Cyndi Lauper has no plans to retire following her farewell tour

She told People: "I'm supposed to be doing [the musical adaptation of the 1988 film] 'Working Girl' after the tour. That's what I've basically been doing for 10 years. The weird thing about the Broadway thing is it takes a long time. So, it's not like I'm not going to be working, I'm just not going to be touring. Touring is a whole different animal.

"Once I get done with 'Working Girl', because that's like album after album, probably I would want to write. I might want to look for things that I've always wanted to do, because you have a limited amount of time to do them."

The 'True Colors' hitmaker is feeling "very strong" in herself at this moment in time and has had to make sure she is "in shape" but didn't want to leave her big farewell until she had arrived at the beginning of her next decade.

She said: "Well, I've always wanted to do this. I haven't done this since 1986, so I figured, 'You know what? If I'm going out, I'm going out big.' Right now I'm very strong, and I can sing strong. It's not like my songs are really easy, and you have to keep yourself in shape, and blah, blah blah. I'm going to be 72. I don't want to be like 80, with the walker going, "Come on, girls!" I want to be proud of what I'm doing, and I am.