Cyndi Lauper announces farewell tour

Cyndi Lauper is retiring from the road. The “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” singer-songwriter announced a farewell tour Monday morning, marking one last national jaunt that will take her to arenas in 23 cities across North America this fall before wrapping up the day as artist on tour.

Lauper has not released any statement explaining her reasons for deciding to go on a farewell tour now, although she is expected to talk about it later this week while promoting a new documentary about her career, “Let the Canary Sing,” premiering on Paramount+. Tuesday.

The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell tour, which is being described as her first major trip in a decade, will kick off on October 18 in Montreal and end on December 5 at Chicago’s United Center.

Arena dates she will play 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 on Palm Desert on November 24th and at San Francisco’s Chase Center on November 26th. She will also perform outside the arena at Detroit’s Fox Theater 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 on Friday at 10 a.m. local time on LiveNation.com.

Opening acts will be announced at a later date.

“Let the Canary Sing,” directed by Alison Ellwood, which premiered at Tribeca last year, will begin airing on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday. 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, followed by a Q&A. On Wednesday, she will discuss the documentary and farewell tour on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”