Lizzo has honoured Tina Turner by saying rock ’n’ roll “wouldn’t exist” without the powerhouse singer.
Lizzo has honoured Tina Turner by saying rock ’n’ roll “wouldn’t exist” without the powerhouse singer
The 35-year-old ‘Juice’ singer, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, paid tribute to her hero throughout a efficiency on Wednesday, the day Tina’s demise aged 83 was introduced by her group.
She yelled at her followers a collection of occasions throughout her gig in Phoenix, Arizona: “There wouldn’t be no rock ’n’ roll without Tina Turner!”
Lizzo added: “Today, we misplaced an icon and I haven’t allowed myself to be unhappy. I haven’t allowed myself to cry. I don’t need to proper now as a result of I’d a lot relatively have a good time the unbelievable legend Tina Turner is.
“As a black girl in a rock band, I would not exist if it were not for the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
The ‘About Damn Time’ singer then sang Tina’s hit ‘Proud Mary’ – and copied her trademark dance strikes.
She additionally posted movies of the efficiency on her Instagram, captioning them: “FOR TINA.”
The ‘Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll’ had a six-decade profession that noticed her inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2021 after promoting greater than 100 million data.
Two months earlier than her demise, Tina admitted she was in “great danger” on account of her lengthy battle with kidney illness.
She stated on Instagram in March: “My kidneys are victims of my not realising that my hypertension ought to have been handled with standard medication.
“I have put myself in great danger by refusing to face the reality that I need daily, lifelong therapy with medication. For far too long I believed that my body was an untouchable and indestructible bastion.”
She is survived by her 67-year-old husband Erwin Bach – who donated one in every of his kidneys to Tina in 2017 – and two of her sons who she adopted throughout her tumultuous marriage to Ike Turner.
Tina’s eldest son Raymond Craig who she had with Raymond Hill died by suicide in Los Angeles in 2018 and in December 2022 her boy Ronnie was killed by problems linked to colon most cancers.
