{"id":2172102,"date":"2024-02-09T09:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usher-says-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-be-a-career-crescendo\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T09:46:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:46:40","slug":"usher-says-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-be-a-career-crescendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usher-says-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-be-a-career-crescendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher claims Super Bowl halftime show is his pinnacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusher-says-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-be-a-career-crescendo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2172102&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>February 8, 2024 \u2013 3:46 PM PST<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>LAS VEGAS (Reuters) \u2013 R&#038;B\u200b superstar Usher, fresh off of a wildly successful Las Vegas residency, said his performance at Sunday\u2019s Super Bowl\u2064 halftime\u2062 show\u2062 will be \u200bthe latest\u2063 peak in his 30-year career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLas Vegas has been amazing for me,\u201d<\/strong> Usher, clad in a long black leather jacket, black gloves and dark sunglasses,\u200d told a\u2064 packed press conference \u2062on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHaving 100 sold-out shows at a residency and to have the next one be \u200cthe crescendo, \u2062which will be \u200cthe Super\u200b Bowl with Apple, is \u200dreally giving\u200c my time here in Las Vegas an incredible button at the end.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Usher is not new to the halftime \u2063show stage, having made a spectacular aerial entrance \u2064during a\u200b cameo \u200din 2011 when the Black Eyed Peas were headlining. But \u2064his abiding memory from that \u2064night\u200c was when he \u2063struggled to free himself from the harness that had lowered him \u2064to\u2062 the stage and he hopes Sunday\u2019s performance will go a little more smoothly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMy hand got caught in \u2064the wire that was holding me\u200b 30 feet in \u2062the \u200bair\u200c and I almost missed my first mark. I\u2062 was like oh my God, don\u2019t let this malfunction cost me to miss something,\u201d<\/strong> \u200b he\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBut afterwards it felt so amazing to be in front of that many people \u200band feel the energy. So \u2062much so\u200d that it made \u200cme really passionate about eventually getting\u200d this moment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born Usher Raymond IV, \u200dhe released his first album in 1994 at the age of 16. \u200bHis ninth, \u201cComing Home,\u201d \u200dcomes out on Friday. The 45-year-old called himself the only independent artist to ever headline the show, which is sponsored by tech giant Apple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt has definitely been a challenge to squeeze 30 years of music into \u206313 \u200cminutes,\u201d<\/strong> he said with a \u200blaugh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI was very mindful \u2063of my past, celebrating my\u2062 present \u2063here in Las Vegas, and \u200bthinking about where we\u2019re headed in \u2062the future.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His residency brought Atlanta culture to Las Vegas \u2063and although he has a\u2062 North American tour kicking off \u2062in August, Usher \u200dsaid he may not be done \u2064with \u2064Sin City just yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI visualize in these next few years \u2064that there will be more opportunity to build here in\u2063 Las Vegas. I love this city,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference that doubled \u200cat\u200c times as a motivational speech, Usher repeatedly talked \u200babout \u2063the\u2063 importance of \u200cbelieving\u200b in yourself and <strong>\u201cputting in the work.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat\u2062 you put \u2063in,\u2063 you\u200b get out,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve been \u200cmotivated by artists like Michael Jackson and\u200c that fact that\u200d he was a hard\u2063 worker. \u200cMotivated by athletes like Michael Jordan and the dedication he \u200bput into his \u200bcraft \u200band his \u2064skill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHe received recognition \u2063that made him a legend and that\u2019s \u200bwhat I\u2019ve always hoped for myself. \u2062That maybe\u200c someday I\u2019d be recognized in the same light as those people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><sup>Reporting\u200c by Rory Carroll, \u2062editing by Pritha Sarkar<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t<strong>Share this post!<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>President \u200dJoe Biden faces a barrage of reporter questions about his memory, and abilities to handle being\u200d Commander in Chief.