Cyndi Lauper to celebrate musical legacy with Bay Area crowd
The pop singer got her start in the late '70s and rose to mainstream fame with her debut album, 'She's So Unusual,' in 1983. The record included her smash hit 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and skyrocketed to the top of the charts in more than 25 countries.
After years of entertaining, the Grammy winner opted to wind things down with her 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' farewell tour, which kicked off in October 2024 and stopped at Chase Center last November. The San Francisco show saw her 'bop,' shimmy and rock out to her hits, from 'True Colors' to 'Time After Time.'
Despite its title, Lauper has clarified that the tour is not a retirement sendoff. The 72-year-old said she'll be open to occasional performances, and wanted to make sure she made one more push for an arena tour while she was still strong enough to give it her all.
The trek, her first world tour since 2016, is scheduled to stop in the Bay Area once again at Mountain View's Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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Decades into her career, Cyndi Lauper still just wants to have fun. The pop singer got her start in the late '70s and rose to mainstream fame with her debut album, 'She's So Unusual,' in 1983. The record included her smash hit 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and skyrocketed to the top of the charts in more than 25 countries. After years of entertaining, the Grammy winner opted to wind things down with her 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' farewell tour, which kicked off in October 2024 and stopped at Chase Center last November. The San Francisco show saw her 'bop,' shimmy and rock out to her hits, from 'True Colors' to 'Time After Time.' Despite its title, Lauper has clarified that the tour is not a retirement sendoff. The 72-year-old said she'll be open to occasional performances, and wanted to make sure she made one more push for an arena tour while she was still strong enough to give it her all. The trek, her first world tour since 2016, is scheduled to stop in the Bay Area once again at Mountain View's Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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