Most people at seventy years old are happy to sit in a rocking chair and relax. Tina Turner was not like most people. In 2008, she went on a massive world tour to celebrate fifty years in show business.
She did something during her song Nutbush City Limits that made everyone in the arena hold their breath.
Watch how Tina did not only stand the Scorpion Bridge but swayed over the crowd. The surprising part? She did this while wearing four inch heels and no safety harness at all.
Tina Turner doing this at 70…in heels and without a harness
Fans who watched her could not believe their eyes. They joked that twenty three insurance agents probably fainted while watching her do this.
That brave walk on the Scorpion bridge was just one piece of a much bigger story.
While that short clip shows her courage, seeing the full show reveals how much work she put into her craft
Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits (Live from Arnhem, Netherlands)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRZIzs9pE5o
In the full concert film, you can see the bridge rise up as the music gets louder. Tina struts back and forth with so much confidence that you forget how high up she is. It was a beautiful way to say thank you to the millions of people who followed her for five decades.
Tina Turner had a voice that sounded like gravel and gold mixed together.Her life showed us that you can start over at any age and still reach the top.
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