Private Dancer Tour and Related Topics

John Parr

English musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1985 US #1 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" and for his 1984 US #6 Rock single "Naughty Naughty".

Parr went on to tour with Tina Turner on the Private Dancer Tour and also with Heart and The Beach Boys.

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer.

Adams and Keith Scott during concert at the Poznań International Fair, Poznań

Adams with longtime guitarist Keith Scott,on the Get Up Tour 2017

Adams during the "So Happy It Hurts Tour 2022" at the Hallenstadion in Zurich

Adams accepting a Lead Award for photography in 2006

The line-up after a concert in Lucca in 2013, from left to right: Bryan Adams, Gary Breit, Mickey Curry, Keith Scott, Norm Fisher

In December 1984, Adams embarked on a two-year world tour to launch the album starting in Canada and United States, then into Japan, Australia, back to the UK, where for dates he supported Tina Turner for her Private Dancer Tour, and again to Canada.

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and actress.

Turner performing on stage at Tulane Stadium in October 1970

Turner performing at Drammen, Norway, in 1985

Turner on tour with special guest Eric Clapton, June 17, 1987, in Wembley Arena, England

U.S. President George W. Bush congratulates Tina Turner during a reception for the Kennedy Center Honors in the East Room of the White House on December 4, 2005. From left, the other honorees are singer Tony Bennett, dancer Suzanne Farrell, actress Julie Harris, and actor Robert Redford.

Ike & Tina Turner arriving at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1971

In February 1985, she embarked on her second world tour to support the Private Dancer album.

Tina Live in Europe

First live album by Tina Turner, released on Capitol Records in 1988.

The album is compiled of live performances made between 1985 and 1987, the majority of which are from Turner's Break Every Rule World Tour but also from the 1985 Private Dancer Tour, as well as the 1986 Tina Turner: Break Every Rule HBO special recorded in London at the Camden Palace (now Koko), masquerading as Le Club Zero in Paris, also released on video.

Glass Spider Tour

1987 worldwide concert tour by English musician David Bowie, launched in support of his album Never Let Me Down.

Bowie being lowered from the spider set's ceiling, to the opening song "Glass Spider" at Rock am Ring – 7 June 1987

Bowie on stage at Rock am Ring – 7 June 1987

The Glass Spider set from above – 6 June 1987 in Berlin

A modern aerial view of De Kuip, where Bowie opened the tour

In 1985, after his successful performance at Live Aid and a live performance with Tina Turner for one of her shows on her 1985 Private Dancer Tour, Bowie collaborated with his friend Iggy Pop for his solo album Blah-Blah-Blah, producing and co-writing multiple tracks.