Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour Explained

The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour is the sixteenth concert tour by American musician Cyndi Lauper. The tour is named after her 1983 debut single "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and has been described as her final major tour.^[1] The tour began on October 18, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and is set to conclude on April 23, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan after 44 shows.

Background

In June 2024 Lauper announced the farewell tour, clarifying that she is not retiring and will be open to occasional performances, stating that she wanted to do an arena tour while she's "strong now, but [she doesn't] know what [she is] going to be like in four years." and that she really wants to celebrate with people and make it fun. It is her first world tour since the Detour Tour in 2016 and her first all-arena tour since the True Colors World Tour in 1986.

The tour coincides with her documentary Let The Canary Sing which premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2023.^[2] Legacy Records, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, released a compilation album of the same name which is a "career-spanning collection" of Lauper's career.

Promotion

To promote the tour Lauper appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 5. She also played two greatest hits shows in the United Kingdom, one at the Royal Albert Hall in London and appearances at Glastonbury Festival 2024.^{[3] [4]}

Pre-sale tickets went on sale on June 4, with the general sale beginning on June 7. Dates for the 2025 European leg of the tour went on sale starting June 28.^[5] The opening acts for the tour were announced on Lauper's website on October 1, along with a new show in Atlantic City, New Jersey on December 7.^[6] Dates for Australia and Japan were announced in October, with a second date in Tokyo added November 24th due to demand.^{[7] [8]}

Set list

This set list is representative of the show in Montreal on October 18, 2024. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.^[9]

1. "She Bop"
2. "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"
3. "When You Were Mine"
4. "I Drove All Night"
5. "Who Let in the Rain"
6. "Iko Iko"
7. "Funnel of Love"
8. "Sally's Pigeons"
9. "I'm Gonna Be Strong"
10. "Sisters of Avalon"
11. "Change of Heart"
12. "Time After Time"
13. "Money Changes Everything"
14. "Shine"
15. "True Colors"
16. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

Tour dates

Date (2024)! scope="col" style="width:10em;"

City	Country	Venue	Opening act
October 18	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	Rêve
October 20	Toronto		Scotiabank Arena	Lu Kala
October 24	Detroit	United States	Fox Theatre
October 26	Boston		MGM Music Hall at Fenway	Amanda Shires
October 27	Washington, D.C.		Capital One Arena
October 30	New York City		Madison Square Garden	Elle King
November 1	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
November 3	Columbus		Schottenstein Center
November 6	Tampa		Amalie Arena	Emily Estefan
November 8	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live
November 10	Atlanta		State Farm Arena	Aly and AJ
November 12	Dallas		American Airlines Center
November 14	Austin		Moody Center
November 16	Houston		Toyota Center
November 19	Phoenix		Footprint Center	Daya
November 20	San Diego		Viejas Arena
November 23	Inglewood		Intuit Dome
November 24	Palm Desert		Acrisure Arena	Trixie Mattel
November 26	San Francisco		Chase Center
November 30	Portland		Moda Center	Gayle
December 1	Seattle		Climate Pledge Arena
December 4	Minneapolis		Target Center
December 5	Chicago		United Center
December 7	Atlantic City		Hard Rock Live

Date (2025)! scope="col" style="width:10em;"

City	Country	Venue	Opening act
February 8	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro	rowspan="11"
February 9	Manchester	England	Co-op Live
February 11	London		The O2
February 14	Solihull		Resorts World Arena
February 16	Belfast	Northern Ireland	SSE Arena
February 19	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sportaréna
February 21	Lodz	Poland	Atlas Arena
February 23	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
February 25	Berlin	Germany	Uber Arena
February 26	Dusseldorf		PSD Bank Dome
February 28	Paris	France	Accor Arena
April 2	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena	The Veronicas
April 5	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
April 7	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre
April 8	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena
April 10	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
April 12	Perth		RAC Arena
April 19	Osaka	Japan	Asue Arena Osaka
April 22	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
April 23

Notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Singh . Surej . 2024-06-07 . Cyndi Lauper explains reasoning behind her farewell tour . 2024-08-01 . NME . en-GB.
2. Web site: Grimes . Navier . 2024-06-03 . Cyndi Lauper Announces 2024 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour . 2024-08-01 . Live Nation Entertainment . en-US.
3. Web site: Haider . Arwa . 27 June 2024 . Cyndi Lauper at the Royal Albert Hall review — just wanting to have fun . 2024-08-01 . Financial Times.
4. Web site: Cyndi Lauper's Glastonbury performance was beset with sound issues . 2024-08-01 . www.bbc.com . en-GB.
5. Web site: ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ Farewell Tour Coming to UK/EU – Cyndi Lauper . 2024-10-02 . en-US.
6. Web site: Opening Acts For ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ Tour Announced – Cyndi Lauper . 2024-10-02 . en-US.
7. Web site: Mukherjee . Soumyajyoti . 2024-10-15 . Cyndi Lauper 2025 Australian tour: How to get tickets, dates, venues, & all you need to know . 2024-11-26 . www.soapcentral.com . en-us.
8. Web site: Lauper . Cyndi . I am excited to announce that I have added a 2nd Budokan date to my tour run in Japan: 23 April 2025. Artist pre-sale is going on now. .
9. Web site: Rapp . Allison . Cyndi Lauper Launches Farewell Tour: Set List, Video . Ultimate Classic Rock . November 27, 2024 . en . October 19, 2024.