John Legend also joins singer onstage as the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour concludes Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl<\/p>\n
\n\tCyndi Lauper<\/a> performed the last show of her farewell tour<\/a> Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl, where guests like Joni Mitchell<\/a>, Cher<\/a>, SZA<\/a> and more helped send off the singer onstage.<\/p>\n \n\tMitchell, in only her second public live appearance of 2025, first joined Lauper for a rendition of \u201cCarey,\u201d the Blue classic that Lauper herself had covered a dozen or so times in concert, including at a 2000 tribute concert for Mitchell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tFor the next song, Lauper was joined onstage by John Legend, who assisted the singer on her hit \u201cTime After Time\u201d:\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe encores featured two more surprise guests: First, SZA came out for the Lauper\u2019s \u201cTrue Colors,\u201d while the final song of the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour was, fittingly, \u201cGirls Just Want to Have Fun,\u201d with none other than Lauper\u2019s friend and former tour mate Cher joining her onstage for the finale:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn an\u00a0interview with\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0last fall, Lauper said of the farewell tour, \u201cOh gosh, it\u2019s a bucket list. I haven\u2019t done an arena tour since \u201886. I\u2019m excited because I get to have all these fantastic young women on tour with me. So many years, I was told I can\u2019t do a women\u2019s tour because nobody will go see it. \u2018Women don\u2019t sell like men sell.\u2019 Then I toured with Cher and we played for a million people. So bullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tPrevious guests on the farewell tour included Sam Smith<\/a>, Hayley Williams<\/a>, and Mickey Guyton, who cameoed at the penultimate show at the Hollywood Bowl.<\/p>\n