Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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Usher was expected to start his Past Present Future tour in Atlants yesterday, but he cancelled at the last minute because he needs “to rest and heal.” However, he didn’t say why.

Today, he revealed why, and that he will have to postpone a few more shows.

Earlier this week, I suffered an injury to my neck while rehearsing to provide my fans with the greatest USHER show of all time.

My hope was that with physical therapy and medical treatment, I would be able to overcome the injury and be ready for opening night. Unfortunately, the injury has not healed yet, and my doctors have instructed me not to perform any shows this week. The good news is that the doctors are saying that with appropriate rest and treatment, I should be ready to commence the tour in Washington DC on August 20th.

I love my fans and thank you for understanding that this injury must be healed so that I can give you the 100% excellence that you expect from an USHER show and that I will be on stage in your city very soon.

Hopefully, he will be better soon and back entertaining his fans.

Welp, now some random fan has her drawers.

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— Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) June 22, 2024

So, when I lived in Atlanta, I ushered concerts. One of the concerts was Tom Jones, and I was on panty duty. That meant I had to try to stop any underwear that was hurled his way. Since the ladies were older, their underwear was bigger.

Nowadays, women wear thongs. Case in point: Morgan Wallen was performing in Minneapolis over the weekend when a fan threw her baby blue panties at him, and they hit his face.

What did he do? He didn’t even react as he took them off his hat. Then he stood up and threw them back at the audience.

While Drake has a collection of bras, Wallen doesn’t want to collect your underwear. So save them for Drake and Tom Jones because they like it.

Photo: Mary Kouw/CBS

The Taylor Swift Effect is a real thing. Don’t believe me? Well, yesterday’s Super Bowl was watched by over 120 million people on CBS. That makes it the most-watched telecast in television history on a single network.

Here is the breakdown that CBS Sports sent out in a press release:

RECORD-SETTING VIEWERSHIP

• Super Bowl LVIII is the most-watched program ever, averaging 123.4 million viewers across all platforms, up +7% vs. last year’s Super Bowl which was the previous record (115.1 million).

• More than 200 million viewers (202.4) watched all or part of Super Bowl LVIII across networks, the highest unduplicated total audience in history and up +10% vs. last year’s Super Bowl (184 million).

CBS LEADS THE WAY WITH LARGEST AUDIENCE EVER FOR SINGLE NETWORK

• • Super Bowl LVIII on CBS led the way with 120.0 million viewers, the largest audience in history for a single network.

  • Super Bowl LVIII capped off a record-setting season for CBS Sports. The NFL ON CBS scored the most-watched regular season since the NFL returned to CBS in 1998 as well as the Network’s best postseason viewership since 1998.

Those numbers are astounding. And CBS needs to pay Swift a bonus because she is a large part of those numbers. Cause let’s be real. The people who helped to break that record were not tuning in to watch the Kansas Chiefs play the San Fransisco 49ers or Usher. They were tuning in for the singer!

I watch the big game every year for the commercials. Others watch for the actual game. And some for the halftime show. However, yesterday, first-timers were checking out because she introduced them to a game that their fathers watched.

And that is amazing! Swift is bringing families together! My friendship bracelet is off to her.

UPDATE: Tracker starring Justin Hartley, which aired after the game, scored a touchdown with 18.4 million viewers and is expected to gain another 7 million by its next episode on Sunday.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was seen by 3.74 people.

And finally, CBS took the cake with this spin. @fter Midnight scored its most-watched episode ever with 2.03 million viewers. Why is that such a hard sell? The show has only been on since January 16th, and it airs at 12:35a. So it ain’t ever going to see those numbers again.

Apple Music and the NFL announced this morning that Usher is headlining the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show on CBS on February 11th.

“Usher is the ultimate artist and showman. Ever since his debut at the age of 15, he’s been charting his own unique course. Beyond his flawless singing and exceptional choreography, Usher bares his soul,” said Jay-Z.

Usher hasn’t had a Top 10 hit on the Billboard 200 since 2012. So you have to wonder how many people rejected the offer before him. Considering U is the 21st letter in the alphabet. That is a lot of musicians.

Poor Vanilla Ice was so close to getting his big chance.

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