Glastonbury 2024 is in full swing and today sees an 80s legend take to the stage in Cyndi Lauper. The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun singer plays today (Saturday, June 29) on the Pyramid Stage between 2.30pm and 3.30pm to what will inevitably be a huge crowd.
Her first solo album, She’s So Unusual, was released in 1983 and was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Since then, the musical trailblazer has released 11 more albums and even more hits. .
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How old is Cyndi Lauper?
Born Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper, was born in Brooklyn but raised in Queens, New York, and was the middle child with a younger brother and an older sister.
Lauper’s first album came out in 1983 when the singer had turned 30. Lauper was born on June 22, 1973, which makes her 71 now.
What is Cyndi Lauper’s net worth?
According to the website Celebrity Net Worth, Lauper is worth an estimated $50 million. She had a string of hits that came after her debut ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’.
Her follow-up single Time After Time reached number one in the US and has been used in the film Napoleon Dynamite and in the finale of the second season of Stranger Things. Her second US number one single was True Colours, which was also covered by Phil Collins in 1998.
Who is Cyndi Lauper?
Lauper married actor David Thornton in 1991 after they met on the set of Off and Running – a comedy/mystery film about a group trying to uncover the mystery behind the murder of Lauper’s character’s lover.
Thornton is also 71 and has appeared in the TV show Law & Order and films such as The Notebook and The Other Woman. Thornton and Lauper have a son together, Declyn Wallace Thornton, who was born on November 19, 1997, making him 27 this year.
Where can I watch Cyndi Lauper’s Glastonbury performance?
The BBC will have coverage of the legendary festival on iPlayer, as well as on BBC One and Two at various times throughout the weekend. There will be continuous live streams from the Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Park and Woodsies stages, all available on iPlayer.
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