Tina Re-Turner: Out of Retirement and Back on Tour

by Jarrett Martineau | May 1, 2008 at 02:30 pm | 253 views | add comment

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

Tina Turner ain't done yet: she's still beyond the Thunderdome like Mad Max — and she's coming out of retirement to prove it.

As an aside: why is it that so many major stars are deciding to make their big entertainment career announcements on Oprah?

Oh that's right, because more people watch Oprah than any news organization in the world.

Three months after delivering a blistering performance at the Grammy Awards, R&B diva Tina Turner has announced she is coming out of retirement and heading back on tour.

Turner made the announcement during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which filmed the interview last weekend in Las Vegas, but released remarks from the episode on Wednesday.

The 68-year-old musical icon said tickets would go on sale for the U.S. tour next week, with concerts to begin Oct. 1 in Kansas City.