During the artist’s opening-night set Friday (April 24), showgoers report she was loudly interrupted ahead of singing “Sally’s Pigeons” from 1993’s Hat Full of Stars album. Lauper seemed to be having a storyteller moment — sharing a tidbit about the track with the audience — when someone in the crowd shouted out something unintelligible.
“I don’t know what the f— you’re saying, hun,” Lauper said, as heard in a video recording from the concert posted by TMZ on Saturday. “But please remember where you are, OK? Because if you’re trying to shade me, b—-, I’m gonna come for you. I’m from Brooklyn, and if I wanna f—ing talk, I will do a tap dance if I f—ing want.”
“Sorry, that of course is not part of my people skills,” she joked after that.
Lauper’s Live in Las Vegas show kicked off April 24, with further performances scheduled for April 25, April 29, May 1 and May 2. Though limited to five dates, it marks her career-first Vegas residency; it also gives fans another chance to see her perform live following her Farewell Tour, which wrapped last year.
The residency already had quite an advertisement, effectively, on Sunday night. Her Vegas announcement comes the morning after her farewell tour was featured in a two-hour CBS special, “A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl.” (See Variety‘s review here: “Cyndi Lauper Enlists SZA, Cher and Joni Mitchell for an Unusual ‘Grammy Salute’ That Benefits as Much From Her Farewell-Tour Chatter as Her Famous Guests.”)
The network special was filmed on the last two nights of the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, which took place at the Hollywood Bowl Aug. 29-30. The tour began in October 2024.
Live Nation is calling her run in Las Vegas “an opportunity for fans who missed her Farewell Tour to celebrate one last time.”
Lauper will be highly visible in the meantime, with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame taking place in Los Angeles on Nov. 8.
Prior to that, her stage musical adaptation of “Working Girl” starts up Oct. 28 at the La Jolla Playhouse, in advance of a planned Broadway run.
The dates going on sale this week are for April 24, 25 and 29 and May 1-2.
what do you MEAN Cyndi Lauper brought out SZA for her final show 😭😭 Singing True Colors I love her so much😭 pic.twitter.com/kVTSFGFQxs
— Anthony (@eternal_solana) August 31, 2025
