Singing, dancing, roller-skating—Usher is the consummate performer. On Sunday, following months of hype, he’ll take the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the Tremendous Bowl 2024 halftime present, cramming three many years of his hits right into a 13-minute efficiency.
Usher’s efficiency at Tremendous Bowl LVIII comes after his 100-show Las Vegas residency and the discharge of his first album in eight years, Coming Residence, which the singer launched on Friday.
In the course of the set, located in the midst of the face-off between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, Usher is predicted to maneuver by a collection of his hottest hits, from the 2001 R&B mainstay “U Obtained It Dangerous” to the quintessential membership tune “Yeah!” The latter tune has had one thing of a renaissance recently. Becoming when you think about the observe is at present celebrating its twentieth anniversary.
Earlier than taking the stage, Apple Music, which has sponsored the present since final yr’s Tremendous Bowl halftime spectacle starring Rihanna, teased Usher’s efficiency with a brief movie known as “The place’s Usher?”, that includes Ludacris and Lil Jon, furthering hypothesis that his “Yeah!” collaborators could be becoming a member of him on the Tremendous Bowl stage.
Following the present, Apple Music will supply the efficiency in spatial audio, Apple’s Dolby Atmos–powered “immersive” sound characteristic. (Quick model: You’ll hear it just like the best way you’ll on the stadium.) One thing it additionally did with Rihanna’s efficiency. Watch it right here.