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I guess what she said is true - that girls just wanna have fun. And performing live is what the legendary Cyndi Lauper considers fun.  I can tell you from personal experience that watching her perform live is fun – she’s great live! The superstar has, literally, just wrapped her farewell tour, appropriately titled the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, named in honor of her debut single that catapulted the relatively unknown singer to global superstar.  And she has o …

What do the famed TV competition show, American Idol, & the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have in common?  To many die-hard rock fans, pretty much nothing, but to others, quite a bit, and now maybe more.  This is because the most recent episode of American Idol was also the official announcement venue for who have been officially inducted into the 2025 class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. And in typical Hall of Fame fashion, some of the inductees were surprises, others were n …

   The legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has released their official list of nominees, for their 2023 induction. 8 of the artists have been nominated for the first time, which is quite a surprise, as most of these particular artists have been eligible for far longer than the minimum 25 year waiting period required by the Hall, since releasing their first album.  They include: Cyndi Lauper Joy Division/New Order (I'm guessing they're being nominated together rather th …