One of the greats. Rip Tina
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Great footage from 40 years shared over on PFM.
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Big, big loss. Iconic may not do her justice.
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Tina was a great performer. I enjoyed her 60s & 70s stuff.
She always put on a great show
R.I.P. Tina
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Very sad. Her songs can fill a dancefloor even now.
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Mad that, of all people, Heaven 17 jumpstarted her career. Wonder if there’s a version of Temptation with Tina belting it out in the archives somewhere… 
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Did you go when she played in Sheffield in about 1984? That was a great show.
Also played a massive part in Terrance Trent D’Arby’s first hits and LP.
Scary its 40 years ago since she returned to the big time, or to be honest even bigger time.
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What a voice, what a performer, and an inspiration to so many.
Damn that woman could sell a song!
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A nice selection here -
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No I didn’t get to see her on that tour. Unfortunately, I never got to see her live.
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Saw her in the mid 1960’s at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the energy and drive of her performance was memorable, billed as Ike and Tina Turner at the time.
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My god, you must be ancient . 
Bet that was superb.
It seems that was 27th April 1968. They did some UK dates that year.
They toured with Rolling Stones in 1966 and then did some solo dates.
They did the Mojo in Sheffield at that time.
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Very likely memory says about '66, then again it was 50 odd years ago.
You’re as old as you feel, I just can’t catch young nubile wenches anymore. 
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Just seen this news report. Shocked and incredibly sad
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My uncle Paul passed yesterday, as I mentioned in another thread the day before, he wanted to listen to Eno’s Apollo when I visited. Put it on again yesterday and he died whilst An Ending (Ascent) was playing. Very apt.
Like my Grandad who passed during covid, Paul was the other real father figure for me. But in particular he massively shaped my music taste, films and novels. He introduced me to so many bands and artists, even just a few days ago he was recommending a few new albums to download and have a listen to.
He saw all the best gigs such as Roxy music warming up for Bowie at the Greyhound in Croydon. He met some of the best directors from David Lynch to his favourite Dario Argento. He was a frequent visitor to the Scala cinema, although always said it went downhill after they showed A Clockwork Orange. His favourite hobby was scouring charity shops for rare early print run or imported novels from America.
In later years before he became ill, he had got his dream of his own place with a library, hifi and screen to play films on, with no interruptions. He never owned a computer or smart phone and never wanted one.
Remarkably accepting of what was happening to him when he collapsed and got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He just described it as the next adventure, I will cherish our daily chats in the hospice whilst he read or listened to tunes. Then when he wasn’t strong enough just listening to music.
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