Usher lands 'bucket list' Super Bowl gig - and Kim Kardashian gets involved

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R&B star Usher will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas next year, it has been announced.To share the news, Usher brought in reality star Kim Kardashian who can be seen telling the singer he had been selected in a video shared to social media.The clip references the singer’s music video for his song Confessions II, where he tries to shake off someone on the phone as he is working in the studio.This time, Kim ignores his protests and tells him: “I finally got the answers to those rumours.

It’s not about me, it’s about you. You’re doing the Super Bowl.” The video, which was shared by Apple Music, NFL and Roc Nation, was also recreated with US football coach Deion Sanders, NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr and a future Usher letting him know the good news.

The Grammy-winning singer said it was the “honour of a lifetime” to be chosen to perform at the major sporting event, which will take place at Allegiant Stadium on February 11.

Speaking about playing the show, Usher said: “It’s an honour of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list. “I can’t wait to bring the world a show unlike anything else they’ve seen from me before.” Usher has produced eight studio albums across his career and won the same number of Grammy Awards.The 44-year-old enjoyed success with his first few albums but was propelled to fame in 2004 by his record Confessions, which went number one on both sides of the Atlantic and secured the best contemporary R&B album Grammy.