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The Tina Turner magic returns

In concert, Tina Turner’s presence and showmanship is described as “electrifying”, “awesome” and a “once in a lifetime experience”. These adjectives are nothing short of an overstatement. Tina Turner concerts are indeed all these and more. There are various theories as to why she puts in such great performances. Or it could be because of her personality as a strong, willful and passionate woman.


Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee. She developed her musical and singing skills as was eventually noticed by one Ike Turner in St Louis. Ike changed her name to Tina after Sheena: Queen of the Jungle and they became The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. They were married in 1962. Working a heavy touring circuit, they rose to fame during the 1960s and 1970s, recording songs like “A Fool in Love”, “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” and “River Deep, Mountain High”.


Tina Turner’s tumultuous marriage life continued well into the 70s. Ike Turner was a cocaine user who mismanaged the band and he produced Tina’s first solo album. It did not set the charts alight. In 1976, over the Fourth of July weekend, Tina Turner finally left Ike Turner when he beat her before a Dallas show. She had nothing but thirty-six cents in her wallet. She left behind her abusive marriage as well as breached contracts.


Tina lived off on food stamps and appeared in TV shows to supplement her income. She finally got a divorce from Ike in 1976 and with trepidation commenced in earnest her solo career. She finally got the recognition she craved for in 1984 when she released her fifth album, Private Dancer. The album earned her three top ten singles in the United States, topped the charts in Europe UK and Australia and established her as a rock diva. She earned Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year all in the 1985 Grammys.


Tina Turner also forayed into film appearing in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, sung numerous soundtracks for movies, wrote her autobiography I, Tina and toured in Europe, the US and Latin America. In the latter, she performed for 184,000 fans and entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the single performer to have performed to the largest paying crowd in history.


The 68-year old is currently coming out of 8 years of retirement. She probably never did retire. She will be touring the states in Ocotober 2008 kicking off in Kansas City. She will continue to tour until November and you can get Tina Turner tickets in registered ticket sellers.


More Tina Turner shows announced

Beyonce introduced her as “the Queen” after they performed together at the Grammys earlier this year. And she is certainly known as the Queen of rock & roll or the Queen of R & B. And it is befitting royalty that the grand tour of 2008 just got grander. Whilst it has not been billed as a farewell tour, but the concert-going public know when there is one show they do not want to miss. An extraordinary run on the box-office has led to six more concerts have been added to Tina Turner’s gruelling schedule, across the States.

As soon as the tour was announced anticipation began building and when tickets were released for the first show in Kansas City MO, they sold out within 2 minutes. If that is possible – sounds like a lot of jammed phone lines and ticket selling systems. But Tina Turner is one popular lady.  Extra concerts have been added to Kansas City, Boston, Toronto and Chicago, while new shows have been added in Hartford and Minneapolis.

Her last tour of the States was in 2000.  It was in that year, following the success of her best selling album Twenty Four Seven, she cemented herself as a stadium rock superstar. In fact she became the first genuine female stadium rock superstar, selling out 120 stadiums across the US and Europe, and grossing $80 million in the US alone. The massive tour in 2000 was the biggest ever undertaken by a female artist, performing to more than 2 million people.

In 2008, with 24 shows scheduled, what can the fans expect? Tina is known for her high-energy action packed performances and a song list that extends back to the mid sixties. “River Deep, Mountain High”, “Proud Mary”, “What’s Love Got to do With it” and “Nutbush City Limits” are some of the favourites that the crowd can expect. But the greatest treat will be seeing the first diva of rock & roll in full flight, after an extended absence. After this will we have to wait another eight years? This might be the last chance ever to see the great Tina in concert.

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