Lizzo venerated the overdue tune icon Tina Turner with a show-stopping second in Phoenix on Wednesday evening.
“As a Black woman in a rock band, I might now not exist if it used to be now not for the queen of rock ‘n’ roll,” she mentioned. “And have in mind this: There wouldn’t be no rock ‘n’ roll with out Tina Turner.”
Then she introduced into “Proud Mary,” certainly one of Turner’s signature tunes, whole with some Turner-inspired dance strikes, as a lot of the sold-out Footprint Middle sang alongside:
“Proud Mary” used to be a 1969 hit by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Ike and Tina Turner famously transformed the music, and it turned into a success for them two years later ― and a staple of Tina Turner’s are living displays for the remainder of her profession:
Lizzo’s tribute to Turner used to be additionally seize by means of enthusiasts within the enviornment on Wednesday evening: