She's So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour

She's So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour
Tour by Cyndi Lauper

Promotional poster for tour
Associated album She's So Unusual
Start date June 12, 2013 (2013-06-12)
End date January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)
Legs 4
No. of shows 81 in North America
9 in Asia
10 in Australia
100 Total
Cyndi Lauper concert chronology

The She's So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour (also known as the She's So Unusual Tour) is the twelfth concert tour by American recording artist, Cyndi Lauper. Launched to mark the anniversary of her debut solo album, the tour visited North America, Asia, Australia, and was the first time Cyndi performed in Israel. The trek began June 2013 in San Diego, added a second North American leg after her visit to Japan and Australia, then added another leg in North America as special guest for Cher's Dressed to Kill tour, and then visited Japan again in January 2015.

Background

“ It's been such an amazing year for me. When I realized it's also the anniversary of the album that started my solo career, I knew it was the perfect time to thank my fans for sticking with me through it all. I'm so excited to perform She's So Unusual from beginning to end, song by song and I can't wait to see everyone![1] ”

The tour was announced via Lauper's website on April 8, 2013.[2] Dubbed as a celebration for fans, the shows will pay tribute to the singer's debut album, released October 14, 1983. Along with the tour, it was also reported Lauper's play, Kinky Boots, released 13 Tony nominations.[3] During an interview with VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live, the singer stated she never saw herself doing an "oldies tour" reliving the glory days.[4] However, she felt compelled to thank her fans for supporting her career for 30 years. She went to say the show was "more for them than me". She also revealed she will perform every track from the album, along with her other hits. On June 3, 2013, Raymond J. Lee released a video for various television presenters and actors lip-syncing her hit "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".[5] The video featured Kelly Ripa, Rosie O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Katie Couric, Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford; along with the casts of Kinky Boots, The Lion King, Cinderella, The Phantom of the Opera, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Chicago.[6]

Opening acts

Setlist

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay. It is not representative of all dates on the tour.[8]

  1. "Money Changes Everything"
  2. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
  3. "When You Were Mine"
  4. "Time After Time"
  5. "She Bop"
  6. "All Through the Night"
  7. "Witness"
  8. "I'll Kiss You"
  9. "He's So Unusual"
  10. "Yeah Yeah"
  11. "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"
Encore
  1. "Change of Heart"
  2. "Shine"
  3. "Sex is in the Heel"
  4. "True Colors"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[9]
June 12, 2013 San Diego United States Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
June 13, 2013 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
June 15, 2013 Jacksonville Britt Pavilion
June 16, 2013 Tacoma Pantages Theater
June 18, 2013 Sacramento Crest Theatre
June 19, 2013 Saratoga Mountain Winery Amphitheatre
June 21, 2013 Temecula Pechanga Showroom Theater
June 22, 2013 Scottsdale Salt River Grand Ballroom
June 23, 2013 Tucson Fox Tucson Theatre
June 25, 2013 Austin Waller Creek Amphitheatre
June 26, 2013 Dallas House of Blues
June 28, 2013 Houston
June 29, 2013 Biloxi Hard Rock Live
June 30, 2013 New Orleans House of Blues
July 2, 2013 Atlanta Atlanta Symphony Hall
July 3, 2013 North Charleston North Charleston Performing Arts Center
July 5, 2013 Portsmouth nTelos Wireless Pavilion
July 6, 2013 Atlantic City Etess Arena
July 7, 2013 Newark Prudential Hall
July 9, 2013 New Bedford Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
July 10, 2013 New York City Beacon Theatre
July 12, 2013 Port Chester Capitol Theatre
July 13, 2013 Leynard MGM Grand Theater
Asia[10]
August 10, 2013[A] Osaka Japan Maishima Sports Island
August 11, 2013[A] Chiba Makuhari Messe
Australia[11]
August 29, 2013 Melbourne Australia Palais Theatre
August 30, 2013
August 31, 2013 Canberra Royal Theatre
September 2, 2013 Hobart Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
September 4, 2013 Adelaide Festival Theatre
September 6, 2013 Sydney Enmore Theatre
September 7, 2013
September 9, 2013 Gold Coast Jupiters Theatre
September 11, 2013 Brisbane QPAC Concert Hall
September 14, 2013 Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre
North America[12]
October 18, 2013 Englewood United States Bergen Performing Arts Center
October 19, 2013 Boston Wang Theatre
October 20, 2013 New York City Kupferberg Center for the Arts
October 22, 2013 Wilkes-Barre F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
October 23, 2013 New Brunswick State Theatre
October 25, 2013 Lebanon Lebanon Opera House
October 26, 2013 Montreal Canada Métropolis
October 27, 2013 Toronto Massey Hall
October 29, 2013 Madison United States Capitol Theater
October 30, 2013 Minneapolis Mill City Nights
November 1, 2013 Chicago Chicago Theatre
November 3, 2013 Greensburg Palace Theatre
November 5, 2013 Nashville Andrew Jackson Hall
November 6, 2013 Knoxville Tennessee Theatre
November 8, 2013 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
November 9, 2013 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
November 10, 2013 Orlando House of Blues
November 12, 2013 Charlotte Belk Theater
November 13, 2013 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre
November 15, 2013 Glenside Keswick Theatre
November 16, 2013 Ridgefield Ridgefield Playhouse
December 9, 2013 New York City Highline Ballroom
Asia
January 4, 2014 Tel Aviv Israel Nokia Arena
January 11, 2015 Osaka Japan Festival Hall
January 12, 2015 Kanazawa Hondanomari Hall
January 15, 2015 Nagoya Century Hall
January 16, 2015 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sun Palace
January 18, 2015 Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
January 20, 2015 Tokyo Nippon Budokan

