Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd is one of the great serial collaborators of this era, and he is generous with his praise about the artists he’s worked with, who range from Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey to Travis Scott and SZA.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlmost nine full days after the Super Bowl, the final chart numbers are in, and the Weeknd — who turns 31 today, Feb.
16 — saw an enormous bump in streams and sales thanks to his dazzling halftime performance at the big game: in fact, nearly every single song he performed in those 12-ish minutes is in the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart.“Blinding Lights,” which is already one of the biggest hits in the streaming age, saw yet another bump, nearly 15 months after
.Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd is one of the great serial collaborators of this era, and he is generous with his praise about the artists he’s worked with, who range from Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey to Travis Scott and SZA.
The Weeknd has been given a custom diamond Super Bowl ring to commemorate his half-time performance at this year’s event.The Toronto star worked around coronavirus regulations to put on an impressive show during the NFL game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs, held at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium earlier this month (February 7).Accoridng to TMZ, the ‘Blinding Lights’ singer has now received a new piece of jewellery to commemorate the moment, courtesy of Cash – the
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorShowtime has announced that it will air “The Show,” a 90-minute feature documentary that will provide a look into the making of the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show, starring the Weeknd.
EXCLUSIVE: This year, it wasn’t a movie trailer that was all the buzz following the Super Bowl, rather Michael B. Jordan as Alexa.
© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Alicia Keys nearly broke the internet when she popped on Instagram in a rhinestone bra over the weekend, and the songstress continued that trend as she performed after the Super Bowl Sunday night.
did have a lot of body doubles to support. The Weeknd and his field full of bandaged-up doppelgängers gave a money performance at the 2021 Super Bowl halftime show.
The Weeknd drew from his hefty catalogue of hits for his performance at this evening's Super Bowl LIV Halftime show in Tampa, Florida.
CBS’ new drama The Equalizer dedicated its premiere to the series’ executive producer Richard Lindheim, who died Jan. 18 of heart failure at the age of 85. The post-Super Bowl debut, which likely attracted tens of millions of viewers, ended with a card that read, “Dedicated to the memory of Richard Lindheim.” (You can see it below.)
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Super Bowl Halftime show is the biggest stage on Earth for a musician, and the Weeknd made the most of his 12-odd minutes on Sunday night, delivering a tightly choreographed, technologically dazzling set that not only lived up to some of the most iconic performances of the past, it also touched on songs and images from all across his decade-long career — and he did it under the tight pandemic restrictions before a stadium that was approximately one-tenth full.In
Miley Cyrus got emotional during a performance of her song "Wrecking Ball" at the Super Bowl LV "TikTok Tailgate." The artist was on hand to headline the pre-show performance that allowed her to rock out to a crowd full of frontline workers who have already been vaccinated for the coronavirus.
blood and carnage?The Weeknd decided to play it safe on one of pop culture’s biggest stages on Sunday during his Super Bowl 2021 halftime performance. The 30-year-old decided his own face was good enough for his big live — NOT pre-recorded — gig, rather than the odd prosthetics and makeup he’s been donning throughout his latest album’s release.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd already said that he doesn’t plan to have any special guests for his Super Bowl halftime performance later today — but that didn’t stop James Corden from popping by rehearsals for some unexpected assistance with the show.In this comic skit, Corden turns up at rehearsals not only in the same red-jacketed outfit that the Weeknd has worn through the entire storyline around his “After Hours” album — but wearing the same full head of bandages that have
direct to your inboxIt's already time for the one of the biggest events of the year to take place in America.We can only be talking about the Super Bowl which sees millions of fans tune in every year.Tonight, Super Bowl 55, or Super Bowl LV, will see Kansas City Chiefs take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their first appearance at the huge NFL game in 18 years.And as it's American football's showpiece event, we must talk about the halftime show.See, it's not all about the sport as each year a
Whether the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win or lose the Super Bowl LV tonight, Tom Brady already knows what he’s doing after the game.
headline the biggest gig in the biz at Super Bowl 2021 on Sunday, the “Can’t Feel My Face” singer remains pop’s biggest mystery, revealing little about his personal life and doing few interviews, instead letting his art do the talking.“We live in an era when everything is so excessive, I think it’s refreshing for everybody to be like, ‘Who the f–k is this guy?” he told Rolling Stone in 2015.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe pandemic ensures that the Weeknd’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl will be like none before. And in a brief interview for the NFL Network, he revealed another break with tradition: There will be no special guest, he says.Asked that question by sportscaster Kay Adams, he laughs and shakes his head before saying: “I’ve been reading a lot of rumors… I wouldn’t bet on it.