To meet overwhelming demand for tickets to Tina Turner‘s 2008 North American Tour, announced just last week, new concerts have been added in Hartford, CT and Minneapolis, MN; second shows were immediately added in Kansas City, MO; Boston, MA; and Toronto, ON; and a third concert has been added in Chicago, IL. Tickets for the first Kansas City show went clean in two minutes.

Tickets go on sale Monday, May 19 for additional shows in Kansas City, MO at Sprint Center (Oct. 8); Minneapolis, MN at Target Center (Oct. 9); and Hartford, CT at XL Center (Dec. 6).

Tickets are on sale now for the just added concerts in Boston, MA at TD Banknorth Garden (Nov. 17); Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre (Dec.12); and Chicago, IL at United Center (Oct. 4).

Tina Turner’s updated 2008 North American tour itinerary:

October

1 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
3-4 Chicago, IL United Center
6 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
8 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
9 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
13 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
14 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
19 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
22 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
24 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
30 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena

November

2 Fort Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
5 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
9 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
13 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
16-17 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
23 Washington, DC Verizon Center
26 Newark, NJ Prudential Center

December

3 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
6 Hartford, CT XL Center
8 Montreal, QB Bell Centre
12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre