New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Congratulations to Cyndi Lauper, who has been announced as an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The 2025 induction ceremony will take place this November in Los Angeles.
Says Lauper: "I'm humbled to be in the company of so many of my heroes - Aretha, Tina, Chaka, Joni, Wanda, to name just a few. Women have made so many important contributions to music and to rock n roll and a win for one of us is a win for all of us. Thank you to the voting members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for this honor. And thank you to my fans for supporting me throughout my career. I could not do any of this without you."
Lauper's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is the latest in what has been a tremendous past 12 months for the GRAMMY, EMMY and Tony-winning artist celebrated for her history-making albums, music videos, advocacy and ever-evolving style. Her international Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour of famous arenas and amphitheatres launched last fall and continues this summer: a final leg of 25 North American shows begins July 15. The cross-continent tour, part of her first major headlining run in a decade, includes two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on August 29 and 30, as well as Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY on July 19.
In addition to the tour, and the release of Let The Canary Sing, a feature-length documentary film directed by Alison Elwood streaming on Paramount Plus, Lauper has been celebrated with appearances on Graham Norton, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the TODAY Show, Watch What Happens Live and The
Kelly Clarkson Show. The
Empire State Building was lit in canary yellow in her honor, and she has been profiled by CBS Sunday Morning, Vulture, the New York Times, Rolling Stoneand Variety among many others. She was also honored with a hand imprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood (with an introduction by her friends Cher and Bebe Rexha), and introduced Sabrina Carpenter's performance at the MTV VMA Awards last fall.
Lauper's performances, which included her first time headlining (and selling out) Madison
Square Garden, have earned raves from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Variety, Vulture, USA Today, New York Post and many more, and surprise guests including Chaka Khan, Sam Smith, and
Hayley Williams of
Paramore made special guest appearances along the way. The tour just visited the U.K., Europe, Australia and just wrapped a run of sold-out shows in Japan this past week. She developed a unique show to connect her hits with the visual art she loves. Original collaborations featuring the work of Yayoi Kusama,
Daniel Wurtzel, fashion designer Christian Siriano, and Geoffrey Mac play a key role in the concert presentation. The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour is produced by Live Nation and designed in partnership with Brian Burke Creative. Tickets are available at https://livenation.com and https://cyndilauper.com/
A lifelong activist, since 2022 Lauper has focused her philanthropic efforts on the rights and health of women via the Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund at the Tides Foundation. Since the Farewell Tour launched last fall, fans have been making direct donations at her shows and through online campaigns. In addition, Cyndi has partnered with Bonfire.com to sell her latest Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights t-shirt. Throughout May, an array of Cyndi's friends will be joining her in posting photos of themselves in the shirt online to support women and girls around the globe.
Raves for Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour:
"Lauper is still lastingly — thrillingly — a renegade" — 36 Things That Stuck With Us In 2024, NY Times
"Lauper has not lost an iota of her distinctive vocal power…a naturally hilarious human who effortlessly commands an audience's attention" — Billboard
"Lauper pretty well established for all time that girls just want to be multi-faceted" — Chris Willman, Variety
"Lauper's volcanic pipes are still capable of going from a whisper to a wallop" — USA Today
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN FAREWELL 2025 SUMMER TOUR DATES:
Tue Jul 15 | Buffalo, NY | Darien Lake Amphitheater
Thu Jul 17 | Mansfield, MA | Xfinity Center
Sat Jul 19 | Wantagh, NY | Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
Sun Jul 20 | Philadelphia, PA | TD Pavilion at The Mann
Tue Jul 22 | Raleigh, NC | Coastal Credit Union
Music Park
Thu Jul 24 | Bristow, VA | Jiffy Lube Live
Fri Jul 25 | Bethel, NY | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Sun Jul 27 | Toronto, ON | Budweiser Stage
Tue Jul 29 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverbend
Music Center
Wed Jul 30 | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Blossom
Music Center
Fri Aug 01 | Clarkston, MI | Pine Knob
Music Theatre
Sun Aug 03 | Milwaukee, WI | American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Tue Aug 05 | Tinley Park, IL | Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Thu Aug 07 | Noblesville, IN | Ruoff
Music Center
Sat Aug 09 | Bonner Springs, KS | Azura Amphitheater^
Tue Aug 12 | Denver, CO | Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre^
Thu Aug 14 | Salt Lake City, UT | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 17 | Ridgefield, WA | Cascades Amphitheater
Tue Aug 19 | Auburn, WA | White River Amphitheatre
Thu Aug 21 | Vancouver, BC | Rogers Arena
Sat Aug 23 | Wheatland, CA | Toyota Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 24 | Mountain View, CA | Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 26 | Concord, CA | Toyota Pavilion at Concord
Fri Aug 29 | Los Angeles, CA | Hollywood Bowl^
Sat Aug 30 | Los Angeles, CA | Hollywood Bowl^
^Non-Live Nation Date
Cyndi Lauper is a Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning songwriter and performing artist with global record sales in excess of 50 million. Her iconic voice, influential punk glamor, 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 including her anthem "Girls Just Want To Have Fun." Lauper has released ten additional studio albums, featuring classics like "
Time After Time" and "True Colors," and is a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and NY Times best-selling author. In 2013, Lauper became the first solo woman to win Best Original Score (music and lyrics) for Kinky Boots. Lauper is also tireless in her advocacy work. She has been an activist since day one, always fighting for the underdog - especially women, the LGBTQ community, and youth experiencing homelessness. She has co-founded many efforts, worked with countless organizations, spoken at The White House, testified in the U.S. Senate, and raised millions of dollars in support of these causes. 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 at the Tides Foundation, which supports efforts that advance the civil rights and health of women and girls around the globe.
