Break Every Rule Tour 1987/1988

The tour was originally billed as Turner's "last tour". In an interview with Jet magazine, Tina Turner stated,
"It is my last tour for now. There probably won't be a tour with the next album because I want to devote some time to my movie career. But, I don't plan to retire."

The European tour kicked off on 4 March 1987 in front of a sold-out crowd of over 15,000 people at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, a venue that she would later play 7 more times during the tour. During the first few shows the tour went without Tina Turner's signature hit Proud Mary. Tina Turner avoided the song because she had done it for so many years. It wasn't until her performance at the Ahoy Rotterdam that she tried the song in the setlist. Tina Turner stated, "The crowd erupted and sang the song for us. That's when I realized, 'We've got to put 'Mary' back in, she's still rolling on the river.'"

The most memorable and unusual moment for Tina Turner was in Locarno, Switzerland. The stage for the concert had been built in the center of the town. As Tina Turner recalls," The stage was literally in the middle of the street surrounded by apartment buildings with parents and little kids sitting on their balconies in their night robes."Before her concerts at Johanneshov Isstadion in Sweden, Tina Turner got a bad sinus infection and had to cancel her concerts. The arena was sold out and when the concert promoter went on stage to tell the audience, instead of booing the 13,000 people cheered with understanding. When Tina Turner returned, she played to an even bigger audience. In her stadium concert in Ireland, Tina Turner attracted a huge crowd of over 60,000 people. During this massive concert, Tina Turner nearly stopped the show because of fans in the front getting crushed by other fans. The European tour ended on 26 July 1987 where it began in Munich, Germany. Tina Turner recalls," Our biggest crowd came towards the end of the tour in Munich. We had already played eight indoor shows there to about 120,000 people and once I have been to a city, I'm always reluctant to go back soon afterward. Then we attracted another 100,000 people outdoors, I was really quite astounded. It felt like the Rolling Stones when they drew those huge crowds."

The tour proved to be most successful in Germany where Tina Turner played over 40 shows. Tina Turner recalls that Germany has always been "special" to her. The European tour itself played to over 1.7 million people, bigger than any tour before it. The tour continued to break records in South America. Tina Turner's performance at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janerio attracted over 180,000 spectators, one of the largest concert attendance in the 20th century.

Her world record-breaking Break Every Rule Tour show of 1988 held in a single night at the Maracana Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was later released in video form on VHS and DVD called "Tina Live in Rio 88'". With this particular show alone, she entered the Guinness Book of World Records because she set the record of drawing 188,000 paying fans to a one-night show alone.

Start date: 4 March 1987
End date: 30 March 1988
Legs: 5
Shows: 91 in Europe
78 in North America
6 in South America
22 in Australia
12 in Asia
Total: 209

Opening act

* Level 42 (North America)

Set List

- What You Get Is What You See
- Break Every Rule
- I Can't Stand The Rain
- Typical Male
- Acid Queen
- Girls
- Two People
- Back Where You Started
- Better Be Good To Me
- Addicted To Love
- Private Dancer
- We Don't Need Another Hero
- What's Love Got To Do With It
- Help
- Let's Stay Together
- Proud Mary
- Show Some Respect
- It's Only Love
- Overnight Sensation
- Nutbush City Limits
- Paradise Is Here

The Band

Jack Bruno - Drums
Deric Dyer – Saxophone and Keyboards
Bob Feit – Bass Guitar and Vocals
John Miles – Keyboards, Guitars and Vocals
Steve Scales - Percussion
James Ralston – Guitars and Vocals
Laurie Wisefield - Guitar
Don Snow – Keyboards, Saxophone and Vocals
Ollie Marland – Keyboards and Vocals

