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Usher Refutes Claim That R&B Is Dead, Says The Idea “Sounds Crazy”

February 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Usher paid tribute to the next generation of R&B artists during a new cover story for Billboard and says that anyone suggesting the genre is dead, “sounds crazy.” The comments come after SZA, Victoria Monét, and Coco Jones, among other artists were recognized at the Grammy Awards, last weekend.

“I’m very happy that there’s a new installation of R&B artists who care to be authentic to what they are creating, inspired by artists of the past,” he told the outlet. “Everybody who has ever said to me that R&B is dead sounds crazy. Especially when I know the origins of R&B are in all other genres of music.”

Usher Performs At The Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: Usher performs onstage at the Songwriters. Hall of Fame 51st Annual Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis on June 16, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame)

The legendary singer continued: “My point is, I never felt like R&B was dying. I think it just needs expansion. We’re moving toward a standard where people are looking at snippets — TikTok, Instagram and other things — and when fans get it, they take it and do something with it. But if we start to think of it that way and create from that place, the standards for R&B will change. You won’t be able to compare it in an old-versus-new way. It’ll just be what it is.” He added that the genre needs more spaces similar to the Lovers & Friends Festival. “It’s about creating commerce in other spaces. Lovers & Friends is a successful R&B festival that gives you a place to go and celebrate the songs that we make,” Usher said. “We need things that you associate with R&B that you can buy into. Like with hip-hop — glasses, clothes, cars, jewelry, sneakers … ancillary things that people can access. R&B needs and has the potential to have those things as well.”

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Usher will be releasing a new album, Coming Home, on Friday. After that, he’s scheduled to bring his iconic catalog of hits to the Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday. Be on the lookout for further updates on Usher on HotNewHipHop.

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When Do Tickets For Usher’s ‘Past Present Future Tour’ Come Out?

February 6, 2024 by newhiphopnews

In 2023, “Good Good” singer Usher made his triumphant resurgence through his My Way Las Vegas residency. But his run in Sin City isn’t stopping there. Just before releasing his forthcoming album, Coming Home, Usher will grace the Super Bowl Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium.

Today (February 6), Usher revealed his post-Super Bowl plans. Starting in August, Usher will hit the road for his Past Present Future Tour. Given the sheer amount of time his residency was extended due to demand, tickets for the 24-date run are sure to sell out fast. So, when will fans have the chance to secure tickets?

When Do Tickets For Usher’s ‘Past Present Future Tour’ Come Out?

In the caption of Usher’s announcement post on Instagram, he revealed that tickets for his Past Present Future Tour will go on sale as early as Friday, February 9. Beginning at 10 a.m. local time, Usher’s fan presale will launch via Live Nation. The Past Present Future Tour public sale will start on Monday, February 12, at 10 a.m. local time. Find more information here.

Usher’s Past Present Future Tour dates

08/20 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
08/24 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
08/27 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
08/30 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
09/02 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
09/03 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
09/06 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
09/07 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
09/12 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
09/17 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
09/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Intuit Dome
09/22 — Los Angeles, CA @ Intuit Dome
09/28 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
09/29 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
10/04 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
10/07 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center ATX
10/11 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
10/12 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
10/17 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
10/18 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
10/22 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
10/26 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
10/28 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/29 — Chicago, IL @ United Center

Usher’s Past Present Future Tour poster

Coming Home is out 2/9 via Mega/Gamma. Find more information here.

Usher Announces “Past Present Future” Tour

February 6, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Usher will be embarking on the Past Present Future tour across the United States following his highly-anticipated performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. He announced the venture on Tuesday with presale tickets going on sale throughout the week. The first show is scheduled for August 20 at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. The tour will conclude on October 29 at the United Center in Chicago.

Citi and Verizon will host the first presale ticket round on Wednesday, February 7. A general sale will kick off on Monday, February 12 at 10:00 AM, local time, through Live Nation. The tour announcement comes as Usher prepares to release his new album, Coming Home, on Friday, February 9.

Usher Performs At iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – DECEMBER 12: Usher performs onstage during iHeartRadio Q102’s Jingle Ball 2023 at Wells Fargo Center on December 12, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

Usher revealed the tracklist to Coming Home, last week. The project will feature collaborations with Burna Boy, Summer Walker, 21 Savage, Latto, The-Dream, H.E.R., and more artists across its 20 songs. His performance at the Super Bowl will be going down on Sunday, February 11. Check out the full slate of dates for Usher’s tour below and be on the lookout for further updates on the singer on HotNewHipHop.

