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Turner's rollin' down the river to Target Center

Kevork Djansezian, Associated Press

Beyonce and Tina Turner on stage at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

The "Private Dancer" is going public again, coming out of retirement for a fall tour.

Star Tribune

Last update: May 13, 2008 - 9:06 PM

Tina Turner has added six concerts, including one Oct. 9 at Target Center, to the 17-city comeback tour she announced Friday. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at Ticketmaster outlets. Prices haven't been announced but they have ranged from $59 to $150 in Kansas City and Chicago.

The 68-year-old rock icon performed at Target Center twice in 2000 before going into retirement. Turner resurfaced in February at the Grammy Awards for a duet with Beyoncé on her 1972 hit "Proud Mary." She also picked up a Grammy that night for her participation in the album-of-the-year winner, Herbie Hancock's "River: The Joni Letters."

On Friday, she told CBS-TV that her friend, screen legend Sophia Loren, said it was time to return to performing: "She said, 'So, when do you go back to work?' And I said, 'I really don't want to go back, I need a little bit of a rest.' She said, 'So, you rested, you had a rest, it's time to go now!'" The tour starts Oct. 1 in Kansas City, where tickets reportedly sold out in two minutes. Minneapolis will be the sixth show on Turner's comeback trail.

JON BREAM