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Fact #119719

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Short story:

On her Twenty Four Seven tour, Tina Turner plays at the RDS Arena, Duiblin, Ireland, Europe, with Lionel Richie as her guest act.

Full article:

Peter Aiken (promoter, Aiken Promotions) : We started working with Lionel Richie in the year 2000.

When he first really hit the jackpot as a solo artist in the 80s, there was just nowhere suitable in Ireland for an artist of his stature. I remember he was doing something like seven nights in Earl’s Court, but we didn’t have a venue that could stage that size of a show.

As the years went on, we started to have bigger venues in Ireland, so the first time we worked with him, he was the special guest with Tina Turner on an outdoor show at RDS Arena, Dublin,, and then we brought him back the following year in his own right to do a couple of arena shows, and our relationship has continued ever since. We’ve never done anything less than a sell-out show with Lionel.

Both of the shows this year (2015) have sold out and people come back because they remember how good the show was the last time they saw him. On and off the stage he’s a right good bloke. He works hard. he does all the interviews, the press, the radio, the tv, and he’s so friendly that the media people feel like they know him.

I think Lionel basically just likes people and, even though he’s such a big act, he’s always prepared to put the work in. I really believe that’s why he sells out for us every time we have him.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black for Audience magazine, February 2015)