Halftime Show
Will.i.am on Usher’s Halftime Show: “There Were a Lot of OMG Moments”
Usher made a guest appearance at the Black Eyed Peas’ Super Bowl halftime show in 2011, and bandleader will.i.am says he was happy to return the favor Sunday. Will.i.am performed “OMG” — which he wrote and produced — alongside Usher at both events. “How can I explain it? There’s no words to really explain that,” […]
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Andra Day Says She Stopped Singing the National Anthem Because She Wanted to Sing the Black National Anthem First
Andra Day says she hasn’t performed the National Anthem for some time because she was waiting to sing the Black National Anthem first. “I will tell you, truthfully, I have not done an anthem in a while because the thing I kept saying is that, ‘I do not want to do it again until I’m […]
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Super Bowl DJ Kaskade Is Ready to Work With Taylor Swift: “Taylor, What’s Up?”
Kaskade is ready to enter his Taylor Swift era. The eight-time Grammy-nominated DJ-producer has remixed songs by Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and halftime show superstar Usher. He hasn’t worked his magic on a Swift track, but he’s ready for it. Looking into the camera, he says: “Taylor, what’s up? Taylor, you don’t […]
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Halftime Show Producer Jesse Collins: “Usher Belongs on Musical Mount Rushmore”
Super Bowl halftime executive producer Jesse Collins says Usher’s performance Sunday proves that he “belongs on that musical Mount Rushmore.” “He’s one of the elites,” Collins told The Hollywood Reporter moments after the Grammy-winning star performed at the big game near Las Vegas. Usher’s performance featured high-energy dancing, strong singing, roller skates and more. Guests […]
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T-Pain on Ghostwriting Country Songs and Usher’s Auto-Tune Criticism: “We’ve Been Fine”
T-Pain says he plans to continue to write country music songs as a ghostwriter. The singer-songwriter-producer recently made headlines when he revealed that he stopped taking credit for the country songs he’s worked on because of the “racism” he dealt with in the genre. “I wrote a lot of country songs, and the country songs […]
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Kendrick Lamar Performs at Pre-Super Bowl Concert as Simu Liu, Janelle Monáe, Odell Beckham Jr. Watch On
Kendrick Lamar won an Emmy for performing at the Super Bowl halftime show and days before this year’s big game, the rap prince gave a memorable performance in Las Vegas. Lamar performed at the Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team 2024 season launch in Sin City, working the stage built like a catwalk on […]
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Usher on Reworking Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” Advice Michael Jackson Gave Him and Being “Vulnerable” for New Album
While preparing for his Super Bowl halftime performance, Usher achieved another goal: He finished recording his ninth album. Coming Home was released on Friday, two days before he celebrates his 30-year career at the big game. “Life couldn’t be in a better situation for me right now,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s going pretty […]
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Usher Says His Vegas Residency Will Be Reflected In His Super Bowl Halftime Show
Usher knows that social media has been buzzing with fantasy playlists about his halftime show performance, while others try to guess which special guests he’ll bring onstage. He didn’t offer specific details at a press conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, but the singer said he would incorporate elements of his uber-successful Sin City residency, […]
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Usher on Performing at the Super Bowl and Almost Leaving Music: “Should I Continue to Do This, or Should I Pivot?”
Usher is headlining Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, but the superstar admits he previously had thoughts of leaving the music industry. “I hadn’t had a successful record as successful as [2004’s] Confessions, and there was this analyzing [thought], like, ‘Man, should I continue to do this, or should I pivot and become an actor?'” he […]
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Usher Calls Kim Kardashian “A Fairy God-A&R” and Talks New Skims Ad
Usher has a new collaborator: Kim Kardashian. The Grammy-winning star appears in new racy photos for the reality star and entrepreneur’s Skims line and he says the partnership was developed to celebrate his new album Coming Home, out on Friday. “The idea started with the photo that is my album [cover], where I have the […]
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Grammy Winner Tiësto Is the Super Bowl’s First In-Game DJ (Exclusive)
Grammy-winning DJ-producer Tiësto will become the Super Bowl’s first in-game DJ. The NFL tells The Hollywood Reporter that the Dutch musician will perform a DJ set prior to the game as the players warm up, as well as spin music during featured breaks within the game, becoming the first DJ to perform throughout the Super […]
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Reba McEntire, Post Malone, Andra Day to Perform at Super Bowl
Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day are heading to the Super Bowl. The NFL and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the country music legend will perform “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Feb. 11 game, airing live on CBS from Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Post Malone, the singer-songwriter who has performed across various […]
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