Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 26. October 3 1977
Tina Turner In Concert
Tina Turner In Concert
Tina Turner's Revue, recently performed before packed houses in Wellington, was unashamedly aimed at the audiences basest instincts. Tina Turner's and her supporting dancers, gave those mere plebians a never-ending eyeful of thighs/legs/and thrusting movements, that were unashemedly intended to turn you on. After all if you didn't like that sort of thing you could have stayed at home and listened to better quality sound on your Stereo!
Probably the most spectacular part of Tina's act was her continuously changing costumes. Each soctume revealing just that little bit extra. The effect was to produce one of the better (visual) concerts, with people sufficiently moved, to cast aside unabitions and dance in front of the stage, while others merely contented themselves with standing in their seats clapping. The interesting thing was of all those in the dancing were almost young enough to be Tina's/her own children (three teenage sons, oldest 20 yrs).
As a show Tina's art was quite spectacular with the crowd loving every minute especially when 'Acid Queen and 'Proud Mary' were sung. Critically the coreography of Tina's star cancers, two Black and two white, was at best amateurish, but what they lacked in co-ordination made up for with individual expression Overall a visual experience, that appealed a little the closet voyeur in all of us.
—Kevin Swann.