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Usher to Headline Free NYC Concert on September 4

Usher
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Usher
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

R& B superstar Usher will be part of a free concert on Thursday, September 4 in New York City’s Columbus Circle to help kickoff the new football season. Parts of the concert will be shown live on television before that night’s game between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins.

In 2006, Usher played the role of Billy Flynn in the Broadway revival of Chicago. He
has won numerous Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and other music industry honors.

He has also acted extensively in television and in such films as She’s All That, The Faculty, and Moesha, and had a regular role on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful.