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Fun Tour

The Fun Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Cyndi Lauper in support of her debut album She's So Unusual. It was her first major headlining tour, with over 90 dates in various cities across North America. The tour kicked off in Poughkeepsie, New York, on November 22, 1983, and ended in St. Paul, Minnesota, on December 9, 1984. Lauper also performed shows in Paris, London and Switzerland.[1][2]

Fun Tour
Tour by Cyndi Lauper
Associated albumShe's So Unusual
Start dateNovember 22, 1983 (1983-11-22)
End dateDecember 9, 1984 (1984-12-09)
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 98 in North America
  • 3 in Europe
  • 101 in total
Cyndi Lauper concert chronology
  • Fun Tour
    (1983–84)
  • True Colors World Tour
    (1986–87)

The performance at the Summit in Houston in October 1984 was filmed for a planned home video release in 1985 which fell through; however, the promotional video for "Money Changes Everything" was taken from this footage. The show was also broadcast locally over the radio that evening. The show at The Palace in Hollywood in February 1984 was filmed and, along with performances by Madness and Ultravox, aired as a show called Rock of the 80s on Showtime. The New Year's Eve 1983 performance at the Ritz aired on MTV that evening as a New Year's Eve special.

Set list

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This set list was taken from the November 29, 1983 concert in Philadelphia, United States. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.

  1. "She Bop"
  2. "When You Were Mine"
  3. "I'll Kiss You"
  4. "Money Changes Everything"
  5. "Time After Time"
  6. "Right Track Wrong Train"
  7. "He's So Unusual"
  8. "Yeah Yeah"
  9. "Witness"
  10. "I'm Gonna Be Strong"
  11. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
  12. "What a Thrill"
  13. "Maybe He'll Know"

