Four soul legends, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Stephanie Mills, are teaming up for a one-night takeover of Dickies Arena in Fort Worth this Friday. Billed as The Queens, the touring revue is rolling into town with decades of R&B hits, a full live band and arena-scale production, all landing neatly on Mother’s Day weekend. Fans are being promised a set list loaded with career-defining songs and a crowd that spans multiple generations.
When and where
Ticketmaster lists The Queens at Dickies Arena for this Friday, with doors at 6 p.m. and the show starting at 7 p.m. Dickies Arena notes that the Fort Worth stop was rescheduled from an earlier February date and that original tickets will be honored for the new night. The venue is steering buyers toward official ticket sellers and urging fans to hang on to any previously purchased tickets.
What the artists are saying
On the promo trail, the singers have been clear that this is a celebration, not a vocal face-off. Patti LaBelle told WFAA she "said yes real fast" to the tour and described the show as "four Black women just singing," while Chaka Khan said the group is just giving a lot of love. They have all stressed that this is a return to live, untracked performance, not a slick mimed revue. Stephanie Mills told the station the show is energetic and that "we are really singing" with live musicians on stage the whole night.
Tour context
The Queens is produced by the Black Promoters Collective and is set up as a rotating-stage revue, with each artist stepping in for a focused set before the spotlight moves to the next, according to tour press materials. Promotional copy and a tour release say fans can expect live performances of signature songs and a night framed as a celebration of legacy rather than a straightforward greatest-hits package. Coverage from the Associated Press has described the production as intergenerational entertainment that pulls in audiences ranging from parents to grandparents.
Tickets and what to expect at the arena
Tickets are still available through official sellers such as Ticketmaster, while prices on resale sites vary, so buyers may want to compare before locking anything in. Dickies Arena offers parking maps, bag policies and recommended arrival times, and it directs rideshare drop-offs and pick-ups to designated zones on the Will Rogers campus. With multiple headliner-level sets and a full live band on the bill, plan on getting there early to navigate security, find your seat and settle in between artist changeovers.
For Fort Worth, this one-night stop is being pitched as a rare chance to see four legendary singers share one stage during Mother’s Day weekend, in a format that critics have said feels like a celebration instead of a simple nostalgia act. Early reactions from larger-market dates have praised the show’s energy and its willingness to roll with surprises, making the Dickies Arena performance a likely hot ticket for local fans; the Los Angeles Times recently highlighted those elements in a review.
