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October 1, 2012 · 12:01 am

4 years ago today: Tina’s 50th anniversary tour starts in Kansas City

4 years ago today, Tina Turner launched her 2008/2009 50th Anniversary Tour in Kansas City, Missouri. She performed to a sold out crowd at the 18,000-seat Sprint Center. This performance was Tina’s first full concert in 8 years, since her 2000 Twenty Four Seven world tour. The 50th Anniversary Tour was a greatest hits tour, and consisted of 90 concerts in North America and Europe, ending on May 5th in Sheffield, UK. In this post you will find photos, audio and a newspaper review from opening night. Ticket photo by Nate!

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August 20, 2012 · 12:01 am

Soul Sister opens at West End’s Savoy Theatre tonight

Tonight, the musical Soul Sister, based on the music and life of Ike & Tina Turner will open at the Savoy Theatre in London’s West End. The musical had a previous, very succesful run at the Hackney Empire, and has now been moved to the center of London’s theater scene! The musical will play at the theater from August 20 until September 29, with the official premiere taking place this Thursday, August 23. The show got great reviews during its previous run – see our posts here and here. If you haven’t seen it yet – you can buy tickets on this website.

After its stand at the Savoy Theatre, the spectacle will go on the road through the UK and Ireland. Continue reading for all the dates of the Soul Sister tour.

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May 31, 2012 · 12:01 am

Tina Turner likes Spam a lot!

Dez Harkness was Tina Turner’s chef on her 1990 European Foreign Affair tour – and he reveals all of Tina’s preferences in this UK magazine article. Nothing out of the ordinary: salmon en croute, navarin of lamb, crepes for dessert and… Spam?! Well, apparently Tina also likes her meat out of a tin. And some more crazy rock star antics? A packet of crisps being flown in from London and a 500-pound room service bill: for one meal. Continue reading for the full article – including a nice backstage shot of Tina and her Chef.

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January 26, 2012 · 12:01 am

Ike & Tina Turner – Bravo magazine – Germany – January 1, 1975


No experience is as exciting as a Tina Turner concert! This article in German magazine Bravo from 1975 proves this again. The beautiful color photos capture the energy and spectacle of Ike & Tina’s 1974 German tour. Continue reading for the whole article, plus translation from German. Thank you to Sidney for providing these scans!

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October 10, 2011 · 12:01 am

Tina Turner – Australian tour book – 1977

Below, you will find a tour book from Tina Turner’s tour of Australia in 1977. This was one of Tina’s first solo ventures after her break from Ike, even before she had recorded her first real solo album. She played a show of mostly Ike & Tina classics and covers, in a cabaret-style complete with extravagant Bob Mackie outfits. A big thanks goes out to Marcin for these scans!

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September 1, 2011 · 12:02 am

Tina Turner – Ebony magazine interview – September 1996

Tina Turner - Ebony magazine - September 1996 - cover

In September 1996, Tina was featured on the cover of American ‘Ebony’ magazine, as port of the promotion for her new album Wildest Dreams that would be released later that month in the United States. She talks about her new album and tour, as well as her life in Europe. Click below to read the interview.

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July 10, 2011 · 12:01 am

Tina Turner – UK tour book – 1979

In this post, you will find scans from the tour book of Tina Turner’s 1979 UK tour. A very big thank you goes out to Jean, who scanned this book for us. Enjoy! Continue reading →

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June 3, 2011 · 12:01 am

Tina Turner – German tour book – 1979

This is a tourbook, in German, made for Tina Turner’s 1979 solo tour in Germany. Tina performed in theaters accross Europe in the spring of 1979. In the tourbook and interview, setlist, credits and photos for her Cabaret-style show. Special thanks to Hans from Austria for providing this book for us to scan!

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May 1, 2011 · 12:01 am

15 years ago today: Start European Wildest Dreams tour in Ischgl

Tina Turner - Ischgl 1996 - Poster

Although the official start of Tina Turner’s European Wildest Dreams tour was on May 3, 1996 in Paris and there were already some try-out shows for the new tour in April in Asia and South-Africa, the first show in Europe was in a rather unusual place. On May 1, 1996, Tina performed in the snow in the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl. The resort is known for hiring international starts to end the wintersports season. The show was special in many ways: not the real stage was used, Tina and the band were dressed in wintersports outfits, and the show took place in daylight during the afternoon. Included below is an article from the ‘Ischgl magazine’, a small news report about Tina’s visit and some photos. Anyone who was at the show: we would love to hear your experiences!

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February 16, 2011 · 12:01 am

Tina Turner – UK tour book – 1984

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In the beginning of 1984, Tina Turner went out on a month-long UK tour. An important period for Tina, her first single in years, a cover of Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ had just reached number 7 in UK Charts. This was completely unexpected, Tina had been struggling for 7 years as a solo artist, failing to have a hit single or album. This 1984 UK tour was the last time she would perform in small clubs and theaters. When she returned to the United Kingdom in 1985, she had a hit album ‘Private Dancer’ and performed in sold out arenas. This tour book shows rare photos from her first steps towards success as a solo artist. Click below to see the photos and a PDF file of the tourbook thanks to Juerschen.

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