Usher’s “Past Present Future” Tour Schedule

8/20 at Capital One Arena Washington, District of Columbia
8/24 at CFG Bank Arena Baltimore, Maryland
8/27 at TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
8/30 at Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/2 at Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Canada
9/3 at Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Canada
9/6 at Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York
9/7 at Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York
9/12 at Little Caesars Arena Detroit, Michigan
9/17 at Ball Arena Denver, Colorado
9/21 at Intuit Dome Los Angeles, California
9/22 at Intuit Dome Los Angeles, California
9/28 at Oakland Arena Oakland, California
9/29 at Oakland Arena Oakland, California
10/4 at American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas
10/7 at Moody Center ATX Austin, Texas
10/11 at Kaseya Center Miami, Florida
10/12 at Kaseya Center Miami, Florida
10/17 at State Farm Arena Atlanta, Georgia
10/18 at State Farm Arena Atlanta, Georgia
10/22 at Spectrum Center Charlotte, North Carolina
10/26 at Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri
10/28 at United Center Chicago, Illinois
10/29 at United Center Chicago, Illinois

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Usher Announces Nationwide ‘Usher: Past Present Future’ Tour

February 6, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Multi-platinum artist Usher is hitting the road to celebrate his illustrious 30-year career and the release of his upcoming album Coming Home. Following the success of his Las Vegas residency, the global icon will embark on the Usher: Past Present Future tour, produced by Live Nation.

The 24-city tour kicks off on Aug. 20 at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, with stops in major cities, including Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Atlanta, before concluding in Chicago on Oct. 29.

Tickets will be available starting with Citi and Verizon presales, offering exclusive access to cardmembers and Verizon customers. Additional presales will follow throughout the week, with general on-sale beginning on February 12 at 10 am local time on LiveNation.com.

Fans can also elevate their concert experience with VIP packages, including premium tickets, meet-and-greet opportunities with Usher, pre-show VIP lounges, and exclusive merchandise.

Usher’s tour promises to celebrate his iconic career, featuring his signature smooth R&B tracks and electrifying performances. With the anticipation building for his new album release, fans can expect an unforgettable experience at every show.

Aug 20 | Washington, DC | Capital One Arena

Aug 24 | Baltimore, MD | CFG Bank Arena

Aug 27 | Boston, MA | TD Garden

Aug 30 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center

Sep 2 | Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena

Sep 3 | Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena

Sep 6 | Brooklyn, NY | Barclays Center

Sep 7 | Brooklyn, NY | Barclays Center

Sep 12 | Detroit, MI | Little Caesars Arena

Sep 17 | Denver, CO | Ball Arena

Sep 21 | Los Angeles, CA | Intuit Dome

Sep 22 | Los Angeles, CA | Intuit Dome

Sep 28 | Oakland, CA | Oakland Arena

Sep 29 | Oakland, CA | Oakland Arena

Oct 4 | Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center

Oct 7 | Austin, TX | Moody Center ATX

Oct 11 | Miami, FL | Kaseya Center

Oct 12 | Miami, FL | Kaseya Center

Oct 17 | Atlanta, GA | State Farm Arena

Oct 18 | Atlanta, GA | State Farm Arena

Oct 22 | Charlotte, NC | Spectrum Center

Oct 26 | St. Louis, MO | Enterprise Center

Oct 28 | Chicago, IL | United Center

Oct 29 | Chicago, IL | United Center

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Usher’s New Album ‘Coming Home’: Everything To Know Including The Release Date, Tracklist, And More

February 5, 2024 by newhiphopnews

As Usher prepares for his upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Show performance — dieting, dropping merch, and doing interviews full of surprising behind-the-scenes info from his career — his fans are looking forward to hearing his new album, Coming Home, which is scheduled to drop just ahead of the performance this Friday.

Below is everything we know about Usher’s new album Coming Home so far.

Release Date

Coming Home is out 2/9 via Mega/Gamma. Find more information here.

