The Fun Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist

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in support of her debut album ''

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''. It was her first major headlining tour, with over 90 dates in various cities across North America. The tour kicked off in Poughkeepsie, New York, on November 22, 1983, and ended in St. Paul, Minnesota, on December 9, 1984. Lauper also performed shows in Paris, London and Switzerland.Cyndi Lauper-Fun Tour
.www.cyndilauperdaily.com The performance at the Summit in Houston in October 1984 was filmed for a planned home video release in 1985 which fell through; however, the promotional video for "

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" was taken from this footage. The show was also broadcast locally over the radio that evening. The show at The Palace in Hollywood in February 1984 was filmed and, along with performances by Madness and

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, aired as a show called ''Rock of the 80s'' on Showtime. The New Year's Eve 1983 performance at the Ritz aired on

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that evening as a New Year's Eve special.

Set list

This set list was taken from the November 29, 1983 concert in Philadelphia, United States. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour. #"

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" # "When You Were Mine" #"I'll Kiss You" #"

" #" Time After Time" #"Right Track Wrong Train" #" He's So Unusual" #"Yeah Yeah" #"Witness" #"I'm Gonna Be Strong" #"

Girls Just Want to Have Fun "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a single made famous in 1983 by the American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, written by Robert Hazard in 1979, with some of the lyrics changed by Lauper. It was released by Portrait Records as Lauper's debut s ...

" #"What a Thrill" #"Maybe He'll Know"

Tour dates

Box office score data

Band

* Kenni Hairston – keyboard and vocals *

Sandy Gennaro Santo Michael "Sandy" Gennaro (born July 3, 1951 in Manhattan, New York) is an American rock drummer, author, musician, public speaker and mentor. He has recorded and toured with many musical artists including Blackjack, The Monkees, Pat Travers, ...

– drums * John K. – bass *

John McCurry John McCurry (born June 24, 1957) is an American musician, songwriter and composer based in New York City. He has worked with many well-known musical artists, including Chicago, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, John Waite, B ...

– guitar and vocals

References

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