Cyndi Lauper - A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, 8-29-2025

In recent years, the people behind the annual Grammy Awards have gotten in the habit of having a "Grammy Salute" concert each year that typically stars one musical act, but also has some guest stars. In 2025, the main star was Cyndi Lauper. So here's her concert.

At the time of this concert, Lauper was 72 years old. She had most of her commercial success in the 1980s. So she's not a spring chicken anymore. In fact, she announced that her 2025 tour would be her last tour. (However, she's not done performing: she plans on having a residency in Las Vegas in 2026 instead.) But despite her age, she still sounds great here. She had a voice that had a remarkable four-octave range, so even if she lost some notes, she has a lot of notes to lose.

The thing that makes this concert stand out from her other concerts are the many guest stars she sings duets with, especially Joni Mitchell, John Legend, SZA, and Cher. (It seems John Legend goes to every single tribute concert there is.) At the same time, she presented a kind of "greatest hits" from her career, while also throwing in some cover versions, like "Iko Iko" and "Carey." 

This show was broadcast as a special on CBS. A few days ago, a massive video file emerged of the show. I converted that to audio and chopped it into mp3s. Along the way, I cut out some unnecessary bits. For instance, an announcer often gave teasers of the musical acts still to come later in the special. I got rid of all that. And there were some spoken tributes to Lauper, including one by Brandi Carlile, that I cut out because they weren't part of the actual concert.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and 21 minutes long. 

01 She Bop (Cyndi Lauper)
02 talk (Cyndi Lauper)
03 The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Cyndi Lauper)
04 I Drove All Night (Cyndi Lauper)
05 talk (Cyndi Lauper)
06 Who Let in the Rain (Cyndi Lauper & Mickey Guyton)
07 talk (Cyndi Lauper)
08 Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper & John Legend)
09 Iko Iko (Cyndi Lauper with Trombone Shorty & Angelique Kidjo)
10 talk (Cyndi Lauper)
11 Sally's Pigeons (Cyndi Lauper)
12 talk (Cyndi Lauper)
13 I'm Gonna Be Strong (Cyndi Lauper)
14 Change of Heart (Cyndi Lauper)
15 talk (Cyndi Lauper)
16 Carey (Cyndi Lauper & Joni Mitchell)
17 Money Changes Everything (Cyndi Lauper & Jake Wesley Rogers)
18 Shine (Cyndi Lauper)
19 True Colors (Cyndi Lauper & SZA)
20 Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper & Cher)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Xn6edwLm

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/GSo657YakBN1MrO/file

The cover image is from this exact concert. I also used some promotional material for this show for the text at the top, including the colors, though I rearranged it a bit. Then I made some new text to match that style at the bottom.