CYNDI LAUPER ANNOUNCES GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN AUSTRALIAN FAREWELL TOUR

Shane | 24 October 2024 | Reply

CYNDI LAUPER ANNOUNCES GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN AUSTRALIAN FAREWELL TOUR

With special guests The Veronicas

Paul Dainty/TEG DAINTY announced today that legendary pop icon Cyndi Lauper is set to embark on a major 6 city Australian tour, and in what will be a bittersweet moment for fans, it will also serve as her Farewell Tour. After captivating audiences for decades with her timeless hits, Lauper will take to the arena stages of Australia for one final time, bringing her world-renowned show to Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide, and Perth. Alt-pop icons The Veronicas will join the tour as special guests.

This announcement follows Lauper’s incredible recent performance at Rock in Rio, where her energy and stage presence left fans in awe. Cyndi’s Farewell World Tour kicks off on October 18th in Montreal and will see her performing across the USA and UK before making her way to Australia. Fans are eagerly awaiting her return, as she bids a heartfelt goodbye to the stage.

CYNDI LAUPER 2025 FAREWELL TOUR – AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

MELBOURNE – Wednesday 2ND April – Rod Laver Arena
BRISBANE – Saturday 5th April – Entertainment Centre
NEWCASTLE – Monday 7th April – Entertainment Centre
SYDNEY – Tuesday 8th April – Qudos Bank Arena
ADELAIDE – Thursday 10th April – Entertainment Centre
PERTH – Saturday 12th April – RAC Arena

Paul Dainty AO, President and CEO of TEG Dainty said: “It’s a true honour to promote Cyndi Lauper’s Farewell Tour. She’s an iconic artist who has left an indelible mark on the music world, and to be part of this momentous tour is incredibly special.”

This announcement follows the release of LET THE CANARY SING earlier this year, a feature-length documentary film that explores Lauper’s extraordinary life and career. The documentary premiered exclusively on Paramount+ in June. In celebration of the tour and the film, Lauper was honoured with an imprint ceremony at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Legacy Recordings, the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment, has released a companion product to the documentary of the same name. The LET THE CANARY SING companion album is a career-spanning collection that follows Lauper’s career. The album is available now on vinyl and as a digital expanded edition here.

Thrilled to be joining Cyndi on her farewell tour The Veronicas said “We are so honoured to celebrate Cyndi’s final Tour with her! We are planning an iconic night of unapologetic anthems, iconic fashion, and celebrating our true colours.”

With a career spanning over four decades, Cyndi has become a true pop culture icon, leaving a profound legacy through her music, advocacy, and trailblazing artistry. Don’t miss out on your chance to see Cyndi Lauper live for the final time. This tour is destined to be a truly iconic farewell to one of music’s most beloved and influential stars.

CYNDI LAUPER is a groundbreaking Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning songwriter and performing artist with global record sales in excess of 50 million. Her iconic voice, influential punk glamour, and infectious live shows have catapulted her to stardom. Lauper won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist with her first album, *She’s So Unusual*, and became the first woman in history to have four top-five singles from a debut album. Since then, Lauper has released ten additional studio albums, yielding timeless classics like “Time After Time” and “True Colors,” and the anthemic “Girls Just Want To Have Fun.” She has been nominated for 15 Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, seven American Video Awards, and 18 MTV Awards.

In 2013, Cyndi Lauper became the first solo woman to win Best Original Score (music and lyrics) for *Kinky Boots*. She contributed a Tony-nominated song to the score of the Broadway musical *SpongeBob SquarePants* and is currently writing the score for the Broadway adaptation of the 1988 feature film *Working Girl*. A pillar of success, Lauper was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015 and awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016. She has also released a New York Times best-selling memoir, was honored with Billboard’s Women In Music ICON Award in 2018 and the inaugural High Note Global Prize issued by United Nations Human Rights in 2019. In 2022, her famous music video for “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” joined the YouTube Billion Views Club and the timeless longevity of her music continues to soundtrack hit TV shows and films, including *Stranger Things*, *Reservation Dogs*, *The Goldbergs*, and *Young Sheldon*.

*Let The Canary Sing*, the definitive feature documentary film on her remarkable life and career, directed by Alison Ellwood, made its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and released widely in June 2024 on Paramount+. Lauper is also tireless in her advocacy work. She has been an activist since day one, always fighting for the underdog – especially women, people living with HIV/AIDS, and the LGBTQ community. Her commitment runs so deep that she co-founded True Colors United in 2008 to bring an end to homelessness amongst LGBTQ youth, who make up to 40% of the youth homelessness population. In the fall of 2022, in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Lauper launched the Girls Just Want To Have Fundamental Rights Fund, which was formed to financially support women’s issues in an inclusive way. The donor-advised fund housed at the Tides Foundation will provide grants to organizations that advance women’s rights and health.