March
4 March - Olympiahalle Munich Germany
5 March - Olympiahalle Munich Germany
6 March - Frankenhalle; Nurnberg Germany - 8500 S.O.
7 March - Frankenhalle Nurnberg Germany - 8500 S.O.
8 March - Deutschlandhalle Berlin Germany
9 March - Deutschlandhalle Berlin Germany
10 March - Deutschlandhalle Berlin Germany
12 March - Festhalle Frankfurt Germany - 13000 S.O.
13 March - Festhalle Frankfurt Germany - 13000 S.O.
14 March - Festhalle Frankfurt Germany - 13000 S.O.
15 March - Festhalle Frankfurt Germany - 13000 S.O.
16 March - Festhalle Frankfurt Germany - 13000 S.O.
17 March - Sporthalle Hamburg Germany - 7000 S.O.
20 March - Isstadion Stockholm Sweden - 9900 S.O.
21 March - Isstadion Stockholm Sweden - 9900 S.O.
22 March - Scandinavium Gothenberg Sweden
29 March - The Bercy Paris France - 15000 S.O.
30 March - The Bercy Paris France - 15000 S.O.
31 March - The Bercy Paris France - 15000 S.O.

April
1 April - Palais Des Sports - Antwerp Belgium - 12000 S.O.
3 April - The Ahoy - Rotterdam Holland - 9500 S.O.
4 April - The Ahoy - Rotterdam Holland - 9500 S.O.
5 April - The Ahoy - Rotterdam Holland - 9500 S.O.
6 April - The Ahoy - Rotterdam Holland - 9500 S.O.
7 April - Weser-Ems-Halle - Oldenburg Germany - S.O.
9 April - Westfalenhalle - Dortmund Germany - 12000 S.O.
10 April - Westfalenhalle - Dortmund Germany - 12000 S.O.
11 April - Westfalenhalle - Dortmund Germany - 12000 S.O.
12 April - Westfalenhalle - Dortmund Germany - 12000 S.O.
14 April - Olympiahalle - Munich Germany - 11500
15 April - Olympiahalle - Munich Germany - 11000
16 April - Olympiahalle - Munich Germany - 11500
18 April - Olympiahalle - Munich Germany - 11600
19 April - Olympiahalle - Munich Germany - 11600
21 April - Hallenstadion - Zurich Switzerland - 12000 S.O.
22 April - Hallenstadion - Zurich Switzerland - 12000 S.O.
23 April - Hallenstadion - Zurich Switzerland - 12000 S.O.
24 April - Hallenstadion - Zurich Switzerland - 12000 S.O.
25 April - Hallenstadion - Zurich Switzerland - 12000 S.O.
28 April - Eissporthalle - Mannheim Germany
29 April - Eissporthalle - Mannheim Germany
30 April - Eissporthalle - Mannheim Germany

May
1 May - Eissporthalle - HanNov. - er Germany
2 May - Eissporthalle / HanNov. - er Germany
4 May - Martin Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart Germany
5 May - Martin Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart Germany
6 May - Martin Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart Germany
7 May - Martin Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart Germany
9 May - Stadthalle - Vienna Austria
10 May - Stadthalle - Vienna Austria
11 May - Stadthalle - Vienna Austria
17 May - Rockodrome - Madrid Spain
19 May - Estadio Luis CasaNov. - a - Valencia Spain
21 May - Plaza De Toros - Barcelona Spain
23 May - Amphitheatre - Verona Italy
26 May - Le Zenith - Montpelier France
27 May - Palais De Sports - Lyon France
28 May - Sports Ground- Nijmegen Holland
30 May - Royal Dublin - Dublin UK

June
1 June - S.E.C.C. - Glasgow UK - 10000
2 June - S.E.C.C. - Glasgow UK - 10000
3 June - S.E.C.C. - Glasgow UK - 10000
5 June - N.E.C. - Birmingham UK - 12000 S.O.
6 June - N.E.C. - Birmingham UK - 12000 S.O.
7 June - N.E.C. - Birmingham UK - 12000 S.O.
8 June - N.E.C. - Birmingham UK - 12000 S.O.
11 June - Wembley Arena - London UK - 11000 S.O.
12 June - Wembley Arena - London UK - 11000 S.O.
13 June - Wembley Arena - London UK - 11000 S.O.
14 June - Wembley Arena - London UK - 11000 S.O.
16 June - Wembley Arena - London UK- 11000 S.O.
17 June - Wembley Arena - London UK - 11000 S.O.
18 June - Wembley Arena - London UK- 11000 S.O.
20 June - Valle-Hovin - Oslo Norway - 30000 S.O.
21 June - Wildparkstadion - Karlsruhe Denmark - 45000 S.O.
24 June - Eisstadion - Liebenau Graz Austria
27 June - St. Jakob Fussballstadion - Basel Switzerland - 50000 S.O.
28 June - Galopprennbahn - Munich Germany - 100000
30 June - Eissporthalle - HanNov. - er Germany