Tracklist

1. “Coming Home” with Burna Boy
2. “Good Good” with Summer Walker and 21 Savage
3. “A-Town Girl” with Latto
4. “Cold Blooded” with The Dream
5. “Kissing Strangers”
6. “Keep On Dancin’”
7. “Risk It All” with H.E.R.
8. “Bop”
9. “Stone Kold Freak”
10. “Ruin” with Pheelz
11. “BIG”
12. “On The Side”
13. “I Am The Party”
14. “I Love U”
15. “Please U”
16. “Luckiest Man”
17. “Margiela”
18. “Room In A Room”
19. “One Of Them Ones”
20. “Standing Next To You (Remix)” with Jung Kook

Singles

So far, Usher has released two singles: “Good Good” featuring 21 Savage and Summer Walker and “Ruin” featuring Pheelz.

Features

In addition to Usher’s fellow Atlantans 21 Savage, Latto, Summer Walker, and The-Dream, Usher worked with Nigerian superstar Burna Boy, Grammy-winning singer H.E.R., Afropop singer-songwriter Pheelz, and K-pop vanguard Jung Kook on Coming Home

Artwork

Tour

Usher has not yet announced any tour dates for Coming Home but he is headlining Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas again this year.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Usher And Pheelz Find Themselves In ‘Ruin’ Over Women On Their Globally-Inspired New Single

February 2, 2024 by newhiphopnews

We are just over a week out from Usher‘s sure-to-be iconic Super Bowl performance. On the same day, the illustrious singer will drop his new album, Coming Home. Ahead of the album, Usher has shared a new single, “Ruin.”

The Afrofusion-influenced song features Usher smitten over a special woman. So much so, he can’t imagine the idea of answering the phone to someone else, or giving any of his time to another.

“Wake up in the mornin’ / A different girl be on my line / Constantly be callin’ every day, I still decline / See? This exactly what you did / You ruined me for everybody / You ruined me for everybody,” sings Usher on the song’s chorus.

Nigerian singer Pheelz gives the song a bit of international flair with a verse of his own, wondering how he became taken over by love.

“I be learnin’ tricks where you put the money / ‘Cause back then I was very lonely / I still am, I’m just tryna find peace every day / My heart is on holiday,” sings Pheelz on his verse.

You can listen to “Ruin” above.

Coming Home is out 2/9 via mega/gamma. Find more information here.

Pheelz is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Who Is Featured On Usher’s ‘Coming Home’ Album Tracklist?

January 31, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Usher has some pretty big times ahead: He’s performing the Super Bowl Halftime Show on February 11, and on the Friday before that, he’s dropping a new album, Coming Home. While it remains to be seen if anybody will join him on stage at the big game (Taylor Swift almost certainly won’t), we do know who’s going to be on the album.

Today (January 31), Usher revealed the tracklist for Coming Home, as well as the artists he collaborated with for the project.

Who Is Featured On Usher’s Coming Home Album Tracklist?

The 20-song tracklist features collaborations with Burna Boy, Summer Walker, 21 Savage, Latto, The Dream, HER, Pheelz, and BTS’ Jung Kook. Perhaps one or more of them will turn up for the Super Bowl?

U been asking…so I had to deliver. The official tracklist for my new album, #COMINGHOME | 2.9.24 | Pre-order NOW | https://t.co/JjPVHIyiO7 pic.twitter.com/yEgyZ1Kfa0

— Usher Raymond IV (@Usher) January 31, 2024

Usher’s Coming Home Album Tracklist

Coming Home is out 2/9 via Mega/Gamma. Find more information here.

Usher Dropped The Tracklist For His Album ‘Coming Home’ And It Features 21 Savage, Jung Kook, And More

January 31, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Usher unveiled the tracklist for his upcoming album, Coming Home — and fans are extremely excited. Spanning 20 songs, Usher will also be collaborating with a ton of artists. Burna Boy will help open the record as a feature on the title track, and then, Summer Walker and 21 Savage will follow it up on “Good Good.”

It also is a great day for BTS fans, as Jung Kook will appear on Usher’s remix of “Standing Next To You” — the final track of the album.

Fans will get to hear Usher’s album just two days before he takes the stage of Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium to deliver his Super Bowl Halftime Show — making it genius timing to prepare the release. And hey, maybe even some of these artists could join him there, who knows.

