For her inspirational survival of abuse, her mesmerising performances and her warm generosity, these are just a few of your tributes from around the world
in August 1990, at a concert in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I was 20 and a veterinary science student. My mum was a Tina fan and asked me to go. I needed convincing, but Gary Moore was the warm-up act. It was a special bonding experience for us and I have admired Tina ever since. My mum was 60 at the time and had never experienced anything like it. We went to another Tina concert in Rotterdam together and recently to Tina the musical in London in 2019.
Around 1970 I went to the see a film at the military base where I lived with my parents. I was just entering high school, and, obsessed with classical music, I was studying the violin. The film was– the Maysles brothers’ documentary on the notorious Rolling Stones Altamont concert. One of the supporting acts we were given a glimpse of was Ike and Tina Turner. Her performance was a slow-burn bluesy classic, but her performance was utterly mesmerising. I was hooked.
Years later, she had left Ike and came out to do a show in Johannesburg, where I had just begun working. I blew my meagre salary on the ticket to see her live and, naturally, we gave her a long standing ovation. Years later, I returned to Joburg after many years in London, and she returned to perform to a packed stadium this time.
I snuck in to watch Tina Turner rehearse in 1999 for the Mobo awards at the Royal Albert Hall. She caught me watching her from the side and gave me a thumbs up to ask if all was OK. I gave her a thumbs up and she gave me the most gorgeous smile and laugh. I was naughty sneaking in, but I was rewarded.
In all the stories I heard about her while working in the live music industry, she was kind and would acknowledge you if you were an usher or an artistic director at a theatre. A friend told me they worked at a charity concert where she performed in London during the 1990s for which they weren’t paid. But she acknowledged their work and put an envelope in their pocket with some £50 notes to show her appreciation. I will miss her.
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