Usher is Headlining the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas _ E! News
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00:00 Usher is headlining the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show.
00:04 In a video announcement, the singer gets help from Kim Kardashian for the big reveal.
00:09 Yo, I'm in the booth. I'm gonna call you right back.
00:11 Wait, can you talk?
00:12 Nah, I just gotta put this one part down. I'm gonna call you back.
00:14 Wait, wait, it's Kim.
00:15 I'm at the studio, man.
00:16 I finally got the answer to those rumors.
00:19 It's not about me, it's about you. You're doing the Super Bowl.
00:23 Quit playing with me, man.
00:24 You're playing the Apple Music Halftime Show in Vegas.
00:28 No, for real, don't play like that.
00:29 I don't have time to play.
00:30 One, I'm busy. Two, you're doing the Super Bowl.
00:33 Are you serious?
00:35 Usher, listen to me.
00:37 How you know?
00:38 I know everything.
00:39 I've seen you in Vegas twice, but this one's gotta be different.
00:43 Put that on everything.
00:44 I put that on everything.
00:47 Damn.
00:48 So it'll be like me, my entire family, all my kids, maybe like five to ten friends.
00:53 Who should I send my ticket request to?
00:55 I'm gonna call you back.
00:56 Wait, we'll be in touch.
00:57 I'm gonna call you back.
00:58 In a statement to People magazine, Usher says,
01:01 "It's an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list.
01:07 I can't wait to bring the world a show unlike anything else they've seen from me before."
01:13 In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 Live,
01:16 Usher opened up about joining the list of legendary performers to hit the stage.
01:22 One of the big questions that everybody wants,
01:24 would want me to ask is, what's it like getting that call from Jay-Z?
01:28 Oh man, I didn't, well I mean, you know, me and the big homie, we talk often,
01:34 but when I got this call, and he said, "It's time, it's magic time,
01:39 you know, it's time for you to have that moment."
01:41 I'm like, "What you talking about?"
01:43 He's like, "The Super Bowl."
01:45 Like, oh yeah.
01:48 You ready?
01:48 Absolutely, but no question.
01:50 It will mark Usher's second time performing on the Halftime Show stage.
01:54 He made a guest appearance during the Black Eyed Peas headlining set in 2011.
01:59 This year's Super Bowl is taking place at Allegiance Stadium outside of Las Vegas.
02:04 And the 44-year-old is no stranger to Sin City.
02:08 He's been performing his sold-out residency at Park MGM since last year
02:13 and is about to end the run in December.
02:16 As for whether Usher will have any special guests, the musician is playing coy.
02:21 Everyone's going to ask the question, so I'm going to be the first one to get it out on the table.
02:25 Is it too soon to talk about possible guests on stage?
02:28 People love the idea of it.
02:30 Last year, Rihanna didn't bring any guests, and the show didn't need it.
02:33 Sometimes people bring it because they want to embellish and celebrate
02:36 and collaborate and share a moment.
02:37 Have you thought about it?
02:38 Well, one thing I can say is I've, you know,
02:40 collaborated with a lot of incredible artists throughout the years.
02:43 If anything, I like to socially engage the world.
02:45 You know what I'm saying?
02:46 I'd like to hear who you think, you know, would be a great guest
02:50 to compliment this.
02:52 You're not asking me that.
02:53 Absolutely. I'm going to put you on the spot.
02:55 You're going to put me on. I can't put you on.
02:57 I didn't know about the lift.
02:58 Should we leave that one on the table?
03:02 Yeah, cool.
03:02 So, by the way, by the way, there'll be many more Sundays to talk about this
03:07 leading up to the Grand Sunday of all.
03:09 Yeah.
03:09 This year's Super Bowl airs live on CBS on February 11, 2024.
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03:22 (upbeat music)