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Gladys Knight opened the
show in stunning fashion
with a silver glitter gown
to one of her classic songs
'Lets Dance'. Her live
performance was full of
energy. "Neither One of Us
Wants To say Goodbye" which
happened to be her surprise
song of the night. She also
admitted that in her 59
years in the business that
this was her first time she
ever played at Radio City
Music Hall and closed out to
a standing ovation.
Chaka Khan stormed the stage
next singing her classic hit
"I'm Here For You". She even
acknowledge Ashford &
Simpson in the audience who
wrote her biggest hit "I'm
Every Woman".
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Now
watching Patti LaBelle live
is like watching the Hip Hop
version of Busta Rhymes. You
get way more than you pay
for and you're never left
disappointed. Ms. LaBelle
strutted out in a mink
singing say my name and
waving her hands to the
standing crowd. She stated "
I'm 63 years young, has
diabetes". She cut the
orchestra off by saying
"Don't Rush Me" while she
was talking to her fans. Her
in-between commentary was
very funny when she dished
out lines like " I'm the old
'G', old gangster, the
original gangster". Then as
the melodic tunes of her
classic song "Somebody Love
You" played, she pulled out
a mirror and committed pure
vanity as she stared at
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She then dedicated her 1978
single "You Are My Friend"
to Luther Vandross, Yolanda
King, co-Writer Billy
Preston, Gerald and Shawn
Levert, Anna Nicole Smith,
three sisters, mom and dad
who all passed away while
people in the audience waved
trinkets that created a sea
of blue lights. She then
broke down crying and
announced her blood sugar
was low as a young man
brought over orange juice
for her at her request. The
greatest highlight of the
night came when she called
up Shawn Bell's parents and
gave them a big hug on stage
to a standing ovation and
dedicated the song "Two
Steps Away" to Shawn and the
soldiers at war. Before she
closed the show in dramatic
fashion with "Somewhere Over
The Rainbow", she brought
out the original LaBelle's
and sung "Lady Marmalade" as
a fan danced on stage with
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With
three of the biggest divas
in the world going before
her, the grandest diva of
them all made an entrance
that only she could. As "I'm
Coming Out" blasted from the
speakers and she made her
way down through the
audience from the back
surrounded by guards and
blowing kisses in a red
sequence dress with
red feathered Shaw. A
classic beauty that had the
crowd singing along to all
her classic tunes as she
sung snippets. |
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People practically stood up
all night participating in
her performance. Just like
the diva she is she had
three costume changes which
caused a little confusion
and some people to leave a
little earlier thinking the
show was over. But the night
ended in grand fashion with
all the performers live on
stage singing once last song
together. The only flaw of
the show was really that the
two gigantic screens did not
play the performance. |