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America
November 22, 1983 Poughkeepsie United States Chance Theater
November 23, 1983 Sea Bright Tradewinds Beach Club
November 26, 1983 Paterson Hurrahs
November 29, 1983 Philadelphia Ripley's Music Hall
December 1, 1983 Boston The Metro
December 2, 1983 New Haven Toad's Place
December 3, 1983 Providence The Living Room
December 7, 1983 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
December 9, 1983 Pompton Lakes The Meadowbrook
December 10, 1983 Syracuse Jabberwocky Nightclub
December 11, 1983 Buffalo The Continental
December 12, 1983 Rochester Club Casablanca
December 14, 1983 Cleveland Agora Ballroom
December 15, 1983 Pittsburgh The Decade
December 17, 1983 New York City The Ritz
December 31, 1983
February 24, 1984 Union Township Wilkins Theatre
February 25, 1984 Stony Brook Stony Brook Recital Hall
February 27, 1984 Los Angeles Beverly Theater
February 29, 1984 Palace Theater
March 5, 1984 Honolulu CBS Convention Center
April 7, 1984 Framingham Performing Arts Center
April 8, 1984 New Haven Toad's Place
April 11, 1984 Philadelphia Temple University Campus Grounds
April 12, 1984 Boston The Metro
April 13, 1984 Hartford Agora Ballroom West
April 14, 1984 New York City Hilton Grand Ballroom
April 15, 1984 Bridgeport UB Student Center
April 18, 1984 Birmingham Township Brandywine Club
April 19, 1984 New York City The Ritz
April 20, 1984
April 21, 1984
April 24, 1984 Chicago Park West
April 25, 1984 Cleveland Agora Ballroom
April 26, 1984 Detroit Detroit Opera House
April 27, 1984 Toronto Canada The Concert Hall
April 29, 1984 Amherst United States Cornell Theatre
May 2, 1984 Boston The Metro
May 3, 1984 College Park Ritchie Coliseum
May 4, 1984 Atlanta Six Flags over Georgia Theatre
May 5, 1984 Club Rumors
May 6, 1984 Tampa London Victory Club
May 7, 1984 Hallandale Beach Buttons South
May 9, 1984 New Orleans President
Europe
May 12, 1984 Montreux Switzerland Montreux Casino
May 14, 1984 Paris France Eldorado Club
May 24, 1984 London England Lyceum Theatre
North America
August 29, 1984 Hartford United States Agora Ballroom West
August 30, 1984 Middletown OCCC Student Center
September 1, 1984 Wantagh Jones Beach Marine Theater
September 2, 1984 Boston Boston Common
September 5, 1984 New York City Chelsea Piers
September 6, 1984 Philadelphia Mann Center for the Performing Arts
September 7, 1984 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
September 9, 1984 Holmdel Township Garden State Arts Center
September 13, 1984 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
September 15, 1984 Mason Timberwolf Amphitheatre
September 16, 1984 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater
September 22, 1984 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
September 23, 1984 Santa Barbara Campus Events Center
September 24, 1984 San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
September 26, 1984 Berkeley Berkeley Community Theatre
September 27, 1984 Bakersfield Kern County Fair Grandstand
September 28, 1984 Los Angeles Bovard Auditorium
September 30, 1984 Tempe Gammage Memorial Auditorium
October 2, 1984 Las Cruces Pan American Center
October 3, 1984 Albuquerque Albuquerque Civic Auditorium
October 5, 1984 Boulder CU Events Center
October 7, 1984 Tulsa Mohawk Park
October 10, 1984 Houston The Summit
October 12, 1984 Dallas Reunion Arena
October 13, 1984 Austin Frank Erwin Center
October 20, 1984 Gainesville O'Connell Center
October 21, 1984 Tallahassee TLCCC Theater
October 23, 1984 Fort Pierce Sunrise Theater
October 26, 1984 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center
October 27, 1984 Melbourne Florida Institute of Technology
October 30, 1984 New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena
October 31, 1984 Birmingham Boutwell Auditorium
November 2, 1984 Durham Cameron Indoor Stadium
November 4, 1984 University Park Rec Hall
November 5, 1984 Fairmont Feaster Center
November 8, 1984 Millersville Pucillo Gymnasium
November 9, 1984 Troy Houston Field House
November 10, 1984 Binghamton SUNY-Binghamton West Gym
November 12, 1984 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
November 14, 1984 Quebec City Colisée de Québec
November 16, 1984 Montreal Montreal Forum
November 17, 1984 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
November 21, 1984 Bethlehem United States Stabler Arena
November 23, 1984 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
November 24, 1984 Atlanta Fox Theater
November 25, 1984 Chattanooga UTC Arena
November 27, 1984 Nashville Memorial Gymnasium
November 28, 1984 Memphis Ellis Auditorium
December 1, 1984 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
December 2, 1984 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
December 4, 1984 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
December 5, 1984 Louisville Louisville Gardens
December 7, 1984 Kansas City Kemper Arena
December 9, 1984 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium

Box office score data

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Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
O'Connell Center Gainesville 7,910 / 8,144 (97%) $95,862[3]
Bayfront Center St. Petersburg 6,414 / 8,450 (76%) $79,787[3]
RPI Field House Troy 6,976 / 9,100 (77%) $76,052[4]
Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto 13,500 / 13,500 (100%) $166,353[5]
Civic Arena Pittsburgh 7,857 / 8,400 (93%) $108,161[6]
Louisville Gardens Louisville 4,265 / 6,850 (62%) $52,300[6]
Kemper Arena Kansas City 6,505 / 10,000 (65%) $81,243[6]
Roy Wilkins Auditorium Saint Paul 5,475 / 5,475 (100%) $66,852[7]
TOTAL 58,902 / 69,919 (84%) $726,610

Band

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References

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  1. ^ Cyndi Lauper-Fun Tour Archived 2012-06-30 at archive.today.www.cyndilauperdaily.com
  2. ^ "funtour – Just another WordPress site". www.funtour.in.
  3. ^ a b "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 45. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. November 10, 1984. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 50. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 15, 1984. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  5. ^ "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 48. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 1, 1984. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 22, 1984. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  7. ^ "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 1. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. January 5, 1985. p. 42. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
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