(4 Jun 2024)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles – 04 June 2024
1. Various of Cher introducing Cyndi Lauper to the stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyndi Lauper, recording artist – on receiving the award:
“I feel like I can kind of believe it. I mean, when I was a little kid. Oh my God. I remember doing laundry in the basement and singing ‘you better sit down kids,’ you know? And I was like, here I am. My life took such a surreal turn. See? So you can’t count yourself out before you start to live. You never know what’s around the bend, even if you can’t see. So I think I’m very grateful for today, for all the hard work that everyone has done around me and, all the wonderful people I ever got to work with. How lucky. I’m really grateful.”
3. Various of Cyndi Lauper signing the cement
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyndi Lauper, recording artist – on how she stayed relevant:
“In the time in the 80s, when everybody was partying, I was going back to my vocal exercises, steaming my throat and thinking about, you know, stretching and how I was going to do the next thing. So, you know. Yeah. If you take care of your voice and if you take care of your body, it will take care of you. And that’s how I look at it, you know.”
5. Various of Cyndi Lauper putting her hands in cement
6. Various of Cyndi Lauper putting her shoes in cement
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyndi Lauper, recording artist – on her final arena tour:
“This is going to be it. I go all over. I’ll go North America. I’ll do Europe, I’ll do Asia. I’ll do Australia, you know, and then South America know. So I’m going to try and get the hemispheres in there, you know, and say goodbye and thank you, because I’ve been fortunate that people, you know, that people gave love back. That’s that’s fortunate. And I want everyone to feel happy and uplifted. So I think it’s going to be a fun tour like Fun Tour ’84. It’s a long time now. It’s Fun Tour ’24. Well ’25 you know.”
8. Various of Cyndi Lauper signing cement
9. Various of Cher, Cyndi Lauper, and Bebe Rexha
10. Various of Cher, Cyndi Lauper
11. Various of Cyndi Lauper, and Bebe Rexha
STORYLINE:
Cyndi Lauper was joined by Cher and Bebe Rexha Tuesday as the music icon immortalized her handprints and footprints outside the TCL Chinese Theatre.
“I feel like I can kind of believe it. I mean, when I was a little kid. Oh my God. I remember doing laundry in the basement and singing ‘you better sit down kids,’ you know? And I was like, here I am. My life took such a surreal turn. See? So you can’t count yourself out before you start to live. You never know what’s around the bend, even if you can’t see. So I think I’m very grateful for today, for all the hard work that everyone has done around me and, all the wonderful people I ever got to work with. How lucky. I’m really grateful,” said Lauper about being honored.
The “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” singer also announced the 23-stop Farewell Tour on Monday.
Lauper’s career started in 1983 with her album “She’s So Unusual” with hit singles like “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “She Bop” and “All Through the Night.”
She’s won two Grammy Awards, 1985’s Best New Artist and 2014’s Best Musical Theater Album for Kinky Boots.
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