Twenty Four Seven Tour 2000

The Twenty Four Seven Tour (also known as the Twenty Four Seven Millennium Tour and 24/7 World Tour) is the eighth concert tour by Tina Turner. The tour initially promoted her final studio album, Twenty Four Seven, but later transformed into a greatest hits tour. Although it she stated this numerous times in the past, Tina Turner announced that feat would be her final "show stopping" tour. She stated she would continue to make records and perform at small venues and award shows. The tour was sponsored by E*Trade.

Actress Gloria Reuben served as a background dancer and singer during the first North American leg of the tour. According to Pollstar, the 2000 tour became the highest grossing tour in North America. This status was achieved over her peers, Barbara Streisand and Bruce Springsteen as well as, newcomers 'N Sync and Britney Spears. The North American tour dates grossed over $80 million dollars.

However, Tina Turner would return to touring in 2008 with her anniversary tour.

After her recording breaking 1996 world tour, Tina Turner decided to take a longer break between albums and tours. Initially, Turner planned an elaborate co-headlining tour with Elton John. The two performed a duet of Tina Turner's hit "Proud March 2000 - y" and John's The Bitch is Back on the VH1 special, "Divas Live '99". During rehearsals, Tina Turner felt unease with the music and stopped everyone from playing and then instructed John on how to play the song.
"I made a mistake when I needed to show him how to play 'Proud Mary'. The mistake is you don't show Elton John how to play his piano. He just went into a rage, which he apologized for later. He said it was wrong."
—Tina Turner, CBS News

The tour plans were cancelled and Tina Turner went to the studio to record her final studio album. Along the way, Tina Turner also performed the Super Bowl XXXIV presume ceremonies.

To introduce the tour, Tina Turner stated:
" It's a play. It's an act. For the moment, it's a small movie, so to speak. That's why I like all of the stuff and the action and the playoff between me and the girls. It's life on that stage for that two hours."

Development
As mentioned above, the tour initially was set to promote her latest studio album. During promotion, Tina Turner acknowledged the tour as her final one as she enters pseudo-retirement. She comments:
" I've been performing for 44 years; I really should hang up my dancing shoes. I can't keep up with Janet Jackson. I'm not a diva like Diana Ross. I'm rock 'n' roll, but I'm happy I can do it one more time, so people can remember me at my best."

The album played a prominent role in the tour as Tina Turner rehearsed "Whatever You Need", "When the Heartache is Over", "Talk to My Heart", "Falling", "Don't Leave Me This Way" (which was to be included in a ballads medley with "Two People" and two other unknown songs) and "Twenty Four Seven". When Tina Turner decided to do a retrospective of her career, she included her first hit, "A Fool in Love", the first time Tina Turner performed the song live in the 1970's. Tina Turner also rehearsed "Ooh Poo Pah Do" but replaced with "Get Back". Additionally, she included some of her have favorite R&B hits including, "Hold On, I'm A Comin'" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".

"It has been described as a stadium tour in an arena. It's hugely complicated and one of the largest arena shows to ever go out and tour back-to-back."
- Mark Fisher

For her final outing, Tina Turner wanted a stage that was sleek and modern. Her original concepts included the framing of an "apartment building" that had cabins and access ramps. Also included were risers with visible staircases and front drop for the musicians. Fisher, also wanted to create a volcano effect with the staging, have it split into two sets. This inner stage included a video screen and a ramp leading to an upstage platform. There was an additional ramp that lead downstage. The main feature of the stage was the "cantilever arm". A 2' wide, 60' long platform that extended Tina Turner into the audience. Initially, Tina Turner did not want the arm as the same concept was used for her 1990 European tour and she did not want to repeat herself. However, after seining video animations, Turner wanted the arm included. For stadium shows, a roof for the stage was added along with additional video screens. The arm was extended an additional 20 feet. It took at least seven hours to construct the stage.

