CLEVELAND, Ohio - Four living legends of music took over Rocket Arena on Sunday night.

Billed as “The Queens: 4 Legends, 1 stage,” singers Stephanie Mills, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, and Chaka Khan graced the stage in a three-and-a-half-hour, old-school revue-style concert that featured major hits and fan favorites.

Although promoted as a single-stage showcase, the setup was actually a smaller rotating platform atop the main stage. To keep the show moving, a raised circular stage held each artist’s band — reminiscent of the circle-in-the-round at the old Front Row Theatre — allowing the next act’s band to quietly set up during each performance and keeping the downtime to just a few minutes.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1996 inductee Gladys Knight opened with an easy groove onto

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