The Weeknd lights up Super Bowl Halftime Show with highly effective efficiency

By ANI
WASHINGTON: Singer-songwriter The Weeknd kick-started the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show by giving a monumental efficiency on Sunday.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, the singer hit the stage in Tampa Bay, singing hits together with ‘The Hills’, ‘Can’t Feel My Face’, ‘I Feel It Coming’, ‘Save Your Tears’, ‘Earned It’ and ‘Blinding Lights’.

The singer was wearing a glimmering pink blazer, a black button-down shirt with matching trousers. The stage was lit with lights and the stadium sky stuffed with fireworks because the star carried out a medley of hits backed by a choir, violinists, and masked backup dancers.

While followers had been anticipating a celeb visitor to take the stage with The Weeknd, the singer stayed true to the promise of his solo act and was not joined by any shock superstar performers in the course of the present.

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The present kicked off with the singer in a luxurious sports activities automotive in entrance of what appeared just like the Tampa Bay skyline. As the efficiency started, a floating determine in white, carrying a masks with pink glowing eyes, was lowered to the bottom as a choir, all of whom had been wearing comparable outfits, started singing.

The Weeknd began the present on a excessive observe by performing his insanely common observe ‘Starboy’ earlier than segueing into ‘The Hills’.

In a corridor of mirrors-type room, he carried out ‘Can’t Feel My Face’, surrounded by a number of dancers carrying the identical pink blazer ensemble, however adorning bandages on their faces, conserving in step with the character that The Weeknd has been portraying all through the previous 12 months to advertise his much-acclaimed ‘After Hours’ album.

He then carried out ‘I Feel It Coming’ and ‘Save Your Tears’ earlier than slowing issues down with ‘Earned It’, backed by an orchestra of violinists and backup singers.

For his finale, the singer then went forward with a show-stopping energetic efficiency of ‘Blinding Lights’, which was accompanied by fireworks.

In different performances, Miley Cyrus took the stage throughout a tailgate pregame present on Sunday afternoon, earlier than the National Anthem was carried out by H.E.R., ‘America the Beautiful’ sung by nation artist Eric Church and R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan, and youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman recited a poem.

With the continued COVID-19 pandemic nonetheless working rampant worldwide, the occasion, which allowed solely 25,000 followers to attend it, had sure security measures in place. To guarantee the protection of the folks attending the present, practically 30,000 cardboard cutouts had been positioned in a 66,000-seat stadium.

Over the years, many singers have carried out on the star-studded present. The Weeknd follows earlier performers together with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Katy Perry, and Bruno Mars.

Earlier this week, it was reported that The Weeknd is planning his ‘After Hours’ tour for January 2022. The tour was rescheduled after being delayed attributable to COVID-19.