The stage was constructed by McLaren Engineering Group.

Start date: 23 March 2000
End date: 6 December 2000
Legs: 3
Shows: 95 in North America
26 in Europe
Total: 121

Opening act
* Lionel Richie (North America [Leg 1] & England)
* Janice Robinson (North America [Leg 1])
* Joe Cocker (Europe & North America [Leg 2])

Set List
- I Want To Take You Higher
- Absolutely Nothing's Changed
- Fool in Love
- Acid Queen
- River Deep Mountain High
- We Don't Need Another Hero
- Better Be Good to Me
- Private Dancer
- Let's Stay Together
- What's Love Got To Do With It
- When the Heartache is Over
- Baby I'm A Star (or Hot Legs)
- Help
- Whatever You Need
- Sittin on the Dock of the Bay
- Try a Little Tenderness
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (or Steamy Windows)
- Addicted to Love
- The Best
- Proud Mary
- Nutbush City Limits
- Twenty Four Seven (occasionally)

The Band
Jack Bruno – Drums
Joel Campbell – Piano and Vocals
Euge groove – Saxophone, Keyboards and Percussion
Ollie March 2000 - land – Keyboards and Vocals
Warren McRae – Bass Guitar
John Miles – Guitar, Vocals and Harmonica
James Ralston – Guitar and Vocals
Stacy Campbell – Vocals and Dancer
Gloria Ruben – Vocals and Dancer(first leg of the tour)
Lisa Fischer – Vocals and Dancer(replacing Gloria Ruben)
Solange Geunier – Vocals and Dancer
Claire Louise Turton – Vocals and Dancer
Ivona Brnelic – Vocals and Dancer

March 2000
23 March 2000 - Target Center - Minneapolis - USA - 13000 - S.O.
24 March 2000 - Kohl Center - Madison - USA - 18000 - S.O.
25 March 2000 - Allstate Arena - Chicago - USA - 15000 - S.O.
26 March 2000 - Palace of Auburn Hills - Detroit - USA - 15000 - S.O.
30 March 2000 - Gund Arena - Cleveland - USA - 20000
31 March 2000 - Freedom Hall - Louisville - USA

April 2000
1 April 2000 -Coliseum - Greensboro - USA
3 April 2000 -First Union - Philladelphia - USA - 17000
7 April 2000 -Madison Square Garden - New York - USA - 17000 - S.O.
8 April 2000 -Madison Square Garden - New York - USA - 17000 - S.O.
9 April 2000 -HSBC Arena - Buffalo - USA
12 April 2000 -GA Phillips Arena- Atlanta - USA
14 April 2000 -Ice Palace Arena - Tampa - USA - 19000
15 April 2000 -Nat. Car Rental Center - Ft. Lauderdale - USA - 19000
16 April 2000 -Nat. Car Rental Center - Ft. Lauderdale - USA
19 April 2000 -Sports Arena - New Orleans - USA
20 April 2000 -Reunion Arena - Dallas - USA
21 April 2000 -Alamodome - San Antonio - USA
23 April 2000 -Compaq Center - Houston - USA
27 April 2000 -America West Arena - Phoenix - USA- - S.O.
28 April 2000 -Sports Arena - San Diego - USA - 13000
29 April 2000 -MGM Grand - Las Vegas - USA - 12512 - S.O.

