The documentary will be broadcast on May 26 at 9.45 p.m., the concert will then be broadcast on ARTE from 10.40 p.m.
ARTE has changed its evening program for May 26th. In memory of the late Tina Turner, the station will show Schyda Vasseghi’s documentary “Tina Turner – One of the Living” at 9.45 p.m. and then, at 10.40 p.m., a concert by the musician in Rio from 1988. Both contributions can be booked in advance can be viewed on arte.tv.
The time slots were originally intended for the Rolling Stones documentary Crossfire Hurricane and Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang – Live on Copacabana Beach. But then Tina Turner passed away on May 24th at the age of 83 and now they want to pay tribute to the legend.
The “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” has brought an audience of millions into ecstasy with her powerful voice, daring costumes and dance routines and exuberant energy. That was mainly in the 80s and 90s. After a farewell tour in 2009, she retired into private life at the age of 70. According to her own statements, after decades of hard work, she now enjoyed life without obligations. After that, Turner rarely appeared in public, for example to promote a book or a musical about her life story. With her German partner Erwin Bach, who is 16 years her junior, she has lived on Lake Zurich in Switzerland since the 1990s. The two celebrated a lavish wedding party there in 2013. Turner later even accepted Swiss citizenship.