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Cyndi Lauper at Glastonbury review – nostalgic Pyramid stage crowd just wants to have fun
The pop balladeer brings 1980s hits Time After Time and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun to a sweltering crowd
The 80s live on in Cyndi Lauper, who takes to the Pyramid stage looking every inch the rock chick of yore in her silver bustier and matching trousers and platform trainers, beneath a blue blazer also attached with streams of icy-blue tulle. The rockier tune lifts the energy from the crowd, further geed by Lauper’s own vigour – she uses her tiny frame to its fullest extent, punching the air, jumping and leading a clap with such gusto her silver bustier rides up. But Lauper’s obvious enjoyment in the crowd’s response is charming, and her explanation of its impact and how she chose to channel it into activism (today’s cause is the White Ribbon Alliance) gives heft to what might easily be dismissed as a novelty record.
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