{"id":3597835,"date":"2014-11-10T12:42:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T12:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/time.com\/?p=3597835"},"modified":"2023-05-24T21:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T21:52:56","slug":"tina-turner-unpublished-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/people\/tina-turner-unpublished-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Turner: Unpublished Photos of the Queen of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Bowie probably came closest to summing up Tina Turner&#8217;s fiery, un-sum-up-able persona when he famously said, after joining her onstage in Birmingham, England, during the final concert of her 1985 British tour: &#8220;Standing up there next to her was the hottest place in the universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turner <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tina-turner-dead-age-83-long-illness-7502229\">died Wednesday, May 24, 2023<\/a> at age 83\u00a0 at her home near Zurich, Switzerland. Here LIFE.com presents a handful of rare photos taken in 1970 by Gjon Mili. The exact date of the shoot? Unknown. The location? Probably Las Vegas. The show&#8217;s set list? Unknown. The identity of the guy gazing back at Mili&#8217;s camera in the last picture in this gallery? A mystery.<\/p>\n<p>But one thing these pictures <em>do<\/em> manage to impart is confirmation that, when Tina Turner took the stage\u2014no matter where that stage was, and no matter how large or how small the crowd might be\u2014there was no simply no restraining her talent and soulfulness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Liz Ronk edited this gallery for LIFE.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3597840\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3597840 desc=\"Not published in LIFE. Tina Turner, 1970.\" caption=\"Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Tina Turner, 1970.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/11\/141120-tina-turner-01-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Turner, 1970\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tina Turner, 1970.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3597842\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3597842 desc=\"Not published in LIFE. Tina Turner and band, 1970.\" caption=\"Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Tina Turner and band, 1970.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/11\/141120-tina-turner-02-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Turner, 1970\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tina Turner and band, 1970.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3597843\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3597843 desc=\"Not published in LIFE. Tina Turner, 1970.\" caption=\"Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Tina Turner, 1970.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/11\/141120-tina-turner-03-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Turner, 1970\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tina Turner, 1970.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3597844\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3597844 desc=\"Not published in LIFE. Tina Turner, 1970.\" caption=\"Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Tina Turner, 1970.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/11\/141120-tina-turner-04-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Turner, 1970\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tina Turner, 1970.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3597845\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3597845 desc=\"Not published in LIFE. Tina Turner, 1970.\" caption=\"Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Tina Turner, 1970.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/11\/141120-tina-turner-05-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Turner, 1970\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tina Turner, 1970.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3597846\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3597846 desc=\"Not published in LIFE. Tina Turner, 1970.\" caption=\"Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Tina Turner, 1970.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/11\/141120-tina-turner-06-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Turner, 1970\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tina Turner, 1970.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3597847\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3597847 desc=\"Not published in LIFE. 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