May 2000
3 May 2000 - Arco Arena - Sacramento - USA - 17000 - S.O.
4 May 2000 - Arrowhead Pond - Anaheim - USA - 18000 - S.O.
5 May 2000 - Arrowhead Pond - Anaheim - USA - 18000
6 May 2000 - San Jose Arena - San Jose - USA - 17000 - - S.O.
8 May 2000 - Coliseum Oakland - USA - 14000 - - S.O.
12 May 2000 - Tacomadome - Tacoma - USA - 32000 - S.O.
13 May 2000 - GM Place - Vancouver - Canada - 18000 - S.O.
15 May 2000 - Delta Center - Salt Lake City - USA - 20000 - S.O.
17 May 2000 - Pepsi Center - Denver - USA - 20000
19 May 2000 - Kemper Arena - Kansas City - USA - 17000
20 May 2000 - Mar k of the Quad Cities - Moline - USA - 10551 - S.O.
21 May 2000 - Kiel Center - St. Louis - USA
24 May 2000 - Bradley Center - Milwa- UKee - USA - 17000 - S.O.
26 May 2000 - Conseco Fieldhouse - Idianapolis - USA
27 May 2000 - Allstate Arena - Chicago - USA
28 May 2000 - Firststar Center - Cincinnati - USA

June 2000
1 June 2000 - Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills - USA - 15000
2 June 2000 - Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids - USA
3 June 2000 - Schottenstein Center- Columbus - USA
4 June 2000 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto - Canada - 17000 - S.O.
8 June 2000 - FleetCenter- Boston - USA - 13892 - S.O.
9 June 2000 - FleetCenter - Boston - USA - 14034 - S.O.
10 June 2000 - Molson Center - Montreal - Canada - 20000 - S.O.
11 June 2000 - Corel Center - Ottawa - Canada - - S.O.
14 June 2000 - Nissan Pavilion - Bristow - Canada
15 June 2000 - Meadows Music Theatre - Hartford - USA
16 June 2000 - Continental Airline Arena - East Rutherford - USA - - S.O.
30 June 2000 - Lenzigrund Stadion - Zürich - Switzerland - 75000 - S.O.

July 2000
1 July 2000 - Lenzigrund Stadion - Zürich - Switzerland - 75000 - S.O.
3 July 2000 - Niedersachsenstadion - Hannover - Germany - 55000 - S.O.
5 July 2000 - Stade de France - Paris - France - 75000 - S.O.
7 July 2000 - Hampden Park - Glasgow - UK - 46000 - S.O.
9 July 2000 - Millennium Stadium - Cardiff - UK - 60000 - S.O.
11 July 2000 - RDS Showgrounds - Dublin - Ireland - 40000
13 July 2000 - Don Valley Stadium - Sheffield - UK
15 July 2000 - Wembley Stadium - London - UK
16 July 2000 - Wembley Stadium - London - UK
18 July 2000 - Drafbaan Stadspark - Groningen - The Netherlands - 65000 - S.O.
19 July 2000 - Volksparkstadion - Hamburg - Germany - 41000 - S.O.
21 July 2000 - Olympia Stadion - Berlin - Germany - 80000 - S.O.
23 July 2000 - Olympia Stadion - München - Germany - 74000 - S.O.
25 July 2000 - Werchter Festival - Werchter - Belgium - 75000 - S.O.
27 July 2000 - Waldstadion - Frankfurt - Germany - 50000 - S.O.
28 July 2000 - Mungersdorfer Stadion - Cologne - Germany - 60000 - S.O.
30 July 2000 - Festwiese - Leipzig - Germany - 50000 - S.O.

August 2000
1 Aug. 2000 - Ernst-Happel-Stadion - Vienna - Austria - 47000 - S.O.
3 Aug. 2000 - Parken Stadium - Copenhagen - Denmark - 45000 - S.O.
6 Aug. 2000 - Valle Hovin - Oslo - Norway
10 Aug. 2000 - Finnair Stadium - Helsinki - Finland - 21250 - S.O.
12 Aug. 2000 - Festival Song Ground - Tallin - Estland - 100000
15 Aug. 2000 - Hipodrome - Sopot - Poland - 75000

