Usher performs at the 2024 Super Bowl.Photo:Jamie Squire/Getty
Jamie Squire/Getty
Ushergot everyone moving during his electrifying2024 Super BowlHalftime Show!
The R&B singer, 45, pulled out all the stops for his career-spanning, 13-minute performance at Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
Usher and Alicia performing during the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty
He then broke into “U Don’t Have to Call,” and sweetly proclaimed, “They said I wouldn’t make it, but I am. Hey Mama, we made it, this is for you.”
Traveling over to a smaller stage, he briefly played an interlude of “Superstar” and then performed “Love in this Club” — never stopping his dynamic choreography.
H.E.R. and Usher performing during the Super Bowl Halftime Show.Ethan Miller/Getty
Ethan Miller/Getty
H.E.R. joined him on electric guitar during “U Got It Bad” thrilling the audience with an impressive solo.
“I took the world to the A. I took the world to the A,” he repeated at the end of the performance, referring to his hometown of Atlanta and revealing what a full-circle moment the career milestone meant to him.
Ludacris, Usher, Lil Jon and Jermaine Dupri during the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
See PEOPLE’s full coverage of theSuper Bowl LVIIas it broadcasts live on CBS from the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.This is the first time Usher headlines the Super Bowl halftime show. He previously performed alongside theBlack Eyed Peasas a guest artist duringtheir 2011 halftime showat the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
When he wasannounced as the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show headlinerin September 2023, Usher called it the “honor of a lifetime.”
“It’s an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list. I can’t wait to bring the world a show unlike anything else they’ve seen from me before. Thank you to the fans and everyone who made this opportunity happen. I’ll see you real soon,” he said in a statement. While planning the performance, Usherreflected on Black artists' past struggles.
He said onGood Morning Americathat he thought about musicians of the past “having to, at some point, go through kitchens to even be able to perform for an audience.”
“They had to leave back through that same door, you know, fearing for their lives as they went to the next state to do the same thing. So, I’m coming through the front door with this one,” Usher said.
Usher alsoreceived support from past Super Bowl halftime show performersKaty PerryandRihannaand"tons of notes" from his kids.
His performance at the Super Bowl comes two days after he released his ninth studio album,Coming Home. Although his Las Vegas residencyended in December 2023, fans can expect to see him perform his new music on theUSHER: Past Present Future tour.
The tour is set to kick off on Aug. 20 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., and will wrap at Chicago’s United Center on Oct. 29.
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The 2024 Super Bowl matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs is airing live on CBS.
source: people.com
