Raymond Iv IV (Iv): Last News

Usher postponed the opening night of his ‘Past Present Future’ tour yesterday (August 14), just hours before he was due to arrive on stage.The R&B star was scheduled to play a sold-out show at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia to kick off the North American leg of the trek.However, he took to social media shortly before the gig to confirm that he had to reschedule the performance.“For my 30-plus year career, 100% of my blood, sweat and tears has gone into putting on the best performance and creating a memorable experience for my fans,” Usher began his statement.“I have every intention of doing that for this tour as well which is why I have to postpone tonight’s show and reschedule it for a later date to give my body a second to rest and heal.”He continued: “You’re still going to get a bit of the past, some of the present and a unique look into the future on the rescheduled date but you’ll also be getting 100% of me.pic.twitter.com/GuVrc1GA4E— Usher Raymond IV (@Usher) August 14, 2024“The last thing I want to ever do is disappoint you, the fans who have been eagerly waiting for this tour to start. However, I wouldn’t be the entertainer that I am if I can’t physically give you my best.”Usher concluded: “My team will be sharing news of the rescheduled date soon.

After making us all go “Yeah!” at the Super Bowl halftime show in February, Usher didn’t just kick back and watch the rest of the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.The R&B superstar rushed right out of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to another pressing engagement: his wedding to longtime love Jenn Goicoechea.After getting their marriage license on Feb. 8, the couple tied the knot at Vegas Weddings’ drive-thru lane on Feb.

It’s a good time to be Usher.And nobody knows that more than the 45-year-old R&B superstar, who strolls into the room at the New York Edition hotel — dressed in a black sweater and matching pants — with the content, confident chill of a man in his moment.“A lot has changed,” Usher told The Post in an exclusive interview for our “Music to My Years” video series.Indeed, 2024 has been the Year of Usher. He started it off with releasing his first solo album in eight years, “Coming Home,” just two days before headlining the Super Bowl halftime show.Then last month Usher launched his Past Present Future Tour, which just finished four sold-out dates at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Usher 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.

“Coming Home” — his first solo studio LP in eight years — headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, and, right after rocking the game, getting married to longtime partner Jennifer Goicoechea in Las Vegas, Usher Raymond IV is taking his act to the big screen.Following in the concert-film footsteps of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, the R&B superstar — who in June was honored with the 2024 Icon Award at the Apollo Theater’s annual spring benefit and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards — will be hitting theaters Sept. 12-17 with “Usher: Rendezvous in Paris.”Filmed in 2023 over Usher’s eight-show run at La Seine Musicale during Paris Fashion Week, the movie features the 45-year-old singer performing his chart-topping tunes like “Love in This Club,” “My Boo,” and, of course, “Yeah!”The film will be bringing love in this cinema just a month after Usher launches his Past Present Future Tour in Atlanta on Aug.

Babyface, “My, My, My.”That was the feeling in the house at the Apollo on Tuesday night when both Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Usher Raymond IV — but really, only one name is necessary for each — were honored at the iconic Harlem institution as it celebrated its 90th anniversary with its annual spring benefit.No doubt — it was the ultimate soul-man showtime at the Apollo, raising more than $3 million for the nonprofit organization that has been the music mecca for everyone from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to James Brown and Aretha Franklin.Those velvet seats were feeling extra cushy on this night.After 2007 “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks opened the night with a medley of classics, it was all about the boys 90 years after the Apollo opened on Jan. 26, 1934, turning 125th Street into hollowed ground for generations of African-American artists.Given the fancy footwork that took Usher to the Super Bowl halftime stage this year, it was fitting that a dance performance including hits such as “Caught Up,” “Burn” and of course “Yeah!” paid tribute to the 45-year-old singer before he accepted the 2024 Icon Award.“It’s an Icon Award, so I feel like I can take a little more time,” Usher joked as he began his acceptance speech.And then he told the crowd that was standing in salute, “Don’t sit down — I love it.

his new marriage to longtime love Jennifer Goicoechea.But even before saying those “I do’s” in Las Vegas right after rocking the halftime show at Allegiant Stadium — midway through the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers — the 45-year-old superstar had already let go of anything “toxic” from his previous relationships.“[I] have come out of being in toxic relationships that are no longer toxic,” Usher told The Post four days before he got hitched for the third time. Indeed, Usher Raymond IV is in a philosophical place that allows him to still show love to his exes, including Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of TLC, first wife Tameka Foster — who is the mother of his two oldest sons, Usher “Cinco” V, 16, and Naviyd, 15 — and second wife Grace Miguel.“I can be clear that, ‘Yo, we don’t have to be the best of friends, but we don’t have to be enemies,’” he said.

was the special guest of the Black Eyed Peas — the freaking Black Eyed Peas — when the “I Gotta Feeling” foursome headlined the Super Bowl XLV halftime show in 2011.How will.i.am, Fergie and crew could ever relegate Usher to a backup role on the biggest stage in music is enough to make anybody go “OMG”?But 13 years after Usher swooped in and upstaged the Peas, justice was finally served when the singer had his own career moment on Sunday.This time around — midway through the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — it was will.i.am.

Usher on Wednesday, I asked him if R&B had fallen off since he was one of the biggest stars of the genre in the late ’90s and ’00s. “I don’t think that R&B is not what it used to be,” he responded.

Usher sings in his best metal-wannabe wail of the 1986 Europe hit “The Final Countdown.”And indeed it is, now just hours from Usher Raymond IV, 45, to play perhaps the biggest stage of his life: The Super Bowl LVIII halftime show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.But, as he stresses to The Post from rehearsals, he’s not sweating it.In fact, Usher even makes time to give us an exclusive photo shoot rocking his own blinged-out accessories, including his trademark “U” necklace, his own personal Super Bowl ring and a custom handmade Dolce & Gabbana football encrusted with scores of Swarovski crystals.This is a man who has been preparing for this moment for 30 years — since he released his self-titled debut as a 15-year-old in April 1994.“You know, this has been an amazing year ramping up to this,” said Usher of his “My Way” Las Vegas residency that finished at the Dolby Live-Park MGM in December after 17 months and 100 shows.“It definitely helped to play 100 sold-out shows, in preparation for the Super Bowl,” he added. “Now, obviously, a much bigger audience.