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Tina Turner Announces Her Final World Tour
Tina Turner --who released a new album in Europe last week that is scheduled to hit North American stores on Feb. 1--announced that she will embark on her final world tour next year. Last week, Turner told a press conference in Paris that she will open a North American tour in the spring and will follow it up with visits to 17 European cities.
''This will be my final big stadium rock tour,'' she said. ''I want to change my working habits...smaller, you know, less is more--that kind of thing.'' She added that she didn't intend to retire from music.
The European portion of the tour will open in Zurich, Turner's hometown, on June 30. Other dates haven't been confirmed, but additional European cities on Turner's itinerary will reportedly include Berlin, Brussels, Cardiff, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Hamburg, London, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Sheffield and Zurich.
According to the BBC, Turner's London appearance will be the final concert at Wembley Stadium before it is demolished to make way for a new facility.
No further details have been released regarding the tour's North American leg.
Turner is scheduled to share the bill with Elton John on Dec. 30 for a concert at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Much-rumored plans for a full John/Turner tour this fall did not materialize.
Turner's new album, ''Twenty Four Seven,'' has already spawned the top 10 single ''When The Heartache Is Over'' in Great Britain. She will celebrate her 60th birthday on Nov. 26.