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The Special Counsel report draws 25th Amendment\u200b concerns, the Supreme Court hears Trump\u2019s\u2064 Colorado \u2064ballot case \u2064and Imran Khan leads the Pakistan Election from prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>House Minority \u200bLeader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes Republicans on the\u2062 border bill and efforts to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Texas Senator Ted Cruz \u200csays that Joe\u2064 Biden\u2019s ban \u2064on new natural gas export\u200b projects is a \u201chuge \u200cmiddle \u200bfinger\u201d to\u200c Texas\u200c for attempting\u200d to close its border to \u2062illegal immigration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Google says consumers \u2064can pay \u200cfor better reasoning capabilities as it\u200c vies with Microsoft\u2063 to win subscriptions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Apple\u2062 is building \u2062prototypes of at least two iPhones that\u2063 fold widthwise like a \u2064clamshell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Tesla sent out a single-line query for each job after\u200d canceling some\u2062 employees\u2019 biannual performance reviews.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Meta Platforms will begin \u200bdetecting and labeling images generated by \u200cother \u2062companies\u2019 AI services \u200bin the coming months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2062 rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> According to Usher,\u2063 what has motivated him throughout his career<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Usher Prepares for\u200d Super Bowl\u200d Halftime Show as Career Reaches New\u200d Heights<\/p>\n<p>February 8, 2024 \u2013 3:46 PM PST<\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS\u2063 (Reuters) \u2013 R&#038;B superstar Usher, fresh off of a wildly successful Las Vegas residency,\u200d said his performance at Sunday&#8217;s Super Bowl halftime\u2064 show \u2062will be the latest peak in his 30-year career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Las Vegas has\u2063 been amazing for me,&#8221; Usher, clad in a long black leather jacket, black gloves, and \u2063dark sunglasses, told a packed press \u2062conference\u2064 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having \u2064100 sold-out\u200c shows at\u200c a residency and to have the next one be\u2063 the crescendo,\u200b which will be the Super \u200bBowl \u200bwith Apple, is really giving my time here \u2063in Las Vegas \u200dan incredible button at the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Usher is no stranger to the halftime\u200b show \u200bstage, having\u2064 made a\u200b spectacular aerial entrance during a\u2062 cameo in 2011 when \u2064the \u2062Black Eyed Peas were headlining. However, his \u2064abiding memory from\u2062 that night was when he struggled to free himself from\u2064 the harness that had lowered him to the stage,\u200b and he hopes Sunday&#8217;s performance will\u2064 go \u2063a little \u2064more smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My hand got \u200dcaught \u200bin the wire that was holding me 30 feet in the air, and I almost missed my first mark. I was like, oh my God, don&#8217;t \u2062let this\u200c malfunction\u2064 cost me to miss something,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But afterwards, it felt so\u2062 amazing to be in front of that\u200d many people and feel the energy. So much \u2062so that it made me really passionate about eventually getting this \u2064moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born Usher Raymond IV, he released his\u2062 first album in 1994 at the age of 16. His ninth\u2063 album, &#8220;Coming Home,&#8221; comes out on Friday. The 45-year-old artist called \u2062himself the only independent artist to ever headline\u200d the Super Bowl halftime show, which is sponsored by tech giant Apple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has definitely been a challenge to squeeze 30 years of \u200bmusic into 13\u200d minutes,&#8221; he said with\u2063 a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very mindful of my \u2063past, celebrating my present here in Las Vegas, and thinking about where we&#8217;re headed in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His residency \u200cbrought Atlanta culture to Las Vegas,\u200b and although he has a North American tour kicking off in August, \u200bUsher said he may not be done with Sin City \u200bjust yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I visualize in these next few years that there will be\u200b more opportunities to build here in Las Vegas. I love this city,&#8221; he\u200b said.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u200bpress \u200dconference that doubled at times as a motivational speech, Usher repeatedly talked about the\u200b importance of\u2062 believing in\u2062 yourself and &#8220;putting in the work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What you put \u2064in, you get\u2063 out,&#8221;\u200d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been motivated by artists like\u200b Michael Jackson and the fact that he was a hard worker. Motivated by athletes\u200b like Michael Jordan\u200c and the dedication he put into his craft \u200dand\u200d his skill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He received recognition that\u2063 made him\u2062 a \u2062legend, and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve \u2062always hoped for myself. That maybe someday I&#8217;d be recognized in the same\u2063 light as those people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Rory Carr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 8, 2024, at 3:46 PM PST, Usher, the R&amp;B superstar, expressed his excitement for his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show. Following a successful Las Vegas residency, he considers this performance as a pinnacle moment in his 30-year career. 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