Usher recalls phone call with Jay-Z about Super Bowl Halftime Show: “This was destined to happen”
nme.comUsher has recalled the moment Jay-Z told him he would be headlining next year’s Super Bowl Half Time Show, saying that the performance was “destined to happen”.The singer is due to take to the stage at the Super Bowl LVIII at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on February 11, 2024.During an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Usher talked about the phone call he received from his “big homie” and Roc Nation founder Jay-Z after landing the coveted halftime gig.“[Jay] said, ‘It’s time, it’s magic time.
You know, it’s time for you to have that moment’,” Usher remembered. “I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ He’s like, ‘The Super Bowl’.
I’m like, ‘Oh, you ready? Absolutely’.”He continued: “And it was like this was destined to happen. I think that everything that led up to that moment, going to Las Vegas for my residency for the last two years.
The legacy, obviously, that is the music, the celebration of entertainment in that place.“It’s the City of Lights. You know, it’s always been a place where entertainers go and find love and passion, connection to their fans.
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