Cyndi Lauper announces farewell tour

Cyndi Lauper retires from the road. The “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” singer-songwriter announced a farewell tour Monday morning, staging one final national jaunt that will take her to arenas in 23 cities across North America this fall before calling it a day. to his day as a touring artist.

Lauper has not released any statement explaining why she decided to do a farewell tour now, although she is expected to speak about it later this week as she promotes a new documentary about her career, “Let the Canary Sing,” which will premiere on Paramount+. Tuesday.

The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell tour, which is described as her first major road trip in a decade, kicks off October 18 in Montreal and concludes December 5 at the United Center in Chicago.

Arena dates she will be playing along the way include shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden on October 30, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 1, Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome on November 23, Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert on November 24 and at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert on November 24. Chase Center on November 26. She will also do a non-arena show at the Fox Theater in Detroit on October 24. (Scroll down for a full list of tour dates.)

Tickets will go on sale with an artist pre-sale on Tuesday, followed by other pre-sales before general on-sale begins Friday at 10 a.m. local time on LiveNation.com.

The first parts will be announced later.

“Let the Canary Sing,” directed by Alison Ellwood, which had its premiere in Tribeca last year, will begin streaming Tuesday on Paramount+ in the United States and Canada. That same day, Lauper will participate in a handprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood before attending a private local premiere of the film at the theater complex, which will be followed by a question-and-answer session. On Wednesday, she will discuss the documentary and farewell tour on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”