Something straight out of music fairy tale happened on Sunday night in Inglewood: Four legendary singers — Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Stephanie Mills and Gladys Knight — came together to perform their greatest hits on one stage for the very first time.
The first leg of the Queens tour, which runs through June, made a stop in L.A. on Mother’s Day at the Kia Forum. The holiday was fitting — each of the artists are mothers and Khan’s mother was in the audience. Garbed in their Sunday’s best attire, thousands of fans of all ages stepped out for the bucket list-worthy show, which many described as “once in a lifetime.”
“I prayed for a show like this,” Stephanie Mills, who at 68 is the youngest of the quartet, said from her green room after her set. “Patti, Gladys and I did shows like a year or so ago, but I’ve always wanted to have Chaka, so I’m glad that we finally got her to do this. This is our first weekend of the tour, so I’m really happy about it. It’s a dream come true.”…