July
2 July - S.O.
3 July - Volksparkstadion - Hamburg Germany
4 July - Georg Melches Stadion - Essen Germany - 35000 S.O.
5 July - Idraetsparken - Copenhagen Denmark - S.O.
8 July - Piazza Grande - Locarno Switzerland - 12500 S.O.
9 July - Stade Annecy - Le Vieux Annecy France
11 July - Les Arena - Fréjus France
13 July - Les Arena - Nimes France - 15000
15 July - Stade De Dax - Dax France
16 July - Plaza De Toros - Bilbao Spain
18 July - Estadio Municipal Malaga - Marbella Spain
21 July - Park Concert - Tel Aviv Israel
22 July - Park Concert - Tel Aviv Israel
24 July - Airport Festival - Oostende Belgium
25 July - Nürburgring - Koblenz Germany - 70000
26 July - VFB Waldstadion - Giessen Germany - 28000

August
10 Aug. - Civic Center - Portland USA - 8429
12 Aug. - Jones Beach - Wangagh USA - 11000
13 Aug. - Jones Beach - Wangagh USA - 11000
14 Aug. - Jones Beach - Wangagh USA - 11000
15 Aug. - Olympic Center - Lake Placid USA
17 Aug. - Garden State - Holmdel USA
18 Aug. - Garden State - Holmdel USA
19 Aug. - Great Woods - Mansfield USA
20 Aug. - Great Woods - Mansfield USA
22 Aug. - Merriweather Post Pavillion - Columbia USA
23 Aug. - Merriweather Post pavillion - Columbia USA
24 Aug. - Madison Square Garden - NYC USA - 17000
25 Aug. - Spectrum - Philadelphia USA
27 Aug. - Forum - Montreal Canada
29 Aug. - CNE - Toronto Canada
30 Aug. - CCE - Ottawa Canada
31 Aug. - SPAC - Saratoga Canada - 25000

September
1 Sept. - State Fair - Syracuse USA
2 Sept. - War Memorial - Rochester USA
4 Sept. - Pine Knob Music Theatre - Clarkston USA - 12000
5 Sept. - Pine Knob Music Theatre - Clarkston USA - 12000
6 Sept. - Castle Farm - Charlevois USA
9 Sept. - Blossom - Cleveland USA
10 Sept. - Univ. of Dayton Arena - Dayton USA
11 Sept. - Poplar Creek - Hoffmann Estate USA - 12000
12 Sept. - Poplar Creek - Hoffmann Estate USA - 12000
13 Sept. - Marcus Amphitheatre - Milwaukee USA - 22000

October
2 Oct. - Pacific Amphitheatre - Costa Mesa USA
4 Oct. - Tacomadome - Tacoma USA
5 Oct. - PNE Coliseum - Vancouver Canada
7 Oct. - Saddledome - Calgary Canada
8 Oct. - Northlands Coliseum - Edmonton Canada - 12000
10 Oct. - Arena - Winnipeg USA- 15000
13 Oct. - Civic Center - St. Paul USA
15 Oct. - SIU Arena - Carbondale USA
16 Oct. - Civic Center - Peoria USA
17 Oct. - Kemper - Kansas City USA - 12000
18 Oct. - Hilton - Coliseum Ames USA
21 Oct. - Metro Center - Rockford USA
22 Oct. - Coliseum - Fort Wayne USA
23 Oct. - Market Square - Indianapolis USA - 18000
24 Oct. - Freedom Hall - Louisville USA- 17000
27 Oct. - Coliseum - Charlotte USA
29 Oct. - Murphy Center - Murfreesboro USA
30 Oct. - UTC Arena - Chattanooga USA
31 Oct. - Stokley Arena - Knoxville USA

