Break Every Rule World Tour

Break Every Rule Tour

Tour by Tina Turner
Associated album	Break Every Rule
Start date	March 4, 1987
End date	March 30, 1988
Legs	5
No. of shows	91 in Europe 87 in North America 6 in South America 11 in Oceania 12 in Asia 218 total
Attendance	4.4 million
Box office	$60 million ($127.11 in 2018 dollars)[1]
Tina Turner concert chronology
Private Dancer Tour (1985) Break Every Rule World Tour (1987–88) Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour (1990)

Break Every Rule World Tour is the fourth worldwide concert tour by American singer Tina Turner. The tour supported her sixth solo album Break Every Rule. It was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola and broke box office records in 13 different countries. It was the top female concert attraction in 1987–1988 and is the biggest tour, by attendance, for a female artist ever, bringing in over 4 million people.

Contents

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  1 Background
  


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  2 Opening act
  


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  3 Set list
  


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  4 Tour dates
  
  
  
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    4.1 Box office score data
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Personnel
  


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  6 Broadcast and recordings
  


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  7 See also
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

Background

The tour was originally billed as Turner's "last tour". In an interview with Jet magazine, Turner stated,^[2]

It is my last tour for now. There probably won't be a tour with the next album because I want to devote some time to my movie career. But, I don't plan to retire.

The European tour kicked off on March 4, 1987 in front of a sold-out crowd of over 15,000 people at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, a venue that she would later play 7 more times during the tour. During the first few shows, the tour went without Turner's signature hit "Proud Mary". Turner avoided the song because she had done it for so many years. It wasn't until her performance at the Ahoy Rotterdam that she tried the song in the set list. Turner stated, "The crowd erupted and sang the song for us. That's when I realized, 'We've got to put 'Mary' back in, she's still rolling on the river.'"^[3]

The most memorable and unusual moment for Turner was in Locarno, Switzerland. The stage for the concert had been built in the center of the town. As Turner recalls, "The stage was literally in the middle of the street surrounded by apartment buildings with parents and little kids sitting on their balconies in their night robes."^[3] Before her concerts at Johanneshov Isstadion in Sweden, Turner got a bad sinus infection and had to cancel her concerts. The arena was sold out and when the concert promoter went on stage to tell the audience, instead of booing the 13,000 people cheered with understanding. When Turner returned, she played to an even bigger audience.^[4] In her stadium concert in Ireland, Turner attracted a huge crowd of over 60,000 people. During this massive concert, Turner nearly stopped the show because of fans in the front getting crushed by other fans.^[3] The European tour ended on July 26, 1987 where it began in Munich, Germany. Turner recalls", Our biggest crowd came towards the end of the tour in Munich. We had already played eight indoor shows there to about 120,000 people and once I have been to a city, I'm always reluctant to go back soon afterward. [Then] we attracted another 100,000 people outdoors, I was really quite astounded. It felt like the Rolling Stones when they drew those huge crowds."

The tour proved to be most successful in Germany, where Turner played over 40 shows. Turner recalls that Germany has always been "special" to her. The European tour itself played to over 1.7 million people, more than any tour before it.^[5] The tour continued to break records in South America. Turner's performance at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro attracted over 180,000 spectators, one of the largest concert attendance in the 20th century,^[6] earning her a Guinness World Record.^[7]

Opening act

• The Robert Cray Band


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  Glass Tiger^[8]
  


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  Level 42 (North America—select dates)^[9]
  


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  Wang Chung (North America—select dates)^[9]
  


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  Dragon (Stuttgart)^[10]
  

Set list

1. "What You Get Is What You See"


2. "Break Every Rule"


3. "I Can't Stand the Rain"


4. "Typical Male"


5. "Acid Queen"


6. "Girls"


7. "Two People"


8. "Back Where You Started"


9. "Better Be Good to Me"


10. "Addicted to Love"


11. "Private Dancer"


12. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"


13. "What's Love Got to Do with It"


14. "Help"


15. "Let's Stay Together"


16. "Proud Mary"


17. "Show Some Respect"


18. "It's Only Love"


19. "Overnight Sensation"


20. "Nutbush City Limits"