September 2000
20 Sept. 2000 - FleetCenter- Boston - USA - 14000 - S.O.
22 Sept. 2000 - First Union Center - Philadelphia - USA - 21000
23 Sept. 2000 - Pepsi Arena - Albany - USA - S.O.
24 Sept. 2000 - Air Canada Center - Toronto - Canada - 17000 - S.O.
28 Sept. 2000 - Molson Center - Montreal - Canada - 20000
29 Sept. 2000 - Air Canada Center - Toronto - Canada - 17000 - S.O.
30 Sept. 2000 - Mellon Arena - Pittsburgh - USA - 20000

October 2000
1 Oct. 2000 - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale - USA
4 Oct. 2000 - United Center - Chicago - USA - 18000
6 Oct. 2000 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland - USA
7 Oct. 2000 - MCI Center - Washington DC - USA - 17900
8 Oct. 2000 - Entert. And Sports Arena - Raleigh - USA
11 Oct. 2000 - Bi-Lo Center - Greenville - USA - 11104 - S.O.
13 Oct. 2000 - Coliseum - Charlotte - USA - 12000
14 Oct. 2000 - Phillips Arena - Atlanta - USA - 18000
15 Oct. 2000 - TD Waterhouse Center - Orlando - USA
18 Oct. 2000 - National Car Rental Center - Ft. Lauderdale - USA - 19000
20 Oct. 2000 - Gaylord Arena - Nashville - USA - 18000 - S.O.
21 Oct. 2000 - BJCC Arena - Birmingham - USA
22 Oct. 2000 - Thompson Boling Arena - Knoxville - USA
25 Oct. 2000 - New Orleans Arena - New Orleans - USA
27 Oct. 2000 - Frank Erwin Center - Austin - USA
28 Oct. 2000 - Reunion Arena - Dallas - USA 12000
29 Oct. 2000 - Compaq Center - Houston - USA - 11000 - S.O.

November 2000
1 Nov. 2000 - Nationwide Arena - Columbus - USA
3 Nov. 2000 - Rupp Arena - Lexington - USA - 16000
4 Nov. 2000 - Ervin J. Nutter Center- Dayton - USA - 10314 - S.O.
5 Nov. 2000 - Breslin Events Center - East Lansing - USA
9 Nov. 2000 - Fargodome - Fargo - USA
10 Nov. 2000 - Hilton Coliseum - Ames - USA
11 Nov. 2000 - Target Center - Minneapolis - USA - 18000
14 Nov. 2000 - Pepsi Center - Denver - USA - 20000
16 Nov. 2000 - San Jose Arena - San Jose - USA - 17000 - S.O.
17 Nov. 2000 - Staples Center - Los Angeles - USA
18 Nov. 2000 - MGM Grand Garden Arena- Las Vegas - USA
19 Nov. 2000 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas - USA
22 Nov. 2000 - Rose Garden Arena - Portland - USA - 17000
24 Nov. 2000 - Skyreach Center - Edmonton - USA - 17000 - S.O.
25 Nov. 2000 - Saddle Dome Calgary - Canada - 18000 - S.O.
27 Nov. 2000 - GM Place - Vancouver - Canada - 18000 - S.O.
29 Nov. 2000 - Compaq Center - Houston - USA - 11000 - S.O.

December 2000
1 Dec. 2000 - Oakland Arena - Oakland - USA - 14000 - S.O.
2 Dec. 2000 - Lawlor Events Center - Reno - USA - 11800 - S.O.
3 Dec. 2000 - Centennial Garden - Bakersfield - USA - 9000
5 Dec. 2000 - America West Arena - Phoenix - USA - 19000
6 Dec. 2000 - Arrowhead Pond - Anaheim - USA - 18000 - S.O.

S.O.= Sold Out

1956-1976 - Ike and Tina Turner
1977-1979 - Wild Lady of Rock
1980-1983 - Tour 1980-1983
1984 - World Tour - UK-USA
1985 - Private Dancer
1986 - Break Every Rule
1989 - Foreign Affair
1993 - What's Love Live
1996 - Wildest Dreams
1999 - Twenty Four Seven
2008 - Tour 2008-2009