Her set was an unmitigated disaster beset with sound issues... but Cyndi Lauper put the controversy behind her as she partied at Glastonbury’s debauched nightspot NYC Downlow.
The singer did an impromptu performance of Girls Just Want to Have Fun at the venue, which is a replica of a seedy New York bathhouse-cum-meatpacking warehouse circa 1982. And there was no repeat of the issues which plagued her Other Stage show which saw a mass walkout by fans who struggled to hear her.
Instead she belted out the hit as fans, many of whom were very scantily dressed, went wild, and cheered her from the rafters. A source said: “Cyndi has clearly got very thick skin as she shrugged off the controversy and went again…but this time with much better results.”
Cyndi Lauper's performance was dogged by technical difficulties (ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)Earlier she wasn’t quite so successful. At times, the singer appeared to be having a bust-up with members of the production team by the side of the stage. Viewers at home noticed the issues as well, with social media ablaze with criticism. For the first few songs, the star’s voice was drowned out by rumbling bass, and Time After Time was a particular low point.
Some speculated she was having trouble with her in-ear monitors. When asked later by BBC Breakfast if she had fun, Lauper said: "Yes, I did, I mean I had a few technical things, wardrobe difficulties, but I had fun. Sometimes you're up there and the sound is like, 'Whoa'. But (it) doesn't matter because the spirit ... is there and that was great."
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The crowd watching Cyndi Lauper performing on the Pyramid Stage, at the Glastonbury Festival (PA)Lauper also admitted that her outfit was hindering her performance. She said that her silver trousers, which were part of an outfit that included a silver bodice and a jacket with a blue tulle train, were “falling down” as she sang. This created difficulties when she was trying to walk around the stage, and energise the crowd. “What are you going to do? (There was a) wardrobe difficulty there but it was OK,” she added.
During Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the audio improved and she called for action on protecting women’s “reproductive rights”. She said: “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.”
Lauper also sang her biggest hits Time After Time, Money Changes Everything, True Colours and I Drove All Night.
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