January 5 – Performing on The Midnight Special TV-show – USA
January 14 – Performing at the Gala of the Festival di San Remo
March 5 – Performing at John Denver and the Ladies TV-show – USA
March 11 – Concert at Arts Centre – Pool, UK
March 14 – Concert at The Apollo – Manchester, UK
March 15 – Concert at Liverpool Empire – Liverpool, UK
March 16 – Concert at Hammersmith Odeon – London, UK
March 18 – Concert at Odeon – Birmingham, UK
March 19 – Concert at Theatre Club – Wakefield, UK
April 7 – Concert at Philipshalle – DĆ¼sseldorf, Germany
April 11 – Concert at Metropol – Berlin, Germany
April 12 – Concert at Musikhalle – Hamburg, Germany
April 18 – Concert at Mozartsaal – Mannheim, Germany
April 19 – Concert at Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
April 20 – Concert at Liederhalle – Stuttgart, Germany
April 22 ā Concert at CarrĆ© ā Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 1
April 24 – Concert at Stadthalle – Braunschweig, Germany
April 25 – Concert at Ellenriederhalle – Hannover, Germany
April 26 – Concert at Grugahalle – Essen, Germany
April 27 – Concert at Deutsches Museum – Munich, Germany
May 1 ā Concert at Konzerthaus ā Vienna, Austria
May 24 – Concert at Palacio de los Deportes de Montjuic – Barcelona, Spain
Tina Turner Blog 
Can you tell me if Tina performed at the Durban Town Hall in South Africa in 1979?
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I’m not sure Jennifer, but she did tour South Africa, I guess around 1979 or 1980, so it could be possible!
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I also attended her show, but seem to recall that it was at the ‘Playhouse’ rather than the City Hall. I also seem to recall that she was a supporting act to Lovelace Watkins?
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She performed at the Playhouse Theatre as part of her comeback after her separation from husband Ike. Her son played in her back up band. It was her show, she was not a support act for Lovelace Watkins on this occasion. It was the start of her emergence as a Super Star in her own right. I attended the show, it was amazing.
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Thanks for that. I did also attend the performance, but couldn’t remember the detail.
I do remember her being introduced as “the hardest working young woman in show business”
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I rember an outstanding performance before an umprepared audience.South Africans were not ready for a black singer in those days.Tina was so frustrated performing before an audience that would only clap at the end of each song but remained frozen during the whole performance that during a number shouted “What’s wrong with you!” That said I’ll never forget that performance!
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I was also in that Show at the Durban Playhouse.
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I also saw her at the Playhouse and itās just as you remember it Garry, she wasnāt a support act. I remember it to be a brilliant show and I have never forgotten her pure energy!
R.I.P. Tina, Our Queen of Rock ān Roll š¤
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I also saw her at the Playhouse & she was amazing! She introduced her son who was the bass player & I think she said he was 30 years old?
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Performing On Tonight In Town-Tv show- England
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Performing On Musikladen- Tv Show – Germany
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Sammy, thanks a lot for all your contributions. We’ve updated the pages where you knew the exact dates! Thank you!
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On March 22, performing Viva La Money, and on July 12, performing Root Toot…
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This year, she appeared twice on the Midnight Special TV-show: Jan. 5 and Nov. 16.
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I found these dates are not correct. This year, she hosted The Midnight Special ones, on Jan. 5, and she sung “Root Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Viva la Money,” “Night Time Is the Right Time” & “Sometimes When We Touch”.
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March 5 – Tina performed the song “Downhill Stuff” duet with John Denver, in the TV Show called John Danver And The Ladies.
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Hi Boys! A new one: On January 14, Tina was at the Gala of the Festival di San Remo; she performed Root Toot… (and maybe one more song).
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Thanks for all your additions again Tinaroo š
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Tina Turner did perform in Durban in 1979 I was there her son was playing in the band .
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Thanks for the info Carlo!
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December 1979. Durban, South Africa. Tina Turner had divorced from Ike and performed in concerts throughout South Africa, from September through December. In those days there was no security. Seated solo on the carpeted theater floor by the main stage of the Playhouse Theatre, I photographed Tina’s unforgettable live December 1979 performance. She was the main act – doing approximately 14 costume changes. Tina’s main back up singers and dancers were a black guy and a long haired, platinum blonde lady. As a young adult, if I had not recognised star quality before, I found out that night. For me she was pure, raw talent. What threw me was she made a b-line for me and my camera, never missing an opportunity to perform for the media. No multi million dollar live show has ever matched that night when a young wannabee photographer captured his memories of an iconic ‘Private Dancer’.