November
1 Nov. - Civic Center - Charleston USA
4 Nov. - Civic Arena - Pittsburgh USA
5 Nov. - Coliseum - Richmond USA
6 Nov. - UNC Smith Center- Chapel Hill USA
7 Nov. - Coliseum Hampton USA
8 Nov. - Carolina Coliseum - Columbia USA
11 Nov. - OMNI - Atlanta USA
12 Nov. - Ocean Center - Daytona Beach USA
13 Nov. - Sportatorium - Miami USA
14 Nov. - Sundome - Tampa USA
15 Nov. - Leon County Civic - Tallahassee USA
18 Nov. - Von Braun Civic - Huntsville USA
19 Nov. - Mid-South Coliseum - Memphis USA
20 Nov. - Jefferson County Coliseum - Birmingham USA
21 Nov. - Municipal Auditorium Mobile - Alabama USA
22 Nov. - Hard Rock Cafe - New Orleans USA (private)
25 Nov. - Summit - Houston USA - 11000
27 Nov. - San Antonia USA
28 Nov. - Erwin Center - Austin USA
29 Nov. - Reunion - Dallas USA - 12000
30 Nov. - TBA´s USA

December
3 Dec. - TBA´s USA
4 Dec. - Municipal Coliseum - Lubbock USA
5 Dec. - Tingley - Albuquerque USA
6 Dec. - ASU Activity Center - Phoenix USA
7 Dec. - TCC Arena - Tucson USA
9 Dec. - Sports Arena - San Diego USA - 11000
10 Dec. - Great Western Forum - Los Angeles USA
11 Dec. - Great Western Forum - Los Angeles USA
13 Dec. - Coliseum - Oakland USA - 14000
14 Dec. - Coliseum - Oakland USA - 14000
15 Dec. - Arco Arena - Sacramento USA
16 Dec. - Lawlor - Reno USA - 11000
18 Dec. - Salt Palace - Salt Lake City USA
20 Dec. - McNichols - Denver USA - 18000 S.O.

1988
January
3 Jan.- River Plate stadium - Buenos Aires Brasil - 50.000
9 Jan. - Pacaembu Stadium - Sao Paolo Brasil - 45.000
10 Jan. - Pacaembu Stadium - Sao Paolo Brasil - 45.000
12 Jan. - Estadio De National de Chile - Santiago Chile - 80.000
16 Jan. - Maracana Stadium - Rio de Janeiro Brasil - 182.000 Worldrecord!!

February
6 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
7 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
10 Febr. - Entertainment Center Brisbane Australia - 10.000
11 Febr. - Entertainment Center Brisbane Australia - 10.000
12 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
13 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
14 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
15 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
17 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Melbourne Australia - 15.000
18 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Melbourne Australia - 15.000
19 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Melbourne Australia - 15.000
20 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Melbourne Australia - 15.000
23 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Perth Australia - 7000
24 Febr. - Entertainment Center - Perth Australia - 7000

March
1 March - Darwin Entertainment Center - Darwin Australia - 10.000
2 March - Darwin Entertainment Center - Darwin Australia - 10.000
3 March - Darwin Entertainment Center - Darwin Australia - 10.000
4 March - Darwin Entertainment Center - Darwin Australia - 10.000
5 March - Darwin Entertainment Center - Darwin Australia - 10.000
8 March - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
9 March - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
10 March - Entertainment Center - Sydney Australia - 11.000
20 March - Yokohama Stadium - Yokohama Japan - 35.000
21 March - Yokohama Stadium - Yokohama Jap 35.000
22 March - Yokohama Stadium Yokohama Japan - 5.000
23 March - Yokohama Stadium - Yokohama Japan - 35.000
24 March - Budokan - Tokyo Japan - 10.000
25 March - Budokan - Tokyo Japan - 10.000
27 March - Castle Hall - Osaka Japan - 10.000
28 March - Castle Hall - Osaka Japan - 10.000
29 March - Castle Hall - Osaka Japan - 10.000
30 March - Castle Hall - Osaka Japan - 10.000