Charlie Puth’s Blue Note residencies jumped from New York City to Los Angeles this week, and in Tinseltown, he welcomed a surprise celebrity guest to the stage: Actor and jazz pianist Jeff Goldblum. “I love to give a new up-and-coming singer a chance,” Puth quipped prior to welcoming Goldblum to …
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F orty-two years ago, Cyndi Lauper told the world that “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” on her debut single. And right now, she’s sitting in a north Brooklyn studio with Gracie Abrams and doing just that. They’re bopping their heads to Rickie Lee Jones’ “The Last Chance Texaco” and …
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Cyndi Lauper performed the last show of her farewell tour Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl, where guests like Joni Mitchell, Cher, SZA and more helped send off the singer onstage. Mitchell, in only her second public live appearance of 2025, first joined Lauper for a rendition of “Carey,” the Blue …
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Rick Derringer, the guitarist and songwriter who scored hits with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and a cover of “Hang on Sloopy” while working with everyone from Steely Dan to “Weird Al” Yankovic, died today. He was 77. Derringer’s death was confirmed by his friend, Tony Wilson, on Facebook. “Derringer’s …
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Few would have been surprised if Cyndi Lauper had entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during her first year of eligibility back in 2008. After all, she’s one of the most successful artists of the Eighties, and songs like “Time After Time,” “True Colors,” and “Girls Just Want …
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John Mulaney has learned a few things about life from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This sounds like the setup for a joke. But the comedian, late-night host, and low-key music obsessive has long been fascinated with the Cleveland institution, the artists it deems worthy for inclusion (or …
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced this year’s inductees: Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden, and the White Stripes will join the class of 2025 in the performer category. Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon will be presented with the Musical Influence Award; Philly …
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Cyndi Lauper has announced the final leg of her “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” farewell tour, which will kick off this summer. The 25-date trek will start July 15 at the Darien Lake Amphitheater in Buffalo, New York and wrap with a two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in Los …
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Cyndi Lauper brought out surprise guest Hayley Williams to join her on “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” at the singer’s Friday night concert in Paramore’s hometown of Nashville. The performance came five years after Williams also made a guest appearance to duet the same 1983 hit during Kacey Musgraves’ concert …
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Cyndi Lauper reunited with Sam Smith at Madison Square Garden in New York on Wednesday evening. As the “Stay With Me” singer took the stage, the historic arena glowed as thousands of fans turned on their cellphone lights for the occasion and the star duo performed her massive 1984 hit, …
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