21. "Paradise Is Here"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
March 4, 1987	Munich	West Germany	Olympiahalle
March 5, 1987
March 6, 1987	Nuremberg		Frankenhalle
March 7, 1987
March 8, 1987	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
March 9, 1987
March 10, 1987
March 12, 1987	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
March 13, 1987
March 14, 1987
March 15, 1987
March 16, 1987
March 17, 1987	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
March 20, 1987	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshov Isstadion
March 21, 1987
March 22, 1987	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
March 29, 1987	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
March 30, 1987
March 31, 1987
April 1, 1987	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
April 3, 1987	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Sportpaleis van Ahoy
April 4, 1987
April 5, 1987
April 6, 1987
April 7, 1987	Oldenburg	West Germany	Weser-Ems Halle
April 9, 1987	Dortmund		Westfalenhalle
April 10, 1987
April 11, 1987
April 12, 1987
April 14, 1987	Munich		Olympiahalle
April 15, 1987
April 16, 1987
April 18, 1987
April 19, 1987
April 21, 1987	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
April 22, 1987
April 23, 1987
April 24, 1987
April 28, 1987	Mannheim	West Germany	Eisstadion am Friedrichspark
April 29, 1987
April 30, 1987
May 1, 1987	Hanover		Eisstadion am Pferdeturm
May 2, 1987
May 4, 1987	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 5, 1987
May 6, 1987
May 7, 1987
May 9, 1987	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
May 10, 1987
May 11, 1987
May 17, 1987	Madrid	Spain	Rockódromo de la Casa de Campo
May 19, 1987	Valencia		Estadio Luis Casanova
May 21, 1987	Barcelona		Plaza de Toros Monumental
May 23, 1987	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena
May 26, 1987	Montpellier	France	Zénith Sud de Montpellier
May 27, 1987	Lyon		Palais des Sports de Gerland
May 28, 1987	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertstadion
May 30, 1987	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Arena
June 1, 1987	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
June 2, 1987
June 3, 1987
June 5, 1987	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
June 6, 1987
June 7, 1987
June 8, 1987
June 11, 1987	London		Wembley Arena
June 12, 1987
June 13, 1987
June 14, 1987
June 16, 1987
June 17, 1987
June 18, 1987
June 20, 1987	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin
June 21, 1987	Karlsruhe	West Germany	Wildparkstadion
June 24, 1987	Graz	Austria	Eisstadion Liebenau
June 27, 1987	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium
June 28, 1987	Munich	West Germany	Galopprennbahn Hoppegarten
June 30, 1987	Hanover		Eisstadion am Pferdeturm
July 2, 1987	Berlin		Waldbühne
July 3, 1987	Hamburg		Volksparkstadion
July 4, 1987	Essen		Georg-Melches-Stadion
July 5, 1987	Copenhagen	Denmark	Københavns Idrætspark
July 8, 1987	Locarno	Switzerland	Piazza Grande
July 9, 1987	Annecy-le-Vieux	France	Rugby-Club d'Annecy-le-Vieux
July 11, 1987	Fréjus		Arena Fréjus
July 13, 1987	Nîmes		Arena of Nîmes
July 15, 1987	Dax		Parc Municipal des Sports Maurice-Boyau
July 16, 1987	Bilbao	Spain	Plaza de toros de Vista Alegre
July 18, 1987	Málaga		Estadio Municipal de Marbella
Asia
July 21, 1987	Tel Aviv	Israel	Hayarkon Park
July 22, 1987
Europe
July 24, 1987	Ostend	Belgium	Ostend Airport
July 25, 1987	Nürburg	West Germany	Nürburgring
July 26, 1987	Gießen		Waldstadion
North America [9]
August 10, 1987	Portland	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center
August 12, 1987	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater
August 13, 1987
August 15, 1987	Lake Placid		Olympic Center
August 17, 1987	Holmdel Township		Garden State Arts Center
August 18, 1987
August 19, 1987	Mansfield		Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
August 20, 1987
August 22, 1987	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 23, 1987
August 24, 1987	New York City		Madison Square Garden
August 25, 1987	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
August 27, 1987	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
August 29, 1987	Toronto		CNE Stadium
August 30, 1987	Ottawa		Lansdowne Park
August 31, 1987	Saratoga Springs	United States	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
September 1, 1987	Geddes		New York State Fairgrounds
September 2, 1987	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
September 4, 1987	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
September 5, 1987
September 6, 1987	Charlevoix		Castle Farms
September 9, 1987	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
September 10, 1987	Dayton		University of Dayton Arena
September 11, 1987	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
September 12, 1987
September 13, 1987	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
September 14, 1987	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
September 16, 1987	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
September 17, 1987	Johnson City		ETSU Memorial Center
September 19, 1987	Augusta		Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
September 20, 1987	Albany		Albany Civic Center
September 22, 1987	Montgomery		Garrett Coliseum
September 23, 1987	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center
September 26, 1987	Athens		Convocation Center
September 30, 1987	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum
October 2, 1987	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
October 4, 1987	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
October 5, 1987	Vancouver	Canada	PNE Coliseum
October 7, 1987	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
October 8, 1987	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
October 10, 1987	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
October 13, 1987	Saint Paul	United States	Saint Paul Civic Center Arena
October 15, 1987	Carbondale		SIU Arena
October 16, 1987	Peoria		Carver Arena
October 17, 1987	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
October 18, 1987	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
October 21, 1987	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre
October 22, 1987	Fort Wayne		War Memorial Coliseum
October 23, 1987	West Lafayette		Elliott Hall of Music[11]
October 24, 1987	Louisville		Freedom Hall
October 27, 1987	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
October 29, 1987	Mursfreesboro		Murphy Center
October 30, 1987	Chattanooga		UTC Arena
October 31, 1987	Knoxville		Stokely Athletic Center
November 1, 1987	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
November 4, 1987	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
November 5, 1987	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
November 6, 1987	Chapel Hill		UNC Smith Center
November 7, 1987	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
November 8, 1987	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
November 11, 1987	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
November 12, 1987	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center Arena
November 13, 1987	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
November 14, 1987	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
November 15, 1987	Tallahassee		Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
November 18, 1987	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center
November 19, 1987	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
November 20, 1987	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum
November 21, 1987	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Auditorium
November 25, 1987	Houston		The Summit
November 27, 1987	San Antonio		HemisFair Arena
November 28, 1987	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
November 29, 1987	Dallas		Reunion Arena
December 4, 1987	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
December 5, 1987	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
December 6, 1987	Tempe		ASU Activity Center
December 7, 1987	Tucson		TCC Arena
December 9, 1987	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
December 10, 1987	Inglewood		The Forum
December 11, 1987
December 12, 1987	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
December 13, 1987
December 14, 1987
December 15, 1987	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
December 16, 1987	Boise		BSU Pavilion
December 17, 1987	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
December 18, 1987	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
December 20, 1987	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
South America
January 3, 1988	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium
January 9, 1988	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Pacaembu
January 10, 1988
January 16, 1988	Rio de Janeiro		Estádio do Maracanã
North America
January 21, 1988	Honolulu	United States	Blaisdell Arena
Oceania
January 26, 1988	Perth	Australia	Entertainment Centre
January 27, 1988
January 30, 1988	Adelaide		Apollo Stadium
January 31, 1988
February 1, 1988	Melbourne		Festival Hall
February 2, 1988
February 4, 1988
February 6, 1988	Sydney		Entertainment Centre
February 7, 1988
February 10, 1988	Brisbane		Entertainment Centre
February 13, 1988	Darwin		Gardens Amphitheatre
Asia
February 18, 1988	Jakarta	Indonesia	Istora Senayan
February 20, 1988	Singapore	Singapore	The Republic
February 21, 1988
February 22, 1988
February 24, 1988	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara
February 25, 1988
February 26, 1988	Bangkok	Thailand	Indoor Stadium Huamark
February 28, 1988
March 5, 1988	Taipei	Taiwan	Municipal Stadium
March 6, 1988
March 8, 1988
March 20, 1988	Yokohama	Japan	Yokohama Stadium
March 21, 1988
March 22, 1988
March 23, 1988
March 24, 1988	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
March 25, 1988
March 27, 1988	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
March 28, 1988
March 29, 1988
March 30, 1988

