Usher is the latest to headline a star-studded list of Super Bowl halftime shows

jack mckessy, usa today

Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 11:00 PM·4 min read

Super Bowl LVIII has its halftime performer.

Apple Music announced via Instagram on Sunday morning that Usher will perform at halftime for the 58th edition of the big game. It will be the second Super Bowl halftime show sponsored by the tech giant's music streaming service after Rihanna's performance earlier this year.

Super Bowl LVIII is set for Feb. 11, 2024 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It will be the first time the new stadium hosts the sport's biggest game.

The Super Bowl halftime show is one of the biggest music performances in the country every year, with hundreds of millions of people watching around the globe. However, it hasn't always been that way.

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History of the Super Bowl halftime show

The Super Bowl has had a halftime performance every year since its first iteration in 1967. For most of its history, there wasn't just one featured performer as there is today.

Here is the full list of Super Bowl halftime performances, starting with Super Bowl I.

Super Bowl I: University of Arizona and Grambling State marching bands

Super Bowl II: Grambling State band

Super Bowl III: "America Thanks" feat. Florida A&M University band

Super Bowl IV: Carol Channing

Super Bowl V: Florida A&M band

Super Bowl VI: "Salute to Louis Armstrong" feat. Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team

Super Bowl VII: "Happiness Is." feat. University of Michigan marching band and Woody Herman

Super Bowl VIII: "A Musical America" feat. University of Texas band

Super Bowl IX: "Tribute to Duke Ellington" feat. Mercer Ellington and Grambling State band

Super Bowl X: "200 Years and Just a Baby" celebrating America's bicentennial

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Super Bowl XI: "It's a Small World"

Super Bowl XII: "From Paris to the Paris of America" feat. Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt

Super Bowl XIII: "Super Bowl XIII Carnival" feat. Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands

Super Bowl XIV: "A Salute to the Big Band Era" feat. Up with People

Super Bowl XV: "A Mardi Gras Festival"

Super Bowl XVI: "A Salute to the 60s and Motown"

Super Bowl XVII: "KaleidoSUPERscope" (a kaleidoscope of color and sound)

Super Bowl XVIII: "Super Bowl XVIII's Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen"

Super Bowl XIX: "A World of Children's Dreams"

Super Bowl XX: "Beat of the Future"

Super Bowl XXI: "Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary"

Super Bowl XXII: "Something Grand" feat. the Rockettes and Chubby Checker

Super Bowl XXIII: "Be Bop Bamboozled in 3-D"

Super Bowl XXIV: "Salute to New Orleans" feat. Peanuts' characters (celebrating 40th anniversary of the comic strip), trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw and Irma Thomas

Super Bowl XXV: "A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl" feat. New Kids on the Block

Super Bowl XXVI: "Winter Magic" feat. Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill

Super Bowl XXVII: "Heal the World" feat. Michael Jackson and 3,500 local children.

Super Bowl XXVIII: "Rockin' Country Sunday" feat. Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna and Naomi Judd.

Super Bowl XXIX: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye" feat. Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval and the Miami Sound Machine