The morning after Tina! hit Staples Center - and before I write my review - I had a few thoughts.

Telling patrons to show up at 7:30 - the ads say the show starts promptly - and not letting them go until 10:40 sounds like a three hour show. Tina is onstage for one hour and almost 50 minutes.

Video advertisements for Amway beauty products is wrong, no matter how much they paid to sponsor the tour. A good two-thirds of the house is paying $150 a ticket. They should not be subjected to advertisements during the pre-show and intermission.

Everyone, from the lead guitarist to the lighting designer, was introduced by name - except the video director, whose work made this look like the world's most exciting concert.

"Unplugged" segments have mostly been limited to performers who write their own songs. Tina's finely wrought ballad rendition of the Beatles' "Help!" suggests the format may have a life for interpreters.

Live by the hydraulics, die by the hydraulics. When the curtain refused to close at the end of the first half, Tina had to ride down the shaft in full view of the audience with the house lights up. A bit embarrassing.

Same song ("We Don't Need Another Hero"), different problem. Showing video of yourself from 22 years ago while you are wearing a similar costume - and what appears to be the same wig - is a hard one to pull off without embarrassment.

The Good: River Deep - Mountain High, What You Get is What You See, Better Be Good to Me, Private Dancer, Help!, Undercover Agent for the Blues, Let's Stay Togther, I Can't Stand the Rain, It's Only Rock and Roll, Nutbush City Limits

Eh: Acid Queen, We Don't Need Another Hero, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Proud Mary

The Questionable: Steamy Windows, staged fight with security by street acrobats, What's Love Got to Do With it (pitchy), Goldeneye (tuneless), Addicted to Love (cliched), Simply the Best (drags)

Tina Turner opened her 2008 tour on Wednesday night at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, her first tour in eight years. Running time is about 150 minutes, including a half-hour intermission, and she covers all the rock greats - Beatles, Stones, the Who and Ike.
The setlist:
Steamy Windows / Typical Male / River Deep, Mountain High / What You Get Is What You See / Better Be Good To Me>Won't Get Fooled Again / Acid Queen / What's Love Got To Do With It / Private Dancer / We Don't Need Another Hero / Help! / Undercover Agent for the Blues / Let's Stay Together / I Can't Stand the Rain / Jumpin' Jack Flash>It's Only Rock and Roll / Goldeneye / Addicted to Love /
The Best / Proud Mary / Nutbush City Limits / Be Tender With Me, Baby