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Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour

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Associated album
  
Foreign Affair

No. of shows
  
125 in Europe

Legs
  
3

Start date
  
April 27, 1990 (1990-04-27)

End date
  
November 4, 1990 (1990-11-04)

Box office
  
$53.7 million ($98.44 in 2017 dollars)

Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour (also known as the Foreign Affair World Tour) was the fifth concert tour of American singer, Tina Turner. The tour supported her seventh studio album Foreign Affair. The tour was Turner's first stadium tour and only reached European countries. Overall, the tour drew in nearly three million spectators—breaking the record for a European tour that was previously set by The Rolling Stones.

Contents

The tour is notable as Turner's only tour to not reach North America. Since the tour was considered a farewell tour (at that time), Turner wanted to exclusively tour Europe to thank her fans for supporting her career after she left The Revue.

Background

The tour was advertised as a "farewell" tour as Turner began to concentrate on potential acting roles. During an interview, Turner stated,

"I've always thought this would be the final one but I must admit I now have mixed feelings. I'm the first woman to fill all these stadiums and the feeling from all those fans night after night was fantastic. I don't want to close that door completely. I'm going away for about a year and when I'm ready to return, I just hope the fans will want whatever I have to offer"

Turner would return to touring in 1993 with her North American tour, "What's Love? Tour"

Setlist

  1. "Steamy Windows"
  2. "Typical Male"
  3. "Foreign Affair"
  4. "Undercover Agent for the Blues"
  5. "Ask Me How I Feel"
  6. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
  7. "Private Dancer"
  8. "I Can't Stand the Rain"
  9. "Nutbush City Limits"
  10. "Addicted to Love"
  11. "The Best"
  12. "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
  13. "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
  14. "Let's Stay Together"
  15. "Proud Mary"
  16. "What You Get Is What You See"
  17. "Show Some Respect"
  18. "Better Be Good to Me"
  19. "Be Tender with Me Baby"
Notes
  • During the April 27th concert at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Turner performed "You Can't Stop Me Loving You" and "Look Me in the Heart".
  • For concerts in Belgium and Italy, Turner performed "Good Times".
  • During the concerts in Oldenburg, Turner performed "New Sensation"

    • Personnel

  • Bass guitar: Bob Fiet
  • Dancers: Annie Behringer and LeJeune Richardson
  • Drums: Jack Bruno
  • Guitar: John Miles and James Ralston
  • Keyboards: Timmy Cappello and Ollie Marland
  • Percussion: Timmy Capello
  • Piano: Kenny Moore
  • Saxophone: Timmy Cappello
  • Supporting vocals: Timmy Cappello, John Miles, Ollie Marland, Kenny Moore and James Ralston

    • Broadcasts and recordings

    The groundbreaking tour was filmed at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain and was released on VHS.

    The concert at Woburn Abbey was filmed and part of which was used in an MTV mini documentary, promoting Turner's tour. The intro to this show was used as part of an interview with Turner and the music video to 'Be tender' is the encore to this show. It is available on YouTube and the single for the song. There are no known copies of the full-length in circulation.

    The concert at Pallatrussadi, Milan was filmed and was also used as part of the MTV film. The concert opened with 'The best'. Turner wore a different outfit to the rest of the shows of the tour for this concert. Although the real professional, multi-camera recording is not in circulation, there is a fan-shot, full-length video of the concert on YouTube.

    References

    Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour Wikipedia
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