Tickets go on sale this week for concert featuring Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, and Stephanie Mills
COLUMBIA, S.C. — How’s this for a concert line-up: take the four most iconic women of R&B, soul, and pop and put them together on one stage for one night. That would be the 4 Legends, One Stage tour that will be making a stop at Columbia’s Colonial Life Arena on May 16.
Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Stephanie Mills are individually known for some of the top hits over the past four decades.
Khan started out in the early 1970s as the lead singer of the funk band Rufus. The band had hits with «Tell Me Something Good,» «Sweet Thing,» and «Ain’t Nobody.» Khan’s solo efforts includes the hits «I’m Every Woman,» I Feel For You,» and «Summertime.» Over the years, she has recorded with Ray Charles, Mary J. Blige, and Meshell Ndegeocello and won ten Grammy awards.
LaBelle’s career began as the lead singer for Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles in the early 1960s. After changing the band name to LaBelle, the band put out the No. 1 hit «Lady Marmalade» before disbanding in 1976. As a solo performer, LaBelle had success with «You Are My Friend,» «If You Only Knew,» «New Attitude,» and «On My Own,» with Michael McDonald.
Knight performed as Gladys Knight and the Pips from the 1960s to 1980s and has won a total of seven Grammys. Her hits include «Midnight Train to Georgia,» «That’s What Friends Are For,» «I Heard It Through The Grapevine,» and «Heaven Help Us All.» She has recorded with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and Dionne Warwick.
Mills broke onto the music scene as Dorothy in the original production of «The Wiz» in 1974. The show’s song «Home» became her first hit and signature song. Since then, Mills has had success with «I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love,» «I Feel Good All Over,» and «Never Knew Love Like This Before.»
Tickets go on sale to the general public 10 a.m. Friday, March 21, through Ticketmaster. There are VIP packages available during a presale event beginning 10 a.m. Thursday, March 20. Any remaining tickets will be available for sale through the Prisma Health Box Office inside Colonial Life Arena on the following Tuesday.
