Tina Turner playing Bournemouth International Centre 1985 - pictures

The date was May 12, 1985, and Tina Turner was enjoying her greatest period of success in Britain and Europe following the release of her album Private Dancer.

But that didn’t stop her from belting out the classics from the previous two decades, songs such as River Deep and Mountain High, Proud Mary, and Nutbush City Limits.

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It also didn’t stop the audience from loving every minute of it.

Tina went through three lightning-paced costume changes during her show.

An Echo review from the time read: “She evoked the sleazy downbeat world of strip joints and peep parlours during the atmospheric Private Dancer by wearing a bright red tissue of a dress, and entered her Mad Max phase of leather and zips for a highly appropriate encore of ZZ Top’s song Legs.”

“But even after all these years, Ms Turner’s most glowing asset is still her voice.”

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As well as the classics and a few new songs, Tina also surprised the audience with covers of Al Greens Let’s Stay Together and Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark.

She was backed by a six-piece that included saxophonist Tim Capello.

Playing support was a 26-year-old Canadian just five years into his long music career.

The Echo journalist covering the gig clearly wasn’t impressed with his performance and wasn’t prepared to pull any punches.

“Earlier in the evening support act Bryan Adams became the latest in a long line of macho-posturing US rock stars to think all you have to do to be a success is wear denim jeans and a white T-shirt and sing songs about being unfaithful,” read the report.

It continued “His last single, Run to You was the only highlight in a drab and predictable set.”