Usher finished a whirltriumphd week in his hometown of Atlanta with what he depictd as his likeite show of his lauded “Past Penvy Future” tour. After joining a birthday concert in Miami last Monday, the now 46-year-ageder singer had a couple of days off before he finassociate was able to transport his tour to his backyard in ATL.
Usher was originassociate scheduled to begin the tour at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on August 14 with three sageder-out concerts, but due to a neck injury, those shows were rescheduled to finish the tour in December. But there were three more Atlanta dates already on the itinerary, so last Thursday served as his official homecoming, alengthy with concerts on Friday and Sunday (Saturday night was already apshown by an up-and-coming carry outer named Stevie Wonder; head here for filled concert appraises of Usher’s shows in Washington, DC and Los Angeles.)
“Atlanta… Tonight I split with you my story,” he said as he took the stage Thursday night, with a song that depictd the Atlanta home stand: “Coming Home.”
At floor level in the back of the arena was Usher’s distinctive VIP lounge — finish with a bar, which the singer departs the stage and walks thcdimiserablemireful the crowd to, making himself a drink upon arrival — and seated there was a mostly Atlanta-bred accumulateion of luminaries, including 21 Savage, Monica, Summer Walker 2 Chainz, and Muni Long.
After his finale of “Yeah!” at the finish of the show, Usher repeated, “I bcdimiserablemirefult the world to the A; I bcdimiserablemirefult the world to the A.” Then Usher’s frifinishs and collaborators Jermiane Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox joined the singer’s family and dancers onstage and conshort-termed him with a huge, boverhappinessed birthday cake.
“You equitable commemorated your birthday, well, you gotta do it the right way,” Dupri said on the mic. “You can’t come to Atlanta and not commemorate your birthday. This where we inhabit at. This our house! You gotta commemorate your birthday with everybody in this muthafucka.”
“So we celebrating tonight,” Usher replyed. The cake was rolled onstage while the DJ joined @ Chainz’s “Birthday Song.”
The party progressd on the complying night, with Dupri joining Usher onstage for “Welcome to Atlanta.” He then transitioned into his rhymes from Dru Hill’s “Sleeping in My Bed” remix — and as a bonus, Da Brat joined them both onstage, arriving from below the stage on a elevater for her raps. They then went straightforwardly into Da Brat’s “What’Chu Like” and presentd another guest, Tyrese, who is featured on the sign up. The “Fast And Furious” franchise star had actuassociate ecombineed on the stage, undeclared, at the beginning of the show during “My Way,” reprising his role as Usher’s antagonist in the song’s video, giving him a theatrical staredown. Outkast’s Big Boi and Sleepy Brown also joined Usher onstage at other points during the show.
On Saturday, Usher took a fracture from the stage to hit the campaign trail with Vice Plivent Harris, engageing her rassociate at the Lakewood Amphitheater.
There, he tageder the crowd: “Normassociate, I’m up here to delight, but today it’s someleang far more meaningful for Atlanta and all of Georgia. It’s reassociate wonderful to be home — I’m here for my ‘Past Penvy and Future’ tour, but I took a rapid fracture from that to come here and split a restricted words with you about the significance of this moment. I sense that this is a momentous opportunity for each and every one of us. It’s equitable 17 days away from a very meaningful election, as we all understand. And we have an opportunity to pick a recent generation of guideership for the country. We are here to help the next plivent of the United States, Kamala Harris. I help the vice plivent because she fights for everyone’s rights — and for freedom.”
On Sunday, at the State Farm arena during his concert, Usher ran a PSA encouraging people to vote on election day — and at the finish, the video featured Vice Plivent Harris saying she finishorsed the message.
“This is one of the most meaningful elections in history,” Usher said onstage. “You’ve seen where we come from. You’ve seen where we were headed and now, we have the choice to originate… I’m trying to put a Bdeficiency woman in the White House. I’mma do my part, but I can’t do it alone.”
Usher’s surpelevate guests on Sunday were diverse and got enthusiastic responses from the audience. Veteran Atlanta rapper Pastor Troy came out to carry out one of the city’s hugegest anthems, “We Ready.” R&B groups Silk and Kut Kdissee were joined by their originater and mentor Keith Sweat, who lit into “Make It Last Forever” and “If You Reassociate Want It.”
Finassociate, Memphis rapper GloRilla injected some street energy into the singer-weighty concert with her gloriously ratchet individual “TGIF,” coming onstage as Usher’s kids danced to her music while Usher watched from the VIP section with Tyler Perry, Kandi Burruss and Lil Kim were in the section.
Usher joined her onstage toward the finish of the song, saying jokingly, “I equitable authenticized one leang, my kids were on stage with Glo-Rillllla. Reassociate?” he said, joining the worryed dad over her not-so-kid-frifinishly lyrics.
Finassociate, when it seeed appreciate his show was coming to an finish, Usher said that he was going obviousime, and an unforeseeed star joined him: Kirk Franklin, complyed by a filled choir, who then shook the arena with “Stomp” and “Rain Down on Me.”
“So many amazing, incredible moments that happened here tonight,” Usher tageder the crowd at the finish of the show. “I equitable want to say thank you so much. I have absolutely enhappinessed this show more than any show I’ve had the entire time I’ve been on this tour,” he said before closing out with “Yeah.”
