‘Simply the best’: Remember Tina Turner’s electric concerts in Fort Worth & Dallas?
The legendary rock-and-roll diva Tina Turner died Tuesday at 83.
She entertained fans in the Metroplex on more than one occasion. In 2000, her “Twenty Four Seven” tour stopped at Renunion Arena in Dallas.
A few years later, on Oct. 26, 2008, Turner rocked the American Airlines Center for two hours. A Star-Telegram review wrote “the indefatigable Tina Turner displayed precisely why she’s known as the queen of rock ’n’ roll.”
“Although her current tour is her first in nearly a decade, you wouldn’t know it to watch her shimmy across the stage, belting out hits with a ferocity that belies her 68 years of age. You can’t help but pity any young pop artists who even mention Turner as an influence,” the newspaper reported.
Decades earlier, the Ike and Tina Revue came to Fort Worth on May 6, 1966, for a concert at the Casino Ballroom. Tickets cost $2.50 at the door. They returned a month later for an encore show, and again in September at the North Side Coliseum.
Two years later, Ike and Tina (and the Ikettes) performed at Will Rogers Auditorium on June 24, 1968. Floor tickets were $3.
The duo returned in March 1972 to “explode” the Tarrant County Convention Center Arena.
More recently, and without Ike, the queen of rock-n-roll did a show at Billy Bob’s Texas on Jan. 21, 1982. The honky-tonk posted on Facebook that it was an “electrifying performance at a bottom-dollar fee and confirmed why she is is known as one of the greatest live acts in music.”
Here are some Star-Telegram photos from Turner’s 2000s concerts in Dallas. Were you in the crowd?
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This story was originally published May 24, 2023 at 2:59 PM.
