Overview

• Lauper ended her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour on August 30 at the Hollywood Bowl, capping a multi-leg North American run.
• Joni Mitchell joined for a rendition of her song Carey, marking a rare 2025 public appearance by the folk legend.
• John Legend duetted on Time After Time, SZA sang True Colors during the encore, and Cher closed the night on Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
• Trombone Shorty and opener Jake Wesley Rogers also appeared, contributing to Iko Iko and Money Changes Everything respectively, with set lists widely shared.
• Lauper has said she is done with the trains, planes and automobiles of touring, and coverage notes she is likely to appear at her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction later this year.