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Aretha Franklin schedules Oakland concert, first Bay Area show in 30 years
Legendary
vocal diva Aretha Franklin, who is famously afraid of flying, will be
performing her first show in the Bay Area since the 1980s when she plays
Oakland's Oracle Arena on August 10. According to a press release, tickets for the show start at $42.50 and go on sale on Friday, March 13.
Franklin's shows will feature an A-list
opening act in R&B producer and singer Babyface. The concert will
support the Queen of Soul's latest album, Aretha Franklin Sings the
Great Diva Classics, which features covers of Adele's “Rolling in the
Deep,” Sinead O'Connor's “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Etta James' “At Last”
and Gladys Knight's “Midnight Train to Georgia.”
The Oakland concert is her third on the
West Coast planned for the month of August, following shows in Los
Angeles and Santa Barbara earlier in the week. Expect more dates to be
announced in the future, since it would make sense for Franklin to
perform as many shows as possible while she's out there.
Though Franklin refuses to fly, she does
travel around the country frequently via bus. A few years ago, when
there was speculation that she could become a judge on American Idol,
Franklin insisted that she could take the gig despite her refusal to
fly. “I’ve been to California from Detroit four times this year and
Florida,” she said at the time. “I go wherever I choose to go
comfortably on my custom bus.”
Franklin has performed at the Grammys and
other functions in Los Angeles many times over the years, so she doesn't
seem to have a problem getting around in America. She did miss out on
an opportunity to perform at Queen Elizabeth's 50th Jubilee years ago
because she wouldn't fly to England.
Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva
Classics was the singer's highest-charting album since 1985's Who's
Zoomin' Who? Her remake of “Rolling in the Deep” reached the Top 50 on
the R&B chart, giving Franklin her 100th career hit on that survey,
the most ever among female artists. The dance remix of that track went
all the way to No. 1, marking her first chart-topper on that countdown
in 16 years.
Franklin has always been a great live
performer and has made a remarkable comeback since her unspecified
illness in 2010 had some tabloid outlets reporting that she was near
death. She came back with a strong performance the next year at the
Chicago Theatre, firmly establishing that she was back at the top of her
game.
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