Private Dancer Tour

Private Dancer Tour
Tour by Tina Turner
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumPrivate Dancer
Start dateFebruary 19, 1985
End dateDecember 28, 1985
Legs5
No. of shows67 in Europe
105 in North America
11 in Australia
2 in Asia
185 Total
Attendance2.5 million
Box office$40 million
($113.32 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Tina Turner concert chronology

The Private Dancer Tour was the fifth concert tour by singer Tina Turner. In support of her fifth studio album, Private Dancer (1984), the tour helped to establish Turner as a major solo artist of the 1980s and a dynamic solo performer, after initially starting out singing with ex-husband Ike Turner's band. The tour is often considered one of the best comebacks in music history. The 180-date, eleven-month world tour traveled across Europe, North America and Australasia. Notably, Turner played a show in Budapest, Hungary, the only show of the tour behind the Iron Curtain. The concerts received many accolades, including the "Most Creative Tour Package" and "Comeback Tour Of The Year" awards from Pollstar.[2]

Broadcasts and recordings

VHS cover of concert video

The two March 1985 shows at Birmingham, England's NEC Arena were filmed and released as Tina Live: Private Dancer Tour. The VHS release featured special guests Bryan Adams and David Bowie.

Band

  • James Ralston – guitar, vocals
  • Jamie West-Oram – guitar, vocals
  • Bob Feit – bass guitar
  • Jack Bruno – drums
  • Timmy Cappello – percussion, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
  • Kenny Moore – piano, vocals