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
TCC Arena	Tucson	7,381 / 8,068 (91%)	$136,142[12]
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	Oakland	10,847 / 13,000 (83%)	$200,670[12]
BSU Pavilion	Boise	10,571 / 10,571 (100%)	$163,663[12]
Poplar Creek Music Theatre	Hoffman Estates	18,925 / 23,882 (79%)	$350,505
Pine knob Music Theatre	Clarkston	14,451 / 31,840 (45%)	$273,860
Merriweather Post Pavilion	Columbia	13,859 / 26,344 (53%)	$219,141
Montreal Forum	Montreal	10,061 / 15,000 (67%)	$180,815
Blossom Music Center	Cleveland	9,611 / 18,767 (51%)	$138,762
Alpine Valley Music Theatre	East Troy	5,563 / 10,946 (51%)	$128,947
The Spectrum	Philadelphia	6,839 / 14,100 (49%)	$119,577
Saratoga Performing arts Center	Saratoga Springs	6,892 / 25,103 (27%)	$112,088
Rochester Community War	Rochester	4,369 / 9,200 (47%)	$76,328
Olympic Saddledome	Calgary	14,706 / 14,706 (100%)	$220,271
Winnipeg arena	Winnipeg	13,077 / 15,000 (87%)	$214,450
Tacoma Dome	Tacoma	11,167 / 20,000 (56%)	$192,395
Show Me center	Cape Gradeau	7,251 / 7,251 (100%)	$122,868
Madison Square Garden	New York	18,000 / 18,000 (100%)	$338,789
Lansdowne Park stadium	Ottawa	11,473 / 15,000 (76%)	$178,803
New York state fair Grandstand	Syracuse	8,943 / 15,000 (60%)	$132,676
Cumberland County Civic center	Portland	8,429 / 8,429 (100%)	$143,045
Jones Beach Theatre	Wantagh	20,000 / 20,000 (100%)	$400,000
Charles M Murphy Center	Murfreesboro	5,645 / 7,500 (75%)	$89,915
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center	Birmingham	7,040 / 12,000 (59%)	$115,914
Exhibition Stadium	Toronto	18,023 / 22,000 (82%)	$301,804
Castle Farms Music theatre	Charlevoix	5,619 / 15,000 (37%)	$94,573
Sun Dome	Tampa	8,860 / 9,000 (98%)	$146,510
Frank Erwin center	Austin	5,876 / 6,731 (87%)	$93,575
Neil Blaisdale Center	Honolulu	8,026 /8,026 (100%)	$148,481
TOTAL		291,504	$5,034,567

