Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour

Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour was a concert tour by Tina Turner, her first concert tour in eight years, since her record-breaking Twenty Four Seven Tour. Turner made the announcement on the Oprah Winfrey Show in late April 2008. She visited many countries throughout Europe and North America. Tina Turner states her inspiration for creating the tour was the success of her performance with Beyoncé Knowles at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.

Tina Turner's North American tour proved to be a huge success selling out every date and grossing US$47.7 million dollars. Her European tour has become the 2nd highest grossing tour worldwide, grossing US$83.5 million in just 52 shows. Bringing its estimated total gross to over US$130 million dollars.

The official tour site describes the show as:
“ A brand new stage show that will feature hit after hit spanning Tina Turner’s entire career, with a spectacular production including the singer’s top-notch band, innovative choreography, hi-tech lighting and much more. (...) The set, the production, the songs, and Tina 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.”

The stage design was by Mark Fisher with lighting by Baz Halpin, and video by Olivier Goulet. It included elements created by Fisher for Tina Turner's previous tours, including the Goldeneye Iris from her 1996 tour and the claw from her 2000 tour.

Tina Turner's tour proved to be successful in 2008, selling out all her North American dates. Many critics praised the tour, citing, "this woman defies so much conventional wisdom that being in her presence for two-plus hours is a bit of a head trip". David Wild of Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "[...] last night was proof positive that the former Anna Mae Bullock still deserves our R-E-S-P-E-C-T. By the [end of the night] the Queen had already touched her royal subjects the old fashioned way — nice and rough." According to Pollstar, Tina's European tour, which, according to them, grossed $83.5 million for only 52 of the 53 shows and played to 686,021 European fans in the span of four months. Making it one of the years's biggest tours thus far. Accoring to Billboard.com the tour grossed in 2009 $86,372,137 of 47 Sell out shows, making it the 9th biggest tour of the year. At the end over 1,000,000 people saw the Tour.

Start date: 1 October 2008
End date: 5 May 2009
Legs: 2
Shows: 37 in North America
53 in Europe
Total: 90

Set List

Steamy Windows
Typical Male
River Deep, Mountain High
What You Get Is What You See
Better Be Good To Me
Ninja Chase(Instrumental)
Acid Queen
What's Love Got To Do With It
Private Dancer
Weapons Sequence(Instrumental)
We Don't Need Another Hero

Intermission

Help
Undercover Agent for the Blues
Let's Stay Together
I Can't Stand the Rain
Jumpin' Jack Flash/It's Only Rock and Roll
Flamenco/009 Encounter(Instrumental)
Goldeneye
Addicted to Love
The Best
Proud Mary
Encore:
Nutbush City Limits
Be Tender With Me, Baby

The Band

Ollie Marland – Musical Director, Keyboards and Vocals
John Miles – Guitar and Vocals
Laurie Wisefield – Guitar and Vocals
Joel Campbell – Keyboards and Vocals
Euge Groove – Saxophone and Keyboards
Jack Bruno – Drums
Warren McRae – Bass Guitar
Lisa Fischer – Vocals
Stacy Campbell – Vocals
Claire Turton – Dance Captain
Solange Guenier – Dancer
Djeneba Aduayom – Dancer
Ferly Prado – Dancer
Philip Sahagun – Ninja
Danny Sre – Ninja
Xin – Ninja
Jesse “Justice”Smith – The Giant

USA Tourdates

October
1 - Sprint Center - Kansas City USA -18000-S.O.
3 - United Center - Chicago USA- 18000-S.O.
4 - United Center- Chicago USA - 18000-S.O.
6 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont USA
8 - Sprint Center - Kansas City USA
9 - Target Center - Minneapolis USA
10 - United Center - Chicago USA
13 - Staples Center - Los Angeles USA
14 - Honda Center - Anaheim USA
16 - Staples Center - Los Angeles USA
19 - HP Pavilion - San Jose USA
20 - HP Pavilion - San Jose USA
22 - ARCO Arena - Sacramento USA
24 - Jobing.com Arena - Phoenix USA
26 - American Airlines Arena - Dallas USA
27 - Toyota Center - Houston USA
30 - American Airlines Arena - Miami USA

November
2 - Bank Atlantic Center - Fort Lauderdale USA
5 - Amway Arena - Orlando USA
9 - Philips Arena - Atlanta USA
10 - Philips Arena - Atlanta USA
13 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto Canada
16 - TD Banknorth Garden - Boston USA
17 - TD Banknorth Garden - Boston USA
20 - Palace of Auburn Hills - Detroit USA
23 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC USA
24 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC USA
26 - Prudential Center - Newark USA
27 - Prudential Center - Newark USA
29 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia USA

December
1 - Madison Square Garden - New York USA
3 - Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale USA
4 - Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale USA
6 - XL Center - Hartford USA
8 - Bell Centre - Montreal Canada
10 - Bell Centre - Montreal Canada
12 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto Canada
13 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto Canada

European Tourdates 2009

January
14 - Cologne Arena - Cologne Germany
15 - Cologne Arena - Cologne Germany
18 - Cologne Arena - Cologne Germany
19 - Cologne Arena - Cologne Germany
22 - Sportpaleis - Antwerp Belgium
23 - Sportpaleis - Antwerp Belgium
26 - O2 World - Berlin Germany
27 - O2 World - Berlin Germany
30 - Color Line Arena - Hamburg Germany
31 - Color Line Arena - Hamburg Germany
 
February
3 - Color Line Arena - Hamburg Germany
4 - Tui Arena - Hannover Germany
7 - Stadhalle - Vienna Austria
8 - Stadhalle - Vienna Austria
11 - Sportpaleis - Antwerp Belgium
12 - Sportpaleis - Antwerp Belgium
15 - Hallenstadion - Zurich Switzerland
16 - Hallenstadion - Zurich Switzerland
19 - SAP Arena - Mannheim Germany
20 - SAP Arena - Mannheim Germany
23 - Olympiahalle - München Germany
24 - Olympiahalle - München Germany
27 - Olympiahalle - München Germany
28 - Olympiahalle - München Germany
 
March
3 - O2 Arena - London UK
4 - O2 Arena - London UK
7 - O2 Arena - London UK
8 - O2 Arena - London UK
16 - Paris - Bercy France
17 - Paris - Bercy France
21 -The Gelredome - Arnhem Holland
22 -The Gelredome - Arnhem Holland
26 - The O2 - Dublin Ireland
27 - The O2 - Dublin Ireland
30 - MEN Arena - Manchester UK
31 - MEN Arena - Manchester UK
 
April
3 - MEN Arena - Manchester UK
7 - National Indoor Arena - Birmingham UK
8 - National Indoor Arena - Birmingham UK
11 - The O2 - Dublin Ireland
12 - The O2 - Dublin Ireland
17 - Telenor Arena, Oslo, (Norway)
19 - Stockholm Globe Arena - Stockholm Sweden
20 - Stockholm Globe Arena Stockholm Sweden
23 - Hartwall Arena Helsinki Finland
24 - Hartwall Arena Helsinki Finland
27 - O2 Arena - Prague Czech Republic
29 - Paris - Bercy France
30 - Sportpaleis - Antwerp Belgium

May
2 - Gelredome - Arnhem Holland
3 - O2 Arena - London UK
5 - Sheffield Arena - Sheffield UK

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