What's Love? Tour

The What's Love? Tour is the eighth concert tour by singer Tina Turner. The tour supported Turner's autobiographical film and its soundtrack and the eighth studio album titled What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). The tour primarily visited North America along with a few shows in Europe and Oceania.

What's Love? Tour

Tour by Tina Turner
Cover of tour program
Associated album	What's Love Got to Do with It
Start date	June 6, 1993
End date	November 18, 1993
Legs	4
No. of shows	63 in North America 6 in Europe 15 in Australasia 86 Total
Attendance	1.5 million[citation needed]
Box office	$50 million ($105 million in 2023 dollars[1])[citation needed]
Tina Turner concert chronology

Background

In 1990, Turner mentioned her record-breaking, 1990 tour, would be her last. Initially, Turner was to have a one-year break before resuming the tour in North America. The tour continuation was placed on hold as Turner decided to focus on acquiring movie roles. As time progressed, Turner changed her focus to the production of her semi-autobiographical film. In an interview with People, Turner stated,^[2]

As much as I try to break away from performing, here they are again, asking me to go back on Top of The Pops .I became the first woman in rock n' roll to go out and sell out whole stadiums – and I'm proud of that; I'm proud that I sang to 188,000 people one night in Brazil. But what people don't know is that I got so nervous about touring. I got very upset about doing my last tour – at the start – and actually broke down crying. Of course, when you're out there and a crowd is going wild, you don't think about that. I know a lot of singers and stars find their fame overnight when they are barely much more than teenagers. But I had to work damn hard for over 30 years to get where I am today. So I don't mind making the effort. I'm still going to making the effort. In Hollywood, a lot of stars are thinking about retiring at my age, but I'm not packing up. No retirement place in the sun for me. I will still be working at something when I'm 90.

Turner's last tour of North America was in 1987 during her Break Every Rule World Tour, which saw poor ticket sales for a majority of shows. Turner later confessed that she did not tour her previous record due to lack of sales in that region, as many spectators still had a hard time disconnecting her from The Revue.^[3] After numerous sold-out stadium performances in Europe, Turner wanted to do an intimate tour. The tour consisted of the same music and costumes as her previous set. Turner included new material from the soundtrack, along with different variations on her well-known hits. Originally destined as a North America only tour, Turner decided to add a few dates in Europe for summer music festivals and Australia and New Zealand where she appeared at the New South Wales Rugby League Grand Final, as their anthem was "The Best". In Australia, Turner also performed the after-race concert following the 1993 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide where she was joined on stage by the race winner, triple World Drivers' Champion Ayrton Senna.^[4]

Broadcasts and recordings

The tour was chronicled at the Blockbuster Pavilion in San Bernardino, California. Released in September 1994, "What's Love: Live" included a special performance of "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight". It was directed by David Mallett and produced by Paul Flattery. Additionally, the concert was recorded in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at the Sydney Entertainment Centre as a special for local television.

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the Groton concert held on July 28, 1993.^[5] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Steamy Windows"
2. "Typical Male"
3. "Foreign Affair"
4. "Undercover Agent for the Blues"
5. "Private Dancer"
6. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
7. "I Can't Stand the Rain"
8. "Nutbush City Limits"
9. "Addicted to Love"
10. "(Simply) The Best"
11. "I Don't Wanna Fight"
12. "Let's Stay Together"
13. "What's Love Got to Do with It"
14. "Proud Mary"

    Encore

15. "What You Get Is What You See"
16. "Better Be Good to Me"

