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Cyndi Lauper: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 26 February 1987

FUNNY GIRL! Cyndi Lauper is equal parts Shirley Temple, Rickie Lee Jones and Bugs Bunny, a fruitcake in a musical doll's house wearing cartoon clothes, a wisecracking loudmouth who suddenly lets rip with a voice as big a the Ritz.

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