Cyndi Lauper breaks silence on disastrous Glastonbury performance ahead of final show

Cyndi Lauper thrilled fans astatine Glastonbury Festival with a high-energy show and a astonishment announcement. The euphony fable confirmed she volition beryllium touring the UK aboriginal this year, marking her long-awaited instrumentality to the stage

Cyndi Lauper has spoken retired aft her Glastonbury Festival show was deed by dependable issues.

During her set, the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun vocalist thrilled fans with her classical hits, but the disastrous evening brought challenges for each performers, including dependable and method issues.

As a result, fans couldn't afloat bask Cyndi's music arsenic intended. Cyndi has since addressed the event, which took spot past June. She told The Sunday Times: "I couldn't perceive the set and that sucked. I wanted to beryllium truly great."

Cyndi, who is getting acceptable for her last tour, added: "I privation to accidental goodbye big, you know? There is an creation to lasting inactive and singing, and I bash not person that talent. So I don't cognize however agelong I'm going to beryllium capable to bash the benignant of show that I consciousness is right."

Following the Glastonbury mishap, Cyndi moved connected from the contention and celebrated astatine Glastonbury’s chaotic nightspot, NYC Downlow.

The vocalist did an impromptu performance of Girls Just Want to Have Fun astatine the venue - and determination was nary repetition of the issues which plagued her Other Stage amusement which saw a wide walkout by fans who struggled to perceive her.

Instead she belted retired the deed arsenic fans, galore of whom were precise scantily dressed, went wild, and cheered her from the rafters. A root said: “Cyndi has intelligibly got precise heavy tegument arsenic she shrugged disconnected the contention and went again…but this clip with overmuch amended results.”

At the festival, she wasn't rather truthful successful. At times, the vocalist appeared to beryllium having a bust-up with members of the accumulation squad by the broadside of the stage. Viewers astatine location noticed the issues arsenic well, with societal media ablaze with criticism. For the archetypal fewer songs, the star’s dependable was drowned retired by rumbling bass, and Time After Time was a peculiar debased point.

Some speculated she was having occupation with her in-ear monitors. When asked aboriginal by BBC Breakfast if she had fun, Lauper said: "Yes, I did, I mean I had a fewer method things, wardrobe difficulties, but I had fun. Sometimes you're up determination and the dependable is like, 'Whoa'. But (it) doesn't substance due to the fact that the tone ... is determination and that was great."

Despite her Glastonbury acceptable being plagued by dependable issues – Cyndi has thrilled UK fans with breathtaking quality – she volition beryllium heading connected circuit aboriginal this year.

Cyndi Lauper has announced her 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour' successful the UK for February 2025. The circuit volition commencement connected February 8, 2025, successful Glasgow astatine the OVO Hydro. She volition besides execute successful Manchester connected February 9 astatine Co-op Live, London connected February 11 astatine The O2, Birmingham connected February 14 astatine BP Pulse Live, and Belfast connected February 16 astatine The SSE Arena. Cyndi, who hasn’t toured the UK for a while, made her announcement aft receiving a immense effect from the Glastonbury crowd.

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