Opening acts

Setlist

Europe
Act 1
  1. "Let's Pretend We're Married"
  2. "Show Some Respect"
  3. "I Might Have Been Queen"
  4. "River Deep – Mountain High"
  5. "What's Love Got to Do with It"
  6. "Nutbush City Limits"
  7. "I Can't Stand The Rain"
  8. "Better Be Good to Me"
Act 2
  2. "Private Dancer"
  3. "Let's Stay Together"
  4. "Help!"
  5. "It's Only Love"
  6. "Steel Claw"
  7. "Proud Mary"
Encore
  2. "Legs"
  3. "Tonight"
  4. "Let's Dance"
Notes
  • During the March 23 performance at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, Turner was joined onstage by David Bowie to perform "Tonight" and "Let's Dance".
  • During the March 24 performance at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, Turner was joined onstage by Bryan Adams to perform "It's Only Love".
North America/Australia/Asia[3]
Act 1
  1. "Show Some Respect"
  2. "I Might Have Been Queen"
  3. "River Deep – Mountain High"
  4. "Nutbush City Limits"
  5. "I Can't Stand The Rain"
  6. "Better Be Good to Me"
Act 2
  2. "Private Dancer"
Act 3
  2. "One of the Living"
  3. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
  4. "What's Love Got to Do with It"
  5. "Let's Stay Together"
  6. "Help!"
Act 4
  2. "It's Only Love"
  3. "Steel Claw"
  4. "Proud Mary"
Encore
  2. "Legs"
  3. "Dancing in the Dark"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
February 19, 1985 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
February 21, 1985 Drammen Norway Drammenshallen
February 22, 1985 Gothenburg Sweden Lisebergshallen
February 23, 1985 Stockholm Johanneshovs Isstadion
February 24, 1985 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Teatret
February 28, 1985 Ludwigshafen West Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
March 1, 1985 Munich Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
March 2, 1985 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
March 3, 1985 Hamburg CCH Saal 1
March 4, 1985 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle
March 7, 1985 Böblingen Böblinger Sporthalle
March 8, 1985 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
March 9, 1985 Würzburg West Germany Carl-Diem-Halle
March 11, 1985 Brighton England Brighton Centre
March 12, 1985 Bournemouth Windsor Hall
March 14, 1985 London Wembley Arena
March 15, 1985
March 16, 1985
March 17, 1985
March 18, 1985
March 20, 1985 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse
March 21, 1985 Manchester England Apollo Theater
March 23, 1985 Birmingham England NEC Arena
March 24, 1985
March 26, 1985 Paris France Zénith de Paris
March 27, 1985 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
March 28, 1985 Nice Théâtre de verdure de Nice
March 29, 1985 Milan Italy Teatro Tenda di Lampugnano
March 31, 1985 Klagenfurt Austria Stadthalle
April 1, 1985 Graz Eisstadion Liebenau
April 2, 1985 Budapest Hungary Budapest Sportcsarnok
April 3, 1985 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
April 4, 1985 Linz Linzer Sporthalle
April 6, 1985 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle
April 7, 1985 Saarbrücken Saarlandhalle
April 8, 1985 Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis
April 9, 1985
April 10, 1985 Brussels Belgium Forest National
April 11, 1985 Frankfurt West Germany Jahrhunderthalle
April 12, 1985
April 13, 1985 Bremen Bremer Stadhalle
April 14, 1985 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
April 15, 1985 Düsseldorf Philipshalle
April 16, 1985 Brussels Belgium Forest National
April 18, 1985 Hamburg West Germany CCH Saal 1
April 19, 1985 Eppelheim Rhein-Neckar-Halle
April 20, 1985 Munich Olympiahalle
April 21, 1985 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
April 22, 1985 Nuremberg West Germany Frankenhalle
April 24, 1985 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle
April 25, 1985 Bremen Bremer Stadthalle
April 26, 1985 Düsseldorf Philipshalle
April 27, 1985 Frankfurt Festhalle
April 28, 1985 Münster Halle Münsterland
April 30, 1985 Kiel Ostseehalle
May 1, 1985 Cologne Kölner Sporthalle
May 3, 1985 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle
May 4, 1985 Hanover Niedersachsenhalle
May 5, 1985 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
May 7, 1985 Böblingen Böblinger Sporthalle
May 8, 1985 Munich Olympiahalle
May 9, 1985 Münchenstein Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
North America
July 8, 1985 St. John's Canada Memorial Stadium
July 9, 1985
July 10, 1985
July 11, 1985
July 14, 1985 Fredericton Aitken University Centre
July 15, 1985 Moncton Moncton Coliseum
July 16, 1985 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
July 17, 1985
July 19, 1985 Montréal Montreal Forum
July 21, 1985 Worcester United States Centrum in Worcester
July 22, 1985
July 25, 1985 Providence Providence Civic Center
July 26, 1985 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
July 27, 1985 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
July 28, 1985 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
July 31, 1985 Philadelphia The Spectrum
August 1, 1985 New York City Madison Square Garden
August 2, 1985
August 3, 1985 Allentown Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand[3]
August 5, 1985 Landover Capital Centre
August 7, 1985 Wantagh Jones Beach Marine Theater
August 8, 1985
August 10, 1985 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
August 11, 1985 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
August 12, 1985 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 14, 1985 Toronto Canada CNE Grandstand
August 15, 1985 Lake Placid United States Olympic Center Ice Rink
August 16, 1985 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
August 17, 1985 Ottawa Lansdowne Park
August 18, 1985
August 21, 1985 Toledo United States Centennial Hall
August 22, 1985 Richfield Township The Coliseum at Richfield
August 23, 1985 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
August 24, 1985 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
August 25, 1985 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
August 28, 1985 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
August 29, 1985 Columbus Battelle Hall
August 31, 1985 Charlevoix Castle Farms Music Theatre
September 1, 1985 Notre Dame Athletic & Convocation Center
September 3, 1985 Flint Atwood Stadium
September 4, 1985 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
September 5, 1985 Fort Wayne War Memorial Coliseum
September 6, 1985 Lexington Rupp Arena
September 7, 1985 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
September 8, 1985 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
September 10, 1985 Champaign Assembly Hall
September 11, 1985 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
September 12, 1985
September 14, 1985 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
September 15, 1985 Madison Dane County Memorial Coliseum
September 17, 1985 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena
September 18, 1985 Saint Paul United States Roy Wilkins Auditorium
September 19, 1985 Iowa City Carver–Hawkeye Arena
September 20, 1985 Ames Hilton Coliseum
September 21, 1985 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
September 24, 1985 Calgary Canada Olympic Saddledome
September 25, 1985 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
September 27, 1985 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
September 28, 1985
September 29, 1985 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
September 30, 1985 Portland Memorial Coliseum
October 2, 1985 Reno Lawlor Events Center
October 3, 1985 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
October 4, 1985
October 5, 1985 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
October 8, 1985 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre
October 9, 1985
October 10, 1985
October 11, 1985
October 12, 1985
October 18, 1985 Tempe ASU Activity Center
October 19, 1985 Las Cruces Pan American Center
October 20, 1985 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
October 23, 1985 Valley Center Britt Brown Arena
October 25, 1985 Oklahoma City MCC Arena
October 26, 1985 Kansas City Kemper Arena
October 27, 1985 Saint Louis Kiel Auditorium
October 28, 1985
October 30, 1985 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
October 31, 1985 Tulsa Tulsa Assembly Center
November 1, 1985 Dallas Reunion Arena
November 2, 1985 Austin Frank Erwin Center
November 3, 1985 Houston The Summit
November 6, 1985 Baton Rouge LSU Assembly Center
November 7, 1985 Tallahassee Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
November 8, 1985 Auburn Memorial Coliseum
November 9, 1985 Chattanooga UTC Arena
November 10, 1985 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
November 13, 1985 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
November 14, 1985 Starkville Humphrey Coliseum
November 15, 1985 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum
November 16, 1985 Mursfreesboro Murphy Center
November 17, 1985 Knoxville Stokely Athletic Center
November 20, 1985 Morgantown WVU Coliseum
November 21, 1985 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
November 22, 1985 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
November 23, 1985 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
November 24, 1985 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
November 27, 1985 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
November 29, 1985 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
November 30, 1985 Savannah Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena
December 1, 1985 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 2, 1985 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
Oceania
December 7, 1985 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium
December 10, 1985 Brisbane Australia Chandler Velodrome
December 12, 1985 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
December 13, 1985
December 15, 1985
December 17, 1985 Melbourne Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
December 18, 1985
December 19, 1985
December 20, 1985
December 23, 1985 Perth Perth Entertainment Centre
December 24, 1985
Asia
December 27, 1985 Osaka Japan Festival Hall
December 28, 1985 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
North America
December 31, 1985 Honolulu United States Blaisdell Arena

