Ike & Tina Turner on stage
Beware of the hurricane — Ike and Tina Turner show 1973, Berlin Deutschlandhalle
It was the 12th concert of my life. I was in my eighth grade in the Collège Francais de Berlin (French German grammar school, by the way, the best school in Berlin hence in the world😀).
One of my classmates happened to be the son of the chief constable of Berlin. It was a chance coz he could get us free service tickets destined for the Berlin cops. A very comfortable opportunity to go to concerts. We went to the Ike and Tina Turner show together.
If I remember well, the show was opened by the Ikettes, the backup singers of Ike and Tina Turner. But in fact, the most significant memory I have is Tina.
She had such a presence on stage. Her movements, her voice, her dancing, her aura. I was over amazed. I am sure my mouth stuck open during the whole show. Although by the time I was more into rocknrolll, I was fascinated. There were a lot of American soldiers. In the 1970s, Berlin was still occupied by the allies. West-Berlin by the western allies the USA, Great Britain, and France. The American forces were the major group among them. The Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin’s largest venue, was crowded.
The music was hot. The music was funky, and everybody was dancing and…
