The Ike & Tina Turner Show at Musikhalle Hamburg concert poster
Two giants who left us this year: Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll, passed away on May 24, 2023. Günther Kieser, the German King of Concert Posters, died March 22, 2023.
This A1 poster announced a concert of Ike & Tina Turner at Musikhalle Hamburg, with support from Blue Magic. Kieser used two photographs that capture Tina Turner’s vigorous stage presence and combined it with two typefaces that were available from Letraset at the time: Manuscript Capitals and Herkules. The former doesn’t include any numerals. Kieser simply made them himself: the 7 appears to be composed from parts of a mirrored F and V, while the 3 is a mirrored ampersand.
The show took place fifty years ago, on November 6, 1973, promoting the album Nutbush City Limits. Three years later, Tina fled her abusive husband, filed for divorce, and launched her highly successful solo career.
