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#tina-turner

"We saw how hard it is on the body.It's the physicality, it's the singing, but it's also just the emotional heft every night one has to put upon their shoulders and go through, two hours plus of the life of Tina Turner."Hall recalls finding out that Turner had died when she woke up with messages flooding her phone.

Otis Taylor at his belated graduation in May, 2023.Evan Semon It took almost 60 years, but Otis Taylor was finally able to take the stage.Who is he?The 74-year-old acclaimed blues musician and multi-instrumentalist has had made a career of crooning, strumming and rebelling against the status quo.He's been nominated for awards, scored films, and even took a long hiatus from music before coming back swinging.

B eyonce said I can't believe this is my job as she dazzled on the first London night of her Renaissance world tour.The pop superstar told fans I love you as she opened the first of five nights at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, before plunging into a number of ballads including favourite 1+1.It was a family affair for the global superstar, who brought her daughter Blue Ivy on stage leading a troupe of dancers during My Power and Black Parade with fans shouting: Hey Miss Carter as she left the stage to a standing ovation while her husband and rapper Jay Z had the crowd in raptures when he arrived to watch from the VIP box.

As news of the death of Tina Turner hit Australia's shores, people all over the country stopped what they were doing and started to dance.School students, gym rats, TikTokers and even the staff at the United States Embassy paid tribute with a series of steps and kicks that looked like a cross between line dancing and the Macarena, set to one of Ms. Turner's songs, Nutbush City Limits.

Tina Turner's journey from a life of hardship and abuse to super stardom inspired multiple depictions in films, musicals and beyond.Her story as a survivor of domestic violence at the hands of her former husband Ike Turner as well as her unstoppable rise to fame were extensively documented on both stage and screen.

Born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, Turner grew up in rural Nutbush, Tenn., but also spent time in Knoxville, as her parents moved there for work.Growing up, she had a distant relationship with both her father, who abandoned the family when she was 13, and mother.But performing came naturally, and became her solace.

Singer Tina Turner, one of rock's most famous voices who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, has died at the age of 83 after a long illness, her publicist Bernard Doherty told the PA news agency.In a career spanning more than 60 years, the American-Swiss singer, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, won eight competitive Grammy Awards and has a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St Louis Walk of Fame.

Reaching Nutbush, a speck of a Tennessee town between Memphis and Nashville, requires exiting Interstate 40, just after the tourism billboard plastered with Tina Turner's photo, passing the Tina Turner Museum and driving up the Tina Turner Highway, which leads to the town's sign declaring it the Birth Place of Tina Turner.

Around the world Tina Turner, who died on Wednesday at 83, was known for her music, her powerful stage presence and her barrier-smashing career.But in the Swiss town where she lived for nearly three decades, she was known for living a low-key life doing her own shopping, standing in line at the post office and exercising outdoors.

Tina Turner inspired domestic abuse survivors to embrace the fight to bring more awareness to the epidemic of violence, Mel B has said.The Spice Girl, 47, has spoken openly about being in an abusive relationship, which she claims left her without access to money or a support network.Mel B, whose real name is Melanie Brown, said Turner's honesty about the violence she suffered at the hands of her husband Ike Turner, had a profound effect on her and was an inspirational story for all survivors.

[This post is by Rosalind and seemed enough of a different nature from mine that it deserved its own space.So here we go] The summer before my senior year at UC Santa Cruz I got a job at the local record store where one day a 12" EP arrived - Tina Turner's cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together".

The Rolling Stones' Sir Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood have led tributes to inspiring, warm, funny and generous Tina Turner following her death aged 83.Multiple Grammy-award winner Turner, famous for hits like The Best, Private Dancer and What's Love Got To Do With It, died peacefully on Wednesday after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her publicist.

US president Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have joined those paying tribute to the once-in-a-generation talent of Tina Turner.Biden hailed the singer's remarkable personal strength in addition to having changed American music forever.Multiple Grammy-award winner Turner, famous for hits including The Best and Proud Mary, died peacefully on Wednesday at the age of 83.

Like all the greatest pop icons, Tina Turner, who died Wednesday at 83, had more than one life.She started off as an R&B shouter and inexhaustible dancer who, alongside her husband Ike, put on the most exhilarating live show this side of James Brown.Then she was a rock heroine who toured with the Rolling Stones and served as the Who's Acid Queen.

As you may have heard, Tina Turner has passed at the age of 83.It is pretty hard to describe how incredible, and important, she was over so many decades.When I was a kid, I knew of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.Later just Tina.One thing was consistent: Tina Turner blew the lid off of any joint she played.

Singer Tina Turner died at the age of 83 after a long illness and a lifetime as one of rock's most famous voices.The American-Swiss singer born Anna Mae Bullock had a career that spanned six decades and gave the world classic tracks such as River Deep Mountain High, Proud Mary, Nutbush City Limits and The Best.

Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and '70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83.
Turner died Tuesday, after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager.

ANOHNI has announced My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, the first studio album under her ANOHNI and the Johnsons moniker in more than a decade.The LP is out July 7th via Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade, and features the lead single, "It Must Change."In a press release, ANOHNI explained that Marvin Gaye's What's Going On was "a really important touchstone" while creating the new album, adding, "Some of these songs respond to global and environmental concerns first voiced in popular music over 50 years ago."

Justin Bieber has sold the rights to his music in a deal worth reportedly $200m (162m), making the Baby and Love Yourself artist one of the youngest superstars to cash in on his life's work.The 28-year-old has sold all the rights to the 291 songs he has released, or has an interest in, up until the end of 2021, to Hipgnosis Songs Capital, the music rights business backed with an initial $1bn from the private equity firm Blackstone.

Your love for the theatre is about to take centre stage: London Theatre Week is back, bringing with it a whole host of delicious discounts, and catchy musical numbers.Whether you're hoping to share a much-loved musical with your little one or fancy a sophisticated date night with a new beau, now's the time to do it.

There's a winter sale on tickets to London theatre shows, with offers ranging from exclusive prices to substantial discounts.From pantos over Christmas to long running regulars, the discounts are valid for bookings before 8th January.Nutcracker
The Christmas-card perfect Nutcracker offers the ultimate festive experience.

Happy Tuesday, everyone!Welcome back from the long holiday weekend.You can put your gaming skills to the test at Beat the Bomb this week, or binge-watch cultural movies at the Smithsonian's latest film festival.Best Things to Do This Week



"Into the Woods."The highly-anticipated revival of Stephen Sondheim's directed by Lear deBessonet, opens at the Kennedy Center this week.

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This loop-de-loop film is filled with surprises.Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert-collectively known as the Daniels-"EEAAO" is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman ( Michelle Yeoh) who can't seem to finish her taxes.

Room, Emma Donoghue's harrowing story of a young boy raised in a shed where he and his mother are held captive by a sexual predator, was a best-selling novel in 2010, and then a much-praised film in 2015.Now a stage adaptation of the story is coming to Broadway with Adrienne Warren, a Tony-winning actress, starring as the boy's mother.

AUSTIN, Texas The weekend is here and, as always, there are a ton of things going on in the Austin area!From a tribute to an Austin original to a dance party dedicated to Dolly, there's no shortage of fun activities happening over the next few days.Here's a breakdown of just some of the events you can attend this weekend.