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I also, was at her show in Durban. I seem to think that also featured was a performer, Lovelace Watkins who described Tina as “The hardest working young lady in showbusness today”
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Hi there,
I saw Tina on stage in october 1980 in Johannisburg South Africa in the Colosseum there,
big show very good performance, I have a brochure from that event,
anybody interested so I can send it, leave a reply
G.Sasse Germany
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Hi there,
I saw Tina on stage in october 1980 in Johannisburg South Africa in the Colosseum there,
big show very good performance, I have a brochure from that event,
anybody interested so I can send it, leave a reply
G.Sasse Germany
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Shows in the former Yugoslavia:
Ljubljana, Hala Tivoli, 6.5.1979.
Zagreb, Dom Sportova 7.5.1979.
Beograd, Hala pionir 8.5.1979.
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5. mars, Fairmont Hotel (USA)
11. mars, Arts Centre (Storbritannia)
14. mars, The Apollo (Storbritannia)
15. mars, Liverpool Empire (Storbritannia)
16. mars, Hammersmith Odeon (Storbritannia)
18. mars, Odeon (Storbritannia)
19. mars, Theatre Club (Storbritannia)
29. mars, Pool of Arts Center (Storbritannia)
30. mars, Hammersmith Odeon (Storbritannia)
7. april, Philipshalle (Tyskland)
11. april, Metropol (Tyskland)
12. april, Musikhalle (Tyskland)
18. april, Mozartsaal (Tyskland)
19. april, Jahrhunderthalle (Tyskland)
20. april, Liederhalle (Tyskland)
22. april, CarrƩ (Nederland)
24. april, Stadthalle (Tyskland)
25. april, Ellenriederhalle (Tyskland)
26. april, Grugahalle (Tyskland)
27. april, Deutsches Museum (Tyskland)
29. april, Patinoire Des Vernents (Sveits)
30. april, Kongresshause (Sveits)
1. mai, Konzerthaus (Ćsterrike)
6. mai, Hala Tivoli (Jugoslavia)
7. mai, Dom Sportova (Jugoslavia)
8. mai, Hala Pionir (Jugoslavia)
24. mai, Palacio de los Deportes de Montjuic (Spania)
31. august, Poliedro de Caracas (Venezuela)
1. september, Poliedro de Caracas (Venezuela)
9. september, Poliedro de Caracas (Venezuela)
4. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
5. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
6. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
7. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
8. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
9. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
10. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
11. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
12. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
13. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
14. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
15. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
16. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
17. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
18. desember, St. George Leagues Club (Australia)
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I saw Tina Turner live in a caberet dinner show at St George Leagues Club in Sydney Australia in December 1979. It was in a small auditorium, only about 500 people, and our table was only about 12 feet from the stage. They served dinner and drinks at the table during the show. It was absolutely amazing. To think that a few years later she was playing to crowds of 100,000 or more in Stadiums… WOW, how lucky were we. I just watched the documentary, TINA, what a story, what a woman. She came from a battered relationship, with nothing, and turned herself into a superstar worth over 250 million dollars. Incredible.
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RIP the world has lost a legend.
Thank you for sharing when the Durban concert occurred. Iāve been having wonderful memories of that night at the Playhouse all day today.
I was in Matric in 1980 and remember asking my mother if I could attend. She nominated that she would like to attend as well and bought Row 3, dead centre tickets for myself and 2 friends.
Unbeknownst to us, my mother was expecting Tina Turner the R&B performer and got the greatest Rock Show I have ever seen. Tina Turner stalked out onto stage in the highest stiletto heels and shortest black mini. She danced nonstop for the entire show she was incredible and it is one of my fondest memories of my mother who was astounded at everyone storming down to the stage. My friends and I all stood with my mother to āprotectā her from the fans.
I am grateful to have experienced that show with my mother who was shocked that Tina Turner, who was the same age as her, could make such a dramatic change to her life at an age my mother thought life was set. And, I am grateful to my friends for being with my mother and I at that unbelievable show. Further, I am grateful to have heard Tina Turner belting out her performance with abandon. I am blessed.
Thank you for the memories.
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So nice to hear experiences of fellow South Africans describing a Tina concert moment, unfortunately I was only born in 1982 and also missed the 1996 concert. When did her first SA concert actually happen, 1980 or 1979?
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