Usher Tackles NY W/ Free Concert

J-Banks · 08-12-2008, 01:24 PM

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

R&B superstar Usher will be helping to kick-off the NFL season next month with a free concert in New York City.

According to Billboard, the multi-platinum selling singer is teaming up with country music sensation Keith Urban to perform in Columbus Circle. The televised event will be shown throughout NFL programs including the NFL Network, NFL.com, Sprint’s NFL Mobile Live and broadcast on NBC the following day.

Following the spectacle, the season’s opener will feature the Super Bowl champion New York Giants facing off the Washington Redskins at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The annual NFL Kickoff concert previously featured performances by Keyshia Cole, Kelly Clarkson, John Mellencamp, Faith Hill, and others.

The performance is currently scheduled for Thursday, September 4 in mid-town Manhattan.

In related news, Usher recently reunited with his mother, Jonetta Patton, after firing his last manager Benny Medina. Allegedly upset with the slow sales of his platinum album Here I Stand, the singer rehired Patton who helped him reach over a million sales in his opening week of 2004’s Confessions.

Despite hit singles like “Love in This Club” with remixes by superstars Young Jeezy and Beyonce, his latest album only generated 433,000 units it’s first week in stores compared to 2004’s Confessions which sold 1.1 million copies in its first week.

Source: sohh

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