![]() For additional event information, call 304-293-SHOW. This event is produced by WVU Arts & Entertainment. WVU students may purchase discounted tickets with a valid Mountaineer Card at the campus box offices and at 304-293-SHOW (one discounted ticket per I.D.). Tickets may also be purchased online at or by phone at 304-293-SHOW and 80. Only $47, tickets are on sale now at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices. She has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from BET, a Lifetime Diva Award at the Stardust Music Awards and a star on Los Angeles’ Hollywood Walk of Fame. Knight has collaborated with a remarkable spectrum of renowned musicians, including Patti Labelle, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. Knight’s voice and presence have found a place in a variety of media, including cameos on the Emmy-winning “30 Rock” and an appearance in “I Can Do Bad All by Myself.” One of her latest singles, “Settle,” was featured in Tyler Perry’s film “For the Colored Girls.” Knight frequently performs at the newly transformed Tropicana Las Vegas in the recently renamed Gladys Knight Theater, treating audiences to both her classic hits and recent tunes. ![]() During the ‘90s, Knight released critically acclaimed EPs, including the gold-certified Just for You and the chart-topping Good Woman. J Balvin, Major Lazer, Mark Ronson highlight F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix show. Knight has continued to impress fans and critics alike over several decades, releasing an astounding 38 studio albums. Gladys Knight says she is proud to be an original Knight in Las Vegas. Gladys Knight & the Pips were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. 1 status on pop, R&B and adult contemporary charts. Her music has earned seven Grammy Awards and her singles have achieved No. Knight rose to stardom on the chart-topping, eternal “Midnight Train to Georgia,” which became her defining ballad. Scroll up to see the next available Gladys Knight concert. She soon opened for Diana Ross and the Supremes before taking flight on their own. Vivid Seats has full Gladys Knight tour info for all announced shows. Gladys Knight got her start on the legendary Motown record label, belting out such hits as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and her Grammy-winning “Neither One of Us.” Knight initially entered the industry with the close-knit R&B group The Pips. Tickets can be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices, online at, or by calling 304-293-SHOW and 80. "She likes a chicken kabob.Internationally recognized soul diva Gladys Knight will perform at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center on Saturday, Nov. "I would have assumed it would be this hoity-toity restaurant, but it's not." Brown said. Knight took Brown to a pita restaurant in Las Vegas. ![]() On "The Early Show," Brown recalled that Knight is "the most down-to-earth" person she's ever met. Six decades after taking a stage for the first time, the Empress of Soul finally has one to call her own. And when I go out there, you know, I feel like they're really coming to my house." Knight said backstage of her show in the theater, "It's fantastic, it's amazing, it's amazing. I mean - Grammys and all of those things are wonderful, but it's a different kind of honor and representation." (who) are of color, nobody's ever had a room named after them. Knight said, "All of those fantastic, awesome, wonderful entertainers that have come through this city. Today, she not only headlines - the theater she performs in is named for her. When she first played Vegas nearly 50 years ago, at the height of the civil rights era, black entertainers had to enter through the back door. And after all that time, I'm glad to see us progress." So they kind of made us honorary members with them. ![]() Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, all of them. And when tumbleweeds were rolling down the boulevard. That's before most of these hotels were built. Knight said, "I have been playing Las Vegas since 1966.
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