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By Janell Hazelwood | Published April 9, 2012 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

Also in 1996, Rock & Roll icon Tina Turner hosted Wallace for a private concert in her home in France, reflecting for the first time on her transition into European living, a fame that she said "no one in America" knows, and the differences in being hot in Europe vs. her American homeland. On her success there: "What I find with my homeland, nothing lasts very long. Europe is different." She later said, "In my heart ... I don't think I will go back home." When talking cosmetic surgery and the rumors behind the then-56-year-old's youthful physique, she detailed the difference between cosmetic surgery and "corrective" surgery, and how she had to get work done after years of battery and abuse infamously credited to Ike Turner.

Also in 1996, Rock & Roll icon Tina Turner hosted Wallace for a private concert…