The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour was the sixteenth concert tour by American musician Cyndi Lauper. The tour was named after her 1983 debut single "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and has been described as her final major tour. The tour began on October 18, 2024 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada and initially concluded on August 30, 2025 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, United States, after 69 shows in four continents. However, the concert which was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Paradise Island, Bahamas on June 20, 2026 was considered to be a part of the tour as well.
Background In June 2024 Lauper announced the farewell tour, clarifying that she is not retiring and will be open to occasional performances, stating that she wanted to do an arena tour while she's "strong now, but [she doesn't] know what [she is] going to be like in four years." and that she really wants to celebrate with people and make it fun. It is her first world tour since the Detour Tour (2016) and her first all-arena tour since the True Colors World Tour (1986).
The tour coincides with her documentary Let the Canary Sing which premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2023. Legacy Records, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, released a compilation album of the same name which is a "career-spanning collection" of Lauper's career.
Promotion To promote the tour Lauper appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 5. She also played two greatest hits shows in the United Kingdom, one at the Royal Albert Hall in London and appearances at Glastonbury Festival 2024.
Pre-sale tickets went on sale on June 4, with the general sale beginning on June 7. Dates for the 2025 European leg of the tour went on sale starting June 28. The opening acts for the tour were announced on Lauper's website on October 1, along with a new show in Atlantic City, New Jersey on December 7. Dates for Australia and Japan were announced in October, with a second date in Tokyo added November 24th due to demand.
Set list This set list is that of the show at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, on October 18, 2024. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
"She Bop" "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" "When You Were Mine" "I Drove All Night" "Who Let in the Rain" "Iko Iko" "Funnel of Love" "Sally's Pigeons" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Sisters of Avalon" "Change of Heart" "Time After Time" "Money Changes Everything" "Shine" "True Colors" "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Tour dates + List of 2024 concertsDate (2024)CityCountryVenueOpening actOctober 18MontrealCanadaBell CentreRêveOctober 20TorontoScotiabank ArenaLu KalaOctober 24DetroitUnited StatesFox TheatreOctober 26BostonMGM Music HallAmanda ShiresOctober 27WashingtonCapital One ArenaOctober 30New York CityMadison Square GardenElle KingNovember 1NashvilleBridgestone ArenaNovember 3ColumbusValue City ArenaNovember 6TampaAmalie ArenaEmily EstefanNovember 8HollywoodHard Rock LiveNovember 10AtlantaState Farm ArenaAly & AJNovember 12DallasAmerican Airlines CenterNovember 14AustinMoody CenterNovember 16HoustonToyota CenterNovember 19PhoenixFootprint CenterDayaNovember 20San DiegoViejas ArenaNovember 23InglewoodIntuit DomeNovember 24Palm DesertAcrisure ArenaTrixie MattelNovember 26San FranciscoChase CenterNovember 30PortlandModa CenterGayleDecember 1SeattleClimate Pledge ArenaDecember 4MinneapolisTarget CenterDecember 5ChicagoUnited CenterDecember 7Atlantic CityHard Rock Live
+ List of 2025 concertsDate (2025)CityCountryVenueOpening actFebruary 8GlasgowScotlandOVO HydroTracy YoungFebruary 9ManchesterEnglandCo-op Liverowspan="5" February 11LondonThe O2 ArenaFebruary 14BirminghamBp pulse LIVEFebruary 16BelfastIrelandSSE ArenaFebruary 19BudapestHungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports ArenaFebruary 21ŁódźPolandAtlas ArenaTracy YoungFebruary 23PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arenarowspan="2" February 25BerlinGermanyUber ArenaFebruary 26DusseldorfPSD Bank DomeTracy YoungFebruary 28ParisFranceAccor ArenaApril 2MelbourneAustraliaRod Laver ArenaThe VeronicasApril 5BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment CentreApril 7NewcastleNewcastle Entertainment CentreApril 8SydneyQudos Bank ArenaApril 10AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment CentreApril 12PerthRAC ArenaApril 19OsakaJapanAsue Arenarowspan="4" April 22TokyoNippon BudokanApril 23April 25July 17MansfieldUnited StatesXfinity CenterJake Wesley RogersJuly 19WantaghJones Beach TheaterJuly 20PhiladelphiaTD PavilionJuly 22RaleighCoastal Credit Union Music ParkJuly 24BristowJiffy Lube LiveJuly 25BethelBethel Woods Center for the ArtsJuly 27TorontoCanadaBudweiser StageJuly 29CincinnatiUnited StatesRiverbend Music CenterJuly 30Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music CenterAugust 1Independence TownshipPine Knob Music TheatreAugust 3MilwaukeeAmerican Family Insurance AmphitheaterAugust 5Tinley ParkCredit Union 1 AmphitheatreAugust 7NoblesvilleRuoff Music CenterAugust 9Bonner SpringsSandstone AmphitheaterAugust 12Greenwood VillageFiddler's Green AmphitheatreAugust 14West Valley CityUtah First Credit Union AmphitheatreAugust 17RidgefieldRV Inn Style Resorts AmphitheaterAugust 19AuburnWhite River AmphitheatreAugust 21VancouverCanadaRogers ArenaAugust 23WheatlandUnited StatesToyota AmphitheatreAugust 24Mountain ViewShoreline AmphitheatreAugust 29Los AngelesHollywood BowlAugust 30
Cancellations and rescheduled shows July 15, 2025Darien, New YorkDarien Lake AmphitheatreCancelledAugust 26ConcordConcord Pavilion Cancelled
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