeared on Good Morning America to talk about her tour and reflect on her storied career. ABC News shared highlights as she discussed the emotional challenge of her last tour and how she’s managing aging as a performer, even admitting to Woman’s World that she suffered her very first panic attack before the tour’s kickoff but calmed herself with breathing meditation. She remains candid about physical changes, saying she keeps fit with yoga, weights, and daily movement. Lauper credits her late mother’s advice for her resilience: “All women must have endurance and strength. You must push through challenges and get to the other side.”

On the business front, Finance Monthly and Urban Splatter detail her thriving $35–50 million net worth, built on royalties, Broadway credits—including the Tony-winning Kinky Boots—and selective brand deals. She’s also a co-founder of True Colors United, which fights LGBTQ+ youth homelessness, and she’s inked recent artist partnership deals, per New Industry Focus.

Social media has been buzzing with fan tributes, nostalgia, and behind-the-scenes peeks at the tour, but there are no credible rumors of retirement. Cyndi stresses she’ll still be active—just not on big arena tours. And in her own words, she’s ending this chapter “not celebrating who I was, but who I am now and who we all are now.”

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Cindy Lampa has been everywhere these past few days, her
farewell tour, lighting up headlines, ticket sellers, and morning talk
shows alike. At seventy two, the pop music icon is
deep into the final stretch of her Girls Just Want
to Have Fun Farewell tour, with the last leg launching
July seventeenth in Massachusetts and scheduled to conclude August thirtieth

(00:21):
at Los Angeles' Kia Forum. Public anticipation is at a
fever pitch, with upcoming shows at Northwell at Jones Beach
Theater in New York on July nineteenth and Blossom Music
Center near Cleveland July thirtieth, just two of over two
dozen North American dates left, according to Ticketmaster and the
Bristow Amphitheater. Ticket sales remain brisk, and fans old and

(00:43):
new are clamoring for a final chance to see her
belt out classics like Time After Time and True Colors.
But if you thought Cindy was about to retire quietly,
think again. She told AARP this week that she's got
zero plans to stop working. She's just un schlipping the luggage. Instead,
she's focusing on what she loves most New creative ventures,

(01:06):
including co writing the musical adaptation of the film Working Girl,
which premieres November ninth at La Joya Playhouse in California,
and celebrating her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame Class of twenty twenty five on November eighth.
Major media appearances have kept her firmly in the public eye.
On July eighth, Wopper appeared on Good Morning America to

(01:27):
talk about her tour and reflect on her storied career.
ABC News shared highlights as she discussed the emotional challenge
of her last tour and how she's managing aging as
a performer, even admitting to Woman's World that she suffered
her very first panic attack before the tours kick off,
but calmed herself with breathing meditation. She remains candid about

(01:49):
physical changes, saying she keeps fit with yoga, weights and
daily movement. Lauper credits her late mother's advice for her resilience.
All women must have an endurance and strength. You must
push through challenges and get to the other side. On
the business front, Finance Monthly in Urban Splatter detail her
thriving thirty five dollars to fifty million net worth built

(02:11):
on royalties, Broadway credits including the Tony winning Kinky Boots,
and selective brand deals. She's also a co founder of
True Colors United, which fights LGBTQ plus youth homelessness, and
she's inked recent artist partnership deals per New Industry Focus.
Social media has been buzzing with fan tributes, nostalgia, and

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behind the scenes peaks at the tour, but there are
no credible rumors of retirement. Cindy stresses she'll still be active,
just not on big arena tours, and in her own words,
she's ending this chapter not celebrating who I was, but
who I am now and who we all are now.
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