‘Blinding Lights’ star The Weeknd set Twitter alight Sunday night (February 7) after taking to Tampa’s Raymond Jones Stadium to rock the Super Bowl LV Halftime Show.
Armed with a brigade of his top hits, the GRAMMY winner (born Abel Tesfaye) delivered a showstopping performance chock full of jaw-dropping surprises that had viewers just as hyped about his showing as the historic game itself.
As commentary from fans, critics, and even celebrities continues to flow in, the latter is making headlines for the praise they’re showering on Tesfaye.
Tuck in to see what some of your favorites had to say about the Super Bowl Halftime Show:
‘Starboy’ singer The Weeknd shined brighter than ever Sunday (February 7) when he rocked Tampa’s Raymond Jones Stadium as the headliner for the Super Bowl LV halftime show.
Drawing on 10 years worth of hits including the likes of ‘Can’t Feel My Face,’ ‘Earned It,’ and – of course – tunes from his top-selling 2020 ‘After Hours’ album, the ‘Blinding Lights’ star dazzled viewers with a jaw-dropping array of pyrotechnics and cutting edge technology.
Joining the hallowed halls of history-making headliners Michael and Janet Jackson, Madonna, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Prince, and many more, look inside to see how the 30-year-old handled the stage of the biggest spectacle on Earth.
Beyond the Big Game, the Super Bowl is renowned for being the year’s biggest commercial platform – with surprises now a common trend.
This year was no different, thanks to State Farm and Drake.
The rapper made an unannounced appearance in the insurance firm’s new TV spot – which aired during the match between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Drizzy flexes his acting muscles as…well…“Drake…from State Farm.”
From The Vault is back this week with yet another stellar Super Bowl moment.
Today, we journey back 30 years to the day Whitney Houston belted ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at the 1991 game and unleashed what would become for many singers the blueprint for how the US National Anthem should be tackled.
With the US and Iraq at war for the months preceding the festivities, the prospect of hearing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ resonate through a packed stadium was always going to be emotional for many an American. And Houston more than delivered on that note with a heartfelt, intense, and vibrant rendition of the famed anthem.
In just over two minutes, she managed to inspire optimism and togetherness thanks to her inimitable vocal prowess, striking stage presence, and that luminous smile.
Often imitated yet never duplicated, her version of this song is considered the absolute gold standard, with almost every vocalist since building their incarnation of the track around hers… to varying results.
Few will remember that the Buffalo Bills were up against the New York Giants on that fateful day. Yet, three decades on, the whole world is still raving about this game-changing performance. As such, we’d be inclined to say that the true winner was Whitney.
His fans may be opening their hearts and wallets in shows of support for the embattled Country star (as we reported here), but the industry at large is moving in the opposite direction.
As we previously posted , the 27-year-old saw backing snatched from his own record label as well as radio and television stations following the surfacing of a video that showed him drunkenly referring to his friend as the ‘n-word.’
And if distancing themselves from Wallen wasn’t enough, now his management team have joined the chorus of entities severing ties – one of many moves his sister suggests is just another nod to how cancel culture has negatively impacted the world.
Years on from their historic stint in The White House, Barack and Michelle Obama continue to operate on Higher Ground.
It’s apt then that the power couple has named their production company as such.
That Grape Juicereported that The Obamas had inked a lucrative deal with Netflix and now they’ve lifted the lid on the six projects they have incoming.