Price: $75, $130, $150

Date: 9/24/2004 - 9/25/2004

Time: 7:00 PM

Venue: House of Blues

One of the most respected, revered, and accomplished performers in recording history, Aretha Franklin is one of music's true singular talents. The Queen of Soul comes to Mandalay Bay's House of Blues September 24-25.

After signing her first recording contract in 1966, Aretha Franklin scored her first R&B; #1 a year later, and has spent the decades since giving us scores of hits we all know by heart through chart-topping R&B; classics, timeless pop, stirring soul, and inspired gospel.

Her vast list of awards and honors includes a place on the Time 100, Time magazine's rundown of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. She won a Grammy Legend Award in 1991, only to return three years later to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement honor. In 1987, she became the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Franklin's body of work has made her larger than life, one of those first-name-only performers who has transcended mere participation in music's art form to become one of its essential components. You almost forget the sheer magnitude of her impact, like a vaunted skyscraper that millions have come to count on as part of the view.

Call 702.632.7600 for tickets.