100.7 WLEV PRESENTS Cyndi Lauper & Boy George with Special Guest Rosie O’Donnell

For more than 30 years, Cyndi Lauper has been a songwriting provocateur. Her musical achievements are so pervasive that they have become entwined in the cultural landscape. A Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winning artist with record sales in excess of 50 million, Lauper has proven that she has the heart and soul to keep her legion of fans compelled by her every creative move.

Cyndi first found acclaim in 1983, co-writing a pair of memorable singles “Time After Time” and “She Bop” for her seminal debut, She’s So Unusual. Spring-boarding off this success, she co-wrote most of her follow-up album, True Colors, including the hit “Change of Heart.”

But helping others has always been a guiding force for Cyndi and she focuses her efforts to make a difference through the True Colors Fund. An unwavering advocate for equality long before she became famous, she co-founded the organization in 2008 to bring an end to homelessness among LGBTG youth and create a world where all young people can be their true selves.

Throughout her career Cyndi has penned tracks with an assortment of her peers including Billy Joel, The Hooters, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jeff Beck, Nellie McKay and many others. In 2013, those decades of songwriting culminated in Cyndi’s first foray into Broadway, composing the music for the critically adored Broadway musical Kinky Boots. The musical won six Tony Awards, including one for her score, which made her the first woman to win solo in that category.

Lauper also became a New York Times Best Selling author with her autobiography – Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir – published by Simon & Schuster.

Her latest album, detour is scheduled to be released in May.

British singer Boy George is universally recognized as one of the music scenes most iconic artists and for the past 30 years has maintained a strong position at the forefront of this ever-changing, multi-faceted industry.

He combined a strong, soulful singing voice with a provocative sense of fashion, both of which were first brought to the attention of English and American audiences in the group Culture Club, for whom he served as lead singer from 1982 to 1986. The group wrote and played impeccable pop music, and Boy George’s androgynous persona — heavy makeup and outrageous costumes — gave the group a distinct video image in the dawn of MTV.

To date George has sold over 100 million singles and in excess of 50 million albums as a performer and songwriter with 80’s super group Culture Club and as a solo artist in his own right. He also continues to be one of the world’s most successful and in-demand international DJs touring extensively across the globe.

This Grammy-nominated performer has created a worldwide presence that transcends age, race, color, creed, nationality and even religion.