Usher’s Coming Home Album Tracklist

Coming Home is out 2/9 via Mega/Gamma. Find more information here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Usher Announces Release of Ninth Album ‘COMING HOME’

September 25, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Usher has set the stage for a grand return with the upcoming release of his ninth studio album, COMING HOME, scheduled for Feb. 11, 2023. The album includes the already popular hit single “Good Good,” featuring 21 Savage and Summer Walker. Notably, the track stormed to #1 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales Chart upon its release and has continued to make waves at Urban, Rhythm, and Top 40 radio stations.

“Good Good” also secured prominent placements, gracing the covers of Spotify’s Are & Be for a week and Apple Music’s R&B Now for two consecutive weeks. It further rose to the #1 position on Shazam in cities like Atlanta, Memphis, San Francisco, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and more.

Usher didn’t stop there. He surprised fans with “Boyfriend” and a mesmerizing video featuring the Emmy Award-winning entertainer Keke Palmer, creating a viral sensation that left an indelible mark on pop culture.

“We’ve put a lot of thought and creativity into this new album to tell a story that is open to interpretation and that will connect with people in different ways. I know this has been a long time coming for my fans and what I’ll say is that all good things come to those who wait. I hope you enjoy it once you hear it,” said Usher.

“USHER is one of the greatest superstars of our time. His undeniable talent, work ethic and charisma has sustained an incredibly successful career for over 30 years in the business, an achievement not to be taken lightly,” L.A. Reid adds. “Our history of working with each other made putting this body of work together a true passion project and I’m proud to be by his side as he reveals it to the world on February 11.”

The album will be launched under “mega,” a music collective founded by Usher and L.A. Reid, in collaboration with “gamma,” the artist-first multimedia platform led by CEO Larry Jackson and President Ike Youssef. This partnership will see gamma exclusively handle the distribution and marketing of all music released by mega.

“I’ve known USHER since we met as teenagers in 1997. I’ve counted him as a friend since then. I’ve also watched him work indefatigably hard over the past thirty years to turn into the global superstar that he is today. Now, I could not be more excited to welcome him and the legendary L.A. Reid to gamma. with mega! USHER left the conventional system, bet on himself, and signed himself to himself. Wow. I hope that it’s an example for other major artists to come. USHER and L.A. are true music pioneers and their attention to detail for creative excellence is exceptional. We’ve been having so much fun already and I am truly excited for what’s to come. It’s amazing to see the new music explode onto urban and pop radio in the U.S., and globally as well,” says Larry Jackson.

In conjunction with the album’s release, Usher’s Las Vegas residency, “Usher My Way,” celebrated its second sold-out year, setting social media abuzz with unforgettable moments. To add to the excitement, “Usher: Rendez-vous à Paris,” his European residency at La Seine Musicale, will kick off on Sept. 24 and run until Oct. 5.

Stay tuned for COMING HOME and more exciting news from Usher in the coming months

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Where Is Usher’s Super Bowl Halftime Show?

September 25, 2023 by newhiphopnews

On Sunday, September 24, Usher simultaneously confirmed that his next album is called Coming Home and unveiled himself as the Super Bowl LVIII Apple Music Halftime Show performer. The cover art shows Usher holding a Georgia peach over the back of his neck.

“I’ve been coming home in a lot of different ways — the choice of music and reconnection to some of the people that I’ve worked with from my past and always wanted to work with,”Usher told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, adding, “In a sense, I’m coming home because I’m in that comfortable space. When you’re at home, you’re comfortable.”

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Usher has become very comfortable in Las Vegas during his Usher: My Way The Vegas Residency, so, of course, he is performing Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on February 11, 2024.

“It’s happening,” Usher told Lowe. “It has happened, ladies and gentlemen! Yes! We made it. […] It’s been a lot to keep secrets from my own kids at home. A very, very close-knit group of people knew, and we’re really excited about the entire thing. Obviously, a legacy, but more than anything, the fact that this is the most grand stage to ever play on.”

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For fans who can’t bear to wait until February to see Usher, there are still plenty of Usher: My Way The Vegas Residency dates before it closes on December 2.

Coming Home will be Usher’s ninth LP and first original album release since Hard II Love in 2016. So far, the only released track is “Good Good” featuring 21 Savage and Summer Walker from August.

Coming Home is out 2/11/2024 via Mega/Gamma. Find more information here.