Personnel

• James Ralston – guitar, vocals


• Laurie Wisefield – guitar


• Bob Feit – bass guitar, vocals


• Jack Bruno – drums


• Steve Scales – percussion


• 
  John Miles – keyboards, guitar, vocals


• Don Snow – keyboards, saxophone, vocals


• Ollie Marland – keyboards, vocals


• Deric Dyer – saxophone, keyboards

Broadcast and recordings

Main article: Tina Live in Europe

Her world record-breaking Break Every Rule Tour show of 1988 held in a single night at the Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium, was later released in video form on VHS and DVD called "Tina Live in Rio 88'".
With this particular show alone, she entered the Guinness Book of World Records because she set the record of drawing 180,000 paying fans to a one-night show alone.^[13]

When the VHS was released, the following thirteen songs had been cut in the final edit:

1. "Addicted to Love"


2. "I Can't Stand the Rain"


3. "Typical Male"


4. "Better Be Good to Me"


5. "Private Dancer"


6. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"


7. "What's Love Got to Do with It"


8. "Help"


9. "Let's Stay Together"


10. "Proud Mary"


11. "What You Get Is What You See"


12. "Break Every Rule"


13. "Paradise Is Here"

Additionally, a concert performed in Le Zero, France, was released as "Break Every Rule starring Tina Turner". The songs listed on that video album:

1. "Afterglow" (Music Video)


2. Intro: Max Headroom


3. Back Where You Started


4. Break Every Rule


5. What You Get Is What You See


6. Overnight Sensation


7. A Change Is Gonna Come


8. Two People


9. Addicted To Love


10. In The Midnight Hour


11. 634-5789


12. Land Of 1,000 Dances


13. Paradise Is Here (Music Video)


14. Girls (Music Video)

See also

• List of highest-attended concerts

References

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   ^ Glass Tiger onlinesite
   


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External links

• International Tina Turner Fan Club – Tour – Break Every Rule 1987–1988

v t e Tina Turner
Studio albums	Tina Turns the Country On! Acid Queen Rough Love Explosion Private Dancer Break Every Rule Foreign Affair Wildest Dreams Twenty Four Seven
Live albums	Tina Live in Europe VH1 Divas Live '99 Tina Live
Soundtracks	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome What's Love Got to Do with It
Compilations	Simply the Best The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties All the Best Tina! Love Songs
Videography	Tina Turner Live: Nice 'N' Rough Tina Live: Private Dancer Tour One Last Time Live in Concert All the Best – The Live Collection Tina Live
Tours	Private Dancer Tour Break Every Rule World Tour Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour What's Love? Tour Wildest Dreams Tour Twenty Four Seven Tour Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour
Related articles	Discography Awards Ike & Tina Turner I, Tina What's Love Got to Do with It Tina
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