Usher Turns Up the Heat in 2 Outfits and Takes Off His Shirt for Super Sexy 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Performance
From one glove to bare abs to roller skates, the star's style took center stage at the halftime show
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Usher performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)Usher brought his signature style to the 2024 Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — and you bet it made us say: “Yeah!”
After weeks of anticipation, the music icon, 45, nailed his halftime show performance, during which he sang hit after hit including “My Boo,” “Confessions” and “Yeah!”
The singer — who brought out H.E.R, Alicia Keys, Will I Am, Lil Jon and Ludacris (the latter two he previously said he’d be “a fool” not to have join him onstage) for his performance, wore Dolce & Gabbana and Off-White.
His first outfit was all cream Dolce & Gabbana ensemble and featured a coat over a cropped jacket with a brooch, both of which he took off to reveal a bedazzled top. Soon after, Usher ditched that top too and briefly bared his abs before he stepped offstage for an outfit change. For this look Usher also wore matching gloves, one of which he took off in an apparent nod to Michael Jackson.
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Usher performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Usher then emerged in a shimmering blue-and-black Off-White look consisting of five different pieces which had a total of 394,000 crystals (a crystallized anatomical letter biker jacket, a crystallized anatomical knitted turtleneck and a lurex sparkle under shirt, a pair of
crystallized leather biker trousers and leather biker gloves) — and roller skates — for the second half of his electrifying set.
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(L-R) Ludacris, Usher, Lil Jon, and Jermaine Dupri perform onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)Usher revealed little about his performance in the month leading up — but did emphasize that he wanted to pay tribute to Black artists on football’s biggest night.
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Usher attends Paris Fashion Week from September, 27 to October, 3, 2023.The star said he wanted R&B to "take the main stage."
“Not just R&B music, but R&B performance, R&B connection, R&B spirit," he said.
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Usher performs during his residency at La Seine Musicale on September 25, 2023 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.The artist admitted that it was “difficult” trying to fit 30-years’ worth of hits into a 13-minute set. But in anticipation of the event he’d been getting “notes” from everyone from Katy Perry to his children.
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Usher attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills and the Met Gala on May 1, 2023 in New York City.No matter which team wins the Super Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs or the San Francisco 49ers, by all accounts Usher had the best week ever. Ahead of his album drop, he announced that he’s embarking on a North American tour beginning in August.
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He also starred in a newly-launched SKIMS mens campaign (we have no doubt he’s wearing the brand under his outfit tonight) and released his own Super Bowl merch collection with the NFL.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will face off in Super Bowl LVIII, airing on CBS on Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET.
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