Special Guest on Cher's Dressed to Kill Tour

Date City Country Venue
North America[13]
April 23, 2014 Buffalo United States First Niagara Center
April 25, 2014 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
April 26, 2014 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
April 28, 2014 Philadelphia United States Wells Fargo Center
April 30, 2014 Columbus Nationwide Arena
May 2, 2014 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
May 5, 2014 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
May 7, 2014 Raleigh PNC Arena
May 9, 2014 New York City Barclays Center
May 10, 2014 East Rutherford Izod Center
May 12, 2014 Atlanta Philips Arena
May 14, 2014 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
May 16, 2014 Orlando Amway Center
May 17, 2014 Sunrise BB&T Center
May 25, 2014 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 28, 2014 Denver Pepsi Center
May 30, 2014 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena
May 31, 2014 Kansas City Sprint Center
June 2, 2014 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
June 4, 2014 St. Louis Scottrade Center
June 6, 2014 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center
June 7, 2014 Rosemont Allstate Arena
June 9, 2014 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
June 11, 2014 Minneapolis Target Center
June 20, 2014 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
June 21, 2014 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
June 23, 2014 Edmonton Rexall Place
June 25, 2014 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
June 27, 2014 Vancouver Rogers Arena
June 28, 2014 Seattle United States KeyArena
June 30, 2014 Portland Moda Center
July 2, 2014 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose
July 5, 2014 Ontario Citizens Business Bank Arena
July 7, 2014 Los Angeles Staples Center
July 9, 2014 Anaheim Honda Center
July 11, 2014 San Diego Valley View Casino Center
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A These concerts were a part of the "Summer Sonic Festival"[14]

Box office score data: headlining shows

Venue City Tickets sold / Available Gross revenue
Greek Theatre Los Angeles 5,132 / 5,132 (100%) $237,528[15]
Waller Creek Amphitheatre Austin 2,181 / 2,200 (99%) $82,190[16]
North Charleston Performing Arts Center North Charleston 1,852 / 2,341 (79%) $75,893[17]
Prudential Hall Newark 1,876 / 2,724 (69%) $104,746[18]
Beacon Theatre New York City 2,796 / 2,796 (100%) $166,710[19]
Capitol Theater Madison 1,034 / 1,034 (100%) $51,353[20]
Mill City Nights Minneapolis 937 / 1,070 (88%) $46,903[21]
Chicago Theatre Chicago 3,077 / 3,351 (92%) $172,951[21]
Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater 1,395 / 1,980 (70%) $87,423[17]
TOTAL 20,280 / 22,628 (90%) $1,025,697

Broadcasts and recordings

Taped from New York City's Highline Ballroom on December 9, 2013, the performance aired on PBS television and a DVD was released as well.

References

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  3. ↑ "Tony Awards are Sunday night". Tampa Bay Times. Times Publishing Company. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Carrie Keagan (6 May 2013). "Cyndi Lauper/Billy Porter/Cast of 'The Gossip Game'". Big Morning Buzz Live. Season 7. Episode 74. New York City. VH1. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Lee, Raymond J. (3 June 2013). Girls Just Want To Have Fun (New York Version 2013) (Music video). YouTube. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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  10. ↑ "＜SUMMER SONIC 2013＞、2013年も“ももいろクローバーZ”の参戦が決定" [Summer Sonic 2013]. Yahoo! News Japan (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
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  13. ↑ "Cher Dressed to Kill Tour with special guest Cyndi Lauper To Tour To Celebrate 30 Years Of She's So Unusual". Noise11. Noise Network. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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