Notes

• During select shows in North America, "Disco Inferno" replaced "What You Get Is What You See".
• On July 17, 1993, Turner performed "I Might Have Been Queen" and "Shake a Tail Feather".
• Starting on September 10, "Legs" replaced "What You Get Is What You See".
• During the Adelaide concert, Ayrton Senna joined Turner onstage to perform "(Simply) The Best".
• Starting on October 18, "Show Some Respect" replaced "Legs".
• Turner performed "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" during the show in San Bernardino and the third concert in Sydney.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
North America[6][7]
June 6, 1993	Reno	United States	Lawlor Events Center	Lindsey Buckingham Chris Isaak
June 8, 1993	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
June 10, 1993	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
June 12, 1993	George	United States	Gorge Amphitheatre
June 15, 1993	Calgary	Canada	Olympic Saddledome
June 16, 1993	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
June 17, 1993	Saskatoon		Saskatchewan Place
June 18, 1993	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
June 20, 1993	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center
June 22, 1993	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
June 24, 1993	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheatre
June 25, 1993[a]	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
June 26, 1993	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
June 27, 1993	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
June 29, 1993	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
June 30, 1993	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 1, 1993	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
July 3, 1993	Vaughan	Canada	Kingswood Music Theatre
July 4, 1993	Montreal		Montreal Forum
July 5, 1993	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre
July 8, 1993	Burgettstown	United States	Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
July 9, 1993	Allentown		Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand
July 10, 1993	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 12, 1993	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
July 13, 1993
July 14, 1993
July 16, 1993
July 17, 1993
July 19, 1993	Holmdel		Garden State Arts Center
July 20, 1993	Wantagh		Jones Beach Marine Theater
July 21, 1993	Nashua		Holman Stadium
July 23, 1993	Atlantic City		Mark Etess Arena
July 24, 1993
July 25, 1993	Stowe		Stowe Mountain Performing Arts Center
July 28, 1993	Groton		Thames River Music Center
July 29, 1993	Mansfield		Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
July 30, 1993	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
July 31, 1993	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 1, 1993	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 4, 1993	Richmond		Classic Amphitheatre
August 5, 1993	Raleigh		Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
August 7, 1993	Hilton Head Island		Shelter Cove Community Park
August 10, 1993	Atlanta		Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 12, 1993	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
August 13, 1993	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 14, 1993	San Antonio		Alamodome
August 15, 1993	Little Rock		Riverfest Amphitheater
August 17, 1993	Memphis		Mud Island Amphitheatre
August 18, 1993	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
August 20, 1993	Orlando		Orlando Arena
August 21, 1993	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
August 22, 1993[b]	Miami		Miami Arena
Europe
August 27, 1993[c]	Vienna	Austria	Danube Island	—
August 28, 1993[d]	Munich	Germany	Munich-Riem Airport
August 29, 1993[d]	Wegberg		RAF Wildenrath
September 3, 1993	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium	John Mellencamp Joe Cocker
September 4, 1993[d]	Mainz	Germany	Finthen Airfield	—
September 5, 1993[d]	Lüneburg		Lüneburg Airfield
North America[7]
September 10, 1993	Concord	United States	Concord Pavilion	Lindsey Buckingham Chris Isaak
September 11, 1993	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 12, 1993	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre
September 14, 1993	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
September 15, 1993	San Bernardino		Blockbuster Pavilion
September 16, 1993	Tucson		Tucson Community Center
September 17, 1993	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
September 18, 1993	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
September 19, 1993	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
September 20, 1993
September 21, 1993
September 22, 1993
September 23, 1993
Oceania[10]
October 18, 1993	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre	—
October 19, 1993
October 20, 1993
October 22, 1993	Melbourne		National Tennis Centre
October 23, 1993
October 25, 1993
October 29, 1993	Perth		Perth Entertainment Centre
October 30, 1993
November 6, 1993	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre
November 7, 1993[e]	Adelaide		Rymill Park
November 12, 1993	Auckland	New Zealand	Logan Campbell Centre
November 13, 1993	New Plymouth		Bowl of Brooklands
November 15, 1993	Dunedin		University Oval
November 16, 1993	Christchurch		Lancaster Park
November 18, 1993	Wellington		Wellington Show and Sports Centre

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Lawlor Events Center	Reno	11,800 / 11,800 (100%)	—
Radio City Music Hall	New York City	29,075 / 29,075 (100%)	$1,205,320[12]
Jones Beach Marine Theater	Wantagh	10,979 / 10,979 (100%)	$311,125[12]
Mark Etess Arena	Atlantic City	9,160 / 9,160 (100%)	$348,805[13]
Danube Island	Vienna	40,000 / 40,000 (100%)	—
Finthen Airfield	Mainz	70,000 / 70,000 (100%)
Greek Theatre	Los Angeles	30,860 / 30,860 (100%)	$988,020[14]
Sydney Entertainment Centre	Sydney	34,500 / 34,500 (100%)	—
TOTAL		236,374 / 236,374 (100%)	$2,853,270

Tour band

• James Ralston – electric guitar, vocals
• John Miles – electric guitar, vocals
• Bob Feit – bass guitar
• Jack Bruno – drums
• Timmy Cappello – percussion, synthesizer, tenor saxophone, harmonica, vocals
• Ollie Marland – synthesizer, vocals
• Kenny Moore – piano, vocals
• Sharon Owens – dancer, vocals
• Karen Owens – dancer, vocals

References

Notes

1. Part of Summerfest.^[8]
2. Part of Y100 20th Birthday Party.
3. Part of Rock Over Danube.
4. Part of Rock Over Germany '93.^[9]
5. Part of 1993 Australian Grand Prix.^[11]

Citations

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2. "Rock Solid Determination". People Magazine. 39 (20). Time, Inc.: 74 May 24, 1993.
3. DeVault, Russ (May 14, 1993). "Tina Turner Enjoys "The Best Time of My Life"". The Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2010. I haven't toured here in six years because my records didn't make it here, Turner says that American fans and record labels have had trouble disassociating her from Ike Turner
4. Ayrton Senna with Tina Turner in 1993
5. Catlin, Roger (July 29, 1993). "TINA TURNER CONCERT HITS A HIGH NOTE AND KEEPS IT UP". Hartford Courant. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
6. Catlin, Roger (May 8, 1993). "GROTON CONCERTS TO INCLUDE SKYNYRD, BON JOVI, DYLAN". Hartford Courant. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
7. "Tina: What's Love? Tour 1993". New York Magazine. 26 (24). New York Media, LLC. June 14, 1993.
8. "Taste of Summer. While Milwaukee offers Summerfest". The Times of Northwest Indiana. June 25, 1993. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
9. Weinert, Ellie (May 22, 1993). "German Megafest Dates Set". Billboard Magazine. 105 (21): 78.
10. "Tina Turner and dancers on stage at the Wellington Show and Sports Centre". The Evening Post. Wellington Publishing Company. November 16, 1993. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via National Library of New Zealand.
11. Dale, William (April 30, 2014). "From rough diamond to master: Ayrton Senna through the years at the Adelaide Grand Prix". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
12. "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 32. New York City, New York: BPI Communications. August 7, 1993. p. 13. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
13. "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 34. New York City, New York: BPI Communications. August 21, 1993. p. 11. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
14. "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 41. New York City, New York: BPI Communications. October 9, 1993. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 14, 2021.