In 1993, Tina Turner blew the crowd away with a set that included rugby league’s signature tune, The Best. Now, the cast of Tina: The Musical will perform.
the critics asked “how could they possibly use an American black woman to promote the game of league?” – the campaign was deemed a roaring success.
Jimmy Barnes recorded a version of it with Turner in 1992 for that year’s campaign, and in 1993 Turner performed it live at the Sydney Football Stadium as the Brisbane Broncos took on the St George Dragons in the season ender . Though she entered into the relationship with rugby league as a novice, Turner was quickly impressed by the toughness of the players, who wore none of the padding of their counterparts in American football.
“I toured Tina back in the day, and then fast forward all these years to producing the show about her life,” he said on Wednesday morning, just hours before he was to be presented with the Order of Australia Medal at Government House in Melbourne. “She was great, a lovely, beautiful person.”
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