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Usher lived up the hype as he took the stage throughout the Apple Music halftime present at Tremendous Bowl LVIII Las Vegas on Sunday! In pictures and a video clip you may see beneath, the singer stepped off the stage in a pointy white Dolce & Gabbana go well with as he danced amongst colorfully clad backup dancers and acrobats, some carrying Vegas-style feather followers as they carried out. In a nod to the late Michael Jackson, he wore a crystal lined white glove on his left hand.

“Woman of Hearth” hitmaker Alicia Keys joined the efficiency as effectively, showing mid-show at her iconic piano (a pink, shiny one) in a beautiful matching sheer pink robe. They carried out a stirring duet, and although Alicia’s look was brief, it was phenomenal.

Usher additionally carried out “Confessions” whereas standing on a huge clock on the stage. Throughout a sensual efficiency of “U Obtained it Dangerous,” he shed his shirt to a frenzied response from the large viewers. And eventually, he donned an electrical black and blue go well with and curler skates for a efficiency of his star-making hit, “Yeah!” with Lil John and Ludacris, who pumped up the power even larger.

The R&B famous person, 45, first introduced he’d be taking the long-lasting half time stage for one of many greatest performances of the yr in September of 2023. And entertaining a large world viewers because the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers face off for the coveted victory has clearly been a dream of Usher’s.

“It’s an honor of a lifetime to lastly verify a Tremendous Bowl efficiency off my bucket checklist,” the “Yeah!” hitmaker mentioned in an announcement concerning the efficiency, per The Hollywood Reporter on the time. “I can’t wait to deliver the world a present not like the rest they’ve seen from me earlier than. Thanks to the followers and everybody who made this chance occur. I’ll see you actual quickly.”

A sequence of stars, together with Odell Beckham Jr., Kim Kardashian, Deion Sanders, and Marshawn Lynch, helped the heartthrob singer get the information of his efficiency out by calling him as he was within the recording studio. In a September 25 interview, he revealed that he was counting on legendary previous Tremendous Bowl half time performances by Michael Jackson, Prince, and Beyonce, to encourage him.

“I’m a praying man and I’m actually humbled that I’ve this chance,” he mentioned throughout the interview on CBS Mornings. “That is one thing that each my nanny and grandmother actually wished to see occur, they usually’re now not with me, in order that they’ll be watching from one of the best seat in the home, from the clouds above,” he sweetly mentioned earlier than including, “I wish to make it one of the best efficiency that the world has ever seen.”

Elsewhere within the interview, he divulged he hopes to supply a present audiences will “always remember.” “I positively have a protracted checklist of individuals whom I’ve collaborated with and in addition, a protracted checklist of songs that imply one thing a lot to folks,” he defined. “So I’m making an attempt to determine how you can entertain folks, make sure that they perceive the legacy, benefit from the second, and make sure that they’ve a present that they’ll always remember.”

Mission completed.