Tina Turner to come out of retirement for charity gig

20 Mar 2007

Pop superstar TINA TURNER is to perform a one-off charity gig in May, seven years after she retired from the music industry.

The SIMPLY THE BEST singer is staging her comeback at a fundraiser for London charity Cauldwell Children on 18 May at the city's Natural History Museum.

The 67-year-old is expected to perform a selection of her greatest hits.

She says, "I am delighted to be associated with a charity which reaches out to so many young people".
 
"If my songs make people dig deep into their pockets, then I will have achieved my aim."
 
Cauldwell Children provides treatment, therapies and vacations for poor and unwell kids across the UK.