LAS VEGAS – Usher took the stage for the Tremendous Bowl halftime present Sunday, and the present had no scarcity of surprises, together with studies that the singer and his girlfriend, Jennifer Goicoechea, obtained their marriage license.
According to PEOPLE, the couple obtained a wedding license in Clark County, Nevada on Thursday, Feb. 8. Nevertheless, ourt data present their marriage certificates has not but been filed.
Usher has kicked off his halftime present in Vegas type – surrounded by a subject filled with showgirls and different showy dancers, he shed an extravagant feather cape as he stepped from a stage onto the sector whereas singing his 2004 hit “Caught.”
Who carried out with Usher on the Tremendous Bowl?
A gentle stream of stars joined Usher throughout his 13-minute halftime present. H.E.R. took the sector with a guitar solo, and he made a dressing up change right into a purple and black glowing go well with with curler skates, which he used to glide in circles across the stage.
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Alicia Keys joined Usher as a shock visitor throughout his halftime present, singing her “If I Ain’t Obtained You” whereas standing at a midfield piano that seemed like a crimson hunk of summary sculpture.
She then stood up and entangled with Usher as they sang their duet “My Boo,” along with her wearing glowing crimson and in distinction along with his glowing white. The singer shed his shirt quickly after.
Lil Jon joined, beginning with a rousing snippet of his “Flip Down for What” earlier than Usher’s greatest, hit, “Yeah,” started blaring on the stadium audio system.
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Lil Jon and Ludacris – with shoulder pads and large afro – recreated their roles on Usher’s 2004 recording of the music from the midfield stage because the R&B star danced amid a bedazzled crowd to shut the present.
Usher was additionally joined by a marching band on the sector as he raced by each dance and gradual jams together with “U Don’t Must Name.”
Who’s Usher?
Usher springboarded into superstardom with “Confessions,” which offered greater than 10 million models within the U.S. and earned him eight nominations on the 2005 Grammys, successful him three. He misplaced album of the yr to Ray Charles’ remaining album “Genius Loves Firm,” launched two months after the legend died.
“Confessions” ranks amongst one of many best-selling music initiatives of all time and launched No. 1 hits similar to “Yeah!” with Ludacris and Lil Jon, “Burn” and “Confessions Half II.” His particular version model included the graceful hit “My Boo,” a duet with Alicia Keys. Subsequent yr will mark the twentieth anniversary of the epic album.
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Usher, 44, is at present headlining his “Usher: My Approach” residency in Las Vegas, which has drawn sold-out exhibits and rave evaluations. He’s additionally starting an eight-night block of performances in Paris on Sunday. Usher is predicted to wrap up his Las Vegas residency in early December earlier than he makes his Tremendous Bowl halftime look a pair months later.
The singer has served as a coach on NBC’s “The Voice” and appeared in a number of movies together with “Hustlers” and “Gentle It Up.”
The Related Press contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.