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Cyndi Lauper is a voice of a generation. From songs like “Time After Time” to “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” the musician has produced some major hits over her historic career, cementing her as one of the greats.
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In celebration of the singer’s nearly five decades in the music industry, CBS will be broadcasting a TV special titled A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday Oct. 5 8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT. The special was filmed during the final two nights of Lauper’s year-long global Girls Just Wanna Have Fun farewell tour that began in Oct. 2024 and in Aug. of this year.
The special will feature guest performances from top stars like Joni Mitchell, Cher, Angelique Kidjo, John Legend, SZA, Mickey Guyton, Trombone Shorty and Jake Wesley Rogers. You’ll also see a video tribute from Brandi Carlile. The show was executive produced by Lauper, along with Ken Ehrlich, Harvey Mason Jr., Brian Burke and Lisa Barbaris.
If you don’t have cable, you can still catch Lauper’s special via Paramount+. With Paramount+’s free trial, you’ll have a week to decide if the streaming service is right for you. That’ll give you plenty of time to watch the special a few times. If you’ve found that the subscription isn’t right for you, you can cancel at any time within the week without getting fined.
If you do decide to keep your Paramount+ membership, you’ll have the option to choose between a Premium plan and Essentials plan. Premium is $12.99, while an Essentials plan runs for $7.99 a month. Keep in mind that with a Premium plan subscribers will have access to the event live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on-demand. Paramount+ Essentials subscribers will not have the option to stream live, but will have access to on-demand the day after the special airs.
Lauper is truly an icon, especially in Billboard’s book. Her 1983 debut studio album, She’s So Unusual, was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100. These tracks included “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, “Time After Time”, “She Bop” and “All Through the Night.”
