Cyndi Lauper Tributes Prince With Emotional “When You Were Mine” In New York: Watch

Robbie Daw | May 26, 2016 11:10 am

Cyndi Lauper is on the road in support of her latest album Detour, which recently had a Top 5 debut on the country album chart. During her first, sold out night of two at New York’s Beacon Theatre on Wednesday (May 25), Lauper’s set list was comprised of a perfect mix of her own hits and the country covers that make up her new LP.

One emotional on-stage moment came when the singer brought up the fact that the music world has lost several major artists this year. She mentioned that “this last one” — meaning Prince — hit her particularly hard.

Cyndi tweeted the following on April 21, the day of Prince’s death:

After speaking at the Beacon for a moment about the Purple One, Lauper launched into a rousing rendition of “When You Were Mine,” a Prince-written number that appeared on Lauper’s 1983 debut, She’s So Unusual.

Watch Cyndi honor the Prince, while doused in appropriately-colored lights, above.

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