‘Girls gotta have fun’: Cyndi Lauper’s farewell tour kicks off in Montreal

At the age of 70, Cyndi Lauper has announced a final concert tour, which will begin on October 18 at the Bell Center in Montreal.

Baptized Women want to be happyHeadlining one of the colorful 1980s icon’s biggest hits, this series of 23 concerts in North America includes just one date in Toronto, Canada on October 20.

Special guests, whose names will be announced later, will open.

In an interview with USA TodayThe American star believes it is the right time to say goodbye.

“I want to thank everyone, say goodbye and celebrate with the fans who have been so loyal and loving and have been with me through all the shows and crazy things I’ve done. I don’t think I’ll be as physically fit in five years, but I can do it now.”

Cyndi Lauper is seen in a photo distributed to the media to promote her farewell tour.

Photo by Ruven Afanador courtesy of Live Nation

For the first time in ten years

In Montreal, it was the first time the singer had sold 50 million albums in ten years. During his last visit, on April 25, 2014, he hosted a concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of his album. She is very unusual Insert opening.

In 2018, the people of Quebec were able to hear She pops, true colors And Time after time When Cyndi Lauper was hired to warm up the Plains of Abraham crowd before Lorde’s concert.

We have to go back to 2010, when Cyndi Lauper last headlined the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am. Pre-sale starts from Tuesday.

Documentary

In addition to her farewell tour, Cyndi Lauper is the subject of a documentary that will be available to subscribers of the Paramount+ site beginning Tuesday.

The film directed by Alison Ellwood is called Let the canary sing and will explore “Lapper’s extraordinary life and career,” it said in a press release.

Cyndi Lauper has not released an album since then DetourA collection of covers of folk classics from the 1950s and 1960s, published in 2016.