Usher doesn’t seem to age.
Now that he is in the spotlight because he is singing during theSuper Bowl LVIII halftime performance at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, fans are wondering just how old he is.
Most guess he is around 35.
One even tweeted: ‘No way he is a day over 37!’ and another said: ‘He honestly can pass for 37-38 truly.’
Another thought maybe he was in his 20s: ‘He aint even old enough to have a mortgage yet!’
Can you guess how old the performer is? (Hint: he has been working for 30 years already!).
Can you guess how old Usher is? Most think he is around 35. Seen in a SKIMS ad for Kim Kardashian
The answer: 45-years-old. He was born in 1978.
It just hours before he is set to hit the stage when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
There has been talk that Alicia Keys will join him and that his pal Justin Bieber may make a surprise appearance. The Sorry singer is already in las Vegas, if that is any indication he might hit the stage.
Usher looked stylish in a belted black leather coat with gloves and matching sunglasses when in Las Vegas for a Super Bowl performances press day on Thursday.
The event took place at the Mandalay Bay on the strip.
Apple Music will broadcast the interview on its platform and social media sites like YouTube.
The crooner is the big star of the
Also at the Apple event were Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day.
McEntire will sing the national anthem while Malone will perform America The Beautiful and Day will sing Lift Every Voice And Sing as part of the pregame performances that will air on CBS.
The answer: 45-years-old. He was born in 1978. Seen on Thursday
This person was in shock that Usher is 45
Mofe said she thought Usher was 37 or 38
There was more shock from kwabs
Also on Thursday a promo aired for Usher’s show. It was a nod to the film The Hangover.
Usher was seen with Ludacris, Lil Jon and Taraji P. Henson to re-create the classic frat boy type film in a seven-minute clip.
It’s a busy week for the megastar, who is releasing his latest album and has announced a new North American tour.
It’s not Usher’s first time on what has become entertainment’s biggest musical stage.
He joined the Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am for his 2011 set and has said he’d use that performance as a ‘cheat sheet’ for Sunday’s show.
The pre-game media session might reveal some details about the performance, but headliners often keep a few secrets.
Rihanna sure did, waiting until her Super Bowl performance last year to reveal she was pregnant with her second child.
Usher looked stylish in a black leather coat when in Las Vegas for a Super Bowl LVIII performances press day at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas on Thursday
Apple Music will broadcast the interview on its platform and social media sites like YouTube
The press conference was held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center
The Super Bowl will be held Sunday at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, with the San Francisco 49ers facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs.
It was announced in mid January that McEntire will grace Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem while Post Malone will perform America The Beautiful.
Andra Day will also perform Lift Every Voice And Sing as part of the pregame performances that will air on CBS.
Actor Daniel Durant will perform the national anthem in American sign language. He’ll follow his CODA film castmate and Oscar winner Troy Kotsur, who took on the role last year.
Model-dancer Anjel Piñero will sign America The Beautiful and Lift Every Voice And Sing will be signed by actor-dancer Shaheem Sanchez.
Emmy winner Adam Blackstone will produce and arrange the national anthem and Lift Every Voice and Sing.
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the halftime show.
McEntire, a three-time Grammy winner, has become a country music icon with more than 30 studio albums that includes a variety of hits such as ‘Fancy,’ ‘Consider Me Gone’ and ‘Does He Love You.’
The highly decorated performer was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011 and received a Kennedy Center honor in 2018.
She starred in the Broadway musical ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ and earned a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role on television series ‘Reba.’ She also released her latest album ‘ Not That Fancy ‘ and new book last year.
Also at the event was Reba McEntire who will sing the national anthem
She sat next to Post Malone who will perform America The Beautiful
Post Malone, a 10-time Grammy nominee, has recorded multiple hits including ‘Congratulations’ with Quavo, ‘rockstar’ with 21 Savage and ‘Sunflower’ featuring Swae Lee from the 2018 animated film ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.’ The singer-rapper-songwriter released his fifth studio album ‘Austin’ last year.
Usher said during an interview with Vogue, which also included a photoshoot, the eight-time Grammy award-winning artist didn’t go as far as to disclose any names, but he did reveal any guest would be from the R&B genre.
‘This night was specifically curated in my mind to have R&B take the main stage,’ he said, before adding, ‘Not just R&B music, but R&B performance, R&B connection, R&B spirit.’
With that in mind, he all but said he will bring out a big name of R&B, which could a massive star of yesteryear or of more recent times.
Andra Day, far right, will sing Lift Every Voice And Sing as part of the pregame performances that will air on CBS
Post looked to be in good spirits as he wore a black satin football jacket
Andra was chic in a gray pinstriped suit with big hoop earrings and a cross necklace
After having recently closed out his Las Vegas Residency, and with a new studio album on the way, it seems fitting that the Can U Get Wit It star be the headliner of the first-ever Super Bowl be held in Sin City.
In the wake of the news of him landing the headlining spot, Usher let it be known that he has dreamt of playing the Super Bowl most of his life.
‘I’ve been doing this for 30 years,’ Usher reflected, while teasing the show. ‘I want people who have been a part of that journey to feel like it’s a celebration for everybody, for all of us, from the beginning up until this point.’
He added, ‘I’m literally speaking to every woman. I want to make it feel like that.’
Along with performing parts of his hits, Usher is expected to also show off his acclaimed dancing skills.
Fans should also be prepared for at least two costumes and some roller-skating, which also played a role in his recent Las Vegas residency.
Now at 45 and with 30 years in the business, the hitmaker has even alluded to his eventual retirement from performing.
Post seen in Las Vegas on Saturday as he rehearsed
‘I love it, don’t get me wrong,’ Usher said of his time on stage and touring, ‘But man. S**t. I’m not looking to be 60 years old up there.’
Being that he’s 45, that statement translates to less than 15 years of stage performing for the Dallas, Texas native, if he does in fact live up to his statement.
When asked about his mentality about performing following what some believe was a brief slump in his career, Usher seemed to reflect with a sense humility and gratitude.
‘Every night I walk out and I’m present before I walk on the stage. Maybe no one else knows that I’m doing this, but I’ll walk over to the edge of the stage and I look up there,’ he said if his recent performances. ‘And I can remember when nobody was in here, and it was hard, and it felt like nobody was going to come. But I see them having a great time and I’m like, :Here it is… Honor that moment. Now go have a good time.”‘
Once the playoff teams finish banging it out on the gridiron to determine who will represent the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) teams, Super Bowl LVIII will be held on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
The big game will be televised nationally by CBS, streamed on Paramount+, alternatively broadcast on youth-oriented sister network Nickelodeon, and, for the first time, televised on the Spanish-language network Univision.
Usher can expect to reach the biggest audience of his career when he takes the stage for the NFL Halftime Show.
Last year’s Super Bowl LVII, in which the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, now has the distinction of being most-watched telecast in history.
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