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An Evening with Gladys Knight
State Farm Center
1800 S. First Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(866) 455-4641
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The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest.
Very few singers over the last sixty years have matched her unassailable artistry.
This seven-time GRAMMY Award winner has enjoyed #1 hits in Pop, Gospel, R&B,
and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television, and live performance.
All told, Knight has recorded more than 38 albums over the years, including four solo albums:
“Good Woman” (1991); “Just for You” (1994); the inspirational “Many Different Roads” (1999);
and “At Last” (2001). “At Last” showed the world that she still has what it takes to
record a hit album, employing the talents of contemporary producers like Randy Jackson.
Knight has continued to spread her acting wings, making a guest star appearance
in the FOX hit show “Star” and appearing in the film “Almost Christmas” in 2016,
both which were produced and directed by Lee Daniels. She appeared on ABC’s
14th season of “Dancing With The Stars” in 2012. In 2019, she competed on the
inaugural season of “The Masked Singer” and sang the National Anthem at
Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Knight sang the National Anthem on yet another
major sports stage at the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. This past 2022 holiday
season she starred in “I’m Glad It’s Christmas” on Great American Family
and received the 45th Kennedy Center Honors for Lifetime Artistic Achievements
along with George Clooney, Amy Grant, Tania Leone and U2 in December.
In addition, this past March she received the National Medal of Arts along
with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bruce Springsteen, Jose Feliciano and Mindy Kaling.
This year she will be honored as a 2024 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree.
Tickets start at $51.50