Usher’s Tiny Desk Concert | POPSUGAR Entertainment

At final, Usher‘s nostalgic Tiny Desk Concert is lastly right here! Fans have been (impatiently) ready for the Grammy-winning icon to grace NPR’s beloved DC music desk. So in honor of Black Music Month, it is solely proper that the outlet tapped Usher to run by means of his stacked R&B catalog for a 25-minute lengthy dwell session.

“I’m simply hoping to actually, actually have enjoyable at the moment on this workplace social gathering,” Usher stated firstly of his self-described “gumbo” set — and enjoyable is precisely what we had. During his Tiny Desk Concert, launched on June 30, Usher launched Eric Bellinger and Vedo as he and his band eased right into a medley of the singer’s hugest classics. “You Make Me Wanna…,” “Superstar,” “U Don’t Have to Call,” “Nice & Slow,” and “Confessions Part II” are just some hits that Usher blessed listeners with. But he could not depart with out singing “My Way,” which turns 25 this 12 months.

Usher’s Tiny Desk Concert comes simply forward of the singer’s second Las Vegas residency, which kicks off on July 15 and wraps in October. The legendary “Confessions” star took over Sin City final 12 months for a sold-out 20-show run, however now he is wanting to get again on the massive stage. “I’m so excited to be returning to Vegas with a BRAND NEW residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM this July by means of October!,” he tweeted on Feb. 17.

If his Tiny Desk is a preview of what to anticipate from Usher’s residency, then followers higher hurry up and seize tickets whereas they nonetheless can. For now, sit again, loosen up, and benefit from the soulful sounds of Usher’s heavenly vocals above.