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Musicians Jon Bon Jovi Bryan Adams had to cancel performances due to testing positive for Covid-19. A scheduled concert of "It's My Life" singer Jon Bon Jovi in Miami was promptly canceled in front of an awaiting crowd that was informed about his Covid diagnosis, WSVN 7 News reported. The event, called "Runaway With…

In the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Tina, music icon Tina Turner remarks, "I don't like to pull out old clothes." She's not talking about her wardrobe. Turner is referring to distant memories—especially, the abusive relationship with her first husband, rock pioneer Ike Turner, who regularly beat and raped her. It's…

Tina Turner, Carole King and The Go-Go's are heading to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren. The Hall announced its 2021 Inductees today, saying the new arrivals represent “the most diverse list of Inductees in the history of the organization.” Three of the inductees were…

Tina reached a total audience of 1.1 million viewers across linear and streaming, WarnerMedia said, in the best showing yet by a documentary on HBO Max. The Tina Turner portrait, which features a new interview with the singer at her home in Switzerland, is the top-rated HBO documentary since Leaving Neverland in…

“Are you ready for me?” Tina Turner shouts from a stage in a classic clip featured in this trailer for HBO’s documentary Tina. By the end of the preview, the answer has to be a resounding yes. Told in her own words with lots of vintage performance footage — including some never-before-seen film, audio tapes and…

Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin co-directed the sports documentary Undefeated in 2011, and their Berlin Film Festival Special Gala, Tina, could have shared the same title. While this is set in the world of music, its emphasis is on the resilience, survival and comeback of its subject, singer Tina Turner. Featuring a…

Carole King, LL Cool J, Tina Turner and the New York Dolls are among this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees getting another chance at induction, while first-timers include Iron Maiden, the Go-Go’s and, surprisingly, Dionne Warwick. The final selection of inductees will be announced in May, with the 36th…

Tina, a feature documentary about musical icon Tina Turner, is set to air on HBO later this spring. The WarnerMedia cable network will premiere the film, from directors TJ Martin and Dan Lindsay and produced by Lightbox on March 27 at 8pm. Universal Pictures Content Group has taken world rights (minus UK and U.S.) to…

The music documentary resurgence is alive and well and set to continue into 2021 with an insatiable appetite for weird and wild movies about bands and artists. The release over recent years of films such as Amy and Searching For Sugar Man kicked off a trend that has been amplified by interest from the streaming…

British producer and songwriter Rupert Hine, who produced songs on Tina Turner’s 1984 comeback album Private Dancer and was instrumental in works by a host of other big names, has died. He was 72, but no details were given in the announcement by the Ivors Academy of Music Creators, where he was a board member. Hine…

There’s a terrific YouTube clip of Janis Joplin, resplendent in a 1969 splash of crimson, purple and gold, trying to explain to a square Dick Cavett why Tina Turner is her favorite singer, “the best chick ever.” The Ike and Tina Turner Revue, Joplin continues, includes Ike “her husband and bandleader.” But, Janis…

Adrienne Warren will reprise her critically lauded West End portrayal of Tina Turner on Broadway this fall when Tina – The Tina Turner Musical makes its New York debut. The casting was announced by producers today. The theater, dates and additional casting will be announced in coming months. The announcement got the…