Usher is a master of soul seduction at Brooklyn opening show
nypost.comUsher hit the stage at Barclays Center on Friday night, he made himself right at home at the Brooklyn arena for the first of four sold-out shows on his Past Present Future Tour.
The R&B superstar — dressed in all black everything, from his sequined coat to his shades — opened with “Coming Home,” the title track of his latest album, which he dropped just two days before headlining the Super Bowl halftime show in February.
Then he smoothly moved into “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home),” his hit single fro 2010’s “Raymond v. Raymond.”This wasn’t Atlanta, his hometown where the 45-year-old singer launched his career as a teenager three decades ago.
Nor was it Las Vegas, where his “My Way” residency was the hottest ticket in town from 2022 to 2023.Still, there was a feeling of homecoming for Usher Raymond IV — as if Brooklyn was his home, and Barclays Center was his house.And there was lots of love in this arena for the artist who many in the audience had grown up with — from 1997’s “You Make Me Wanna…” and 2001’s “U Remind Me” to 2004’s “Yeah!” and 2008’s “Love in This Club.”Thirty years after he released his self-titled debut on Aug.
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