![]() Having been to her 2009 Farewell Tour, it was great that this sprightly 72 year old had had a change of heart. ![]() It was a mass sing along which carried one of her biggest hits I Heard It Through The Grapevine, whilst a hushed audience hung on her every word as they were treated to Help Me Make It Through The Night. ![]() She simply smouldered with the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, whilst the audience were her ‘Pips’ for the luscious, lovelorn Midnight Train To Georgia. She was equally at home with more contemporary songs as one of her backing singers young enough to be her grandson joined her for Bruno Mars’ If I Was Your Man which seamlessly blended into Knight’s sultry If I Were Your Woman, whilst Sam Smith’s Stay With Me was very well received. There was no doubt that the soulful sweep of her vocals was still there to be heard, and it rose to the fore in places, especially in set highlight, Licence To Kill and a raucous I’ve Got To Use My Imagination. Spending An Evening In Concert With Gladys Knight at The Royal Concert Hall Nottingham on Sunday 3rd June 2016 Images and Review by Kevin Cooper Gladys. Gladys Knight will bring her Farewell Tour to the UK and Ireland this summer. This was an evening purely about the music, though in truth not every song carried over as well as it could have, due in part to her backing band being crushingly loud at times.īut opening the show with medleys of All I Do, Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) and Nitty Gritty, together with a full version of her last number one hit, 1987’s Love Overboard, she had this audience immediately in the palm of her hand where they stayed all night. Joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra Gladys Knight performs 'Baby Don't Change Your Mind' live in Hyde Park for BBC Radio 2's Last Night of. There was no merchandise or programmes on sale, just a petite figure brimming with Southern charm. What are the tour dates 22 June - Manchester O2 Apollo. It was a no frills affair, with only a couple of candelabras on stage to keep her five piece band and four backing singers company. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Thursday September 13. Gladys Knight Concerts Gladys Knight Concert History 965 Concerts Gladys Maria Knight (born in Atlanta, Georgia) is a legendary American R&B/soul singer and actress. Gladys Knight announces 2019 UK tour dates: How to get tickets. Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul, whose talent carried her from a 1950’s TV contest to R & B’s Chitlin’ Circuit in the segregated south of 1960’s America and on through Motown, 70’s disco and 80’s pop, came to The Royal Concert Hall last night and entertained a packed audience from the off. Gladys Knight has announced a string of UK tour dates for 2019 including two massive London shows.
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