Cyndi Lauper Announces Farewell Tour With Stop In Riverside County

COACHELLA VALLEY, CA—The iconic singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, whose career has spanned five decades, announced Monday she is launching a farewell tour that will include a stop in Riverside County.

The 70-year-old performer who still rocks the best hair colors in the biz is calling her North American goodbye, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."

Produced by Live Nation, the 23-city headlining tour — Lauper’s first major run in a decade — will include a performance at Acrisure Arena in Greater Palm Springs on Sunday, November 24. Organizers say Lauper will be joined by special guests to be revealed at a later date.

Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale on Tuesday, June 4. Additional presales will run throughout the week before the general on-sale at 10 a.m. Friday, June 7, at ticketmaster.com. Fans can also purchase VIP Packages (premium tickets, a guided backstage tour, pre-show VIP Lounge, exclusive tour poster and more) at vipnation.com.

Lauper is a Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning artist with global record sales in excess of $50 million, according to tour organizers. Her unmistakable voice, influential punk glamor and infectious live shows catapulted her to stardom in the 1980s.

She won a Grammy for 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 10 additional studio albums, featuring classics like "Time After Time" and "True Colors," and is a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and New York Times best-selling author. In 2013, she became the first solo woman to win Best Original Score (music and lyrics) for "Kinky Boots," a musical play based on the Harvey Fierstein book of the same name.

Lauper has been an activist from the start of her career, fighting for the underdog — especially women, people living with HIV/AIDS and the LGBTQ community.

Lauper's farewell tour arrives alongside the release of "Let the Canary Sing," a feature-length documentary film exploring the performer’s life and career. The film premieres exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, June 4. Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has released a companion album of the same name, a collection of songs following Lauper’s career. The album is available now on vinyl and as a digital expanded edition.

Lauper will be honored Tuesday, June 4, at the TCL Chinese Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles. The event will include a private screening of the film and a Q&A with Lauper. She is also set to be a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday, June 5, to talk about the film and farewell tour.

See all of Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" tour dates:

Fri Oct 18 | Montreal, QC | Bell Centre
Sun Oct 20 | Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena
Thu Oct 24 | Detroit, MI | Fox Theatre
Sat Oct 26 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Sun Oct 27 | Washington, DC | Capital One Arena
Wed Oct 30 | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden
Fri Nov 01 | Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena
Sun Nov 03 | Columbus, OH | Schottenstein Center
Wed Nov 06 | Tampa, FL | Amalie Arena
Fri Nov 08 | Hollywood, FL | Hard Rock Hollywood
Sun Nov 10 | Atlanta, GA | State Farm Arena
Tue Nov 12 | Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center
Thu Nov 14 | Austin, TX | Moody Center
Sat Nov 16 | Houston, TX | Toyota Center
Tue Nov 19 | Phoenix, AZ | Footprint Center
Wed Nov 20 | San Diego, CA | Viejas Arena
Sat Nov 23 | Los Angeles, CA | Intuit Dome
Sun Nov 24 | Greater Palm Springs, CA | Acrisure Arena
Tue Nov 26 | San Francisco, CA | Chase Center
Sat Nov 30 | Portland, OR | Moda Center
Sun Dec 01 | Seattle, WA | Climate Pledge Arena
Wed Dec 04 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center
Thu Dec 05 | Chicago, IL | United Center