2008-05-08 18:59:10 -
- For Tina Turner: Michele Schweitzer, (917) 400-3939 ms@m-relations.com or For AEG Live: Scoop Marketing Hannah Kampf or Eve Samuels, (213) 639-6160 hkampf@solters.com, esamuels@solters.com Eight-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tina Turner announced plans today to make her long-awaited return to arenas throughout North America beginning October 1st at
Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. Turner's tour, promoted by AEG Live, will delight fans in 17 cities across the U.S. and Canada before concluding on December 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The brand new stage show will feature hit after hit spanning Turner's entire career, with a spectacular production including the singer's top-notch band, innovative choreography, hi-tech lighting and much more.
"After performing with Beyonce at The Grammy Awards, the response was overwhelming," commented Tina. "Everywhere I went people were asking me when I was going back on tour. So after a lot of thought and planning, I can answer the only way I know how .... See you in Kansas City where we'll kick the tour off!"
Turner's millennium worldwide trek, Twenty Four Seven, which Pollstar rated the most successful tour of 2000, attracted over three million fans to 23 stadiums around the globe over the course of nine months. One Last Time, the tour DVD of that elaborate, pyrotechnics-filled production, was certified platinum in the U.S. Turner is the most successful female rock artist of all time with record sales exceeding 180 million.
With sensual, soulful and powerful vocals that have been part of music history for over four decades, the singer's explosive live set will include everything from early career singles "River Deep Mountain High," "Proud Mary," and "Nutbush City Limits" through solo superstar smashes "Let's Stay Together," "What's Love Got to Do With It", "We Don't Need Another Hero" and "The Best" as well as '90s comeback hits such as "I Don't Wanna Fight" the theme song to the James Bond film "Goldeneye". The set, the production, the songs, and Turner's unique stage presence will delight her legions of fans who have followed the legendary diva's extraordinary creative journey, while seducing new admirers and proving that her vocal majesty still continues its reign to this day.
For ticket on sale and detailed tour information please visit TinaTurnerLive.com.
Tina Turner 2008 North American Tour itinerary follows -0- TINA TURNER 2008 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY October 1 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 3 Chicago, IL United Center 6 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena 13 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center 14 Anaheim, CA Honda Center 19 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion 22 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena 24 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena 30 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena November 2 Fort Lauderdale BankAtlantic Center 5 Orlando, FL Amway Arena 9 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena 13 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 16 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden 23 Washington, DC Verizon Center 26 Newark, NJ Prudential Center December 3 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum 8 Montreal, QB Bell Centre
About AEG Live:
AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring for a variety of programming, and multi-media production. AEG Live, the nation's second-largest concert promotion and touring company, is comprised of special event, broadcast and exhibition divisions, fourteen regional offices, and numerous state-of-the-art venues nationwide. The company's national promotion arm is currently producing tours and productions including Bette Midler "The Showgirl Must Go On" and Cher at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; and "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recent and upcoming promoted concert tours have included artists such as Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Hannah Montana, Spice Girls, Prince, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Chesney, So You Think You Can Dance, Paul McCartney, High School Musical, American Idols Live and The Color Purple. Goldenvoice, the company's Southern California-based regional promotion division, created and operates the award-winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival as well as Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival. The company operates NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie in Texas, NOKIA Theatre Times Square, and recently opened NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. For more information, go to www.aeglive.com.
Legendary Hall of Fame Performer To Kick Off First Tour In Eight
Years On October 1, 2008 in Kansas City
Tickets on Sale Beginning Monday, May 12 at 10:00AM EDT
