The Weeknd set to perform at the Super Bowl 2021 halftime show

nypost.com:

Thursday tweet, which read: “performing on the iconic stage. see you 02/07/21.”The genre-bending musician is honored to etch his name into halftime history. “We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position,” The Weeknd said. “I’m humbled, honored and ecstatic to be the center of that infamous stage this year.”The performance will no doubt prove another feather in the cap for the vocalist, who, in less than a decade, has garnered a global fanbase, three Grammy awards and the honor of being named one of Time magazine’s most influential people of 2020.He was even lauded by hip-hop icon Jay-Z as having a “soulful uniqueness” that has “defined a new generation of greatness.