Joni Mitchell, Cher, John Legend and SZA join Cyndi Lauper for her final farewell tour show

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Joni Mitchell, Cher, John Legend and SZA join Cyndi Lauper for her final farewell tour show

Cyndi Lauper performed the final show of her farewell tour at the Hollywood Bowl last night (August 30), and she was joined on stage by special guests Joni Mitchell, Cher, John Legend and SZA.

Earlier this year, Lauper announced that she would wrap up the final leg of her North American ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ farewell tour with two shows at the Hollywood Bowl on August 29 and 30.

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Fans were speculating whether she would do anything special to mark the culmination of the tour, and she surprised the audience by bringing out special guests, including Joni Mitchell, Cher, John Legend and SZA.

Mitchell joined the pop musician for a rendition of ‘Carey’. This marks Mitchell’s second public appearance in 2025. Later, John Legend came on stage to duet ‘Time After Time’.  The encore featured SZA, who joined Lauper for ‘True Colours’. It ended with Cher surprising the attendees by joining Cyndi for a duet of ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’.

Elsewhere, singer-songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers, who was the support act, joined for a cover of The Brains’ ‘Money Changes Everything’.

Watch some fan-captured footage of these duets, and check out the full set list below.

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Cyndi Lauper played

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‘She Bop’
‘The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough’
‘I Drove All Night’
‘Who Let in the Rain’
‘Iko Iko’ (Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cover) (with Trombone Shorty)
‘Into the Nightlife’
‘Sally’s Pigeons’
‘I’m Gonna Be Strong’ (Frankie Laine cover)
‘Sisters of Avalon’
‘Change of Heart’
‘Carey’ (Joni Mitchell cover) (with Joni Mitchell)
‘Time After Time’ (with John Legend)
‘Money Changes Everything’ (The Brains cover) (with Jake Wesley Rogers)

Encore:
‘Shine’
‘True Colors’ (with SZA)
‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ (with Cher)

The ‘Goonies R Good Enough’ singer previously embarked on a North American farewell tour late last year. The run of dates saw her bring out Sam Smith at her Madison Square Garden show in NYC to perform a duet of her hit track ‘Time After Time’. She also brought out Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams at her show in Nashville for a duet of ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’.

She also opened up about why she decided to have a farewell tour while appearing as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

While she clarified that she’s by no means retiring, Lauper has ruled out “the trains, planes and automobiles”, suggesting that she’s open to the occasional hometown performance. She explained further: “I want to do an arena tour… I’m strong now, but I don’t know what I’m going to be like in four years.”

Shortly after, Lauper acknowledged her age by getting off her seat to mimic herself using a walker. “For me, I wanted to have a chance to do this when I’m feeling strong. I want to celebrate with people. Really celebrate with people, and make it fun.”

In other news, Lauper was recently nominated to be inducted into the 2025 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

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