CYNDI LAUPER ANNOUNCES
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
UK & EU FAREWELL TOUR
FIRST MAJOR TOUR IN OVER A DECADE
The SSE Arena, Belfast: Sunday 16th February
TICKETS GO ON GENERAL SALE FRIDAY 28th JUNE AT 10am
[Monday 24th June, London, UK] Today, Cyndi Lauper announces UK and EU dates to her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the colossal tour will head to Europe next February, marking Lauper’s first major run in a decade, with shows in Glasgow, Manchester, London, Birmingham, and Belfast before continuing onto Budapest, Lodz, Prague, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Paris. Throughout the tour, Lauper will be joined by special guests to be revealed at a later date.
Tickets go on general sale Friday 28th June at 10am www.ticketmaster.ie
Preferred ticket access is available to Mastercard cardholders in the UK on Friday 28th June at 10am. Visit www.priceless.com/music to find out more.
This announcement comes off the heels of the North American Farewell tour news announced earlier this month and follows the release of follows LET THE CANARY SING, a feature-length documentary film that explores Lauper’s extraordinary life and career. The documentary premiered exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday 4th June. In celebration of the tour and the film, Lauper has was honored with an imprint ceremony at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Directed by Emmy® Award-winning documentarian Alison Ellwood, LET THE CANARY SING made its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival. Produced by Fine Point Films and Sony Music Entertainment in association with Concord Originals, the film chronicles Lauper’s meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. The documentary takes the audience on an engaging exploration of a renowned and pioneering artist who has left a remarkable legacy with her art.
Legacy Recordings, the catalog 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.
Cyndi Lauper’s Farewell Tour is directed by Brian Burke and produced and designed in partnership with BrianBurkeCreative and DX7 Design.
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN FAREWELL UK & EU TOUR DATES:
Saturday 8th February Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
Sunday 9th February Manchester, UK Co-op Live
Tuesday 11th February London, UK The O2
Friday 14th February Birmingham, UK Resorts World Arena
Sunday 16th February Belfast, UK SSE Arena
Wednesday 19 February Budapest, HG Budapest Sportaréna
Friday 21st February Lodz, PL Atlas Arena
Sunday 23rd February Prague, CR O2 Arena
Tuesday 25th February Berlin, GR Uber Arena
Wednesday 26th February Dusseldorf, GR PSD Bank Dome
Friday 28th February Paris, FR Accor Arena
ENDS
ABOUT CYNDI LAUPER
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. She 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.
About Live Nation Entertainment
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