Glastonbury 2024: Cyndi Lauper sparks concern and looks sad as fans leave her set early

Pop star Cyndi Lauper got everyone talking online thanks to her Glastonbury performance, as fans watching live at Worthy Farm left her show early.

The hitmaker behind Girls Just Want To Have Fun took to the Pyramid Stage at the iconic music festival on Saturday afternoon. She opened with her 1980s track The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough, while dealing with mic issues that appeared to be improving by the end. Cyndi also had a solo moment with the recorder during her second track.

The American pop star also headed off the stage during her performance as she had to do “one little thing” before returning to triumphantly sing one of her biggest songs I Drove All Night. She received applause after the crescendo. Cyndi told the Pyramid Stage crowd that she was “glad to be playing here at Glastonbury” and wished them a “happy Pride for those celebrating”.

She joked ahead of Change Of Heart, that while dancing in London’s Leicester Square during the music video for the 1986 song, she stepped on “some of the pansies” and is “not allowed there anymore”. However, Cyndi experienced a mass walk out after performing her huge hit Girls Just Want To Have Fun.

Cyndi Lauper

The singer noticed people were heading away from the stage after her hit song, with a Mirror reporter at Glastonbury spotting Cyndi looking visibly upset. Before belting out her beloved song, Cyndi told those watching at Worthy Farm: “It’s time world leaders recognised that women are half of the population."

During her performance of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, her audio improved and she made reference to feminist marches, that in 2017 saw US women wear lots of pink “Pussyhats”. Cyndi told the crowd: “I was watching TV and I saw all these women all over the world marching, with some pink hats and… my friend called me up and said ‘to get the hell out there (Cyndi)’ so I did I went out and I saw the signs that said Girls Just Want To Have Fundamental Rights, that’s right.”

She added that she was “partnering-up” with her Girls Just Want To Have Fundamental Rights Fund on Saturday, which “funds organisations all around the world to help young women, older women, women (who want) reproductive rights, autonomy over their own bodies”.

Cyndi also highlighted the maternal health organisation White Ribbon Alliance, who she said were at the front, before saying: “It is time that the world leaders understand that women are half the population of the world and we deserve to be treated equally, no matter where we’re from or what we look like.”

She also made several references to the UK, including mentioning the West End production of Kinky Boots ahead of My Father’s Son and her Change Of Heart music video that saw her dancing in London’s Leicester Square. Those watching Cyndi perform at home were also divided by her performance. One wrote on Twitter (X): Cyndi Lauper's struggling a bit at #Glastonbury - the crowd are giving her a large helping hand. She looks fantastic though, and easy to forget she's 71 yeas old. We had Blondie doing it this time last year, and Debbie Harry was 77 years old at the time.”

“Cyndi Lauper looking a little worse for wear her tbf,” another added, as a third wrote: “I wonder if Cyndi Lauper’s band has in-ear monitoring delay issues. Cyndi seems to be singing half a beat behind everyone, and they all feel oddly disjointed, especially for an American session outfit."

However, some have rushed to the American’s defence. “Same bores whinging about Dua Lipa are on Cyndi Lauper now. if you want perfectly performed and recorded guitar widdling. go f**k off and listen to the eagles,” one fumed online, with another gushing: “Cyndi Lauper still got it.” Cyndi recently announced she would be performing her farewell tour later this year.

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