Cyndi Lauper performed the last show of her farewell tour Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl, where guests like Joni Mitchell, Cher, SZA and more helped send off the singer onstage.
Mitchell, in only her second public live appearance of 2025, first joined Lauper for a rendition of “Carey,” the Blue classic that Lauper herself had covered a dozen or so times in concert, including at a 2000 tribute concert for Mitchell:
For the next song, Lauper was joined onstage by John Legend, who assisted the singer on her hit “Time After Time”:
The encores featured two more surprise guests: First, SZA came out for the Lauper’s “True Colors,” while the final song of the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour was, fittingly, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” with none other than Lauper’s friend and former tour mate Cher joining her onstage for the finale:
In an interview with Rolling Stone last fall, Lauper said of the farewell tour, “Oh gosh, it’s a bucket list. I haven’t done an arena tour since ‘86. I’m excited because I get to have all these fantastic young women on tour with me. So many years, I was told I can’t do a women’s tour because nobody will go see it. ‘Women don’t sell like men sell.’ Then I toured with Cher and we played for a million people. So bullshit.”
Previous guests on the farewell tour included Sam Smith, Hayley Williams, and Mickey Guyton, who cameoed at the penultimate show at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Despite the farewell, Lauper will next take the stage, presumably, at her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction later this year.
From Rolling Stone US
