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Tina Turner will arrive today," was published in this newspaper on Saturday, January 2, 1988. "The singer will make the first presentation of the year, within the framework of a tour with chilling figures, with the traditional lighting set that is in itself an international vedette," he expanded on a staging worthy of amazement.
48 years old had this Tina, who at that time was one of the most important female numbers in the world. The support bands wereLa KGB and, coming from Brazil, Os Paralamas do Sucesso. "We were the first Argentine band to play in River," recalled Alejandro Desilvestre, singer and keyboardist of La KGB to the program La Viola.
All the strength and vitality of Tina Turner, displayed on the stage of River.
Tina stepped on Argentine soil for the first and only time in the context of her Break Every Rule tour and, as that said, she performed in a packed River stadium. Icon of soul and miniskirts, already separated from her troubled marriage to Ike Turner, she became a star well after becoming known in the '60s.
Stardom came with everything in 1984 after editing the album Private Dancer and having participated in the recording of the single We Are the World.
The arrival in the country of Tina Turner, surrounded by fans and press.
How was the show
The chronicles of the time realize that the multitudinous Buenos Aires recital began at the top with the catchy What You Get Is What You See and ended explosive with the sweaty Turner singing Paradise Is Here.
On January 3, after 21.20, the singer appeared before the crowd. "The Goddess comes out radiant coming down the stage on those big cleats that seem natural extensions of her amazing legs. Tina Turner, finally, began to make us vibrate, "could be read in the review of Rock & Pop magazine.
"Tina absolutely knocked us out," he rounded off the note.
Tina Turner was one of the first international artists to fill River.
His show was a kind of racconto of several stages of his career, where he did not deprive himself of making a version of Acid Queen, the anthem he plays in the film Tommy, by The Who. Other hits he sang were Typical Male, Private Dancer, We Don't Need Another Hero, What's Love Got to Do with It, Proud Mary and Nutbush City Limits. The concert was broadcast on the oldChannel 9.
"Energy, passion and dedication," read one chronicle. Desilvestre also said that he had the possibility to see her at the sound check and that he was surprised by the noise: "They brought equipment from outside; everything was produced by Grinbank and sounded great from anywhere in the stadium. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget."
Tina Turner with producer Daniel Grinbank, the promoter of the historic show in Argentina, January 1988.
For La Nación, the recital was "pure vertigo, pure excitement." And he said verbatim: "He gives himself to dance without pause since he opens the very balanced program, throughout the 87 minutes of music, distributed in nineteen songs. There were 50,<> spectators who surrendered to the musical maelstrom without any resistance, guided by the ardent voice of the black empress of pop."
Clarín headlined: "The black goddess made Buenos Aires vibrate", and the content of the article compared the performance with "a disco where light, color and excitement reigned. Tina Turner exhibited all the artistic virtues that support her rebirth in the '80s."
Ah, that day the crowd endured a temperature of 38 degrees.
MFB
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