Almost exactly one year since she played Tampa, Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul, was back in the Bay area for a Valentine’s night concert at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater.

Gladys Knight plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 14, 2024. Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...