6:42 AM PT — A rep for Gladys Knight tells TMZ … she got here down with the flu final evening earlier than the present and was handled in Florida. She was launched in a single day and is presently headed to her house in North Carolina to relaxation.

Gladys Knight has caught the bug and was compelled to cancel her present in Florida over the weekend.

Florida Theatre President Numa Saisselin delivered the dangerous information on the final minute forward of GK’s Saturday evening present in Jacksonville. He says Gladys and one in all her workers members turned sick backstage on the venue and needed to be attended to by Jacksonville Fireplace and Rescue. He says Knight “was smiling and in good spirts when she left the constructing.”

Theatre officers haven’t but decided if the present will likely be rescheduled or not however mentioned they need to know by early subsequent week. “In case you are unable to attend a brand new date, so long as you bought your tickets from the Florida Theatre or FloridaTheatre.com, we’d refund your buy,” they mentioned.

We’ve reached out to GK’s reps to get an replace on how she’s doing … thus far, no phrase again.