Cyndi Lauper Brings 2024 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour To The Fox Theatre October 24

First Major Tour In Over A Decade Kicks Off On October 18 With 23 Stops Across North America

(DETROIT – June 3, 2024) – Cyndi Lauper has announced a 23-city headlining tour – the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour – her first major run in a decade. Produced by Live Nation, the tour makes a stop at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, October 24 at 8 p.m. Comerica Bank is the exclusive presenting partner of the Fox Theatre.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 7 at 10 a.m. at 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale beginning Tuesday, June 4. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale. Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, a guided backstage tour, pre-show VIP Lounge, exclusive tour poster & more. VIP package contents vary based on offer selected. For more information, visit VipNation.com.

The tour begins on October 18 at Bell Centre in Montreal, QC, making stops across North America in her hometown of New York City at the iconic Madison Square Garden, plus Boston, Nashville, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping up in Chicago, IL at United Center on December 5. Throughout the tour, Lauper will be joined by special guests to be revealed at a later date.

The announcement of her farewell tour arrives alongside Let The Canary Sing, a feature-length documentary film that explores Lauper’s extraordinary life and career. The documentary will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, June 4. In celebration of the tour and the film, Lauper will be honored with an imprint ceremony at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theatre Hollywood tomorrow (June 4) in Los Angeles. A special private screening of the film at the TCL Chinese Theatre will follow that evening, along with a Q&A.

Lauper will also be a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Wednesday, June 5 (ABC, 11:35 p.m. ET/10:35 p.m. CT), to talk about her farewell tour and Let The Canary Sing. She was also just profiled by CBS Sunday Morning.

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.

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN FAREWELL 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 | Palm Desert, 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

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 10 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.