Usher’s halftime show is a guest packed frenzy of sexy shirtless jams roller skating and breathless dance moves fresh off of a promotional Whirlwind including a new album and tour announcement Usher took the stage during the Super Bowl 58 lighting up Allegiance stadium in Los Vegas with a crew of famous friends
Including Alicia Keys ludicrous and her in toe it makes sense that Usher would be drafted to performed during the Super Bowl throughout his decades long career he’s proven time and again to be a Showman and Bonafide Entertainer whether it be during live shows and music videos
Or as an actor and during his breathless performance Usher gave the crowd exactly what they’ve come to expect from him sweat dance moves and more hits than you could count it was a notably tight Super Bowl performance with essentially no error from Usher who’s fresh off a busy
Few weeks in the leadup to the gig he recently closed out his 100 show my way residency in Las Vegas going right into album mode with the release of his ninth full length coming home on Friday and announcing a North American tour there was plenty of fan speculation on what
Exactly Usher would perform and which guests he’d bring out with guesses ranging from Justin Bieber to Beyonce and while those two were missing in action even though they both watched from the stands Usher came through with an action-packed performance for the record books to kick things off he
Anointed himself as something of a king after all he was on the biggest stage in the world perched on a throne with a long furry ape trailing behind him what followed was a medley of hits that traed by so quickly that some were easy to miss a whisper of my way echoed through
The stadium as he danced through caught up surrounded by a legion of dancers before sliding into a portion of you don’t have to call he hopped onto a makeshift stage for a brief snippet of Superstar and was joined by two male backup dancers for Love in This Club as
A marching band blared behind him the first guest of the performance Alicia Keys added a softer touch to the more uptempo pace of the show dressed in a sparkling red bodysuit complimented by a red piano she gave a taste of her hit If I Ain’t Got You as an enormous red Veil
Floated away behind her she cuddled up to usher for their 2004 single Mayu playing off one another for one of the considerably downbeat moments of the set with an introduction from Germaine Dupri a sh teed up a string of smashes confessions pt2 burn and You Got It Bad
Where he took center stage and leaned into the drama peeling off his shirt for added effect her appeared with an electric guitar shredding a solo as Usher vanished from sight for a costume change he reemerged to the surprise of many wearing roller skates some may be
New to learn that Usher is a gifted skater and turned the field into a rink for OMG with will I am playing High pean it all culminated in the final moment of the performance which to the surprise of no one was yet his 2004 chart topping smash featuring Lil John and ludicrous
The former started off among the fans on the field wrapping along to his DJ Snake collaboration Turned Down For What and joined Usher on stage as the yet queued up ludicrous brought some Atlanta flare as he delivered his verse flanked by women dancing on poles and the three
United on stage in a spectacular to finish it off I turned the world to the a Usher chanted at the end sweat glistening under the stadium lights prior to the performance fans weren’t quite sure what to expect from Usher his discography is Rich and diverse in genre
And style yet he managed to thread it all together with ease at 45 he’s shown no sign of slowing down and with the Super Bowl added to his resume he only extended his hot streak as one of the world’s most reliable pop star
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