Cyndi Lauper is still having fun at her MSG comeback on farewell tour: review

Cyndi Lauper is still having fun at her MSG comeback on farewell tour: review

On the third number of her “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” farewell tour at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, Cyndi Lauper sang “When You Were Mine,” her synthful Prince cover from her 1983 debut “She’s So Unusual.” It was a reminder that, at 71, she had outlived other ’80s music icons such as … Read more

Exclusive | How the Moonman was born: Inside the first MTV VMAs that shot ‘unknown’ Madonna to superstardom 40 years ago

Exclusive | How the Moonman was born: Inside the first MTV VMAs that shot ‘unknown’ Madonna to superstardom 40 years ago

It all started with Tina Turner.  She was the first artist to sign on to perform at the first MTV Video Music Awards 40 years ago on Sept. 14, 1984. And with her blond mane and black miniskirt, the rock ’n’ soul legend shimmied across the stage at New York’s Radio City Music Hall to … Read more

All the concerts coming to MSG: Nicki Minaj, Sabrina Carpenter, more

All the concerts coming to MSG: Nicki Minaj, Sabrina Carpenter, more

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Billy Joel and the Knicks aren’t the only marquee attractions at MSG. For decades, Madison Square Garden has hosted some of the world’s greatest talents in sports, music, … Read more

Meet Gen Z’s Madonna: Pop’s new superstar Chappell Roan speaks out about ‘overtly sexual’ songs

Meet Gen Z’s Madonna: Pop’s new superstar Chappell Roan speaks out about ‘overtly sexual’ songs

You’ve undoubtably heard the catchy hit “HOT TO GO!” and you’ve probably hummed the widely-heard break-up anthem “Good Luck, Babe!” without even realizing who the artist is. It turns out that both of the smash-hit tracks are performed by Chappell Roan, a pop singer who’s suddenly everywhere — and earning comparison to early-years Madonna. Born … Read more

Cyndi Lauper addresses past feud with Madonna: ‘I didn’t think she liked me’

Cyndi Lauper addresses past feud with Madonna: ‘I didn’t think she liked me’

Cyndi Lauper said it’s unfortunate that she was pitted against Madonna when they were on their rise to fame in the 1980s. “Isn’t that sad, there can only be room for one? The hell was that? I didn’t like it,” Lauper, 70, told E! News last week. When asked if she ever spoke to Madonna, … Read more

Cyndi Lauper announces 2024 ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ tour. Get tickets

Cyndi Lauper announces 2024 ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ tour. Get tickets

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Girls just wanna have fun…and put on farewell tours. New Wave and pop icon Cyndi Lauper announced she’s taking her sizable stable of hits — who could forget “Time … Read more

Lionel Richie regrets not having this iconic artist in ‘We Are the World’ lineup: ‘We made a mistake’

Lionel Richie regrets not having this iconic artist in ‘We Are the World’ lineup: ‘We made a mistake’

Lionel Richie has endless love for this left-out music legend. The “All Night Long” crooner revealed Friday that he and several celebrities made the mistake of not asking Madonna as well as Cyndi Lauper to appear on the iconic track “We Are the World” during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The “All Night Long” … Read more

How ‘We Are the World’ created ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ 4 decades ago

How ‘We Are the World’ created ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ 4 decades ago

There’s a moment toward the end of “The Greatest Night in Pop” — the new Netflix documentary (premiering Monday) that goes inside the making of “We Are the World,” the historic 1985 charity single — where even Bob Dylan was intimidated by the star-studded session. Surrounded by everyone from Ray Charles, Diana Ross and Paul … Read more

The real reason Prince and Madonna didn’t join Michael Jackson for ‘We Are the World’: doc

The real reason Prince and Madonna didn’t join Michael Jackson for ‘We Are the World’: doc

“We Are the World” was one a once-in-a-generation meeting of musical giants when it was recorded on Jan. 28, 1985 — and released two months later on March 7 — to benefit African famine relief. Anyone who was anyone in music at that moment — a who’s who of legends including everyone from Stevie Wonder, … Read more

Joni Mitchell’s 80th birthday celebrated by Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and more at star-studded bash

Joni Mitchell’s 80th birthday celebrated by Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and more at star-studded bash

Joni Mitchell celebrated her big 8-0 with a medley of celebrity pals on Tuesday evening. The folk music icon was joined by A-listers such as Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Cyndi Lauper and Anjelica Huston for her big shindig earlier this week. The bash commenced at the Smoke House restaurant in Burbank, Calif. Some stars were … Read more

Cher, 77, on her six-decade career: ‘I’m some sort of freak’

Cher, 77, on her six-decade career: ‘I’m some sort of freak’

When you’re Cher, you shouldn’t have to share icon status on your album release day. But unbeknownst to the legendary diva, a little band called the Rolling Stones was also releasing their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” on Friday — the same day that she was dropping her first holiday LP, “Christmas.”  “You know, I met … Read more

Courtney Love slams Rock Hall’s ‘sexist gatekeeping,’ says: ‘Go to hell’

Courtney Love slams Rock Hall’s ‘sexist gatekeeping,’ says: ‘Go to hell’

Courtney Love is slamming the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for “sexist gatekeeping” while protesting the lack of female and black artists highlighted by the Cleveland-based organization. “If so few women are being inducted into the Rock Hall, then the nominating committee is broken,” Love wrote in a scathing op-ed published Friday in The … Read more

Missy Elliott, George Michael, Cyndi Lauper among 2023 Rock Hall nominees

Missy Elliott, George Michael, Cyndi Lauper among 2023 Rock Hall nominees

Call it the Woke & Roll Hall of Fame. This year, the first-time nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — music’s most exclusive club — range from a black female rapper to a gay male pop heartthrob to an ’80s icon known as much for human rights as artistic achievement. On Wednesday … Read more

Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper and more release single for ‘80 for Brady’ film

Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper and more release single for ‘80 for Brady’ film

 Diane Warren scored a touchdown with this song. The songstress revealed Friday that she recruited Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Belinda Carlisle to sing a song — titled “Gonna Be You” for the upcoming film “80 for Brady,” reports Entertainment Weekly. “I wanted to write a song that celebrated these women’s deep … Read more