Cyndi Lauper announces farewell tour
Cyndi Lauper is saying goodbye to fans after announcing that her upcoming US tour will also be her last.
The music legend, who turns 71 later this month, will go on a 23-date tour of the US and Canada in October.
The announcement of her tour titled Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: The Farewell Tour, sent fans into a frenzy on social media, as they begged her to extend her last tour to more countries.
“Farewell tour? Nooo,” wrote one fan on Instagram.
“I’m so happy and so incredibly sad. I know you have worked your booty off since the very early 80s and you are due for a darn good rest but I just cannot imagine not seeing you all the time,” another added.
“I hate farewells and I am so thankful I grew up when your music was always on the radio!” a third wrote.
Fans hoped that the singer would hold a similar farewell tour to fellow pop diva Cher, who went on a 326-date farewell tour from 2002 to 2005.
Cher has since performed two more world tours and two separate Las Vegas residences, making it a total of 430 concerts since her announcement.
Lauper has not yet spoken publicly about what exactly this “farewell” means in terms of whether she is retiring from touring or the music industry altogether.
The singer last visited Australia in March 2023, when she was a support act for Rod Stewart.
In the 1980s she had 10 top 20 hits, including scoring a number one spot for her solo debut single Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
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