Beyonce honours Aretha in Detroit hometown

Updated August 14 2018 - 4:47pm, first published 3:18pm
 Aretha Franklin performs in concert at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in August 2017. Photo:  Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP
Aretha Franklin performs in concert at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in August 2017. Photo: Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP

As ailing soul great Aretha Franklin battles a grave illness, Beyonce has honoured her to thunderous cheers at a concert with her husband Jay Z in the Queen of Soul's hometown of Detroit.

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