Tina Turner played dozens of concerts in Florida in storied rock career

Tom Szaroleta, Florida Times-Union
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Tina Turner, who died Wednesday at age 83, played more than 1,700 shows during her storied career, but only a relative handful of them were in Florida.

Setlist.fm, a website that keeps track of concerts and the songs that were played at them, shows that Turner played 1,483 concerts in her solo career, plus another 250 or so with her former husband, Ike Turner. The site is user-generated, so those numbers should be taken with a grain of salt.

It shows that she played six concerts in Florida with Ike Turner between 1970-74, and 24 as a solo artist between 1979-2008. Her final Florida performance listed on the site was in 2008 in Orlando.

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Ike and Tina Turner

  • Jan 1-2, 1970: Newport Resort Hotel in Sunny Isles Beach

  • March 22, 1970: University of Miami

  • Oct. 8, 1971: Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee

  • Oct. 9, 1971: Curtis Hixon Convention Hall in Tampa

  • May 25, 1974: Springtime Rock Jubilee 1974 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa

In May 1984, Tina Turner played to a sold-out crowd in Nashville, Tenn.
In May 1984, Tina Turner played to a sold-out crowd in Nashville, Tenn.

Tina Turner

  • Dec. 20, 1979: Sunrise Musical Theater in Sunrise

  • Nov. 7, 1985: Tallahassee-Leon City Civic Center in Tallahassee

  • Dec. 2, 1985: Hollywood Sportatorium in Pembroke Pines

  • Dec. 4, 1985: Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville

  • Dec. 5, 1985: Orange County Convention and Civic Center in Orlando

  • Dec. 6, 1985: USF Sundome in Tampa

  • Nov. 12, 1987: Ocean Center in Daytona Beach

  • Nov. 13, 1987: Hollywood Sportatorium in Pembroke Pines

  • Nov. 14, 1987: USF Sundome in Tampa

  • Nov. 15, 1987: Tallahassee-Leon City Civic Center in Tallahassee

  • Aug. 20, 1993: Orlando Arena in Orlando

  • Aug. 21, 1993: USF Sundome in Tampa

  • Aug. 22, 1993: Miami Arena in Miami

  • June 11, 1997: Coral Sky Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach

  • June 12, 1997: Orlando Arena in Orlando

  • June 13, 1997: Ice Palace in Tampa

  • April 14, 2000: Ice Palace in Tampa

  • April 15-16, 2000: National Car Rental Center in Sunrise

  • Oct. 15, 2000: TD Waterhouse Centre in Orlando

  • Oct. 18, 2000: National Car Rental Center in Sunrise

  • Oct. 30, 2008: American Airlines Arena in Miami

  • Nov. 2, 2008: BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise

  • Nov. 5, 2008: Amway Center in Orlando

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Tina Turner's Florida tour history: Here's where she played