Gladys Knight at Hammond, IN in The Venue at Horseshoe Casino. Knight delivered on every level and brought her A-game… not that I expected any less from her at this stage in her career. Gladys Knight at Bensalem, PA in Xcite Center at Parx Casino 2019. 78-year-old Gladys Knight has 17 concerts remaining on her ongoing 2023 ‘Farewell Tour. During select stops, she will be performing with The Spinners, Will Downing and Jeffrey Osborne. The Empress Of Soul Gladys Knight opened Super Bowl 2019 in her hometown of Atlanta with a powerful rendition of the National Anthem.

She wrapped up the European leg of the tour on July 15 with the North American leg beginning on July 27. A killer few moments for me was during the opening sequence of the set was when she broke into a Michael Jackson cover. Gladys Knight is touring throughout Europe and North America in 2019.

Knight waved to, pointed at, and acknowledged friends, fans, and everyone else in the audience as she moved from side to side on the stage and made each of us feel as if she were singing directly to us, even if just for that moment. Knight hit the stage, the crowd applauded her entrance and quickly settled in for a night of classics. The next artist of our 2019 season has been described by Rolling Stone as classic-pop elegance with pure soul power and will be the real star of this. This performer brought all the hits and some covers and blessed a capacity crowd at The Aretha on a Sunday night with an energetic show full of great music, cool banter, and a ton of smiles, both from the stage and the audience. Gladys Knight and the Pips also recorded I Heard It Through the Grapevine before her. Knight, seen prominently in the newly Oscar-minted documentary Summer of Soul (which she didn’t mention), came armed with the deepest repertoire of hits, covering group and solo songs. Review and Photographs by: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur ( Seems to be a run on big shows moving through Detroit lately and another that hit my schedule as a big one (and a bucket list legend for me personally) was a recent appearance from Ms. She is 78, but 13 years after her so-called farewell tour, looks fantastic in a sparkling outfit.

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