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Centrum in Worcester Worcester 23,776 / 23,776 (100%) $372,142[4]
Cumberland County Civic Center Portland 8,462 / 8,462 (100%) $138,195[5]
Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford 15,911 / 19,480 (82%) $253,623[5]
The Spectrum Philadelphia 12,995 / 14,700 (88%) $214,063[5]
Capitol Centre Landover 15,226 / 15,550 (98%) $236,003[5]
CNE Grandstand Toronto 22,830 / 22,830 (100%) $489,846[6]
CCE Grandstand Ottawa 26,006 / 27,000 (96%) $507,117[7]
Centennial Hall Toledo 8,889 / 9,000 (99%) $121,890[8]
Charleston Civic Center Charleston 12,839 / 12,839 (100%) $189,330[7]
Joe Louis Arena Detroit 15,000 / 15,000 (100%) $225,000[8]
Athletic & Convocation Center Notre Dame 7,267 / 7,482 (97%) $190,005[8]
War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne 9,100 / 9,100 (100%) $134,853[9]
Market Square Arena Indianapolis 12,619 / 12,619 (100%) $189,285[9]
Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville 8,686 / 8,686 (100%) $130,290[9]
Dane County Memorial Coliseum Madison 8,471 / 9,813 (86%) $138,973[10]
Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha 9,051 / 10,000 (91%) $132,582[9]
Olympic Saddledome Calgary 16,500 / 16,500 (100%) $249,600[11]
Tacoma Dome Tacoma 18,840 / 25,000 (75%) $310,414[12]
Memorial Coliseum Portland 11,338 / 11,338 (100%) $164,332[12]
Lawlor Events Center Reno 10,848 / 10,848 (100%) $174,568[11]
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena Oakland 26,889 / 26,889 (100%) $470,557[11]
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Irvine 14,486 / 14,486 (100%) $239,250[11]
ASU Activity Center Tempe 11,361 / 15,000 (76%) $164,865[13]
Pan American Center Las Cruces 9,222 / 11,000 (84%) $132,930[14]
Kemper Arena Kansas City 11,013 / 12,000 (92%) $161,585[14]
Tulsa Assembly Center Tulsa 7,226 / 8,100 (89%) $122,337[15]
Reunion Arena Dallas 14,191 / 17,000 (84%) $211,327[16]
The Summit Houston 13,331 / 14,500 (92%) $201,804[16]
Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee 7,754 / 9,000 (86%) $134,010[16]
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis 10,049 / 12,900 (78%) $150,735[17]
Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville 10,430 / 10,430 (100%) $145,599[16]
Carolina Coliseum Columbia 11,691 / 11,691 (100%) $175,365[18]
Omni Coliseum Atlanta 12,767 / 12,767 (100%) $191,205[18]
Hollywood Sportatorium Pembroke Pines 9,925 / 9,925 (100%) $148,769[18]
TOTAL 444,999 / 475,661 (94%) $7,130,359

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