Cyndi Lauper carried out the ultimate present of her farewell tour on the Hollywood Bowl final evening (August 30), and she or he was joined on stage by particular company Joni Mitchell, Cher, John Legend and SZA.
Earlier this yr, Lauper introduced that she would wrap up the ultimate leg of her North American ‘Women Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable’ farewell tour with two exhibits on the Hollywood Bowl on August 29 and 30.
Followers have been speculating whether or not she would do something particular to mark the fruits of the tour, and she or he stunned the viewers by bringing out particular company, together with Joni Mitchell, Cher, John Legend and SZA.
Mitchell joined the pop musician for a rendition of ‘Carey’. This marks Mitchell’s second public look in 2025. Later, John Legend got here on stage to duet ‘Time After Time’. The encore featured SZA, who joined Lauper for ‘True Colors’. It ended with Cher shocking the attendees by becoming a member of Cyndi for a duet of ‘Women Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable’.
Elsewhere, singer-songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers, who was the help act, joined for a canopy of The Brains’ ‘Cash Modifications The whole lot’.
Watch some fan-captured footage of those duets, and take a look at the total set checklist beneath.
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Cyndi Lauper performed
‘She Bop’
‘The Goonies ‘R’ Good Sufficient’
‘I Drove All Evening’
‘Who Let within the Rain’
‘Iko Iko’ (Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cowl) (with Trombone Shorty)
‘Into the Nightlife’
‘Sally’s Pigeons’
‘I’m Gonna Be Robust’ (Frankie Laine cowl)
‘Sisters of Avalon’
‘Change of Coronary heart’
‘Carey’ (Joni Mitchell cowl) (with Joni Mitchell)
‘Time After Time’ (with John Legend)
‘Cash Modifications The whole lot’ (The Brains cowl) (with Jake Wesley Rogers)
Encore:
‘Shine’
‘True Colours’ (with SZA)
‘Women Simply Wish to Have Enjoyable’ (with Cher)
The ‘Goonies R Good Sufficient’ singer beforehand launched into a North American farewell tour late final yr. The run of dates noticed her deliver out Sam Smith at her Madison Sq. Backyard present in NYC to carry out a duet of her hit monitor ‘Time After Time’. She additionally introduced out Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams at her present in Nashville for a duet of ‘Women Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable’.
She additionally opened up about why she determined to have a farewell tour whereas showing as a visitor on Jimmy Kimmel Stay.
Whereas she clarified that she’s not at all retiring, Lauper has dominated out “the trains, planes and cars”, suggesting that she’s open to the occasional hometown efficiency. She defined additional: “I need to do an enviornment tour… I’m robust now, however I don’t know what I’m going to be like in 4 years.”
Shortly after, Lauper acknowledged her age by getting off her seat to imitate herself utilizing a walker. “For me, I needed to have an opportunity to do that once I’m feeling robust. I need to rejoice with folks. Actually rejoice with folks, and make it enjoyable.”
In different information, Lauper was not too long ago nominated to be inducted into the 2025 Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame.
