Gladys Knight storms Sun City
Seven-time Grammy winner and R&B original Gladys Knight said this week she couldn’t wait to share her songs of romance with Joburg audiences.
“I can’t wait to show love to Joburg,” she said on the phone from Asheville, North Carolina, US, on Wednesday.
Sounding enthusiastic about her first South African tour, Knight said she would perform all her hits, which include I Heard It Through the Grapevine and Midnight Train to Georgia.
She was also outspoken about contemporary R&B music.
“Well, I am a little disappointed with the music of today,” said Knight.
“The romance of my time wasn’t as graphic and sexual as it is today. Singers of today think that music shouldn’t be censored but I don’t think it’s tasteful.”
Knight, who sprang to fame when she won a TV talent competition at the age of seven, will perform at the Coca-Cola Dome, Northgate, on October 26 and at the Sun City Superbowl the following night. All concerts are seating only.
[Via The Times]
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